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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Raw (Complete Idiot's Guide to) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Mark Reinfeld, Bo Rinaldi
Publisher: Alpha
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 11281
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 1592577717
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9781592577712
ASIN: 1592577717
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Product Description
A raw food diet is a purely healthy diet.
More people than ever are turning to a raw food diet. In this guide, readers will find the secrets to raw food weight loss; how raw foods can heal the body and boost energy and enthusiasm; information on the anti-aging properties of raw food; and 100+ recipes that show how raw foods can be combined into delectable meals.
Fully explains the benefits of this increasingly popular diet choice, plus presents a mini cookbook that gets readers started on their new regimen
Recently published studies indicate that rheumatoid and fibromyalgia patientswho number in the millionscan benefit from an uncooked vegan diet rich in antioxidants, lactobacilli, and fiber
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Simply Wonderful August 20, 2008
I have a number of raw food books. The problem is they are too difficult or too boring. This book gives great info. It hits all the points you always read concerns about. I thought the recipes would not be interesting since this is a basic book. I was wrong. The chocolate-orange pudding is great. The choco tacos were really good. I almost didn't try them. You should. I seem to be the only person who doesn't care for almond milk. The cardamom-almond milk is great. The survivor's cereal is worth the price of the book. I am not a smoothie person and always looking for something else for breakfast.
Tell your family and friends!!! August 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Since getting this book,I've done nothing but spread the word.It's just simply put the best informational material for the average person.It has made my life so much more fun to see folks getting excited about eating better.....thank you so much!
Simple and Straightforwrd August 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Awesome. I can't cook or prepare food. I am a Vegan who is trying to learn to be self sufficient even though my wife is an awesome cook. The book was great.
Superb-- Get Ready to Go Raw August 3, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I find this book incredibly enjoyable to read, easy to follow, and wonderfully inspiring-- and I'm not even vegan or a raw foodie! This is really the first book I've read that makes me feel like I can prepare delicious raw foods, and truly get pleasure from the whole process-- growing, shopping, preparing, and eating. I thought it would only have a small selection of worthwhile recipes, but there are so many that it seems like a whole cookbook inside, and all of them that I've tried so far (too many to count) have yielded scrumptious results.
Though I normally follow a vegetarian diet (with plenty of organic dairy, and occasional wild salmon), I know now that I feel better when I stick mostly to a vegan/ raw diet-- one that does truly taste alive and brimming with energy. Thanks in large part to this book, I feel like I can eat like this every day, and have fun with it.
I also love the Blossoming Lotus Cookbook (by the same authors), and if you haven't been to their famous vegan restaurant in Kauai, I really recommend it! The high degree of of creativity and love that these people have poured into their restaurant and first cookbook have obviously gone into this book as well. Also, don't be fooled by the goofy-looking stock photo of raw lasagna on the front cover-- the raw lasagna served at the restaurant is not only beautiful to behold, it's one of the yummiest and most original dishes I've ever had.
Good stuff July 22, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I've got 3 other raw food books. I like this one the best. Not alot of hype. I appreciate that. It is written for idiots...begins by explaining the benefits of going raw. I'd been raw for a month prior to reading this book, but the motivation to continue was good.
Step by step instructions for soaking and sprouting methods (easy to follow chart included). I was too timid to attempt this process til I read this book. Way easy. My kitchen is sproutin' right now.
Recipes with easy to find ingredients is important. I've got to prepare food for 5 s.a.d. enthusiasts so I don't have alot of time or cash to fool around with. This book's got the recipes I can use. The live oatmeal recipe was easy to prepare and delish! It touches a couple of times on this or that being gluten free, which is vital for me. It clued me into nama shoyu...major gluten goin' on. Thanks, it sucks to have a recipe picked out and find out at the grocery store while reading a label that I can't have that specific thing. So, I run around putting the other ingredients back on the shelf coz that recipe's a wash! Another thing, Idiot's Guide tells you exactly what needs to be soaked for any given recipe. I ruined a recipe from another book because it didn't tell me to soak $12.00 worth of almonds. I had to go on you tube to watch other people explain it before one of them finally mentioned that they needed to be soaked. I was bummed. This book helps me not screw things up.
Idiot's Guide has great insider tips on kitchen appliances...wish I'd have read this before I bought my dehydrator, blender, food processor, and juicer. The dehydrator to buy is the Excalibur. The hours it saves in dehydrating time due to its design is crazy! Now I'm bummed with my cheapy Walmart one. There are alot of chip, cracker, and bread recipes I can't make very well without the good dehydrator. The recipes are found in other books not just this one, so it's not a negative against this book. The dehydrating chart is helpful, as well. I like how Idiot's Guide explains why you have increased temps at the beginning of some dehydrations and not others, and why it is still considered raw at these temps. Also, a Champion brand juicer is the one recommended by all raw foodists I've read from. This book explains very simply the differences in how they work and therefore why Champion is the brand recommended.
Basically, the book imparts alot of knowledge, little tips and info on nutition without being too sciencey. It defines some of the raw foodist lexicon. It's like having a friend explain lots of little facts as well as some biggies, in a fun to read manner. I'd buy it again if I didn't already own it!
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