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Summary: Digest this book!!
Review: In a world that is becoming so conscious of the word conscious I am glad that Dr. Cousens got to this title first. This book is wonderful. It is filled with many truths about many different things mostly to do with food, digestion, and health. This book is also very powerful for it enlightens and empowers poeple. It empowers people to challenge their own diets, and to see what the perfect diet is for humans. It gives you a lot of support in getting there to or atleast keeping your eyes on the goal. Dr. Cousens fills this book with lots of interesting points and observations.
It is perfect for all people interested in the human diet. It is perfect for all raw foodists both strict and loose as well as anybody even interested in the Raw foods movement or philosophy. This book can be enjoyed in many ways. You could simply flip around with, and read here and there or to study. It is also a very interesting, and fullfilling read for Vegetarians, and vegans as well as anyone interested in Vegetarianism. I especially enjoyed the Chapters that point to vegetarianism in each of the World's largest religions. I really enjoyed the speculation about Jesus and his links to Vegetarianism as well as Christianity in total. I found the book worth the price for these chapters alone.
I should mention also that I am a Raw foodist Vegan with about 80% of my diet being Raw. I enjoy the recipes in this book as well as the guidance in preparation and storage. I was only a Vegan when I stumbled up on this book and after studying it for a while I decided to give it a try and with the nice results that I felt I decided that it was true and to keep with it. I loan this book out a lot and I find that various different types of poeple find it equally interesting and informitive. There is something in this book for everyone from the guilty meat eater to the hard core vegan raw foodist. I enjoy having this book around to look through and to reference with. This is without a doubt the best book that I have read on nutrition, and diet not to mention Raw foods as well.
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Summary: A "Must Read" For Anyone Who Values Health & Happiness
Review: Not only Oprah Winfrey seems to be concerned about what she eats these days. More and more of us ordinary folks are paying attention how and what we eat. After all, many of us figure, not many things have as much impact on our health and happiness as what we put into our bodies every day. But, with so much conflicting information out there, it can get confusing. So, what are we to do? For anyone who's considering a transition to a more plant-based diet or already is a vegetarian, Dr.Cousens' book, which has been called "the Bible of Vegetarianism" - can been a great help. This international bestseller is for you if you're one who has wished there was an easy to read manual written by someone who REALLY knows what they're talking about when it comes to the relationship of food, health, happiness, spiritual growth and the spirit-mind-body connection. "Conscious Eating" is unique in that it address the subject of eating within the context of how it affects our spiritual development, our health, happiness.The information is clearly presented and easy to read for anyone who has an interest in taking charge of their wellness. It's easy to see why Terry Cole-Whittaker commented "...'Conscious Eating' helps to make our future brighter than ever before." If you've ever wanted to find out...why people are switching to vegetarianism and why you may want to as well...how addictions and eating patterns are connected... what a properly done fast can do for you...how you can get well and better by changing your diet and life-style... Ñ perhaps you too should check out Conscious Eating.
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Summary: Conscious Eating made a difference...
Review: Nutrition is not a simple matter and the body too is so complex. I had a lot of questions about vegetarian and raw food diets and this interesting book helped me to understand both better and eat in a way that makes me feel more healthy and happier.
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Summary: Don't eat anything with a face
Review: Since I became a vegetarian 12 years ago, my health has greatly improved. And no animal had to die a horrible death in a slaughterhouse to feed me. The reviewers who rate this book with one star only are obviously meat-eaters who are feeling a bit defensive.
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Summary: The Real Deal
Review: There's lots of "stuff" out there on nutrition, but few have integrated the scientific and spiritual aspects of food as deftly as Mr. Cousens. No text is more comprehensive and informative. The distinguishing aspect of this book is its approach, which is anti-dogmatic. Cousens provides a template and encourages the reader to apply it in understanding the effects of food on her individual body. Anyone serious about nutrition, food toxcity, weight loss, and harmonizing with nature will find this book a must.
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Summary: Conscious Eating is the Best of the Best
Review: This book contains an incredible wealth of information on how to heal minor to major disorders, greatly improve your health and happiness, and I expect greatly extend one's life span using diet and nutrition.
This book is far more than a comprehensive nutritional guide, it is a blend of ayervedic medicine, spirituality, theology, philosophy, ancient wisdom, and natural healthcare, blended with reams of the latest scientific data from pioneers in the medical establishment.
I want to thank Dr. Cousens for telling me about a alternative to coffee that is absolutely delicious. Its caffeine-free and comes in 8 delicious flavors. Just google it under "s oyfee" to find it. I can't say enough good things about this book!
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Summary: Propaganda with a side of nutz
Review: This book is a waste of time
The book starts out regurgitating Ayurvedic and Metabolic Typing theories. Both of which recognize that there are many different types of people and no one diet is good for everyone. "One mans food is another mans poison" However Mr. Cousens gets so far into his pro vegetarian propaganda that one has to conclude eating a vegetarian diet is the only way to eat. Which is contrary to the Ayurvedic and Metabolic systems that recognize each person is unique.
In this book Gabriele Cousens claims that everyone should switch to an all-vegetarian diet regardless of who are you or where you live. And in doing so you will train your body to more efficiently utilize the food you eat and also require less food since your body is more efficient in using it. Once you switch to a vegetarian diet you will enjoy more energy, rid yourself of cancer and other diseases that plague flesh eaters and become closer with the divine. Only vegetarians are able to reach a certain level with the divine, flesh eaters have no chance.
In our modern society, everyone could do with eating more vegetables, and stay away from non-organic meats, but suggesting that every single person on earth should eat only a vegetarian diet is ridiculous. If you want to hear very biased pro vegetarian propaganda then this book is for you. Otherwise save your money.
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Summary: A Brilliant Combination of different Sciences of Health
Review: This book is one of the best health books I've ever read, no question about it. It combines pretty much every diet fad you've ever heard about into a raw, living food diet. In this book, Cousens teaches us how to follow the Ayurvedic principles through a 80-90% raw food diet. He also teaches us how to individualize our diets for our metabolic body types. This is one of the only books I know that teaches how to individualize diet for a vegetarian. The book covers religion, meditation, toxins in our environment, and has a nice living foods recipe section in the back of the book. The nice thing about it, is that with the recipes, he doesn't try to offer dishes that are similiar to those which are cooked. I see a lot of vegetarian recipe books doing that. "Try our delicious all vegan pizza!" and of course, it tastes no better than a branch off of the Maple tree in my back yard. These recipes offer new tastes. I like a particular section in the book where Cousens tries to explain the logic behind why people think he looks much more unhealthy now than when he did when he was a bulky college football player. We live in such an obesce society, that someone of a healthy weight appears too slim, or unhealthy. Because Cousens doesn't have a pot belly, and sagging male breasts, many people say he looks "thin and puny". This book teaches us that through living foods, we can sculpt and shape our bodies pretty much any way we'd like. He chooses not to be muscular anymore, because he feels he has no need for 30 extra pounds of muscle. Steven Arlin on the other hand, is 230 lbs, and likes to feel big and strong. All in all, this book takes you on a journey through the fascinating world of raw, living foods. It could change your way of thinking.
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Summary: A Brilliant Combination of different Sciences of Health
Review: This book is one of the best health books I've ever read, no question about it. It combines pretty much every diet fad you've ever heard about into a raw, living food diet. In this book, Cousens teaches us how to follow the Ayurvedic principles through a 80-90% raw food diet. He also teaches us how to individualize our diets for our metabolic body types. This is one of the only books I know that teaches how to individualize diet for a vegetarian. The book covers religion, meditation, toxins in our environment, and has a nice living foods recipe section in the back of the book. The nice thing about it, is that with the recipes, he doesn't try to offer dishes that are similiar to those which are cooked. I see a lot of vegetarian recipe books doing that. "Try our delicious all vegan pizza!" and of course, it tastes no better than a branch off of the Maple tree in my back yard. These recipes offer new tastes. I like a particular section in the book where Cousens tries to explain the logic behind why people think he looks much more unhealthy now than when he did when he was a bulky college football player. We live in such an obesce society, that someone of a healthy weight appears too slim, or unhealthy. Because Cousens doesn't have a pot belly, and sagging male breasts, many people say he looks "thin and puny". This book teaches us that through living foods, we can sculpt and shape our bodies pretty much any way we'd like. He chooses not to be muscular anymore, because he feels he has no need for 30 extra pounds of muscle. Steven Arlin on the other hand, is 230 lbs, and likes to feel big and strong. All in all, this book takes you on a journey through the fascinating world of raw, living foods. It could change your way of thinking.
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Summary: How the food we eat affects body and mind.
Review: This book presents conprehensive information on body, mind, and spiritual life, as well as the onderstanding of how we eat directly affects the planetary ecology and degree of peace on earth. This book provides an analysis of nutrition, including recipies, the art and advantages of live-fod cuisine, how to recognize and alleviate biochemically -based imbalances in brain and body, and how to determine one's own physiological type.
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