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Summary: So much information...
Review: ...much more than the starting vegan really even needs. This is a great book. It was written by a nutritionist, not an activist or a cook/chef/food publisher. It's mostly graphs, charts, admonitions, warnings, helpful tips, etc. It even comes with a list of responses to people who attack you for eating vegan. I would suggest just rolling this book up and hitting them with it.
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Summary: Sure to become a well-worn resource book!
Review: Anyone familiar with Becoming Vegetarian, written by the same authors, knows what a valuable resource it is for vegetarians or those hoping to make the switch to a vegetarian lifestyle. Now there is a similar book with all the latest nutritional information just for vegans. It covers everything you could possibly want to know about a healthy vegan diet, including detailed sections on fats, vitamins, and minerals; feeding children; eating while pregnant; overweight; eating disorders; and eating for athletes. Also included are chapters on the roots of veganism, plant proteins, carbohydrates, phytochemicals, vegan diplomacy, and more. This book was written by two of the foremost authorities on vegetarian and vegan nutrition, Brenda Davis, R.D. and Vesanto Melina, M.S., R.D. Brenda Davis is chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association and a noted author, speaker, and educator. Vesanto Melina is the author of three vegetarian cookbooks and the coordinator of the vegetarian section of the Manual of Clinical Dietetics, 6th Ed. She is a respected speaker and consultant and has taught nutrition at the University of British Columbia and Bastyr University.... This book is sure to become a well-worn resource. --Reviewed by Melanie Wilson
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Summary: I feel better than ever!
Review: As a man, I've always wanted the emaciated, sunken-chest look. After cutting out that horrible animal flesh I've been able to achieve this with the power of this book. The added benefit of becoming a vegan is that my skin is looking wonderful.
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Summary: The only book you'll need
Review: Everything is listed in this book. This is the only book on Veganism that you'll need. It covers all nutritional aspects, all the vitamins you will need, how to eat properly and even some recipies.
If you are new to the diet, than this will help you be succesfull in the change and most importantly, wont leave you deficient of nutrients.
There is information for people of all ages who want to or have to become Vegan.
This book will be your Vegan bible.
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Summary: High-level nutrition information for everyone
Review: Excellent nutrition information for everyone, whether vegan, vegetarian or omnivore. My sister recommended this book because she is attempting to design a healthful diet for herself that is also respectful of all living things. I bought and read the book (and continue to use it as a reference work) because I want to know as much as I can about nutrition. Even though I am not in the process of "becoming vegan," I am not at all disappointed in my purchase. The authors rely upon scientific studies in drawing their conclusions and making recommendations. Their chapter, "Big Fat Lies," provides one of the most enlightening summaries of essential information about fat in the diet currently available to the general public. Truthfully, all eaters should read Becoming Vegan and analyze and modify their diets accordingly. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Great as far as it goes
Review: For my money, this is the single best guide/argument for vegetarianism as a healthy lifestyle strategy (and believe me, I've read dozens of them). But like so many other vegetarianism books out there today, it's short on the deeper spiritual and/or ethical reasons to go vegetarian. Physical health is important, but spiritual health is important too. Supplement this one with books like Ethical Vegetarianism (Walters and Portmas), Judaism and Vegetarianism (Schwartz), The New Vegan (Marcus), Animal Liberation (Singer), Is God a Vegetarian? (Young). Otherwise, quitting participating in the butchery of animals runs the risk of becoming pretty narcissistic, doesn't it?
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Summary: Informative & Frank
Review: Gives straight talk on nutritional needs of vegans. This book does not try to win over new vegans, it only explains the benefits and pitfalls nutritionally of a vegan diet. Gives a lot of scientific information, including lists of research studies and details (how many subjects, what they looked at, etc.). This book demostrates that a vegan diet can be the helathiest choice- if done right. A must for all vegans or for anyone concerned that their vegan child or friend is not gettting a nutritionally balanced diet.
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Summary: Becoming Vegan...Most Definitely!!
Review: Great resource book/guide!! Highly recommended by John Robbins, author of The Food Revolution (another 5 *****)
You can get all your nutrients from a whole food plant base diet. I only wish I knew about becoming Vegan years ago!
Great for health, weight, well being & respect for all living things.
It's a book I intend to re read more than once.
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Summary: The nuts and bolts of the Vegan diet!
Review: I am not a vegan, but am interested in the diet. I may give it a go, at least to see what it is like, after reading this book and seeing how straightforward and non-exotic it really is! I don't think I will ever be interested in the political aspects of Veganism, so the general lack of political tone was welcome in this helpful book, which did a lot ot make it straightforward and non-intimidating! (If you want more history/political background, there are a number of excellent books out there you should read in addition to this one.)The book is long on the nuts and bolts of veganism -- benefits and pitfalls, how to plan a varied, good tasting, healthy menu, how to get the vitamins and minerals that are more difficult to get on a plant-based diet, etc. It does not get on a soapbox, nor does it try to proselytize -- I suppose the assumption is that the reader is open minded simply by the fact that he or she is reading it. Either way, it gives straightforward, no-nonsense advice on how to do it and be healthy while doing so! One nice touch is a section towards the back called "Vegan Diplomacy" -- which has tactics of how to deal with non-vegans, especially those whose minds are a bit more closed to this kind of thing, and how to maintain good relations with a meat eating world! This book is a "must have" if one is contemplating going Vegan or interested in the diet.
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Summary: Thorough but not easy to get through
Review: I bought this book because it was highly recommended by other Amazon readers. I was not as impressed with it as I thought I would be. It contains a very thorough discussion of all the details of a healthy vegan diet (and why eating vegan is so healthy), but after three or four chapters of endless unpronounceable nutritional chemicals, it becomes difficult to finish the book, let alone remember many of the specifics.
The book is also repetitive. After the initial chapters on protein, fats, carbs, vitamins, minerals, etc., it goes into much of the same material in specific chapters for pregnancy, lactation, toddlers, teenagers, elderly people, etc.
Because I am newly transitioning from vegetarianism to veganism I am very interested in the issues discussed in this book, but after six chapters I started to feel a little bit like a fanatic reading about all these dietary details and I haven't finished the book yet.
However, the chapter on eating disorders was very good I thought.
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