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The Raw Food Revolution Diet | 
 enlarge | Authors: Cherie Soria, Brenda Davis, Vesanto Melina
Publisher: Healthy Living Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 17198
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 8 x 0.8
ISBN: 1570671850
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.26
EAN: 9781570671852
Publication Date: May 30, 2008
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Product Description
Discover how a raw foods diet will balance your weight naturally. This collection of recipes for imaginative, delectable, accessible and enticing cuisine is a far cry from a discipline limited to salads and sprouts. You'll be able to enjoy delicious, easy-to-prepare meals without feeling deprived. And you'll experience how raw foods can improve your health and make you feel more alive. Practical tips make it easy to choose the raw diet plan that's right for you with handy menus to get you started. A "How To" section on putting together a raw food diet that is nutritionally sound ensures that you receive the nutrients you need as you achieve your natural weight.
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Great, especially if you're new to the raw food philosophy. January 1, 2009
I loved this book. I especially appreciated the sound nutritional information from dieticians Brenda Davis and Vensanto Melina. I've only had the book a short time, so I haven't had a chance to try the recipes yet. But everything in the book looks tasty and not too complicated for a newcomer to raw foods like me.
Highly recommended!
 Excellent, thorough primer on raw diet December 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
great, thorough explanation of what a raw diet is,how it affects your system, how to implement it.
Good recipes. Good book for people new to raw, and more experienced as well.
Excellent ! November 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Book to keep on hand for nutritional informations as well as for nice, easy, daily recipes by one of our best culinary teachers !!
Perfect for easing into raw food November 22, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is my third raw food cookbook trial, but only the second one I actually want to use. The first was the Raw 50, which didn't capture my attention, the second was Ani's Raw Food Kitchen, which offers simpler recipes that I found some natural appeal in, and now I find myself with this book in my hands, wishing I had discovered something like it many years ago.
I don't think I am uncommon in my foodie ambitions. I want to eat healthier, enjoy good food, and not feel too restricted by any particular diet. I am intrigued by the raw diet, but nowhere near ready to dive in head first. I currently enjoy a salad and a smoothie almost daily, but raw food is still on the lesser half of my diet. It would be great to start incorporating some more raw snacks and the occasional raw meal, but it seems many raw cookbooks are filled with (numerous) sales pitches for the raw diet and time-consuming recipes instead of practical guides and easy recipes that will safely appeal to newbie taste buds.
The Raw Revolution does start by explaining the health benefits of the raw diet, especially from a weight loss perspective. Yet, the book moves on to explain how to get the nutrients you need, the types of food and equipment you will use, and starter menus. All in all, the introduction is 100 pages, and well worth every sentence. Then, the recipes begin ...
The recipes are very unintimidating and any potential questions that a newbie or veteran may have about an ingredient or process are addressed right then and there. But, what I found most fascinating about this cookbook is that it truly isn't focused on being 100% raw. The authors encourage and even aid readers in easing into the raw food diet by offering "almost raw" techniques and emphasizing that it isn't essential to demand that every single ingredient is raw, particularly when first starting out. For this reason, the recipes are not surprisingly a bit more appealing from both a taste and preparation perspective.
I just recently received the book, but have already ear-marked at least thirty recipes that I want to trial. On the tops of that list are the Mangoes in Lemon-Ginger Sauce, Basic Nut Cheese, Apples and Walnuts on Baby Greens w/ Poppy Seed Dressing, Broccoli with Bon Bon Sauce (I do love broccoli!), Figgie Nutins' and Carob-Banana Pudding. I immediately made the Banana Endurance Drink, which according to the author balances potassium-rich bananas and sodium-rich celery (yeah, celery, but I decided to chance it) to replenish electrolytes and energize muscles. I added a generous dash of nutmeg to my servings, which I think rounded this tasty, yet simple beverage out nicely!
Though many raw cookbooks claim it is okay to gradually become raw, their recipes, tips, and pitches take on `all or nothing' or nothing air. It was refreshing to discover this nutrition-first cookbook which I am sure will actually help this avid home baker to increase her raw food intake (at least a bit) rather than running in the other direction to a pile of fresh-from-the-oven cookies.
Fresh Approach to "Dieting" November 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a nice book if you are interested in transitioning to a higher % of raw foods in your diet. The tone is non-dogmatic and encouraging, with the co-authors offering various viewpoints and approaches to consider. The recipe section is large and varied. I recommend this book for those who are interested in including more non-cooked, high-enzyme foods in their diet.
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