East +west + raw food + doctor
357565
This is a book for anyone wanting to improve their health, written by a very worldly doctor. Not only does this doctor believes in all he says, he walks it daily through his nutrition centre.

Ok, so the doc is a great, clever guy, who can write a damn fine, well edited/researched book about changing your life mainly through food, but also explains how it fits into the world's supply of food, ayurvedic medicine and more.

You will question the way you eat by the end and that is a good thing.  Want to take it further, he also has a plan in his book for you to become a healthy superbeing and stop many of the illnesses that plaque our society.
The recipes are great, relatively simple and present as good clean, tasty food.

Enjoy and here's to your health. Angie
1003254
This is a very good book, full of recipes and knowledge!  Written in the 30's and has been photocopied and passed around raw circles for years, its only now been re-printed and here for anyone.  It seems to me that many raw guru's were the only one's with access to this material, and now its open to all of us.  Great!

If you are looking for more understanding of the power of raw foods, the early understanding of them, some humor, and thought provoking writing, order the Black Art of Cooking!
4470081
Last night I was tucked in bed reading one of my Raw cookbooks. Its a new one that I got a couple of weeks ago. I was impressed by the book. The author was very passionate about the foods she created. I though the book was going to be mostly about juicing, but she tucked in many unusual recipes. Her juice recipes start off with pure green vegetable juices, no fruit added. She has a section with nut milk recipes, tonics, cultured cheese, hard cultured cheese, smoothies with various herbs, crackers, how to combine everything to make meals, fermented raw foods, and sweets. Its not the same old recipes. In some of the drinks she includes herbs to increase the libido, energy, and brain function.
1226820
Healing with Raw Foods is a beautifully presented source book for those interested in eating healthier through uncooked foods. Although the book is broken down by different parts of the body to heal (e.g., brain, digestion, bones) at heart it is a cookbook by a chef with a holistic and somewhat new age approach.

The book breaks down as follows:  Part 1: Getting Started (mapping a new way, the living foods kitchen, healing basics: the three day jump start); Part II: Healing From Head To Toe (food as preventive medicine, boosting your brain health, armed for good health, healing your heart, eating raw for diabetes, strengthening your frame, your digestive tract: enzymes to the rescue); Part III Healing the Whole (healthy children, healthy families, food for a healthy soul). Afterword, appendices (cook like a chef, a guide to quality utensils, raw food pyramid, biographics). Metric conversion chart, recipe index.

The recipes are nicely presented and easy to read/follow. Many have color photographs that help visualize the final product - very important in a book that has people using non traditional ingredients to create non traditional meals.

The focus is on raw - which means a lot of dehydrating and sprouting - you'll definitely want to invest in a dehydrator. It also means a bit more work to prepare nearly all meals. The author smartly provides an 'easy introduction' for those new to eating raw foods, a 3-day plan of different recipes. After that, there are discussions and recipes addressing different aspects of physical health including vegetarian and diabetes options.

Admittedly, I have seen many of these recipes in other raw books and there weren't as many recipes as I would have liked to see in a book of this type. Many are just a case of throwing several raw ingredients together. But the recipes I tried did taste excellent and were a great alternative to unhealthier options.

There are also a lot of new age accents in here - from yoga/meditation to daily affirmations which I would have preferred to do without. They can often sound like a religion indoctrination and a bit beyond the core eating raw foundation of the book. I respect that the author wants to help people find the peace she did but perhaps that is for a different book.

In all, nicely presented with some excellent recipes make this book a winner.  Reviewed from an arc provided by the publisher.
47985
This book is AWESOME for the more advanced Raw foodist, but probably NOT as good of a  book for someone just getting into raw vegan foods.  Unlike most Raw food books which feature more complex recipes, heavy on nuts and fats, complex dehydrator recipes, raw food pizza's, nut heavy lasagnas, tacos, etc. what I would call more "transitional foods"  and the type of foods people new into raw foods would be more likely enjoy.  This book is mainly recipes for quick, simple, salad combinations, soups, and dressings. All low in nuts/seeds, and high in what a raw food diet should be about.. Vegetables and fruits!  If your new into raw foods,  I would recommend one of  Ani Phyo's books or "The complete Idiots Guide to Raw Foods".  If you've been into raw foods for a little while all ready, and are ready to step your game up, or just looking for some great new salad / soup, combinations, this book is Rad!!
1423398
We all need to learn about cultured foods.  If you pay attention to the empty foods we eat daily you will definitely appreciate this book!  Start eating healthy alternatives and regain your health   Donna will show you how!
584194
Dr Barnard has changed many lives. We saw him in person and cannot recommend his talks and his recipes enough! As a Medical Doctor, he has the credentials to go against the "norm". (read Unhealthy eating)
4334680
I first bought the sample box of dog treats & food ( a great idea!).  My Westie really liked this food.  I feel good feeding him something that isn't sourced in China.  He's mostly on a raw diet but I needed "emergency food" for traveling and our 3 day hikes in the mountains when bringing raw food isn't convenient. I tried quite a few dry foods  / dehydrated foods and this was the only one he would eat.
4368407
I am aware of the difference between Monkfruit in the raw and those with erythritol. When considering a product, I gather as much info as I can.
3511577
As a health care professional I feel committed to learning about all aspects of nutrition so that I can better understand my patients needs and lifestyles. I was looking for a book that would give me an entry into the world of raw food. As a neophyte I found this book to be concise and helpful. Although i myself do not follow a raw food diet,I have opened myself up to this lifestyle and in turn have tried some of the recipes and keep "eating raw" in mind while menu planning. I also appreciate that I can now impart this information with some good basic knowledge of my own.
4944860
I liked the desorption of the mixed culture and the advantages & disadvantages. I was able to connect with the food due to a Makaysian student descibing food in Malaysia and his home
694383
One of the best all round raw food books, that includes some great recipes.

This is one of the more recent 'text' books on Raw and Living foods.  I bought it after seeing it in nearly every raw foodie's home library!  I asked about it, and was told it was a great starter text, and a very solid addition to any health library too.  After reading it I totally agree and recommend it 100%.

I think if I had to have only two raw food books, I'd add Raw Food and Health, as its the granddaddy of all raw food books, and goes into areas that I have not seen in anyone raw food book.  Both of these books are a complete library!

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Eat right!
3198413
Went to Penang with this last month. Typical quality LP job in describing the country and how to get around. What made this one a cut above is that it actually had useful restaurant recommendations, as opposed to the typical LP approach (i.e.: Here's the address of a place that serves food; hope you don't get hepatitis). Hotel recommendations were spot-on as well.

As always with LP, my one regret is they aren't opinionated enough about which sights are worth your time and which ones aren't.
1375613
Love this one!! If you like to eat you will find yummy foods here that are healthy and satisfying.  I've made most of the recipies and not one bad one in the bunch.
1736694
I recommend this book to anyone interested in learning some differences between holistic health care and allopathic, or Western, medicine.  The book is actually an autobiography of the author's life as a holistic practicioner when she operated a clinic in Canada. In an entertaining way, she shares her successes and failures. She shares a myriad of  ideas about nutrition, organic foods vs. conventional foods, self-intoxication, water fasting, colonics, wheat grass therapies. She followed the practice of the "hygenist" and describes this technique which utilizes prolonged water fasting and colonics in order to purge the body of unhealthy tissue and toxins. She caused her cancer to go into remission twice until she actually succumbed to it the third time around. In her clinic she treated patients whose doctors had given up, as was a last chance for many. Many were actually healed, or at least went into remission using her approach. She also cleared people of food allergy-caused illnesses, by detecting allergies at the pulse level, the method which she describes in detail. She found that often some people who are ill, physically or mentally, have an undiscovered allergy to common foods such as wheat and are wrongfully receiving medication for the illness symptom, rather than the root cause. The book includes an elaborate bibliography which allows for further reading, if this subject intrigues the reader.
4673941
Really enjoyed this book.

I realised how much our modern approach to food has changed over the years.  We really eat too much of processed food daily.
The author's recommendation to eat as much as raw vegetables and fruits in our meals has worked for me.
I used to have pimples all over the face and the dermatologist could not really help.  When I started eating more salads and fruits,
my skin complexion improved.  This shows that doctors just try to cure you externally but not internally.
535591
A valuable addition to the library of westerners who are learning to cook Chinese and can sit along side books by Grace Young, Fuchsia Dunlop and Ken Hohm.  The organization is by cooking methods, many of which are unique to Chinese cooking,  instead of ingredients and the book contains lots of helpful photographs. The one issue is that many of the recipes require very large quantities of oil, are therefor impracticable for many home cooks and probably best left to professional kitchens.