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Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based Diet By Brenda DavisVesanto Melina ( Book Publishing Company (TN) )
Release Date: 2000-04-10
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This book is the essential resource for anyone following a vegan diet. Foremost vegetarian dietitians present up-to-date findings on: protection against cancer & heart disease, getting enough protein without meat, why good fats are vital and how to get them, meeting calcium needs without dairy products, what vegans need to know about vitamin B12, balanced vegan diets for infants, children, and seniors, pregnancy and breast-feeding tips for vegan moms.
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 Important Info ( dsummersett )
I borrowed this book from the library and renewed it twice. I finally decided it was essential to have in my own library. It covers nutritional needs and opinions. Full of useful info for people becoming vegan the answers to many of your friends questions. Worth the money hands down.
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Everything I expected, which was a good thing
This is not a book of emotional testimonials of how people's lives dramatically improved with their change in diet. It is about the facts, the statistics, the things I can tell the people in my personal life about when they ask me 'why go vegan?'
It's also shown me what foods I can intake and what supplements I should look into to complete a balanced diet.
I highly recommend this book to those wondering why so many people are going vegan and to those who are already vegan and want to get more facts on their side and are concerned about getting all the appropriate nutrients.
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Very well-done and thorough!
I am very impressed with this book. I became interested in veganism after quite a bit of research into the treatment of animals in slaughterhouses, egg farms, etc. As a professed animal lover, I just could not bring myself to support that industry anymore. The Becoming Vegan book explained so much more to further solidify my conviction. I especially appreciate the section on how to "fit in" at gatherings with friends and family.
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Indispensable
This book helped me sort out some pre-existing vitamin deficiencies I was dealing with before experimenting with veganism. Easy to read, easy to follow, and full of great information. I especially enjoyed the section on raising vegan children and being a vegan athlete.
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Facts From the Experts ( sasha-junk )
The biggest problem I see facing vegans is a dearth of factual information from medical professionals not suffering from a knee jerk reaction against the idea of eschewing animal products. Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based Diet fills a real need for science to weigh in. Personally I have found his book to be very useful in shooting down groundless assertions raised by the well meaning but ill informed people that we all have to deal with as vegans from time to time. It has kept me strong in the face of peer pressure and has converted a number of people who were not convinced of the moral issues at stake but were deeply affected by the health aspects of veganism. This book gives me hope that the days of vehemently held and completely untrue opinions regarding vegan diets might be coming, slowly, to an end.
This book does not offer "motivation" except to mildly and respectfully suggest that in addition to improving the health of the body, creating a world free of cruelty to living things might be good for everyone's soul. If you need stronger stuff, look elsewhere.
Many thanks to the authors for writing this book for us - your efforts are greatly appreciated.
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