12 Steps to Raw Foods: How to End Your Dependency on Cooked Food
by Victoria Boutenko
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Author: Victoria BoutenkoForeword: Gabriel Cousens
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-08
ISBN: 1556436513
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
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Book Review: a great resource but not for me
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, having devoured Victoria's book "Green for Life" and loving my daily pint or two of green smoothies, I ordered this book and thought it might help me to bridge the gap from cooked food addict to a true living foods goddess...and it is a VERY well written, wonderful book with lots of valuable insights, tools and resources (recipes, etc) but as someone who has experienced the difference that proper food combining makes, I just can't go along with the raw food recipes that attempt to replicate burgers, pizza, etc. They're a food combining nightmare though they are probably tasty as could be.
Now, on the one hand I'll admit that improperly combined raw dishes are still a step up from cooked burgers and fries (the raw fries recipe sounds delightful and like a great standalone snack) but since my body can't handle those combinations or the high fat content of recipes loaded with nuts, I can't really use this book as that kind of resource. I realize that not everyone feels the same connection to food combining and if that's the case and you want a good book to demystify the transition to raw foods, this is a jewel.
I'd so love to see someone come up with some great living foods recipes that are properly combined, but I wonder if that's even possible when you're trying to replicate cooked dishes. I also have a bit of an issue with that line of thinking; why give up burgers and pizzas to embrace the natural taste and energy of uncooked foods only to go to great lengths to replicate those same cooked dishes? Why not learn to really savor and love simpler tastes and textures? That might be too drastic and in that respect this book could be a really helpful bridge for a lot of people. Sort of a way to have your cake (literally!) and eat it too.
The recipes also require things like dehydrators and food processors, neither of which do I own or want to. I like things ultra simple, I hate to be in the kitchen too much whether the stove is on or not. They're not as complicated as other recipe collections I've seen in the raw world, but I'd be surprised if I use any of them more than once or twice per year, if that.
Great read, lovely woman, amazing sounding dishes, but ultimately not very useful for me personally.
Still, for anyone else out there looking to make the leap from cooked to raw who doesn't care about food combining, this could be a godsend.
Summary of 12 Steps to Raw Foods: How to End Your Dependency on Cooked Food
Why do we overeat time and time again? Why do we make poor diet choices while we want to be healthy? What makes losing weight so difficult? These and many other vital questions are addressed in 12 Steps to Raw Foods in an open and sincere dialogue. Based on the latest scientific research, Victoria Boutenko explains the numerous benefits of choosing a diet of fresh rather than cooked foods. This book contains self-tests and questionnaires that help the reader to determine if they have hidden eating patterns that undermine their health. Using examples from life, the author explores the most common reasons for people to make unhealthy eating choices.Rather than simply praising the benefits of raw foods, this book offers helpful tips and coping techniques to form and maintain new, healthy patterns. Learn how to make a raw food restaurant card that makes dining with co-workers easy and enjoyable. Discover three magic sentences that enable you to refuse your mother-in-law's apple pie without offending her. Find out how to sustain your chosen diet while traveling. These are only a few of the many scenarios that Boutenko outlines.
Written in a convenient 12-step format, this book guides the reader through the most significant physical, psychological, and spiritual phases of the transition from cooked to raw foods. Embracing the raw food lifestyle is more than simply turning off the stove. Such a radical change in the way we eat affects all aspects of life. Boutenko touches on the human relationship with nature, the value of supporting others, and the importance of living in harmony with people who don't share the same point of view on eating. Already a classic, this enhanced second edition is aimed at anyone interested in improving their health through diet.
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