Good books for raw - Raw Food Chat

albasun · 01-18-2008

Hi to everyone, I am very very new to raw foods and I am feeling a bit lost, I was hoping that someone might recommend a few good starter books that really provide easy access, but substantial information. I have a very stressful job and would appreciate any ideas that could help make this transition to raw accessible and workable...

Any good ideas? I am really looking for methods to help shift how I eat and how I live my life

Thanks to anyone who has some recommendations

jroo · 01-19-2008

For Support/Lifestyle Change:

"12 steps to Raw Foods" by Victoria Boutenko. If you can find a used copy of the 2000 edition, read that one first. Both the old and new (2007) editions are good, but I think the first edition had several insights that didn't make it into the new one.
"Sunfood Diet Success System" by David Wolfe. This'll take longer to read. It covers the mental, spiritual and physical aspects of the raw food diet. He also has a lot of info that isn't widely published elsewhere, like how most raw cashews aren't truly raw.

For an all around reference:

"Rawsome" by Brigitte Mars. This book has a little of everything (sprouting charts, info on foods/vitamins/nutrients, recipes, FAQs on protein, calcium, B12, etc.)

More scientific:

Any nutrition book by Gabriel Cousens ("Spiritual Nutrition", Conscious Eating" or "Rainbow Green-Live Food Cuisine")
"Diet and Salad" by Norman W. Walker (look for it used). A shorter scientific approach to raw foods. It's about 30 years old, but surprisingly still applicable. Warning: he emphasizes lots of carrot juice, which might not be advisable for someone fighting diabetes.