The Vegetarian Handbook: Eating Right for Total Health
Many patients that I see in my medical nutrition practice request specific detailed information in order to move toward a vegetarian lifestyle. Here is a book that will guide them along such a path. It will also assist current vegetarians to reach a new level of understanding by offering specific instruction for improving food habits. The instruction includes the most up-to-date and scientific data regarding food protein. By using the egg as a model of the near perfect protein source and comparing vegetarian foods with the egg, we now have available tools for increasing the benefits of protein from non-meat sources.

"Patients with certain medical problems should consider removing red meat and other animal proteins from their diet and moving toward vegetarian food sources. Some of these medical problems include the following: hypoglycemia, obesity, digestive disorders including diverticultitis and other colon problems, gout, and elevated cholestrol. Many specfic studies have shown that the vegetarian diet may help with these problems. This book presents a clear and sophisticated road map for becoming a vegetarian or moving in this direction." —Dr Martin Feldman

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The Vegetarian Handbook: Eating Right for Total Health
Many patients that I see in my medical nutrition practice request specific detailed information in order to move toward a vegetarian lifestyle. Here is a book that will guide them along such a path. It will also assist current vegetarians to reach a new level of understanding by offering specific instruction for improving food habits. The instruction includes the most up-to-date and scientific data regarding food protein. By using the egg as a model of the near perfect protein source and comparing vegetarian foods with the egg, we now have available tools for increasing the benefits of protein from non-meat sources.

"Patients with certain medical problems should consider removing red meat and other animal proteins from their diet and moving toward vegetarian food sources. Some of these medical problems include the following: hypoglycemia, obesity, digestive disorders including diverticultitis and other colon problems, gout, and elevated cholestrol. Many specfic studies have shown that the vegetarian diet may help with these problems. This book presents a clear and sophisticated road map for becoming a vegetarian or moving in this direction." —Dr Martin Feldman

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The Vegetarian Handbook: Eating Right for Total Health

The Vegetarian Handbook: Eating Right for Total Health

by Gary Null Ph.D.
The Vegetarian Handbook: Eating Right for Total Health

The Vegetarian Handbook: Eating Right for Total Health

by Gary Null Ph.D.

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Many patients that I see in my medical nutrition practice request specific detailed information in order to move toward a vegetarian lifestyle. Here is a book that will guide them along such a path. It will also assist current vegetarians to reach a new level of understanding by offering specific instruction for improving food habits. The instruction includes the most up-to-date and scientific data regarding food protein. By using the egg as a model of the near perfect protein source and comparing vegetarian foods with the egg, we now have available tools for increasing the benefits of protein from non-meat sources.

"Patients with certain medical problems should consider removing red meat and other animal proteins from their diet and moving toward vegetarian food sources. Some of these medical problems include the following: hypoglycemia, obesity, digestive disorders including diverticultitis and other colon problems, gout, and elevated cholestrol. Many specfic studies have shown that the vegetarian diet may help with these problems. This book presents a clear and sophisticated road map for becoming a vegetarian or moving in this direction." —Dr Martin Feldman


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780312144418
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/15/1996
Edition description: Revised Edition
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Gary Null has a Ph.D. in nutrition and public-health science and hosts the nationally syndicated "The Gary Null Show." He has set numerous indoor and outdoor track records and is a top-ranked athlete, winning an average of fifteen to twenty races each year in his age group. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsix
Prefacexi
Introductionxvii
IIntroduction to Vegetarianism
1What Is Vegetarianism and Why Choose It as a Way of Life?3
2Famous Vegetarians7
3A Brief History of Vegetarianism11
IIProtein: the Larger Picture
4Protein: Unraveling the Myths17
5Protein Requirements25
6What Are Our Best Sources of Protein?32
7Excess Protein42
8Animal Protein and Added Chemicals47
9The Protein Combination Project53
IIIReasons for Becoming a Vegetarian
10Economics: The Big-Bucks Bonus61
11Natoral Resources In Search of Ecological Harmony73
12Food Resources81
13Personal Taste97
14Religious Beliefs106
15Reverence for Life114
16The Macrobiotic Way to Health124
IVHealth and Nutrition
17Do We Need Meat to Be Healthy?137
18Can We Be Healthy Eating Meat?153
19Vegetarianism and Health: What the Studies Show168
20The Health Vegetarian Today180
21Natural Food Recipes192
AppendixThe Protein Combination List257
Notes289
Index305
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