The Vegetarian Handbook: Eating Right for Total Health

by Gary Null Ph.D.

Overview

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

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Preface	xi
	Introduction	xvii
I	Introduction to Vegetarianism
1	What Is Vegetarianism and Why Choose It as a Way of Life?	3
2	Famous Vegetarians	7
3	A Brief History of Vegetarianism	11
II	Protein: the Larger Picture
4	Protein: Unraveling the Myths	17
5	Protein Requirements	25
6	What Are Our Best Sources of Protein?	32
7	Excess Protein	42
8	Animal Protein and Added Chemicals	47
9	The Protein Combination Project	53
III	Reasons for Becoming a Vegetarian
10	Economics: The Big-Bucks Bonus	61
11	Natoral Resources In Search of Ecological Harmony	73
12	Food Resources	81
13	Personal Taste	97
14	Religious Beliefs	106
15	Reverence for Life	114
16	The Macrobiotic Way to Health	124
IV	Health and Nutrition
17	Do We Need Meat to Be Healthy?	137
18	Can We Be Healthy Eating Meat?	153
19	Vegetarianism and Health: What the Studies Show	168
20	The Health Vegetarian Today	180
21	Natural Food Recipes	192
Appendix	The Protein Combination List	257
	Notes	289
	Index	305

Editorial Reviews

"Passionately argued, this well-documented, readable volume makes a thorough, albeit somewhat familiar, case for vegetarianism as a way of eating and a way of life." —Publishers Weekly

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