Beyond broccoli
Subtitle: creating a biologically balanced diet when a vegetarian diet doesn't work
By: Susan Schenck
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Awakenings Publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Concrete, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780977679522
Subjects: Meat; Health aspects; Raw food diet; Nutritional aspects; Reducing diets; Weight loss; Vegetarianism; Veganism; Reducing Diet; Weight Loss; Crudivorisme; Aspect nutritionnel; Régimes amaigrissants; Perte de poids; Végétarisme
Description: Going raw had originally proved to have many benefits, but after a few years of veganism, Schenck began to exhibit health concerns: deficiencies of vitamin B12, memory problems, muscle tissue loss, bloatedness, irritability, and cravings. When tests showed that it was a lack of vital nutrients found only in animal products that were causing the problems, she discovered that not everyone has the metabolic type to go vegan. Now she offers a holistic look at eating a mostly raw, meat-enriched diet, and shows how it benefits our physical health and spiritual well-being.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The vegetarian mystique. How a vegan diet compromised my health ; Vegetarian myths dispelled ; Origins of vegetarianism and veganism ; Can a vegan or vegetarian diet give you peak health? ; Vegetarians no more: people who went back to eating meat; title: Evolution of the human diet. Man's dietary history ; Agriculture: civilization, hierarchy, disease ; Our shrinking brains ; Your brain on a plant-only diet; title: Finding balance in fats, carbohydrates, and protein. Metabolic types: why we can't all "go veg" ; Falling for the big fat lie ; Benefits of curbing your carbs ; Burning fat instead of sugar ; Carbs and fats don't mix ; A closer look at plants as protein sources ; Protein: perils, praise, and myths ; Meat: correct physiologically if not politically ; Dairy and eggs ; The vegetarian "conspiracy" and the China study; title: Morality, spirituality, and sustainability of eating meat. The morality of eating meat ; The spirituality of eating meat ; The sustainability of eating meat; title: What's for dinner? Diet: it's all about balance! ; Is eating raw natural? ; Increase the demand for clean meat, and eat it consciously ; If you still aspire to remain vegan or vegetarian ; Pregnant, lactating, or feeding the kids: why animal products may be crucial ; A balanced, high-raw, near-paleolithic diet; title: Epilogue: Thoughts about the future.