12 Steps to Raw Foods: How to End Your Dependency on Cooked Food
North Atlantic Books - North Atlantic Books
Release date: 2007-05-08
Paperback
Author: Victoria Boutenko
Diets & dieting, Cookery, Nutrition And Diet, Health & Fitness, Diet / Health / Fitness, Health/Fitness, Diets - Special Conditions, Nutrition, Health & Fitness / Nutrition, Specific Ingredients - Natural Foods, Raw food diet, Raw foods
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12 Steps to Raw Foods: How to End Your Dependency on Cooked Food
Date undefinedThis is a very good book for those attempting to go raw in a cooked foods world. The author charts her own exhilarating adaptation to the raw fooder lifestyle. She frankly, poignantly, and sometimes amusingly presents the reader with various possible pitfalls of making such a drastic lifestyle change, and gives tips on how to avoid them. By repeatedly referring to anecdotes about her experiences as a messenger of raw foodism, Boutenko makes the lifestyle seem natural and enjoyable, but also(and importantly) feasible. By exhaustively referencing medical and other research[there are pages and pages of citations at the back of the book], Boutenko makes the lifestyle seem sensible and optimally health-giving, that is, a desirable thing to want. She argues that, based on her experiences promoting raw foods, the greatest barrier to going raw is physiochemical cravings for cooked food. She presents the process of ridding oneself of cooked food cravings and of switching to raw foods in the form of a practical 12-step process. The author implores the reader to trust themselves with their bodies and health, which makes the transition seem like something one can manage through a modest exertion of will. Boutenko's writing is precise and her tone is lighthearted and earnest without ever being goofy or preachy. I would recommend this book to anyone considering going raw without knowing the consequences to one's appetite and lifestyle, and to anyone concerned with learning more about "taking control" of their health. Over all, a very informative and encouraging book.
12 Steps to Raw Foods: How to End Your Dependency on Cooked Food
Date undefinedI came to Raw Foods through the back door so to speak. I wasn't looking for any special dietary advice, in fact, I didn't think I had a problem. I wasn't over weight. I had permanently activated my Kundalini, and was about to publish a book about it, Deciphering the Golden Flower One Secret at a Time. As the publication date approached, I began to feel "stuffed." This condition interfered with the autonomic self-healing properties of Kundalini. I realized I had a problem. The energy I normally experienced from my active Kundalini was being diluted by gastric interference. Up to this point, my Kundalini had reserved and improved my health, flooding my nervous system on a daily basis with cleansing energy that revitalized my entire body. I tried supplements and colonics. Nothing worked. Then, one day as I pulled into our neighborhood coop, I found myself listening to a radio interview on Raw Foods. It was Victoria Boutenko.
Although I had never heard of Raw Foods, I immediately ordered this book and when it arrived, I plunged into a 100% Raw Foods diet. It did the trick, cleared up my stomach/gastric problems, and kicked my Kundalini activity into high gear once again. I discovered that no matter how much energy one derives from spiritual practices, it's important to eat correctly. yet, as Victoria points out: Cooked foods have the authority of social acceptance behind them.
I decided to hold up publication of my book to include a chapter on the serendipitous, backdoor way I discovered Raw Foods. Raw Foods and Kundalini, a powerful self-healing combination.
12 Steps to Raw Foods: How to End Your Dependency on Cooked Food
Date undefinedI'm totally clueless to the Raw Food lifestyle and I really wanted to get as many books as I could find (and afford) that would help me understand this way of life inside and out so that I don't just add the book to my collection of "diets" that I failed. This book is extremely powerful. I feel like I'm receiving therapy for my food addiction as I read it. It is amazing; Victoria covers every possible topic you could think of while making this intense transition and I'm looking forward to the journey with her help; this will become my new bible to healthy living and you won't be seeing me re-selling it on Amazon!
