| View Larger Image | The Vegan Diet As Chronic Disease Prevention: Evidence Supporting the New Four Food Groups | Paperbackby Kerrie K. Saunders (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Lantern Books | | Page Count: | 243 Pages | | Publication Date: | November 01, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 293,602rd |
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The United States is one of the sickest nations on the planet. Despite our wealth, access to educational media, natural resources, and opportunity, most Americans accept atherosclerosis, cancer, hypertension, osteoporosis, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other degenerative chronic diseases as part of the normal aging process. Unfortunately, even our traditional "modern medicine" practitioners believe this misguided and bleak picture out of ignorance. This is because in a traditional curriculum, many physicians-in-training only receive one course in nutrition—the safest, most effective, and least expensive form of chronic disease prevention available. This one course is guided by the faulty 1992 "Food Pyramid" of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), which derived from the even more dangerous "Basic Four Food Groups" of 1956. In both cases, the approval of these dietary guidelines was a political rather than a medical decision, and recent scientific evidence has shown how these guidelines keep Americans sick rather than healthy. The Vegan Diet as Chronic Disease Prevention explores the mountain of evidence that suggests that a diet free of animal products can have radically beneficial effects on many conditions that affect vast numbers of Americans. Dr. Saunders provides an exhaustive list of references and sources in arguably the most comprehensive argument in print for the human health benefits of the vegan diet. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 19 reviews)
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I wouldn't bother with it by Jim Shaver (Atlanta, GA)  2 Stars
October 25, 2009
I didn't care for it at all. I don't know where the author gets her old information. She seems to babble. Not an easy read.
I notice through a little light research that if the author doesn't like your review, she will get a family member to
debate. easily found out. HA! I find other reading digestable. Still, I don't like her book , I have read many, and I wouldn't recommend it. Enough said.
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Good info supported by references that need to be updated by Judith (Santa Cruz, CA USA)  4 Stars
June 14, 2009
I agree with the reviewer who said: 'It cites heavily dated secondary sources (nutrition books, encyclopedias, and journal articles), such as John McDougall's "The McDougall Program" (1990), Neal Barnard's "Food for Life" (1993), and articles in journals from the 1970s and 80s).' It's good to have the sources cited, but that makes this book more like second-hand reporting. Worse, the sources all all of the standard ones for vegan diet advocates, and they're all outdated by way more than a decade. Updating it might make an even better case, because we've learned more since and more of the info is now supported and accepted in the mainstream.
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Good info poorly presented by cwdobbs (Missouri)  3 Stars
August 18, 2008
I think the problem I had with this book is that I read it immediately after having read Joel Fuhrman's Eat to live. Dr Fuhrman presented the same information (and more) in a much more engaging manner. Not to mention that Fuhrman is a practicing physician who actually "prescribes" a vegan diet to hundreds of patients/year and monitors the results. I was inspired by Fuhrman's book. This one? Not so much.
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Vegan Girl by Deisy A. Carrera (Orange County, California)  5 Stars
June 22, 2008
I got this book on the last day of school as a gift from a friend of mine in ceramics class and once I started reading it I was amazed at how interesting it was. I couldn't stop reading it until I finished it and I loved it, I learned so many new things that as a vegan I thought I already knew but like they say there's always more to learn. I definitely recommend it to everybody.
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Superficial compilation of secondary sources by Rebecca (Glendale, CA) 2 Stars
March 15, 2008
This book provides a very superficial overview of vegan nutritional issues. It cites heavily to dated secondary sources (nutrition books, encyclopedias, and journal articles, such as John McDougall's "The McDougall Program" (1990), Neal Barnard's "Food for Life" (1993), and articles in journals from the 1970s and 80s). There are few, if any, citations to primary sources or studies to support the text. If you're new to veganism and looking for an introduction to vegan issues, you may want to read this. If you want anything more in-depth or scholarly, look elsewhere.
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