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The Complete Vegetarian: The Essential Guide to Good Health
Peggy Carlson
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Description for The Complete Vegetarian: The Essential Guide to Good Health
Paperback. The health benefits of a vegetarian diet Editor(s): Carlson, Peggy. Series: The Food Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 14 line drawings; 30 tables. BIC Classification: VF; WBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 5182 x 25. Weight in Grams: 862.
The Complete Vegetarian makes important scientific connections between good health and vegetarianism after citing health concerns as the number one reason many people adopt a vegetarian diet. Peggy Carlson examines the vegetarian diet’s impact on chronic diseases and serves as a nutritional guide and meal-planning resource for many health professionals and regular consumers. Vegetarian nutritionists’ and medical doctors’ cutting-edge research find that an absence of meat is the only factor that accounts for the health effects of a vegetarian diet, but also a lower saturated fat and more fiber, antioxidants, and unsaturated fat count than other diets.
The Complete Vegetarian makes important scientific connections between good health and vegetarianism after citing health concerns as the number one reason many people adopt a vegetarian diet. Peggy Carlson examines the vegetarian diet’s impact on chronic diseases and serves as a nutritional guide and meal-planning resource for many health professionals and regular consumers. Vegetarian nutritionists’ and medical doctors’ cutting-edge research find that an absence of meat is the only factor that accounts for the health effects of a vegetarian diet, but also a lower saturated fat and more fiber, antioxidants, and unsaturated fat count than other diets.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
The Food Series
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252075063
SKU
V9780252075063
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About Peggy Carlson
Peggy Carlson is an emergency medicine physician.
Reviews for The Complete Vegetarian: The Essential Guide to Good Health
"The Complete Vegetarian is the no-nonsense, evidence-based book on the health benefits of a vegetarian diet. I highly recommend this authoritative volume to vegetarians, anyone who lives with a vegetarian, or anyone who is considering a vegetarian lifestyle."
Joseph M. Carlin, U.S. Administration on Aging “Thoroughly reviews the positive and negative aspects of a vegetarian diet . . . Recommended.”
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Joseph M. Carlin, U.S. Administration on Aging “Thoroughly reviews the positive and negative aspects of a vegetarian diet . . . Recommended.”
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