Diet-food

Editorial Reviews

Book Description:
Why do we overeat time and time again? Why do we make poor diet choices while we want to be healthy? What makes losing weight so difficult? These and many other vital questions are addressed in 12 Steps to Raw Foods in an open and sincere dialogue. Based on the latest scientific research, Victoria Boutenko explains the numerous benefits of choosing a diet of fresh rather than cooked foods. This book contains self-tests and questionnaires that help the reader to determine if they have hidden eating patterns that undermine their health. Using examples from life, the author explores the most common reasons for people to make unhealthy eating choices.

Rather than simply praising the benefits of raw foods, this book offers helpful tips and coping techniques to form and maintain new, healthy patterns. Learn how to make a raw food restaurant card that makes dining with co-workers easy and enjoyable. Discover three magic sentences that enable you to refuse your mother-in-law’s apple pie without offending her. Find out how to sustain your chosen diet while traveling. These are only a few of the many scenarios that Boutenko outlines.

Written in a convenient 12-step format, this book guides the reader through the most significant physical, psychological, and spiritual phases of the transition from cooked to raw foods. Embracing the raw food lifestyle is more than simply turning off the stove. Such a radical change in the way we eat affects all aspects of life. Boutenko touches on the human relationship with nature, the value of supporting others, and the importance of living in harmony with people who don’t share the same point of view on eating. Already a classic, this enhanced second edition is aimed at anyone interested in improving their health through diet.

Customer Reviews

Recipes for 12 Steps by Carol "Colorado" Lee
She leads us all in the right direction. Fruits and vegetables are better than anything. Recipes and visual preparations add, plus care with portions. For this I recommend For The Original Overeaters Anonymous Very Low Carbohydrate Food Plan: Greysheet Recipes. This is a beautiful book. I bought it because I’m on the very low carb food plan. It has great recipes. I really like the protein and vegetable recipes. I can never think of enough things to do with vegetables. Now I know what other people are cooking. I’m glad to learn more about phone and in person meetings. I never knew where the term “greysheet” came from. I have wanted to learn more about it for a long time.

Really Good Info. by Lady
What a terrific book! I highly recommend it for a raw foodist or anyone who wants to better their health. Victoria’s enthusiasm, experience and knowledge all blend in a way that not only validate’s your journey but set’s the footprints to guide you. She is truly a raw food pioneer!!!

12 Steps to Raw by Nathan Bales
This is an excellent, well written and inspirational book for anyone seeking information on how to prepare raw foods and how to eat more of them! Some great ideas.

Inspirational! by C. Saphire
When I first started reading this book, I was a little doubtful because of how “fanatical” some Raw Food writers/advocates can be sometimes. I’m not really into all the “spirituality” talk that goes hand in hand with some of things I’ve read but this book surprised me and ended up being a great help and inspiration.

It was a quick read (either that or I just couldn’t put it down) but it contained tons of great advice about starting your raw diet.

It is definitely geared more towards someone who is wanting to go 100% raw — which wasn’t my plan at first, but after reading this book, it now is!

The book mostly talks about the temptation that comes with cooked foods and how to overcome it. It also has a great chapter on how to become raw without annoying those around you — which I think is brilliant. Since starting my raw food venture, I’ve found that a lot of my friends and even family automatically seem to become defensive about eating cooked food without me even questioning them about it. This book gives great advice on how to get more acceptance and support from your non raw friends and loved ones.

Also — the recipes are some of the best (and EASIEST) I’ve found so far.

I’ve been to 2 movies since reading this book and have been able to avoid my one of my favorite things — popcorn! — and I think I have this book to thank for that.

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