A List of Recommended Reading & Websites for Healthy Eating

I believe that nutrition is one of the foundations to great health and vitality, so I am sure to discuss this with my patients. The following is a list of recipe and nutritional books that I particularly like (especially the ones with *). My research into nutrition has lead me to conclude that a whole food, plant-based diet, mostly raw, is the healthiest way to eat. The following lists reflect this.

Books


RAW RECIPES:
  • Green Smoothie Revolution. Victoria Boutenko
  • Ani’s raw food kitchen. Ani Phyo
  • Ani’s Raw Food Desserts. Ani Phyo
  • The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Raw
  • Raw Family Signature Dishes. Victoria Boutenko
  • Fresh. The Ultimate Live-Food Cookbook. Sergei and Valya Boutenko
  • Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People. Jennifer Cornbleet
  • Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine. Gabriel Cousens, MD.

VEGAN RECIPES:
  • The Conscious Cook. Tal Ronnen
  • Eat, drink & be vegan. Dreena Burton
  • How it all Vegan! Tanya Barnard & Sarah Kramer
  • The Garden of Vegan. Tanya Barnard & Sarah Kramer
  • Veganomicon. The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook. Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero
  • Fresh at home. Ruth Tal Brown & Jennifer Houston
  • Refresh. Ruth Tal with Jennifer Houston

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (many with recipes):
  • The China Study. T. Colin Campbell, PhD*
  • 12 Steps to Raw Foods. Victoria Boutenko*
  • Quantum Wellness. Kathy Freston
  • Quantum Wellness Cleanse. Kathy Freston
  • The Thrive Diet. Brendan Brazier
  • Crazy Sexy Diet. Kris Carr
  • Becoming Vegan. Brenda Davis, R.D. & Vesanto Melina, M.S., R.D.
  • How Not To Die, Michael Greger, M.D.
  • Eat To Live, Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

OTHER RECOMMENDED READING:
  • Eating Animals. Jonathan Safran Foer (Factory farming; health; environment)*
  • The Gabriel Method. Jon Gabriel (not specifically vegan. Promotes live food and deals with other factors involved with weight issues)

Websites

www.trulyorganicfoods.com
Canada's online source for quality raw and vegan foods.  

www.nutritionfacts.org
Michael Greger M.D.Physician, author, and speaker who scours the world's nutrition research to bring you free daily videos and articles.

www.nutritiondata.com
A great source for nutritional information (vitamin, mineral, fat, fiber, carbohydrate, protein content, etc) for a countless number of foods/products.

www.upayanaturals.com
Online store that specializes in raw, vegan food and related kitchen appliances including dehydrators, Vitamixes, juicers & sprouting containers.

www.thrivein30.com
Brendan Brazier (author of 'The Thrive Diet') offers a month of free email-information/lessons on how to improve your health with a plant-based diet.

www.rawfamily.com
The Boutenko family’s website. Includes Green Smoothie recipes and informational newsletters.

www.nutru.com
Sells omega-3 products from marine plant sources, which contain DHA and EPA (V-Pure brand).