Rick and Karin Dina are both healthcare practitioners and long-time followers of a raw food diet. They've provided scientific information on how to construct nutritious raw diets through their Science of Raw Food Nutrition classes to hundreds of students. This book is a compendium of the latest information from peer-reviewed research and their own clinical experience on why raw diets are so beneficial and how to construct a raw diet that will provide all the necessary nutrients. The Raw Food Nutrition Handbook covers issues such as getting enough protein, understanding calorie density and nutrient density, focusing on whole plant foods, hydration, and food combining. The Dinas provide examples of some of the most popular raw food diets and discuss the nutritional adequacies of each one. They also share some of the success strategies they've used over the years to help people stay raw over the long term, make sense of conflicting nutritional information, and engage family and friends in their dietary journeys. Tables and graphs throughout provide a wide range of easy-to-grasp nutritional informtion, making this book a valuable, hands-on reference for anyone seeking to improve health through diet.

Raw Food Nutrition Handbook, The

Dina, Karin; Dina, Rick

Book Publishing Company

Brumby Sunstate

Native Voices

United States, United States of America

Summertown, US, 2015

United States, 2015

First, PS, 2015

1, 2015

Includes bibliographical references (page 179-193) and index.

Rick and Karin Dina are both healthcare practitioners and long-time followers of a raw food diet. They've provided scientific information on how to construct nutritious raw diets through their Science of Raw Food Nutrition classes to hundreds of students. This book is a compendium of the latest information from peer-reviewed research and their own clinical experience on why raw diets are so beneficial and how to construct a raw diet that will provide all the necessary nutrients. The Raw Food Nutrition Handbook covers issues such as getting enough protein, understanding calorie density and nutrient density, focusing on whole plant foods, hydration, and food combining. The Dinas provide examples of some of the most popular raw food diets and discuss the nutritional adequacies of each one. They also share some of the success strategies they've used over the years to help people stay raw over the long term, make sense of conflicting nutritional information, and engage family and friends in their dietary journeys. Tables and graphs throughout provide a wide range of easy-to-grasp nutritional information, making this book a valuable, hands-on reference for anyone seeking to improve health through diet

Rick and Karin Dina are both healthcare practitioners and long-time followers of a raw food diet. They have provided scientific information on how to construct nutritious raw diets through their Science of Raw Food Nutrition classes to hundreds of students. This book is a compendium of the latest information from peer-reviewed research and their own clinical experience on why raw diets are so beneficial and how to construct a raw diet that will provide all the necessary nutrients.
The Raw Food Nutrition Handbook covers issues such as getting enough protein, understanding calorie density and nutrient density, focusing on whole plant foods, hydration, and food combining. The Dinas provide examples of some of the most popular raw food diets and discuss the nutritional adequacies of each one. They also share some of the success strategies theyve used over the years to help people stay raw over the long term, make sense of conflicting nutritional information, and engage family and friends in their dietary journeys.

Authors Karin and Rick Dina, both healthcare practitioners, provide scientific information on how to construct nutritious raw diets through their Science of Raw Food nutrition classes to hundreds of students. This book is a compendium of the latest information from peer-reviewed research and their own clinical experience on why raw diets are so beneficial and how to construct a raw diet that will provide all the necessary nutrients. Topics covered include getting enough protein, understanding calorie density and nutrient density, focusing on whole plant foods, hydration, and food combining. Readers are also given appraisals of the most popular raw food diets, and the nutritional adequacies of each one. The authors also share some of the success strategies they've used over the years to help people stay raw over the long term, and make sense of conflicting nutritional information

xi, 209 pages : 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 179-193) and index
What is raw? -- Carbohydrates and fiber -- Fat -- Protein -- Minerals -- Vitamins -- Water and hydration -- The effect of heat on nutrients and enzymes -- Understanding calorie density and nutrient density -- Nutrient analyses of various raw food diets -- The importance of focusing on whole plant foods -- Principles of food combining -- Raw for life: helpful raw-food success strategies

2024-07-01