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Article: How natural can you get?(BookCorners; Rawsome!)(Book Review)
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
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- April 1, 2005
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Rawsome!
by Brigitte Mars
Basic Health Publications, Inc. 8200 Boulevard East, North Bergen, New Jersey 07047 USA; 201-868-8336
Softcover, 2004, $17.95 US/$28.95 CAN, 355 pp.
A raw foods diet is not for everyone, but it does have a lot of positive benefits--from providing essential enzymes to losing weight and detoxification. The obvious downside for most folks is the vegetarianism--raw meat is not an option these days! But probably the biggest deterrent for most Westerners is taste. Cold, uncooked foods seem pretty bland, after hot chili on a cold day, or a barbecued steak with fluffy baked potatoes.
Not so, says the author, ...