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These are some of the best raw and live food books. Raw Foods.com has a great selection of raw food books (with excellent descriptions), juicers and raw foods. They have the best prices on the Internet.

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Complete Book of Juicing: Your Delicious Guide to Youthful Vitality by Michael T. Murray, ND. 351 pages. This book lists the benefits of drinking fresh juices and has a list of juice recipes. It compares the benefits of a vegetarian diet versus a meat eating diet. There is a chapter that answers the most common questions about juicing. It has chapters on juice as medicine, juicing for weight loss, juicing for the immune system and cancer, and what is juice. Has a list of fruits and vegetables and what their benefits are. It tells how much vitamins and minerals are in various fruits and vegetables. It tells how to select and prepare various juices. It talks about getting the benefits of getting juice as fresh as possible. It is a very popular book.

Complete Book of Raw Food: Healthy Vegetarian Cuisine Made With Living Foods by Lori Baird
This detailed cookbook contains 350 delicious recipes for preparing uncooked fruits and vegetables, great salads, soups, smoothies, cheese substitutes. It is packed with recipes from over 40 top raw chefs from around the world, each with their own unique style. Talks about preparation techniques and presentation tips to make delicious, healthy meals. Expert advice on choosing the best ingredients. Contains recipes from the top raw chefs. A wealth of experience and insight into juicing, cutting, drying, and other methods creating delicious raw meals. The author, Lori Baird, has more than 10 years' experience writing about food. An amateur chef, she is a former food and travel editor at Yankee magazine, and has contributed to cookbooks including The New England Innkeepers' Cookbook.
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Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing
Disease:
The Only System to Reverse Heart Disease Without Drugs or Surgery by Dean Ornish - This is a very popular book on this subject.
Dr. Jensen's Guide to Better Bowel Care: A Complete Program for Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management by Bernard Jensen. Talks about how the under active condition of the elimination organs influences the development of illness and disease in the body. He also looks at the common bowel disorders. He presents his Ultimate Tissue Cleansing Program to cleanse the system of toxins and waste materials.
Dr. Jensen's Nutrition Handbook: A Daily Regimen for Healthy Living by Dr Bernard Jensen - Talks about the principles to stay healthy. Talks about what nutritions are lacking and what foods are lacking. Gives suggestions for diet for brain and nerve food, elimination channels and others.

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Eating For Beauty by David Wolfe
This very information books talks about the concept that physical beauty comes from within and real beauty depends highly on what we eat. Besides highly valuable information this book contains some really wonderful recipes. Talks about how proper nutrition is an art. Raw foods, yoga, proper sleep and a positive outlook with a heart full of love will without a doubt overwhelm you with ever-existing beauty. Talks about which foods are best and which foods are not good. Kirlian photography throughout the book is great. Kirlian photography is a way of actually measuring the energy and life in a certain food. Contains some amazing testimonials for the raw food beauty diet to inspire you to incorporate a raw food diet. David Wolfe is one of pioneer of raw food diet. He has been a leading authority and educator on raw foods for years.
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Eating Without Heating: Favorite Recipes From Teens Who Love Raw Food by Boutenko & Valya Sergei
This inspirational book discusses the insights of the authors on raw food and their favorite recipes. It tells how eating raw foods changed their lives and it provides useful advice to parents on how to make it easier for their kids to eat raw foods. The authors, Valya and Sergei, were 16 and 17 years old when they wrote this book and have followed a raw food diet for over half of their lives.
There are 18 chapters of tasty, easy to prepare, healthy recipes. Each chapter starts out with helpful information about preparing the type of food in that section. This valuable resource has great recipes for all occasions, from gourmet dishes to easy to prepare dishes that take only minutes to make.
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Food Combining. Better Health-The Natural Way by Rita Bingham - Describes how to properly combine food in ways not to cause acids and diseases. A good book.
Food Combining and Digestion: A Rational Approach to Combining What You Eat to Maximize Digestion and Health by Steve Meyerowitz - Discusses that for a person to digest food property that they should not eat too many foods at one time and that the food that they eat should be combined properly.

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The High Energy Diet People Guide by Dr Douglas N G - Has over 100 simple tasty recipes. Really good.
Hooked on Raw by Rhio - This is one of the most complete books around on the raw life style.

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Juice Fasting and Detoxification: Use the Healing Power of Fresh Juice to Feel Young and Look Great: The Fastest Way to Restore Your Health by Steve Megerowitz - This is one of the most popular book on this subject and gets great reviews from readers. Raw Foods has the best prices on the Internet for raw foods and books on this subject.
The Juice Lady's Guide to Juicing for Health: Unleashing the Healing Power of Whole Fruits and Vegetables by Cherie Calbom MS - Has some really good juice recipes that are really tasty. Discuss the nutritional values of juice and what juices should be taken for different ailments.
The Juice Lady's Juicing for High Level Wellness and Vibrant Good Looks by Cherie Calbom (the Juice Lady).
Juicing for Life - Chirie Collins (the Juice Lady) - Has good tasting healthy juice combinations.
Juicing for the Health of It by Siegfried Gursche - Really good recipes and well-done pictures.

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Sproutman's Kitchen Garden Cookbook: 250 flourless, Dairyless, Low Fat, Low Salt, Living Food Vegetarian Recipes by Steve Meyerowitz.- Has very good tasty recipes. This is an extremely popular book that gets excellent ratings from its readers.

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Living Cuisine: The Art & Spirit Of Raw Foods by Renee Loux Underkoffler
This well-written book is a great introduction to the living foods lifestyle. The first half of the book is a compilation of information, from advice and the benefits of going raw to a comprehensive list of foods, tools and techniques. The second part of the book consists of Renee's delicious vegan recipes Renee Loux Underkoffler is a raw-foods gourmet chef and former co-owner of the Raw Experience restaurant in Maui. The first half of the book has a great deal of information about raw food ingredients and techniques, such as sprouting, culturing and fermenting, and the techniques and methods to healthfully and safely prepare raw foods. Contains more than 300 delicious gourmet recipes from a large range of ethnic and International foods. Talks about raw-foods processing, sprouting, culturing and fermenting blanching, juicing and dehydrating and garnishing.
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The Juiceman's Power of Juicing by Jay Kordich (known as the Juiceman) - Has over 100 delicious juice recipes. Really tasty recipes.

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Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine by Gabriel Cousens $30.00
In developing the understanding that there is no one diet for everyone and pursuing a scientific means of individualizing one’s diet, Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine merges the wisdom of the Ayurvedic dietary approach with modern research on metabolic factors such as fast or slow oxidation; blood type; genetic make-up and morel. Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine is the most practical solution to these critical personal and planetary issues. This compelling synthesis of research and innovative dietary strategies charts new territory based on an age-old theme; Eat as nature intended. In the first part of this highly informative book Gabriel Cousens discusses the health benefits of following a live-food diet. The second section of the book which is over 300 contains delicious live-food recipes by the chefs at the Tree of Life Cafe. These restorative "live" foods can reverse chronic disease and bring back health and vitality. Gabriel Cousens, MD, MD (H), Diplomate in Ayurveda, is the world’s foremost live-foods medical doctor and the author of several books including: Conscious Eating, Spiritual Nutrition and The Rainbow Diet, and Depression Free for Life.
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RAW by Charlie Trotter, Thomas Keller & Norman Van Aken
This gourmet raw food cookbook has a wide assortment of delicious recipes by two of the foremost gourmet live-food chef in the world. Charlie Trotter’s tasting menus at his Chicago restaurant have showcased raw food at the highest level, while Roxanne Klein’s former eponymous restaurant in Larkspur, California, has brought her international recognition for her cuisine. Experience the revelation this dynamic cuisine in Raw, a landmark volume that pairs visionary chefs Trotter and Klein. Artfully presented with Tim Turner’s award-winning photography, Trotter and Klein’s food celebrates ingredients in their glorious natural state. In such skilled hands, raw food is nothing short of a revolution in the way we cook and eat.
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Raw Gourmet by Nomi Shannon
This is a complete guide to one of the world’s fastest-growing nutrition and health movements—the living foods diet. Learn how fresh, non-cooked fruits, vegetable, nuts seeds and grains can boost your vitality without making any sacrifices to your palate. This book clearly explains the benefits of a raw diet and the importance of organic foods. This excellent cookbook has a large selection of delicious raw food dishes for breakfast, juices, salads, raw pies & cookies and ice cream. The stunning photos on every page make this book so beautiful that it makes a nice coffee table book. A well-known proponent of natural health and healing, Nomi Shannon is an author, a raw food chef and a certified Hippocreates health Educator.
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The Raw Life: Becoming Natural In An Unnatural World by Paul Nison - This is a great introduction for people interested in taking to the raw food diet. Discusses the obticults to taking to the raw food diet and how to overcome these obstucles.
Raw Power! Building Strength and Muscle Naturally by Stephen Arlin, David Wolfe (Editor) - Stephen Arlin is a weight-lifter and eater of a raw food diet. He describes how the raw food diet has helped him and gives a weight lifting regiment.

Raw Truth: The Art Of Preparing Living Foods by Jeremy Safron $18.95
THE RAW TRUTH, is a great cookbook presented by restaurateur and consultant Jeremy Safron. In a down-to-earth, no-fuss style, Safron teaches the fundamentals for soaking or sprouting ingredients like almonds and sesame seeds to make many appetizing, hearty, proud-to-be-raw dishes. The recipes are so simple—requiring few ingredients and only a handful of dehydration and sprouting techniques—requiring few ingredients and only a handful of dehydration and sprouting techniques—and so “to live for” that you’ll quickly be hooked. Jeremy Safron has been involved in the living-food movement for over 10 years. He is the founder of Loving Foods, owner of the Raw Experience restaurant in Hawaii, and consultant and advisor to several other raw-food restaurants around the United States.
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RAW: The Uncook Book by Juliano & Erika Lenkert
There is an abundance of creative and delicious recipes presented in this amazing cookbook. Juliano believes that food in its rawest and purest form are the most nourishing foods. This cookbook tells how to not only have the most healthy food but also the most delicious. This is a very popular cookbook gets excellent reviews. This stunning cookbook has beautiful four-color color photos of the foods, which adds life to this recommended cookbook. This is an inspirational effort by one of the foremost raw food cooks in the world.
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Raw: The Uncook Book: New Vegetarian Food for Life by Juliano - This is a very popular cookbook which generally gets excellent reviews.

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Sproutman’s Kitchen Garden Cookbook by Steve Meyerowitz This detailed, practical guide on sprouting is rich in content. This is an excellent guide that describes how to prepare healthy vegetarian, "live food" meals. It contains charts on nutrition, sprouting and food drying. Contains chapters on making sprout bread, food dehydrating, juicing, natural sodas, alternatives to dairy and salt, and a glossary of healthy foods. Includes Questions and Answers and seed resources. Over 150 illustrations, photos and charts. 40 pages of recipes and information on the making of sprouted breads, living soups, dressings, dips, crackers, cookies, spreads, sautés and sprouted bagels & pizza. Steve Meyerowitz began his journey to better health in 1975 to correct a lifetime condition of allergies and asthma. He ate 100% live foods for 5 years, practiced fruitarianism, a diet of fruit, nut and sprouted seeds, and fasted on raw juices for as long as 100 days. Read More

Sunfood Cuisine: A Practical Guide to raw Vegetarian Cuisine
(French Chef) by Frederic Patenaude - Has some really tasty raw recipes. Believes for a person to follow a raw food diet that the food has to be really tasty. Gourmet raw food.
Sprouts The Miracle Food: The Complete Guide to Sprouting by Steve Meyerowitz
The Stevia Cookbook: Cooking With Nature's Calorie-Free Sweetener by Ray Sahelian
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Sunfood Diet Success System: 36 Lessons In Health Transformation by David Wolfe
This very useful book covers all aspects of eating a raw food diet and contains a positive message about life. Has an excellent variety of very useful sections such as ones on minerals detoxification, food-combining, the SunFood Triangle (new pyramid), hybridized food, common questions, myths, and the wonders of a diet free of toxicity. The beginning and end of the book talks about his philosophy of life, quotations and references from other motivational/success books and the author's beautiful poems. This is an outstanding and inspiring book.
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Vegetarian Restaurants and Natural Food Stores in the USA: A Comprehensive Guide to over 2,500 Vegetarian Eateries by John Howley - This is by far the best vegetarian and vegetarian restaurants book on the market. An excellent list of natural food stores and co-ops. Lists vegetarian options in the fast-food restaurants. Has a valuable list of ingredients found in food that may be meat derived. Over 2,500 places are listed with plenty of detail and good directions to many of the places.
Vegetarian Sourcebook: The Nutrition, Ecology and Ethics of a Natural Foods Diet by Keith Akers. Talks about the benefits of being a vegetarian in relation to nutrition, ethics and ecology. It is a good resource book.

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