12 Steps to Raw Foods
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by Victoria Boutenko

12 Steps to Raw Foods: How to End Your Dependency on Cooked Food
Revised and expanded Third Edition. Release date - April 24, 2007
Paperback - 264 pages.

According to Victoria Boutenko (author of Raw Family) only 1 out of 1000 people can stay on a raw-food diet without support. In her new book, she provides vocabulary, understanding, and compassion for those wishing to transition successfully to a raw-food diet. This book, highly recommended by Dr. Gabriel Cousens, encourages and supports you to trust your own instincts once past initial detoxification. Victoria Boutenko expertly addresses the: cultural attachment, social pressure, programming from birth, and the addictive quality of processed foods. She covers in detail: enzymes, detoxification and the 12-steps necessary in order to successfully make the transition and maintain a raw-food diet. Quick, Easy Gourmet Raw Recipes also accompany this remarkable book! This book is destined to be a best seller and is a highly recommended gift to loved ones.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Dr. Gabriel Cousens

Author’s Note

Part 1. Why Raw Food

Chapter 1. Where My Search Began
Chapter 2. What Was Missing in Our Raw Food Plan?
Chapter 3. Ode to a Green Smoothie
Chapter 4. Modern Science Studies Un-cooking
Chapter 5. What Is Life?
Chapter 6. Your Body Never Makes Mistakes
Chapter 7. What the First Humans Ate
Chapter 8. Convenience Against Health
Chapter 9. How My Family Eats
Chapter 10. Bacteria
Chapter 11. What About Insects?

Part 2. Human Dependency on Cooked Food

Chapter 12. Is It Really a Dependency?
Chapter 13. How Important Is It to Be 100% Raw?
Chapter 14. The Addictiveness of Common Foods
Chapter 15. Looking for Comfort in Cooked Foods
Chapter 16. Feeding Inner Hunger

Part 3. How to End Your Dependency on Cooked Food

Chapter 17. Step 1: Becoming Aware of the Problem
Chapter 18. Step 2: Nourishing Your Body to Eliminate Cravings
Chapter 19. Step 3: Acquiring Skills and Equipment
Chapter 20. Step 4: I Love You No Matter What You Eat
Chapter 21. Step 5: Avoiding Temptations
Chapter 22. Step 6: Getting Support
Chapter 23. Step 7: Gratitude and Forgiveness
Chapter 24. Step 8: Actualizing Dreams
Chapter 25. Step 9: Embracing Other Healthy Habits
Chapter 26. Step 10: Gaining Clarity
Chapter 27. Step 11: Searching for Our Spiritual Missions
Chapter 28. Step 12: Giving Support to Others.

Part 4. Recipes
Index
Bibliography