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Conscious Eating

Book Review

Conscious Eating by Gabriel Cousens, M.D.

This over 800 page book covers the entire spectrum of nutrition and is an extremely valuable addition to any library. I frequently reference this book for information and recipes. Gabriel has done a tremendous service to humanity by providing this book.

If you are interested in reading a book on nutrition that can help you reach individualized radiant health, then I believe Conscious Eating could be for you. Gabriel is an incredibly wise and compassionate guide. He inspires you to take a journey with him and gives support along the entire path.

The first section of the book invites the reader to look at nutrition in a holistic manner, and gives ways to commune with food on a deeply mindful level. Then Gabriel outlines the various ways that we can individualize our diet to our particular metabolic uniqueness. Detailed charts are given to help you find your metabolic type and specific dietary suggestions are shown for each type. There are also sections on Ayurveda and blood type to further assist in the individualizing process.

The second section of the book goes into great detail on the health benefits of plant foods. Gabriel's insights into conscious eating are rooted in a strong belief in veganism. For anyone considering going vegetarian or vegan, this book outlines everything you would need to know on how to successfully eat this type of diet. There is also considerable attention given to the role that veganism plays towards environmental sustainability. Readers will find these sections to be very well researched and invaluable as reference material.

The third section of the book covers the "how to" of transitioning to a healthier diet and also has fascinating chapters such as on the benefits of living and raw foods. Gabriel breaks down several important steps along the transition process so that anyone can benefit from the insights in this book.

The last section has over 150 delicious plant based recipes from around the world. Each recipe shows how it relates to the doshas so that individuals can choose the recipes that are most balancing for their system.

For those new to vegan and raw food preparation, there are detailed instructions on what appliances will be needed and easy to follow "how to" steps.

Here is the Table of Contents for Conscious Eating:

Forward

Author's Update

Introduction

Part I Principles of Individualizing the Diet

1. Perspectives on Individualizing One's Diet

2. Assimilation of Mother Nature's Energies

3. A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Personalizing Your Diet: Linking Food Ratios to Physiological Types

4. Personalizing Your Diet to Your Body-Mind Constitution

5. Foods That Can Balance of Unbalance Your Constitution

6. Subtle Food Messages from Nature

7. Food Effects on Body, Mind, and Spirit

8. Deficient Diet: A Cause of Physical and Mental Degeneration

9. The Addictive Brain

10. Fasting Feeds the Spirit

11. Acid-Base Balance, a Basic Key to Health

12. A New Paradigm of Nutrition

Part II The Choice of Vegetarianism

13. General Guidelines for a Healthy Diet

14. Vegetarianism: A Step Toward Health and Harmony

15. Do Vegetarians Get Enough B12?

16. Doubts about Vegetarianism

17. Judaism and Torah (Old Testament) Teachings of Vegetarianism

18. Jesus and Vegetarianism

19. Vegetarianism in the World's Religions

Part III Transition to Vegetarianism

20. The Change to Vegetarianism

21. Stage One: I Have No "Beef 'with This

22. Stage Two: Not a Time to Go Fishing

23. Stage Three: Developing a Vegetarian Diet

24. Stage Four: Olympic Vegetarian Diet

25. Safe and Healthy Public Water, a Nostalgic Wish

26. Enzymes: A Secret of Health and Longevity

27. Live Food Nutrition, A Gift of Nature

28. Travelling in the Raw

29. How Diet Can Protect You from the Dangers of Radioactive Radiation

30. Nutrition for Pregnancy

Part IV The Art of Live-Food Preparation

Herbs for Balancing Doshas

Masala Recipes

Nut and Seed Recipes

Grain Recipes

Vegetable Entrees

Soups

Salads

Salad Dressings

Sauces, Spreads, & Dips

Sea Vegetable Dishes

Fruit Dishes

Fermented Foods

Dehydrated Foods

Desserts

Smoothies

Fourteen-Day Menu

Soaking and Sprouting

Bibliography