Melina Vesanto - Becoming raw: a comprehensive guide to a nutritious raw vegan diet

Other books by Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina:

The New Becoming Vegetarian

Becoming Vegetarian

Becoming Vegan

The Raw Food Revolution Diet (WITH CHERIE SORIA)

Other books by Brenda Davis:

Defeating Diabetes (WITH TOM BARNARD, MD)

Dairy-Free and Delicious (WITH BRYANNA CLARK GROGAN AND JO STEPANIAK)

Other books by Vesanto Melina:

Food Allergy Survival Guide (WITH JO STEPANIAK AND DINA ARONSON)

Raising Vegetarian Children (WITH JO STEPANIAK)

Healthy Eating for Life: To Prevent and Treat Cancer (WITH PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE)

Other books by Rynn Berry:

The New Vegetarians

Famous Vegetarians

Food for the Gods: Vegetarianism and the Worlds Religions

The Vegan Guide to New York City

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Davis, Brenda.

Becoming raw : The essential guide to raw vegan diets

Brenda Davis, Vesanto Melina; with historical information by Rynn Berry.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-57067-238-5 (alk. paper)

1. Raw food diet. I. Melina, Vesanto, 1942- II. Berry, Rynn. III. Title.

RM237.5.D38 2009

613.2'65--dc22

2009036367

Cover design: Warren Jefferson, John Wincek
Cover art: Jennifer Blume
Interior design: John Wincek

Book Publishing Co. is a member of Green Press Initiative. We chose to print this title on paper with postconsumer recycled content, processed without chlorine, which saved the following natural resources:

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51,040 gallons of wastewater
11,283 pounds of greenhouse gases
98 million BTU of total energy

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2010 Brenda Davis, Vesanto Melina, Rynn Berry

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced by any means whatsoever, except for brief quotations in reviews, without written permission from the publisher.

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A History of the Raw-Food Movement in the United
States, BY RYNN BERRY

To Brendas husband, Paul Davis,

for decades of patience, wisdom, support, inspiration, and endless love.

To Vesantos partner, Cam Dor,

for extraordinary companionship, laughter, joy, and unconditional love.

We are grateful for our dear and insightful editors Cynthia Holzapfel and Jo Stepaniak, our wonderful publisher Bob Holzapfel, and Anna Pope, Warren Jefferson, and all the other staff at Book Publishing Company who provide assistance and support whenever we need it. Thank you also to Jennifer Blume for the beautiful cover artwork and the expertise of John Wincek in designing a layout that is both user-friendly and appealing.

We appreciate all those who assisted us with research: dietetics students Angie Dueck and Stacie Andriashyk, Thomas Billings, Claudia Lalita Salas, Patricia Ganswind, the staff at the Ann Wigmore Institute, and Dave Steele.

Sincere gratitude to all those who kindly responded to our queries and requests for information: Dr. Ute Alexy, University of Cologne, Germany; Dr. Paul Appleby, University of Oxford, United Kingdom; Mr. Gilles Arbour, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada; Dr. Luciana Baroni, Mestre-Venice, Italy; Dr. Susan Barr, University of British Columbia, Canada; Dr. Steve Blake, author, Maui, Hawaii, United States; Dr. Rick and Karin Dina, Living Light Culinary Art Institute, California, United States; Dr. Michael Donaldson, Hallelujah Acres Foundation, United States; Dr. Scott Doughman, President and Chief Scientist, Source-Omega, North Carolina, United States; Dr. Joel Fuhrman, physician, New Jersey, United States; Dr. Michael Gardner, University of Bradford, United Kingdom; Dr. G. Sarwar Gilani, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada; Angie McIntosh, Penticton, Canada; Dr. D. Joe Millward, University of Surrey, United Kingdom; Dr. B. Dave Oomah, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, Canada; Dr. Peter Pellett, University of Massachusetts, United States; Dr. Lawrence Prochaska, Wright State University, Dayton, United States; Dr. Anna-Liisa Rauma Kosonen, University of Kuopio, Finland; Dr. Stephen Rothman, University of California, San Francisco, United States; Dr. Ann-Sofie Sandberg, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; Cherie Soria and Dan Laderman, Living Light Culinary Art Institute, California, United States; Dr. Stephen Walsh, Vegan Society, United Kingdom; and Dr. Sascha Rohn, Technical University of Berlin, Germany.

Sincere thanks for outstanding organic foods from Nyjal Brownson of Lady-Bug Organics, and David Nelson and Lisa McIntosh of Urban Harvest; Robert Gaffney and the excellent Omega Nutrition Products; and Margie Roswell, who funded nutritional analysis of the Green Giant Juice and other raw foods.

Love and gratitude to our families and friends: Cam Dor and Paul Davis for continual computer help, recipe tasting, moral support, and patience. Our beloved, nature-loving children, Chris and Kavyo, Leena and Cory, who are among our greatest teachers. Our precious, giving friendsMargie Colclough, Lauren Gaglardi, and Sooze Waldock.