The Complete Vegetarian: The Essential Guide to Good Health [Hardcover]

The Complete Vegetarianmakes important scientific connections between good health and vegetarianism after citing health concerns as the number one reason many people adopt a vegetarian diet. Peggy Carlson examines the vegetarian diet’s impact on chronic diseases and serves as a nutritional guide and meal-planning resource for many health professionals and regular consumers. Vegetarian nutritionists’ and medical doctors’ cutting-edge research find that an absence of meat is the only factor that accounts for the health effects of a vegetarian diet, but also a lower saturated fat and more fiber, antioxidants, and unsaturated fat count than other diets.

Essential and in-depthThe Complete Vegetarianis an invaluable guide for health professionals and the growing number of people who have adopted or want to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle.

"The Complete Vegetarianistheno-nonsense, evidence-based book on the health benefits of a vegetarian diet. I highly recommend this authoritative volume to vegetarians, anyone who lives with a vegetarian, or anyone who is considering a vegetarian lifestyle."--Joseph M. Carlin, U.S. Administration on Aging“Thoroughly reviews the positive and negative aspects of a vegetarian diet . . . Recommended.”--Choice"A very useful resource for academic, health science, and public libraries."--American Reference Books Annual"The Complete Vegetarianis the definitive resource on nutrition and vegetarianism, written by all of the leading vegetarian nutritionists in the United States."--Carol J. Adams, author ofThe Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical TheoryPeggy Carlsonis an emergency medicine physician.