The Complete Vegetarian makes 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-depth The Complete Vegetarian is an invaluable guide for health professionals and the growing number of people who have adopted or want to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle.

The health benefits of a vegetarian diet

About the Author
Peggy Carlson is an emergency medicine physician.

Reviews
"The Complete Vegetarian is the no-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 Vegetarian is the definitive resource on nutrition and vegetarianism, written by all of the leading vegetarian nutritionists in the United States."--Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory



Book Information
ISBN 9780252075063
Author Peggy Carlson
Format Paperback
Page Count 376
Imprint University of Illinois Press
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Weight(grams) 853g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 28mm