Books

Health & Nutrition

Becoming Vegan Brenda Davis & Vesanto Melina, paperback, £14.99 When you’ve finished reading Becoming Vegetarian, you may want to learn more about veganism. From infancy through pregnancy, this dynamo is bursting with facts and practical advice about veganism. It dispels lots of myths such as athletes cannot perform on a vegan diet. You need this book in your hands and under your nose!	Becoming Vegetarian Brenda Davis & Vesanto Melina, paperback, £16.99 Whether you’re contemplating vegetarianism or taken the plunge, this is the definitive book on the subject. It is accurate, well researched and easy to understand. It advises how to develop a healthy vegetarian diet, explores nutrition for different age groups, and has recipes to follow using your newly-found knowledge!	Healthy Eating for Life For Women PCRM with Kristine Kieswer, paperback, £11.99 An easy to read nutrition guide geared towards women, looking at how women's bodies work and how common health problems arise, then provides advice on how to look and feel better. It explores everything from easing menstrual and menopausal symptoms to enhancing fertility and strengthening your bones and heart. Includes 100 vegan recipes.
Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Cancer PCRM with Vesanto Melina, paperback, £12.99 Cancer has leapt from being a rare disease just a few decades ago to what is now a condition of everyday life. Genes are not the cause of most - diet is! Good plant diets not only help prevent cancer but can also help a person already diagnosed with the disease to beat it. A fascinating, easy to read and inspirational book.	Healthy Eating for Life To Prevent and Treat Diabetes PCRM (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) with Patricia Bertron, paperback, £12.99 Covering type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes this easy to understand book shows why and how you can help prevent and control - and even reverse this disease. This book encourages you to take charge of your life through simple diet and lifestyle changes, and includes 98 vegan recipes.	Healthy Eating for Life for Children PCRM with Amy Lanou, PhD, paperback, £11.99 A practical, down to earth nutrition guide for parents who want the best longterm health for their children. It covers from pregnancy through to teen years and includes menu plans and reasons why wholegrain vegan diets prevent disease and 91 vegan recipes.
Eat to Beat Cancer Rosy Daniel, paperback, £10.99 Not only does this book discuss the link between diet and cancer, it also provides 40 innovative and tasty recipes to promote health and combat the free radicals which can contribute to cancer formation. Recipes include Malay Spice Tofu and Banana Cookies.	Your Life in Your Hands Professor Jane Plant, paperback, £9.99 Newly updated, this groundbreaking best seller is written by one of the UK’s most eminent scientists, who suffered from breast cancer five times before she learned of the relationship between diet (specifically dairy) and the disease. With her friendly and compelling style, Professor Plant shares what she has discovered and experienced in dealing with this illness. She analyses the causes of breast (and prostate) cancer – her explanation of the role of dairy in this disease is fascinating and shocking - and gives very practical solutions for both cancers in the form of seven food factors and five lifestyle factors. Regrettably, there are some references to meat but the book’s informative anti-dairy and pro-vegan stances to fight active cancer, make it potentially life saving.	The China Study T Colin Campbell, PhD, paperback, £12.99 An astonishingly brilliant case for a vegan diet from a health perspective. Written by one of the world’s most eminent nutritional scientists and cancer experts, with over 300 research papers published, this book is breathtakingly persuasive in its call for the world to go vegan. The China Study is the biggest study in the world on the effects of diet on health and shows that meat and dairy cause cancers; heart disease; obesity; diabetes; and autoimmune diseases. It also exposes the research and medical establishment and suggests why they are so slow to react to the wealth of science showing animal-based diets cause disease and wholegrain plant diets prevent it. It is beautifully written (though fully referenced) in an easy to read style – appealing to the lay person. Sadly, the author supports vivisection – which the VVF does not – but the book is a one-off that all people interested in diet and health should read.
The Vegan Diet As Chronic Disease Prevention Kerrie K. Saunders, PhD, paperback, £12.99 A thorough and amazingly clear exploration of each aspect of nutrition for humans and how plant-based foods best suit us. Common diseases are looked at and how a vegan diet can help to prevent them and the ethical and political aspects of veganism explored.	Dr. McDougalls Digestive Tune-Up John A. McDougall, paperback, £14.99 If you never thought you’d want to know how the digestive system works, this book will surprise you. Candidly and with humour, the acclaimed Dr. McDougall illustrates (with case studies) how a low-fat, plant-based diet can prevent and cure constipation, IBS and other chronic intestinal disorders. As everything is described in layperson’s terms, readers will be left with a clear understanding of the book’s subject matter.	The Milk Imperative Russell Eaton, HND Paperback, £9.99 This brilliant book will take you on a roller-coaster ride that will change your life forever, whether or not you consume dairy milk. The highly acclaimed nutrition scientist Dr. Amy Lanou says: “Anybody reading this extraordinary book will take away the profound message that by simply switching from dairy to non-dairy milk we will make a dramatic and long-lasting improvement to our health”. The Milk Imperative explains exactly how dairy milk causes disease and provides a great collection of recipes for making delicious and super-nutritious non-dairy milk.
Organic Milk Myth Russell Eaton (HND), paperback, £9.99 Ground-breaking investigation into the seemingly healthy label attached to organic milk. Eaton exposes this myth, and explains why both organic and UHT milk are more harmful to health than non-organic milk. Also examined are 'milk myths' concerning animal welfare, nutrition and the dairy industry's environmental impact. Foreword by VVF'S Dr. Justine Butler	The Fish Report VVF, report, £2.50 This new fully-referenced scientific report from the VVF examines the science behind the health claims for oily fish and reveals the research the fish industry would rather ignore. It describes why omega-fatty acids are important and reveals the research which clearly shows that plant-based oils are better for human health and the environment. This report will certainly be an eye-opener for some!	Nutrition in a Nutshell VVF, guide, £1 Updated 2008. An easy to read guide on why a plant based diet is healthy and nutritious. Includes a vitamin chart and where to obtain all the nutrients you need on a vegetarian or vegan diet. By Dr Christine Fenn (Doctor of Nutrition) and Amanda Woodvine (VVF nutritionist). Introduction by Audrey Eyton, author of the F Plan Diet and F2 Diet.
Your Health in your Hands Viva!/VVF, guide, £1 Dr David Ryde, a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practice and health journalist, Tony Wardle, explain how diet affects our health. Listing many of the common diseases they review the latest research and show that a vegetarian diet is overwhelmingly healthier than the typical Western meat diet. Easy to read and with over 100 references.	The Food of Champions Viva!/VVF, guide, £1 Vegetarian and vegan diets for sports – an easy read for anyone who wants a healthy diet - whether you walk once a week or are a serious athlete. By VVF Nutritionist. Introduction by Dr Christine Fenn (Doctor of Nutrition).	White Lies - Why you Don't Need Dairy Talk on DVD VVF, DVD, 2 hours, £7 If you missed the sold out talk, buy the DVD! It features Professor Jane Plant (Your Health in Your Hands fame); Professor Colin Campbell (The China Study), Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation's Dr Justine Butler and Viva! and VVF founder & director Juliet Gellatley. Topics include the latest research on dairy's link with cancer, the impact that its growth hormones have on human health, the dangers posed by milk proteins and saturated fats, how dairy causes heart disease, diabetes and obesity and whether we should consume dairy at all. Gripping and life-saving viewing!
Stopping Cancer Before it Starts Dr Michael Greger, DVD, £8.99 (1 hour 45 minutes) Michael is a dynamic character! He is a vegan doctor and chef and uses his deep knowledge and cuisine flair to motivate and uplift. He reveals the top plant superfoods that may block or even reverse the four steps of cancer formation and then demonstrates how to prepare simple and speedy recipes. An excellent tool for anyone interested in why wholegrain, vegan diets are so beneficial for our health. Click here for more Dr. Greger books

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