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Inspirational Reads
I’ve always been one who is more likely to sit down with an informative read than a novel. My husband jokingly refers to these as my “textbooks” but I really enjoy learning something new in the few moments I have to read in the day. November’s Thrive Challenge is all about these textbooks. An inspiring read on health living, vegetarian diets or fitness. Make a pick, curl up on the sofa, and get inspired. Share your favorite read with the community for a chance to win a copy of Brendan’s newest title, Thrive Fitness.
To share a little inspiration for this month’s challenge, I asked a few of the Vega team members to share their favorite healthy living title and how it changed their outlook.
Anthony
Title: The Brain Diet
Why I like it: “It shows you what you can do nutritionally to improve mood, health and brain function.”
Susan
Title: World Food Café
Why I like it: “This is my favorite vegetarian cookbook. It looks at cuisine from all over the world using local ingredients. Many great meals have come from this book to my table.”
Chelsie & Phil (picked the same book!)
Title: The China Study
Why she likes it: “This book really opened my eyes in terms of proportion. I really don’t need to eat as much protein as I’ve always thought. It talks about how cultures that eat vegetarian have a lower rate of disease.”
Why he likes it: “The China Study has been on my list to read for years. I found it fascinating that people can reverse the probability of cancer as well as the growth rate of cancer simply through nutrition alone. And alternately that animal-based proteins have a serious impact in the promotion and growth of cancer.”
What’s your favorite? Add to the Thrive Challenge page to enter this month’s Thrive Challenge.
To share a little inspiration for this month’s challenge, I asked a few of the Vega team members to share their favorite healthy living title and how it changed their outlook.
Anthony
Title: The Brain Diet
Why I like it: “It shows you what you can do nutritionally to improve mood, health and brain function.”
Susan
Title: World Food Café
Why I like it: “This is my favorite vegetarian cookbook. It looks at cuisine from all over the world using local ingredients. Many great meals have come from this book to my table.”
Chelsie & Phil (picked the same book!)
Title: The China Study
Why she likes it: “This book really opened my eyes in terms of proportion. I really don’t need to eat as much protein as I’ve always thought. It talks about how cultures that eat vegetarian have a lower rate of disease.”
Why he likes it: “The China Study has been on my list to read for years. I found it fascinating that people can reverse the probability of cancer as well as the growth rate of cancer simply through nutrition alone. And alternately that animal-based proteins have a serious impact in the promotion and growth of cancer.”
What’s your favorite? Add to the Thrive Challenge page to enter this month’s Thrive Challenge.
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Comment by Jade Dekok on November 5, 2009 at 1:08pm - An Apple a Day by Dr. Joe Schwarcz. A book that is reader friendly (short chapters for great timing for reading on the bike or treadmill). He begins each chapter with a discussion of different nutritional topics, like the tomato, Vitamin C and even gluten and dairy. Presenting various studies which objectively present research results both for, and against ingesting these items he allows the reader to weight in on their own. He then presents stories around the research which brings the context of the research and offers his own thoughts on food. A great read to get a high-level view of the research that is out there for day to day food, and even new items like goji berries. To eat or not? Read this book to help you arrive at your own conclusions.
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Comment by Frances Worster on November 3, 2009 at 3:53pm - I recommend Gabriel Cousens' books Conscious Eating and Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine. These books help to illustrate the way that diet impacts a person's quality of life, providing tips for raw children, pregnant mothers, diabetics, and recovering addicts, among others. He also describes different types of metabolizers, drawing on oxidization and Ayurvedic types, providing a "do-it-yourself" attitude for people to be able to adapt a plant-based, raw diet to their bodies. For example, I learned that I need to consume meals that are "creamy"/liquid. Making these changes has made a big change to my digestion. Did I mention that I love the recipes? I highly recommend his books for people looking at diet as being a piece of a "whole approach" to mind-body-spirit
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