The Vegetarian Female: A Guide to a Healthier Diet for Women of All Ages [Paperback]

Anika Avery-Grant (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 9, 1999

It's basic knowledge that vegetarians must find alternative sources of nutrients such as proteins, but women's unique nutritional needs require a more complex approach, especially during periods in the female life cycle when deficiencies are most likely to develop: adolescence, pregnancy, and post-menopause. This informative book explains how to maintain optimum health with a vegetarian diet both for ovo-lacto vegetarians and vegans, and explores illness prevention, weight concerns, and athleticism as they relate to nonmeat diets.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Avery (August 9, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895298406
• ISBN-13: 978-0895298409
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,758,773 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars great if you want to be preached at, June 24, 2003

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This review is from: The Vegetarian Female: A Guide to a Healthier Diet for Women of All Ages (Paperback)

This book advertises itself as an intro to eating vegetarian, but it is more like a harangue to go vegan.
I was quite disappointed that the author (who should have named the book "The Vegan Female") has already decided that simply being ovolacto-vegetarian isn't enough. For someone who is trying to get to the point where eggs and milk are the only animal products in her diet, and who still needed good sound information about alternate sources of protein, etc., this book was not what I needed at all. Scary lectures about the (exaggerated) dangers and health risks of eggs and milk, long drones about the evils of meat blah blah blah (hello? I already KNOW that stuff or I wouldn't be trying to go vegetarian), and grand claims totally unsupported by anything beyond author opinion serve only to undermine the value of this book. She says nothing about the potential dangers of too much soy, which any reasonable search for information on vegetarianism should bring up to a reader.

If I wanted to be preached at about my diet, I'd go to a PETA rally. I was looking for solid factual information and a few ideas for making the transition easier. I'm still looking, because I certainly didn't find them in this book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Comprehensive Information for Women, November 24, 1999

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M. Aitala (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Vegetarian Female: A Guide to a Healthier Diet for Women of All Ages (Paperback)

This is a great book that gives an overview of the health benefits of being a vegetarian. It's full of information gathered from research not sponsored by the meat or dairy councils. It covers a range of issues, from adolescents to the elderly, and focuses on both the disease-causing agents in the food we eat, as well as the disease-preventing ability of the vegetarian diet. A must-read for those looking to become vegetarians or to confirm their lifestyle choice.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute Must Read For Vegatarian or Vegans, July 9, 2006

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Lauren Marie Brown (Berwyn, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Vegetarian Female: A Guide to a Healthier Diet for Women of All Ages (Paperback)

I have worked as an in home child care provider for vegetarians since 1999. I have been a vegetarian for seven months and have read Avery-Grant's book twice during this time. I think this book is a must read for vegetarians, vegans and anyone in between. The author begins with important history and proceeds to go into the nitty gritty essential details of enhancing your life by promoting the lives of animals. The most interesting and enlightning thing I found in the book was when she dicussed practicing vegetarianism/veganism as prevention and "treatment" for many medical conditions and diseases. The knowledge you will gain from reading this book; will help you in your transition to vegetarianism or veganism and will be a very valuable resource to return to again and again on your vegetarian/vegan journey.