Recommended Reading:

The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, PhD

Population study showing dietary and lifestyle habits as major contributors to causes of chronic degenerative diseases.  Excellent resource for education in nutrition.  Over 700 references.

Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman, MD

This book will convince any medical healthcare practitioner that current healthcare paradigm needs improvement.  Practicing healthcare providers will see how little they know nutrition as it applies to health and healing.

The Food Revolution by John Robbins

Foreword by Dean Ornish, MD.  Excellent information on what is happening in the food industry and how we are affected. 

Excitotoxins, The Taste that Kills by Russell Blaylock, MD

Dr. Blaylock, neurosurgeon, explains what MSG and other food additives do to the brain and nervous system.  Why are we stimulated by eating refined and processed foods?  What is the relationship with food additives to neurodegenerative diseases such as MS, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's?  Read this book!

Green For Life by Victoria Boutenko

The originator of the famous green smoothies, Victoria Boutenko should be nominated for the Nobel Prize for Health.  Without the green smoothies, following the raw food lifestyle is almost impossible for many.  Excellent book!

12 Steps to Raw Food by Victoria Boutenko

If you are interested in following the raw food lifestyle, this book is your entry point!  Excellent explanation and information in "how to end the dependency on cooked foods".

The Hallelujah Diet by George Malkmus

George Malkmus is the founder of the Hallelujah Diet.  A bible-based raw food lifestyle based on Genesis 1:29.  There are 2 million people around the world following this lifestyle with remarkable and phenomenal success in reversing chronic degenerative diseaes.  Recipes are included in this book.  Excellent information!

Eating without Heating by Sergei and Valya Boutenko

Written by teenagers in the raw food lifestyle for people who want to eat great tasting raw food.  Great resource for raw food recipes.

Fresh by Sergei and Valya Boutenko

Their latest book with new awesome endless raw recipes.  There is a section on wild edibles.  Excellent!

Health & Wellness by Ted Morter, MS, DC

A well-written book from an experienced clinician who knows how food influences the acid and alkalkine pH balance in the body.  Dr. Morter takes the reader on a tour from the mouth to the stomach and through the intestinal tract.  He explains what makes food acid or alkaline-forming.

Your Right to be Beautiful by Tonya Zavasta

For those who wonder what happens to the human body when raw living foods are consumed instead of the dead foods, the body becomes younger and beautiful.  Tonya is an excellent writer and shows humor in her book. 

Quantum Eating by Tonya Zavasta

Tonya's background in mathematics and physics is clearly elucidated in this excellent book on health and longevity.  For those who are experienced in the raw food lifestyle, this sets the bar to a higher level.  She is a genius in the understanding of the power of raw living foods.  The information is profound.

Food and Behavior by Barbara Stitt, PhD

The saying, "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach", will ring true when reading this book.  Dr. Stitt reports how a person's negative behavior is connected to consumption of certain types of food typically found in the American diet.  A positive behavior can therefore be fostered by consuming healthy food.

Mad Cowboy by Howard Lyman

Mr. Lyman was the cattle rancher who was interviewed in the Oprah Winfrey show several years ago.  The information in this book is shocking to most people and may change the way people look at animal products for consumption.