Vegetarian Times delivers simple, delicious food, plus expert health and lifestyle information that is exclusively vegetarian but wrapped in a fresh, stylish mainstream package that is inviting to all.
The queen of vegetarian hip is back! Convinced that entertaining doesn"t have to be high-stress or high-maintenance, Didi Emmons presents an alternative view: the best parties aren"t meticulously planned. Crammed with innovative ideas for delightfully informal gatherings and hundreds of globally inspired, big-flavored vegetarian recipes, Entertaining for a Veggie Planet proves that having friends over — whether for the season finale of a favorite TV show or for a book group discussion — is not only easy, it"s fun.
The year 2008 was one of momentous change and wild uncertainty. Though many concerns were raised about China’s prospects for mounting the Olympic Games, Beijing triumphed in spectacular form and staged many of the sporting events in uniquely designed venues. Later in the year, the global economic collapse sent the financial markets plunging and investors scrambling and forced consumers to tighten their belts. Worldwide, populations that were already struggling to meet basic needs were further hampered by soaring food prices. Meanwhile, freegans, individuals dedicated to finding alternatives to a consumerist economy, munched on discarded vegetarian foodstuffs. A fractious U.S. presidential campaign resulted in the election of Democrat Barack Obama, who made history as the first African American to win that office... The wrap-up of 2008 awaits your perusal and promises to provide a historical look at one of the most memorable years in history.
From antiquity, vegetarian diets have been followed for a variety of reasons, albeit with widely differing nutritional outcomes. As a result, numerous scientific and professional questions have arisen. Currently, professional interest in vegetarian nutrition has reached unprecedented levels. This is only partly explained by the growing number of vegetarians nd the increased popularity of vegetarian diets. As disease patterns shifted away from nutrient deficiencies and toward diet-related chronic diseases, vegetarian nutrition research also changed emphasis, and the benefits of vegetarian diets have begun to emerge.
In the past 30 years, scientific endeavors in the area of vegetarian nutrition seem to have progressively shifted from investigating concerns held by nutritionists and other health professionals to a fertile area of investigation in which creative solutions for various medical conditions and preventive approaches to chronic diseases may be found. Despite this broadening shift in the focus and study of nutrition, current knowledge regarding the relationship between vegetarian diets and human health is far from complete. However, scientific advances made during the last few decades have noticeably changed the role of vegetarian diets and other diets largely based on plant foods in human nutrition and public health.
