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Vegetarian Diet

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  1. All Vegetarian Recipes
  2. Vegan Recipes
  3. Tofu Hoisin with Broccoli, Peppers and Walnuts
  4. More on Benefits of a Vegetarian Diet

Resources for This Diet

The Vegetarian Resource Group

PO Box 1463

Baltimore, MD 21203

www.vrg.org

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

PO Box 6322

Washington, DC 20015

The Vegetarian Nutrition and Health Letter

1711 Nichol Hall

School of Public Health

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA 92350

The Vegetarian Way: Total Health for You and Your Family by Virginia Messina and Mark Messina. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1996.

Becoming Vegetarian: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Vegetarian Diet by Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., revised edition 2003.

How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2007.

Lorna Sass’ Complete Vegetarian Kitchen: Where Good Flavors and Good Health Meet by Lorna J. Sass. New York: William Morrow and Co., revised edition 2002.

Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison. New York: Broadway Books, revised edition 2007.

May All Be Fed: A Diet for a New World by John Robbins and Jia Patton. New York: Avon Books, 1993.

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