RAW EXTREME MANIFESTO PA

by HO,FRED

• ISBN13: 9781616084653
• ISBN10: 1616084650
• Edition: 00
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2012-02-17
• Publisher: FRWHEEL

Summary

A cross between Michael Pollan'¬"s Food Rules and Adam Richman'¬"s Food vs. Man, The Raw Extreme Manifesto is one man'¬"s journey into raw food extremism. With sensible tips, simple recipes, rules, and most importantly, results, Fred Ho'¬"s book tells you everything you need to know about going totally raw'¬ ;without spending all your money on expensive juicers or fancy groceries. Driven by a desire to become healthier and solve a myriad of health issues, Fred Ho begins his journey into raw food extremism, overcoming his skepticism by resisting the psychological matrix of dependency and addiction to cooked and industrial food production; by developing a small community circle of raw food enthusiasts (Raw Fight Club) seeking to solve a variety of ailments and maladies (diabetes, asthma, hypertension, obesity, and even multiple sclerosis and cancer); by opposing the hyper-marketing of '¬Sraw chic'¬ (going raw is often affordable only to the affluent); and by devising a raw food commitment that spends almost no money. After just two weeks, he feels extraordinary results. Much more than twenty-five original recipes and tips about going raw and staying raw, this is an indispensable handbook for everyone who ever wondered if they have what it takes to change their lives and ultimately their society for the better. In the author'¬"s own words about Raw Fight Club: '¬Swe make raw food dishes, share ideas, talk politics, and come up with strategies to change the world!'¬

Author Biography

Fred Ho is an American jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, bandleader, playwright, writer, and social activist. He holds a B.A. degree in sociology from Harvard University. He is currently battling colon cancer and is the author of Diary of a Radical Cancer Warrior. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Contributors	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Evidence, Policy, and History
What Is Currently Spent on Prevention as Compared to Treatment?	p. 37
Prevention vs. Cure: An Economist's Perspective on the Right Balance	p. 56
The Evidence Base for Clinical Prevention: An Incomplete Story	p. 77
Prevention and the Science and Politics of Evidence	p. 96
Historical Perspectives on Structural Barriers to Prevention	p. 111
Philosophical and Legal Analysis
Our Alleviation Bias: Why Do We Value Alleviating Harm More than Preventing Harm?	p. 139
Treatment and Prevention: What Do We Owe Each Other?	p. 176
The Variable Value of Life and Fairness to the Already Ill: Two Promising but Tenuous Arguments for Treatment's Priority	p. 194
The Slow Transition of U.S. Law toward a Greater Emphasis on Prevention	p. 219
Should the Value of Future Health Benefits Be Time-Discounted?	p. 245
Religious and Cultural Perspectives
Prevention vs. Treatment: How Do We Allocate Scarce Resources from Jewish Ethical Perspectives?	p. 277
Cure vs. Prevention: Catholic Perspectives	p. 291
Loving God and the Neighbor: Protestant Insights for Prevention and Treatment	p. 312
Apocalypse and Health: Treatment and Prevention in the Seventh-day Adventist Tradition	p. 342
Prevention vs. Treatment in Hong Kong: Constrained Utilitarianism with a Chinese Character	p. 363
Index	p. 381
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