* General Notes *

Nutrition Facts

Servings Per Recipe

Makes one serving

Preparation Time:

Amount Per Serving

Calories

Calories from fat

minutes

Daily Value*

Total Fat g

Saturated Fat g

Cholesterol mg

Sodium mg

Carbohydrate g

Dietary Fiber g

Protein g

Vitamin A

Vitamin C

Calcium

Iron

Percent Daily Values are based on a

calorie diet

General Notes:

NUTRITION

This cookbook is titled "Desserts of Vitality" because the focus of the book is on desserts which provide the body

fuel for creating and maintaining an active life style Most desserts actually deplete nutrients from your body

because they contain many "empty" ingredients (eg saturated fats refined flours refined sweeteners and dairy

products) GOOD DESSERTS DO NOT HAVE TO BE MADE WITH THESE INGREDIENTS! This cookbook proves this

by highlighting desserts from many different categories which are just as good as their originals but are not as

damaging to the body

The desserts in this cookbook completely avoid common allergens such as milk other dairy products and eggs

Additionally most of these recipes do not include other common allergens such as wheat corn and yeast These

ingredients often drain energy from people who are allergic to them "Weak" ingredients are also avoided as much

as possible since they they are known for depleting a person's energy

Weak" ingredients include:

refined foods such as:

refined grains especially glutinous grains like wheat (most common form is white flour often called wheat

flour since it is made of wheat berries albeit very refined wheat berries);

refined sweeteners such as white sugar and confectioner's sugar (most candies and sodas contain refined

sweeteners);

foods with substantial amounts of caffeine such as coffee tea and cola

These above "weak" ingredients take space in a diet but do not provide necessary nutrients and only crowd out

good nutritionally dense foods

Therefore to promote an active/vital/energetic lifestyle the emphasis of this cookbook is on cooking with

ingredients/foods that are:

vegan (ie free of all animal products including free of honey);

whole and unprocessed (eg whole grains flours like brown rice flour and amaranth flour not refined/

processed flours like white/wheat flour);

nutritionally dense (high in vitamins and minerals) (eg seeds and nuts not refined oils and dairy products);

nonglutinous (eg grains like rice amaranth millet not wheat barley rye or corn)

These foods are lifesustaining providing the body with essential vitamins minerals phytochemicals antioxidants

and fiber which are important for maintaining an active lifestyle The recipes will occasionally call for "weak"

foods (ie foods with little or no nutrition) such as chocolate and liqueurs but these are used with the

understanding that they are not the main part of the dessert (ie used in small amounts) and are primarily used

for flavor and to provide the best dessert possible Even though I tend away from processed foods certainly for

the desserts presented here flour (which is processed due to the grinding) is used but I do this to create the best

desserts and the recipes call for exclusively wholegrain flours Additionally in the desserts I almost always use

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