12 Steps to Whole Foods vs Transitioning to Living Cuisine

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Hey , I too am trying to figure out this next phase of, as I call it, purposeful eating. I'm not sure eating 100% anything (raw, vegan, etc) is what I need or want, but a significant overhaul of my habits is undeniably needed! I figure transitioning to more raw & whole foods in general is the way to go. Pretty soon I'll be getting a book -- either Robyn Openshaw's or Rene Oswald (who, btw, is a member of this group). I still haven't decided, but here's a quick comparison that may help. (Funny aside, I started to use initials to differentiate the two ladies, before realizing... that may not work, lol)12 Steps to Whole Foods vs Transitioning to Living CuisineRobyn Openshaw's 12 Steps to Whole Foods: **Note: Upgrades are available! So if you wanted to get the printed book first and decide if you want to upgrade to the whole course, options are available. Please check her site for the full information & pricing. Whole Course - $180 Includes: a printed manual, journal, audio files on certain topics, 28 demo videos, 375 additional recipes on 4 cd's, her book "The Green Smoothies Diet", access to the 12 Steps blog, and a sample of one of her fave nutrition items Printed Manual - $99Digital Download Manual - $50 Rene Oswald's Transitioning to Living Cuisine (7 Levels) **Note: Rene has over 40 instructional videos available free on her website. The 7 ebooks are not additional material, but an ebook format of the manual for additional convenience, hence the 7 ebooks for the 7 levels. Whole Course/Special "Spring Into Shape" - currently $40Includes: Introductory ebook, TLC printed book, 7 ebooks, Level 1 DVD including an hour of tips, info & demonstrations, and a Living Foods Potluck Primer ebookTLC Printed Book - $30 TLC 7 ebook format - $30--Now to compare the meat instead of the packages-- 12 Steps to Whole Foods Manual 175 recipes 150 color photos392 pagesTransitioning to Living Cuisine Printed Book350 recipes Contains black & white photos (the 7 optional ebooks come with color photos)I hope that rundown helps a few people out. Financially speaking, I think it's clear that Rene has the advantage. She has the best pricing, and also offers the most recipes in her base manual - 350 vs 175. However, I haven't seen either of these products up close. In terms of how they're presented or the recipes actually taste - I'm of no use. Maybe you could peruse their websites and see if you can try some sample recipes? Both have videos on their sites or on YouTube as well as blog entries. If for some reason you hate ebooks & have to have color pictures, then I might steer you to Robyn's product. If anyone has any further details, please share! Transitioning to Living Cuisine: Home 12 Steps to Whole Foods: About | Online store & pricing Trimmed for context:> Hi Everyone,> I'm wondering if anyone has puchased Robyn Openshaw's 12 step program? I've had my vitamix for 3 years and love it and have just really started getting into doing more and more with it. I love my own peanut butter now and have been drinking green smoothies everyday. I just purchased the dry container.> > I want to expand my repetiorie on learning about other types of whole foods and just foods in general and wondered if this program would help me.> > It seems like she starts slow and doesn't make you go extreme to raw foods. I'm not sold on doing all raw foods for me; but more wanted to learn for educational purposes.> Thank you.>