Books that changed your outlook on NUTRITION!

kickitlarson · July 2010

I thought it would be nice to have a thread for books that changed the way you view health, nutrition, diet, and even life.....here are mine....

The China Study by Dr. T. Colin Campbell - Science & results prove: change your diet and dramatically reduce the risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

The 80/10/10 Diet by Dr. Douglas Graham - My bible. Health, happiness, vitality, energy, love, passion, no drugs, no disease....pure bliss

John Robbins - any of his books - they are all AMAZING!!!!

The Mucusless Diet by Arnold Ehret - Ehret cured himself of Bright's disease through diet.

Mad Cowboy - (there is a movie as well) Very shocking & real. Scary.

The World Peace Diet by William Tuttle

Eat to Live & also Fasting & Eating for Health by Dr. Joel Fuhrman

lee112780 · July 2010

I like "Breaking the bonds of food addiction" by Susan McQuillan. Very informative!

aunienue · July 2010

The Secrets of Skinny Chicks: How to Feel Great In Your Favorite Jeans -- When It Doesn't Come Naturally
Karen Bridson (Author)

I take this book out of the library every few months....very motivating.

Sue

beutiful5678 · July 2010

I love to read! However, I've never read any books on nutrition so I'm excited to see what everyone says! (Mostly I'm posting this so I can easily find this in my list of topics I've responded to. Sorry for offering nothing substantive to your thread!)

EboniA · July 2010

Women Food and God by Geneen Roth

This book changed my life. It's about food addiction but more so about really figuring out your feelings about food.

Dom_m · July 2010

Pratical Ethics by Peter Singer (probably more focused book by the same author is The Ethics of What We Eat)

and

The Macrobiotic Way by Michio Kushi.

Other than that, a bunch of stuff in the forums here (Thanks Banks et al), some articles at the Australian Institute of Sport and a few other things online.

Edit: a few movies, like Super Size Me, Fast Food Nation, and Food Inc reinforced my views.

kickitlarson · July 2010

Edit: a few movies, like Super Size Me, Fast Food Nation, and Food Inc reinforced my views.

You beat me!! I was going to start a thread for movies as well but I guess since we are looking for education I will add mine here as well!!

In addition to yours..........
The Secret - This is more about life but can be applied to health, fitness, diet & pretty much everything
Food Matters
Killer At Large
The Future of Food
The Beautiful Truth (Gerson Cancer Cure)
Processed People (the interviews are where the best info is)
Breakthrough (An Inspiring Raw Food Documentary)

What have we done, SCARY...........
Earthlings
The End of the Line
King Corn
coming soon Forks Over Knives

Direct effects of diet.........
Blue Gold: World Water Wars
The Age of Stupid
A Delicate Balance - The Truth
Zeitgeist (an amazing future is possible)

JensLogin · July 2010

Change Your Brain, Change Your Body - Dr. Daniel Amen

Excellent book and really gives you a whole different way to view how our bodies react to food!

Enjoy!

questionablemethods · July 2010

The Omnivore's Dilemma!

More recently, The China Study.

kayemme · July 2010

one day i decided to read Diet for a New America (John Robbins) and Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan) back-to-back. Diet made me almost a vegetarian, and then Omnivore kind of backed that up.

Omnivore is probably my most favorite book on diet, food culture / social culture and nutrition that i've ever read.

i also read that one by Kingsolver, but didn't like it very much. i felt it was a little too "fluffy" for me.

dumb_blondes_rock · July 2010

encyclopedia of healing foods - michael murry

not neccesarily for dieting, but has TONS of information of what to eat and what to avoid for certain diseases or infections, or just disorders. My dad has psoriasis and we found that milk products and red meat can cause it to inflame....and no doctor has ever told my dad anything like that

antiadipose · July 2010

BUMP!

ive seen food, inc

daybyday · July 2010

bump

sorry - I've never read books on nutrition!!

BlueLikeJazz · July 2010

For me, a combination of reading In Defense of Food (Michael Pollan), watching Food Inc., hearing some talks by T. Colin Campbell and watching various videos on PETA's website ultimately led to the way I've changed and am continuing to change my diet.

I just started The China Study and want to read Women, Food and God because I used some of Geneen Roth's older, less popular books while I was in therapy for bulimia 5 years ago and I think if I would have stuck with her message/ideas, I wouldn't have ended up on the complete opposite of the eating disorder spectrum and 100 lbs heavier :grumble: oy vey

I love the list of movies and hope I can find some more of these on Netflix Instant Play (I know for sure I have King Corn and Killer at Large on my I.P. list)

Alleghany · July 2010

Hands-down, The China Study. Reading it is like the end of innocence (but in a good way, of course!). Thanks for posting this thread since I'm getting some good ideas on what to read next.

:flowerforyou:

jessmomof3 · July 2010

I have read so many books on nutrition/ fitness! Here are a few favorites... really in no particular order. I read more articles online than books really but I love learning as much as I can about nutrition/ health!!

South Beach Diet (I read it 6 years ago, and it really changed my ideas from the *fat free* craze)

http://www.amazon.com/South-Beach-Diet-Delicious-Doctor-Designed/dp/B000FTWB1C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280016112&sr=1-3

Jillian Michael's Master Your Metabolism (and the calorie counter guide too)

http://www.amazon.com/Master-Your-Metabolism-Naturally-Balancing/dp/0307450732/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280016137&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Master-Your-Metabolism-Calorie-Counter/dp/0307718212/ref=pd_sim_b_2

Jillian Michael's Making the Cut

http://www.amazon.com/Making-Cut-Fitness-Strongest-Sexiest/dp/0307382516/ref=pd_sim_b_5

Abs Diet

http://www.amazon.com/Abs-Diet-Six-Week-Flatten-Stomach/dp/1579549985

Eat Clean Diet

http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Clean-Diet-Recharged-Lasting-Better/dp/1552100677/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280016026&sr=1-1

Nutrient Timing (great for athletes!)

http://www.amazon.com/Nutrient-Timing-Future-Sports-Nutrition/dp/1591201411/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280016227&sr=1-1

Primal Blueprint

http://www.amazon.com/Primal-Blueprint-Reprogram-effortless-boundless/dp/0982207700/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280016251&sr=1-1

(and some on food addiction!)

Anatomy of Food Addiction

http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Food-Addiction-Overeating-Compulsive/dp/0936077131/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280016279&sr=1-8

Why Can't I Stop Eating?

http://www.amazon.com/Why-Cant-Stop-Eating-Understanding/dp/1568383657/ref=pd_sim_b_4

Breaking Free from Emotional Eating

http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Free-Emotional-Eating-Geneen/dp/0452284910/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280016425&sr=1-3

HealthyChanges2010 · July 2010

Thanks All! Lots of good ones here I haven't read yet. :drinker:

jessmomof3 · July 2010

Also, thought I'd mention to check your library if you don't want to buy them! Much cheaper that way!

Oh, and a few other ones that I've read

Body For Life by Bill Phillips

Eat to Live by Joel Furhman.

You on a Diet by Dr. Oz

I'm sure that I'll think of more...

And I watched Super Size Me... very good documentary on McDonald's. Yuck!!!!

Shirleycamp · July 2010

The Diet Cure...by Julia Ross... it explains how that brain works in relationship to food cravings ets..

littlelisa24 · July 2010

I also heard this is a good one about geneticly engineered foods which are HORRIBLE for you. It's called seeds of deception by smith.

littlelisa24 · July 2010

I found it on amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Seeds-Deception-Government-Genetically-Engineered/dp/0972966587/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280026376&sr=8-1

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