Books that changed your outlook on NUTRITION!

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  • maydianna
    maydianna Posts: 26 Member
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  • LadyLorax
    LadyLorax Posts: 20
    "Skinny "
    "Fast Food Nation"
    "Dominion"

    Now if I could just figure out how I'm an overweight vegan, life would be good! :)
    I've only read the books, never seen the movies.
  • July24Lioness
    July24Lioness Posts: 2,399 Member
    "Skinny "
    "Fast Food Nation"
    "Dominion"

    Now if I could just figure out how I'm an overweight vegan, life would be good! :)
    I've only read the books, never seen the movies.

    That is not an uncommon thing. There are a lot of overweight vegans and vegetarians. I was one of them myself due to not enough protein intake.............

    I like meat more, so I am a true omnivore.
  • GoingToLoseIt
    GoingToLoseIt Posts: 171
    I have nothing to add, but wanted to reply so that this would be in my topics. I am going to hit my library on the way home and look some of these up! Thank you to all who shared!
  • TCASMEY
    TCASMEY Posts: 1,405 Member
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  • fdobson
    fdobson Posts: 28
    Diet for a New America - John Robbins
    There is a video based on the book. Well worth watching
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BVUFrJADHU

    Fit for life II - living health

    Movies
    Zeitgeist
    Food Inc.
    Flow and Blue Gold
  • twojurfin
    twojurfin Posts: 75 Member
    Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is one of the best reads out there! It is by Barbara Kingsolver, her husband and her daughter. It is not so much nutrition as it is about food quality and great, great information about eating clean. A MUST read!
  • edorice
    edorice Posts: 4,519 Member
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  • musclebuilder
    musclebuilder Posts: 324 Member
    For me it was books like Vince Gironda-Unleashing the Wild Physique...And Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder..As Well as The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding : Revised by Arnold Schwarzenegger..Those were the first books that changed the way I viewed nutrition. These books get in to much more then just nutrition. They realy discuss every facet of weight training and the sport of Bodybuilding. Now and days much of the nutritional methods preached by these early Weight training legends is considered a poor approach. From their high calorie high protein home made drinks to the large amounts of red meat consumed..Now and days the understanding of nutrition and training seems to have come so far compared to the 40's through the 60's of the golden era of Bodybuilding and weight training. And you can argue their methods all you want and their lack of available information that we have today. But you cannot argue their results. When it comes to building muscle and getting lean they were way ahead of their time and nobody is any better then they were...From their use of amino acids, protein powders, and suggesting carbohydrate refeed meals every 72-96 hours to replenish glycogen stores on the maximum definition diets...And the list goes on and on and on..I mean those guys wrote the book on this stuff!
  • Nich0le
    Nich0le Posts: 2,906 Member
    IN DEFENSE OF FOOD By Michael Pollan , this book will make you look at your "healthy" grocery options in a whole new light

    YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT by Dr. Gillian McKeith, she is from the UK and she is a bit extreme but has some great information and even tiny changes can help everyone!
  • priskar
    priskar Posts: 156
    "Intuitive Eating" by Elyse Resch & Evelyn Tribole

    It's a perfect accompaniment to any food program or diet book. It helped me dispell the "good food vs. bad food", black & white thinking that I had with food. Helped me also ferret out the "Food Police" - all those little rules I had in my head about eating different foods that I picked up throughout my life.

    A quick read with sound advice.
  • jen0619
    jen0619 Posts: 414
    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



    Ah eat to live one of my favorites as well as the abs diet every time you eat guide!
  • Alioth
    Alioth Posts: 571 Member
    Real Food Has Curves
    http://www.realfoodhascurves.com/
  • maeflower1234
    maeflower1234 Posts: 87 Member
    I have never read a book on nutrition either so this list is great.
  • HealthyChanges2010
    HealthyChanges2010 Posts: 5,831 Member
    Anyone seen the movie "Food Fight" by Michael Pollan yet? Just put it in my Q on Netflix.
  • bettyboop573
    bettyboop573 Posts: 610 Member
    love this thread!
  • andreamichelle82
    andreamichelle82 Posts: 324 Member
    bump!
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    book that changed my view on nutrition: "Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism" 5th Ed.

    http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Advanced-Nutrition-and-Human-Metabolism/Sareen-S-Gropper/e/9780495116578/?itm=1&USRI=advanced+nutrition+and+human+metabolism

    The BEST nutrition and metabolism book of all time IMHO. A difficult read, not for the novice (it's a text, not a story or self help book), but if you can understand it, you will know EVERYTHING that modern science currently knows about how the body uses food for energy, how cells process macro nutrients, how micro nutrients act as transporters and catalysts, how each and every organ and system works with regards to energy and nutrition, and all those concepts that floated around separately in your head, that you had a hard time connecting to each other, will suddenly fit together like a finished jigsaw puzzle.
  • flipnsexy
    flipnsexy Posts: 37
    I've only read a few.

    "Body for Life" was the 1st one. Love it!
    "Skinny *****" is a really easy read but good.
    "Master your Metabolism" by Jillian Michaels

    Wow, Didn't realize it starred out the word to the second book haha.. It starts with a B and ends in an H! Sorry for the profanity but thats the name of the book haha
  • FitJoani
    FitJoani Posts: 2,173 Member
    the omnivores dillema
  • rgalloway49
    rgalloway49 Posts: 16 Member
    bump :-)
  • iplayoutside19
    iplayoutside19 Posts: 2,304 Member
    I didn't read all the responses. A few minutes ago I was handed "Eat This, Not That"

    I haven't read the book, but I've read a lot by the author. Seems to be practical about eating in our fast food society.
  • lilmommy
    lilmommy Posts: 84
    BUMP!
  • Cbandelier
    Cbandelier Posts: 217 Member
    Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats

    by Sally Fallon
  • BryanAir
    BryanAir Posts: 434
    book that changed my view on nutrition: "Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism" 5th Ed.

    http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Advanced-Nutrition-and-Human-Metabolism/Sareen-S-Gropper/e/9780495116578/?itm=1&USRI=advanced+nutrition+and+human+metabolism

    The BEST nutrition and metabolism book of all time IMHO. A difficult read, not for the novice (it's a text, not a story or self help book), but if you can understand it, you will know EVERYTHING that modern science currently knows about how the body uses food for energy, how cells process macro nutrients, how micro nutrients act as transporters and catalysts, how each and every organ and system works with regards to energy and nutrition, and all those concepts that floated around separately in your head, that you had a hard time connecting to each other, will suddenly fit together like a finished jigsaw puzzle.

    I'm with you. I prefer a scientific reading of nutrition rather than a book written with a motivation to sell to dieters. I read Understanding Nutrition 11th Edition and learned more than I ever thought that I would about my body and how it interacts with food. After reading this book, I was astounding how much incorrect information you can see out there about nutrition. I'm not sure if my chemistry skills are up to reading the book you recommended without a refresher course.
  • jessieinblue
    jessieinblue Posts: 287 Member
    Books I've read and loved:

    The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
    In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
    Food Politics by Marion Nestle
    Real Food by Nina Planck
    What to Eat by Marion Nestle
    Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (this is whence the quotation in my signature comes)

    Book I read and didn't like:

    Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (some great content, but the writing style is very smarmy and conceited)

    Book I think should be taken with a really big grain of salt:

    The China Study (excellent info on Big Pharma, the food industry, and the role of diet in disease prevention; not-so-excellent bias, which leads to incorrect data analysis and misleading conclusions on vegetarianism)
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    book that changed my view on nutrition: "Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism" 5th Ed.

    http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Advanced-Nutrition-and-Human-Metabolism/Sareen-S-Gropper/e/9780495116578/?itm=1&USRI=advanced+nutrition+and+human+metabolism

    The BEST nutrition and metabolism book of all time IMHO. A difficult read, not for the novice (it's a text, not a story or self help book), but if you can understand it, you will know EVERYTHING that modern science currently knows about how the body uses food for energy, how cells process macro nutrients, how micro nutrients act as transporters and catalysts, how each and every organ and system works with regards to energy and nutrition, and all those concepts that floated around separately in your head, that you had a hard time connecting to each other, will suddenly fit together like a finished jigsaw puzzle.

    I'm with you. I prefer a scientific reading of nutrition rather than a book written with a motivation to sell to dieters. I read Understanding Nutrition 11th Edition and learned more than I ever thought that I would about my body and how it interacts with food. After reading this book, I was astounding how much incorrect information you can see out there about nutrition. I'm not sure if my chemistry skills are up to reading the book you recommended without a refresher course.

    even if the chemistry is to much (and it's brutal), it's only for the first maybe 4 or 5 chapters, after that the chemistry is relatively light. Plus, I found that if you don't care about the actual chemical equations, you can get the gist of it anyway. There's really no need to know the chemical formula for lysine anyway. just knowing that the mitochondria is the place where ATP is gained from glucose is really what's important, not what chemicals enter the reaction, what the reactants are, and what the waste products are. I mean, it's nice to understand them, but really, I forgot most of the chemical reactions five seconds after I read it anyway. It's not really that important to know that 1 molecule of glucose gives 38 ATP units in an aerobic reaction.
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    'Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle' by Tony Venuto.

    It's an e-book but EVERYONE should read it. It really breaks down all those weight loss myths and is backed by lots of research. He defintiely knows his stuff as he's a world class bodybuilder but the information is not just for those who are into body building it's for everyone who wants to lose body fat.:smile::smile:

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    Add "The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition" by Anita Bean and you don't need much esle.
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    Gread thread, need to save this for when I need to find something to read!
  • chrysnel
    chrysnel Posts: 78
    I love anything by Tosca Reno - Eat Clean Diet for Family & Kids, Eat Clean Diet Recharged, etc.. These are fabulous books that will take you right down to the basics and teach you about eating clean, wholesome, unrefined, unprocessed foods. And her cookbooks are awesome as well - great recipes that everyone will love!
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