Books that changed your outlook on NUTRITION!

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  • annie422
    annie422 Posts: 114 Member
    bump :smile:
  • esherwood2
    esherwood2 Posts: 16
    I enjoyed the Best Life Diet by Bob Green
  • elloradannon
    elloradannon Posts: 111
    Skinny Bitc$#
    The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone
    The China Study
  • lesliemk
    lesliemk Posts: 382 Member
    Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon. It's how we should eat. :D
  • jessieinblue
    jessieinblue Posts: 287 Member
    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!

    I flipped through one of her books. I am a clean eater, but I couldn't stomach the book -- I think I saw more photos of Tosca than I did of food. Then I opened to the page where she talks about getting a breast augmentation. I had to put it down. IMHO, that just doesn't fit with the philosophy of natural living.
  • jojoworks
    jojoworks Posts: 315 Member
    Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan is awesome, but the first book I read by him was soooo beautiful and lyrical and still all about food: The Botany Of Desire. I bought it for all my friends.

    Now, these two books my be off-beat and they are NOVELS to boot, but they are great and thought provoking books about food, food production and the culture of food by Ruth L. Ozeki:
    All Over Creation
    and
    My Year Of Meats

    enjoy!
  • carolynbe
    carolynbe Posts: 8 Member
    The Belly Fat Diet by Jorge Cruise

    Trying to stick to 15 g of sugar and 120 g of carbs per day has really helped me combat cravings and over eating. It also cleared up my heartburn/acid reflux that was becoming a daily problem right away.

    Two other related books I like are Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes and The No-Grain Diet by Dr. Joseph Mercola.
  • nepenthes59
    nepenthes59 Posts: 4 Member
    I've had the pleasure of meeting & hearing Dr. Campbell of "The China Study" fame - you may be interested in a new documentary he is in
    http://www.nwveg.org/forksoverknives.php
  • nehptune
    nehptune Posts: 138
    this thread is a great idea! i'm adding to my list of books to read as i run through it.

    i have read a few books on the politics of food that were great (and a real eye-opener:

    Stuffed and Starved by Raj Patel
    Belching out the Devil by Mark Thomas (about the way Coca Cola does business)

    The China Study is next in line once I have finished The New Rules of Lifting for Women (Lou Schuler) and Power Eating (Nancy Kleiner)... I figured it might make a good balance!
  • Kristyb1010
    Kristyb1010 Posts: 39
    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!

    Same here! I'd like to come back to this list again & again. Thanks for sharing everyone!
  • hingebre
    hingebre Posts: 35
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  • Benkorem
    Benkorem Posts: 1 Member
    I read You: On a Diet as well and it really put things in perspective for me in terms of what happens when you eat certain foods and how your body reacts.

    I've become more aware of how food makes me feel during the day and I think it's made a world of difference.

    There was also a very interesting article in Men's Health this month about nutrition and common myths that I found to be helpful.

    Thanks everyone for the suggestions!
  • daybyday
    daybyday Posts: 537 Member
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  • miovlb6
    miovlb6 Posts: 339 Member
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  • Grokette
    Grokette Posts: 3,330 Member
    I am adding on some more books I have recently read:

    The Coconut Oil Miracle by Bruce Fife (Naturopathic Doctor)
    Energetics of Food by Steve Gagne
    Eat Like An Indian by Leon Worth (still reading this one)
  • edorice
    edorice Posts: 4,519 Member
    You On a Diet by Dr. Oz.
  • Hoosier16
    Hoosier16 Posts: 6 Member
    Living Low Carb - by Jonny Bowden

    By far the best low carb/nutrition book i've read. The first half of the book does a good job explaining why a lower carb diet works (metabolically) and backs everything up with references to hundreds of studies. A very easy read.
  • green83eyes
    green83eyes Posts: 16 Member
    YOU: Staying Young:happy:
  • Hotlips69
    Hotlips69 Posts: 66
    Im reading right now The Paleo Diet
    by Loren Cordain, Ph.D! Its an amazing book if you want to eat Clean. All info is very informative and educational.
  • transparentjelly
    transparentjelly Posts: 22
    the every-other day diet!! GREAT book!!!
  • AmeMahoney
    AmeMahoney Posts: 232
    Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food by Gene Baur

    Vegan BodyBuilding & Fitness by Robert Cheeke

    Living Among Meat Eaters: The Vegetarian's Survival Handbook by Carol J. Adams (one of the few non-confrontational approaches)
    Living Cuisine: the Art and Spirit of Raw food by Renee Loux Underkoffler
    Green Smoothie Revolution and Green for Life by Victoria Boutenka
    Sweet Gratitude (raw desserts) by Cafe Gratitude
    Eat Clean Diet Recharged by Tosca Reno (sure, it's info we've had for decades, but it's nice sometimes to have a book. This time around she at least included more vegetarian/vegan stuff).
    Vegetarian Times Complete Cookbook
    Eating Well Cookbook

    I also read a book by Thich Nhat Hanh that talked about how we are consuming an animal's hurt and anger when we eat him (or her). Even if they are raised well, they will feel fear and confusion at the moment of death. That's always stuck with me. I go through phases of raw, vegan, vegetarian, and meat-eating.
  • cupcakelover103
    cupcakelover103 Posts: 197 Member
    Bump!
    I've never read books on nutrition, but will head to the library to learn some stuff.
  • bonboncito
    bonboncito Posts: 210 Member
    BUMP
  • lunamare
    lunamare Posts: 569 Member
    Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook. I had my first copy in high school and lived by it when I rowed in college. It has great advice and she speaks in honest terms. It helped me get a grip on what and how I was eating. I still keep a copy of it around the house.
  • hippiechel
    hippiechel Posts: 170 Member
    i read the omnivore's dilemma and also skinny bit*h. i want to read the china study next!

    side note: i noticed a lack of swearing/lots of toned down cussing on MFP but i just thought we were an extremely polite bunch, but now i realized that they actually censor these words! i'm such a potty mouth in real life.
  • TLW77
    TLW77 Posts: 97 Member
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  • daybyday
    daybyday Posts: 537 Member
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  • mjslazak
    mjslazak Posts: 179 Member
    Great thread! Thanks! I'm currently reading The Crazy Sexy Diet by Kris Carr. Inspiring!
  • supermariocycling
    supermariocycling Posts: 17 Member
    THRIVE by Brendan Brazier (especially if you want to make your own energy bars/gels). His books are 'vegan' based, but he never pushes that view. If I remember right, one of the books only had the word 'vegan' on the cover. Instead of preaching vegan, he shows you what is acidic, what is alkaline, and says to make sure most of what you eat by the end of the week is alkaline.

    CHINA STUDY by T. Colin Campbell
  • labgirl3
    labgirl3 Posts: 171 Member
    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)

    Agreed - although I tried the vegan way of life for a few months before I read the "other side." I was a vegetarian for 7 years, so it wasn't a stretch for me, but I feel 1000 times better now that I'm eating grass-fed meat and eggs again.

    Books that have played a huge role in my current (and most successful) weight loss:

    The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf
    Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson
    Why We Get Fat (and what to do about it) by Gary Taubes
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