What is the best book you have ever read about nutrition?

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  • kazza135
    kazza135 Posts: 16 Member
    Syndrome X - by Jack Challem, Burton and Smith - following their anti healing diet for insulin resistance/diabetes 2 can use i too
    feel great
  • m1311
    m1311 Posts: 103 Member
    Another voice for Michael Pollan...Food Rules is really short and puts all his ideas in one place, though they can be reduced into his most famous line: "Eat food. Mostly vegetables. Not too much."
  • julierewa
    julierewa Posts: 17
    LEAN REVOLUTION by Leslie Kenton - an oldie but a goodie.
  • AuntieMC
    AuntieMC Posts: 346 Member
    Okay, I am new to this, and I started my nutrition studies with cancer recovery specifically in mind, so my favorite nutrition book is Anti-Cancer: A New Way of Life, by David Servan-Schreiber. It isn't JUST about nutrition, but it covers a lot of information on nutrition as it relates to cancer prevention and cancer recovery!
  • AuntieMC
    AuntieMC Posts: 346 Member
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  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food - hands down the most common-sense nutrition guide I've ever read. It mocks the scaremongering and warns against the dangers of nutritional bandwagoning. Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. Ftw.

    For detailed nutritional and metabolic discussion, I think Lyle McDonald can't be beat. His books are pricey but his website is packed with free articles.

    Also, not a book, but a big shout out to Steve Troutman whose article "Eat" (http://body-improvements.com/resources/eat/) is far and away the best guide to nutrition for the layman.
  • Glenbaggerly
    Glenbaggerly Posts: 2
    Author is Arnold Ehret, the title is The Mucusless Diet Healing System. All other books
    are just diets , this is how the human body is supposed to it and it will give you a wake
    up call.
  • Glenbaggerly
    Glenbaggerly Posts: 2
    That should have read , this is how the human body should eat, now and forever.
  • LiddyBit
    LiddyBit Posts: 447 Member
    Okay, I think this is a book from, like, 1989 so it may be slightly out of date. Possibly also too specific for your needs. But there is a book I have called Competing with the Sylph by L.M. Vincent and the chapter on water and salt (which talks about sodium and potassium and how that chemistry works in your body) is really important information.

    Edited to add - It's written for ballet dancers. But I think that chapter is important for anyone.
  • ColleenAtherton
    ColleenAtherton Posts: 230 Member
    These books are more specific to those with high blood pressure, but is a well-rounded diet for anyone really.

    The DASH Diet for Hypertension

    The DASH Diet Action Plan

    **DASH = Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension

    I found these books to be very informational when my husband was diagnosed with pre-hypertension at age 33.
  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    A few more that I enjoyed:

    "Savor" by Thich Naht Hahn - not specifically about nutrition but a great intro to mindful eating

    "The End of Overeating" by David Kessler - a bit repetitive towards the end but it goes through the addictive chemistry of fat and sugar and the concept of 'priming' nicely. It succeeded in making me think twice about the 'just one bite' behavior.

    "Good Calories, Bad Calories" by Gary Taubes - This should be read just for the other angle. In my opinion it demonizes carbs a bit too much and it gives fats a bit too much of a free pass, but if you grew up thinking fats are the worst macro you can eat (as most of us did) then this is a nice slap around the face.
  • Stymie977
    Stymie977 Posts: 12 Member
    Havent read the entire book, but most of it:
    The Gerson Therapy, very interesting book
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    A Guide to Flexible Dieting by Lyle McDonald.
    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/a-guide-to-flexible-dieting

    seconded.

    Rapid Fat Loss & UD2 are also very good but more specific.
  • SuzyLy
    SuzyLy Posts: 133 Member
    South Beach Diet -- made sense for all the problems I have or am afraid to get. . . cholesterol, weight loss and diabetes.
  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
    A Guide to Flexible Dieting by Lyle McDonald.
    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/a-guide-to-flexible-dieting

    seconded.

    Rapid Fat Loss & UD2 are also very good but more specific.

    Thirded
  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
    Jumping on the Michael Pollan wagon. I just love him. "The Omnivore's Dilemma" is such a good read, as is "In Defense of Food".

    Along these lines, "The Unhealthy Truth" by Robyn O'Brien is another one of my favorites. If you find you like these kinds of books, Marion Nestle is another author to check out.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Awesome! Thank you. My goal is to become a nutritionist. I am trying to get a head start before I begin schooling.

    If you are thinking about becoming a nutritionist, you'd be better off skipping most of the books mentioned on this thread. Many of them are going to present very biased information.
  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    If you are thinking about becoming a nutritionist, you'd be better off skipping most of the books mentioned on this thread. Many of them are going to present very biased information.

    While I'd agree that most will present some form of bias (everything does), I'd disagree with skipping them. Reading extensively from all sides of the story with an open mind would be the hallmark of a good researcher to me. Plus, some of the books mentioned (China Study, Good Calories Bad Calories) etc. are so famous and influential (regardless of accuracy) that for a nutritionist not to have read them would practically be crime.
  • jenn_may
    jenn_may Posts: 154 Member
    I cannot believe I have never read a Michael Pollan book. I have many of them on my 'To Read List'. I understand that these books will not help me in my schooling to becoming a nutritionist, but I agree that I just want to do as much research as possible as well as technical training.
  • paulasue145
    paulasue145 Posts: 157
    hahahahaha That 's awesome! :smile:

    this was in response to the ''God like'' Bible reader... :)
  • issyfit
    issyfit Posts: 1,077 Member
    South Beach Diet -- made sense for all the problems I have or am afraid to get. . . cholesterol, weight loss and diabetes.
    This and also "The Perfect 10 Diet" which explains how food affects your hormones and how your hormones affect your health and weight loss.
  • bjfrezell
    bjfrezell Posts: 241
    Anything by Michael Pollan, but Food Rules is the easiest to pick up and flip through.

    I also like the Beck Diet Solution.
  • jenn26point2
    jenn26point2 Posts: 429 Member
    Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson
    Wheat Belly by Dr. William Davis
  • kellybean14
    kellybean14 Posts: 237 Member
    In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
  • Squeezalsize10
    Squeezalsize10 Posts: 109
    Fat around the middle by Dr Marilyn Glenville. She also writes articles in health and fitness mags.
  • embersfallen
    embersfallen Posts: 534 Member
    bump
  • LizJ08
    LizJ08 Posts: 127
    The Automatic Diet by Charles Platkin.
  • cjosenga
    cjosenga Posts: 37 Member
    Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink. It's not about nutrition, but it offers a lot of information about how much to eat.
  • MaryDreamer
    MaryDreamer Posts: 439
    The New Rules of Lifting for Women and my next purchase is going to be Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle by Tom Venuto.
  • jadedone
    jadedone Posts: 2,446 Member
    No contest: the Junge Effect by Daphne Miller.

    It is first off, a fun read. Secondly, it is really an anthropology bok about how diet impacts chronic diseases. The bok is organized by disease/region. There are quite a few recipes, a shopping list. And best of all, at the end of the book she tells you how to recreate the recipes with stuff from the regular grocery store. She goes on a shopping trip to the typical well stocked gourmet market and even Walmart to prove that anyone can do the "diet."

    http://www.amazon.com/The-Jungle-Effect-Healthiest-World-Why/dp/0061535656

    Check it out. You will find good tips, even if you don't follow any of the recipes on eating whole foods (in the right combos).

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