food

Book Review: The Whole Soy Story — Kaayla Daniel

Soy in some form is in almost every processed food we buy. What was once considered a food fit only for the poor, components of soy have evolved into high-ticket grocery items for the health conscious, vegetarian, menopausal woman and hungry baby. Is it really as wonderful as the soy industry claims?

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Book Review: Metabolic Man — Charles Heizer Wharton

Nutrition and Diets

Metabolic Man attempts to show how our biology is the key determinant in what foods are health-promoting, and that everybody’s biology is different depending on their ancestry, genetics, and how they metabolize fuel.

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All About Oxalates with Susan Costen Owens

Problem Foods

Susan Costen Owens discusses oxalates in detail and how they affect cell biology. Learn how reducing oxalates in your diet may help you improve your health and energy levels, heal chronic injuries, reduce or reverse autism, eliminate kidney stones, which simple mineral you can add to your meals to bind oxalates, and the role of gut bacteria in metabolizing oxalates.

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Book Review: Beating the Food Giants — Paul Stitt

Food Politics

In this informative and well-written book you’ll get an insider’s view of the unethical practices, greed, and disregard for human life and health by the food industry. You’ll also learn some of the ways that inferior nutrition leads to disease.

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Book Review: The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved — Sandor Ellix Katz

Food Politics

Sandor Katz writes about the many avenues available for procurement of food, such as buying locally at farmers’ markets, joining underground co-ops, growing our own, foraging for wild plants, reclaiming vacant city lots to garden in, saving seeds, and dumpster diving. This book also provides a comprehensive overview of our current food options, politics and the government’s excessive control.

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Book Review: The Real Food Revival — Vinton & Espuelas

Nutrition and Diets

Simple rules for making healthier and more delicious food choices. This is an excellent introduction for those who don’t know much about where their food comes from and the different options available to them. It’s written in an easy, conversational style and it doesn’t get bogged down in details.

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