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How “Innocent” Wheat Is Ruining Your Health by Drs. Vikki & Richard Petersen, D.C., C.C.N.
Gluten plays a role in more diseases than you can imagine
Food that enters the intestine goes through a complex digestive process. It must be broken down to molecules that can pass through the intestinal wall. The intestine is also a major [...]
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The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter
An entertaining adventure in raising livestock in the inner city
This book tells two stories: Novella Carpenter’s education in urban farming and what it’s like living in an Oakland ghetto. However, the focus is on livestock, not gardening.
Carpenter and her boyfriend Bill move from Seattle to California [...]
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Inside America’s Underground Food Movements by Sandor Ellix Katz
A great book looking for a better title
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 [...]
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The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol by Mary G. Enig
Comprehensive reference book for understanding dietary fats
The paradigm under which most of us live teaches that fats from animals and tropical nuts are unhealthy because they’re saturated, and that we need to consume mostly polyunsaturates from plants, such as corn, [...]
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The Revolutionary DIET-FREE Way to Totally Transform Your Body by Jon Gabriel
Excellent advice for those wishing to make major dietary and body changes
The Gabriel Method isn’t just another weight loss book about “thinking yourself thin.” It’s a fantastic compilation of advice that covers the mental, spiritual and physical aspects of body identity and nutrition. And [...]
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By Paul A. Stitt
Nutrition and atruism not found in the center aisles of your grocery store
Paul Stitt, a biochemist working for Tenneco with a desire to end world hunger, sets out to create an economically feasible process whereby protein from bacteria can be grown on natural gas. Tenneco was happy to advertise this altruistic effort [...]
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A Medical Doctor’s Program for Conquering Disease by Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
How fasting helps reversal of chronic, degenerative diseases
When you’re suffering from a chronic, degenerative disease, and the doctors you trust are recommending drugs or surgery, it’s hard to believe that simply going without food could be of any lasting benefit. This is also compounded by [...]
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The Hygienic System: Volume III by Herbert Shelton
Everything you wanted to know about fasting for health
Herbert Shelton wrote 40 books over his 60-year career in health education and “natural hygiene.” He supervised over 30,000 fasts of chronically ill and terminal patients, losing only three. Shelton’s teachings on fasting inspired Ghandi as well as such popular [...]
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Eat Like a Caveman to Achieve a Lean, Strong, Healthy Body by Ray Audette with Troy Gilchrist
Simple introduction to paleolithic nutrition
Every animal on the planet subsists on foods to which it is biologically adapted. Cows, with multiple stomachs, easily digest grass. Wolves, with their sharp teeth and claws and acid stomachs easily digest meat, bone [...]
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Balancing Your Health, Your Weight, and Your Life One Luscious Bite at a Time by Dr. Douglas N. Graham
A diet that sounds simple, healthy and expensive
Nothing’s better than finding a book on diet that’s written by someone trained in natural hygiene. The title 80/10/10 refers to a raw diet that is:
80 carbohydrates
10 protein
10 fat [...]
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