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  • Chew On This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food

    Eric Schlosser

    Chew On This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food

    Eric Schlosser

    In the New York Times bestseller Chew on This, Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson unwrap the fast-food industry to bring you a behind-the-scenes look at a business that both feeds and feeds off the young. Find out what really goes on at your favorite restaurants—and what lurks between those sesame seed buns.Praised for being accessible, honest, humorous, fascinating, and alarming, Chew On This was also repeatedly referred to as a must-read for kids who regularly eat fast food. Having all the facts about fast food helps young people make healthy decisions about what they eat. Chew On This shows them that they can change the world by changing what they eat. Chew on This also includes action steps, a discussion guide, and a new afterword by the authors.

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  • Conscious Eating

    Gabriel Cousens

    Conscious Eating

    Gabriel Cousens

    Conscious Eating has been referred to as the “Bible of Vegetarians,” for both beginners and advanced students of health. This classic work in the field of live-food nutrition is an inspirational journey and a manual for life. Included is new information on enzymes, vegetarian nutrition for pregnancy, and an innovative international 14-day menu of gourmet, Kosher, vegetarian, live-food cuisine, plus 150 recipes.

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  • Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease

    Dr. Dean Ornish

    Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease

    Dr. Dean Ornish

    “Whether or not you think you’ll ever be concerned about your heart, this is likely to be the most useful book about health you’ll read this year, maybe ever.”ESQUIREIn this breakthrough book, Dr. Dean Ornish presents dramatic evidence that heart disease can be halted or even reversed simply by changing your life-style. Step-by-step he will guide you through the extraordinary Opening Your Heart program that takes you beyond the purely physical side of health care to include the psychological, emotional, and spiritual aspects so vital to healing. This book represents the best modern medicine has to offer. It can inspire you to open your heart to a longer, better, happier life.

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  • Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes

    By Neal Barnard

    Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes

    By Neal Barnard

    The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs (Revised Edition)
    Tackle diabetes and its complications for good with this newly updated edition of Dr. Neal Barnard's groundbreaking program.
    Before Dr. Barnard’s scientific breakthrough, most health professionals believed that once you developed diabetes, you were stuck with it—and could anticipate one health issue after another, from worsening eyesight and nerve symptoms to heart and kidney problems. But this simply is not true—Dr. Barnard has shown that it is often possible to improve insulin sensitivity and tackle type 2 diabetes by following his step-by-step plan, which includes a healthful vegan diet with plenty of recipes to get started, an exercise guide, advice about taking supplements and tracking progress, and troubleshooting tips.

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  • Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss

    by Joel Fuhrman

    Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss

    by Joel Fuhrman

    When Mehmet Oz or any of New York’s leading doctors has a patient whose life depends on losing weight, they call on Joel Fuhrman, M.D. In EAT TO LIVE, Dr. Fuhrman offers his healthy, effective, and scientifically proven plan for shedding radical amounts of weight quickly, and keeping it off.Losing weight under Dr. Fuhrman’s plan is not about willpower, it is about knowledge. The key to this revolutionary diet is the idea of nutrient density, as expressed by the simple formula Health=Nutrients/Calories. When the ratio of nutrients to calories is high, fat melts away and health is restored. Losing 20 pounds in two to three weeks is just the beginning. The more high-nutrient food Dr. Fuhrman’s patients consume, the more they are satisfied with fewer calories, and the less they crave fat and high-calorie foods. Designed for people who must lose 50 pounds or more in a hurry, EAT TO LIVE works for every dieter, even those who want to lose as little as 10 pounds quickly. No willpower required-just knowledge!

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  • Fast Food Nation

    by Eric Schlosser

    Fast Food Nation

    by Eric Schlosser

    Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That’s a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning.

    Schlosser’s myth-shattering survey stretches from California’s subdivisions, where the business was born, to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike, where many of fast food’s flavors are concocted. Along the way, he unearths a trove of fascinating, unsettling truths — from the unholy alliance between fast food and Hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate.

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  • Food for Life: How the New Four Food Groups Can Save Your Life

    by Neal Barnard

    Food for Life: How the New Four Food Groups Can Save Your Life

    by Neal Barnard

    Citing overwhelming medical evidence previously downplayed by powerful lobby groups, Dr. Barnard reveals why a diet based on the new four food groups (grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits) will sharply decrease the risk of cancer and heart disease and dramatically increase life expectancy. He also unveils a 21-day program for a smooth transition to the new way of eating healthfully. Line drawings.

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  • Forks Over Knives

    Directed by Lee Fulkerson

    Forks Over Knives

    Directed by Lee Fulkerson

    This documentary film examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the chronic diseases that afflict us can be controlled or even reversed by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.
    The major storyline traces the personal journeys of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a nutritional biochemist from Cornell University, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, a former top surgeon at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic. On separate paths, their discoveries and groundbreaking research led them to the same startling conclusion: Chronic diseases including heart disease and type 2 diabetes can almost always be prevented—and in many cases reversed—by adopting a whole-food, plant-based diet.
    The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. The film follows everyday Americans with chronic conditions as they seek to reduce their dependence on medications and learn to use a whole-food, plant-based diet to regain control over their health and their lives.

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  • Healthy Eating for Life for Children

    by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

    Healthy Eating for Life for Children

    by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

    Nourish Your Child for Optimum health and well-beingAll parents want to do the very best for the long-term health and well-being of their children, and nutrition plays a major role in that process. This book shows you where to start. Drawing on the latest medical and dietary research, Healthy Eating for Life for Children presents a complete and sensible plant-based nutrition program that can help you promote and maintain excellent health and good eating habits for your children throughout their lives.Covering all stages of childhood from birth through adolescence, this book provides detailed nutritional guidelines that have been carefully drafted by an expert panel of Physicians Committee doctors and nutritionists, along with 91 delicious, easy-to-make recipes to help you put these healthy eating principles to work right away. Healthy Eating for Life for Children contains important information on: Eating for two–nutrition in pregnancy Worry-free breast- feeding and bottle-feeding options Nutrition for hyperactivity and attention problems Eating disorders and body image issues Achieving healthy weight and fitness levels Healthy eating for young athletes And more

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  • Healthy Eating for Life for Women

    by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

    Healthy Eating for Life for Women

    by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

    Eat your way to better health and well-being Making simple changes to your diet can significantly improve your health, from easing your menstrual and menopausal symptoms to strengthening your bones and protecting your heart. This book shows you how. Drawing from the latest medical and dietary research, Healthy Eating for Life for Women presents a complete and sensible plant-based nutrition program that will help you look and feel better, with more energy and vitality than ever before. This book gives you a clear look at how women’s bodies work and how common health problems arise, then provides detailed nutritional guidelines that have been carefully drafted by Physicians Committee nutrition experts. It includes over 100 delicious, easy-to-make recipes to help you put these healthy eating principles to work right away. Healthy Eating for Life for Women contains important information on: * Age-proofing from the inside out * Losing weight * Improving fertility and alleviating PMS * Relieving menopausal symptoms * Preventing cancer and arthritis * And more No matter what your age or diet history, this book will give you the crucial knowledge you need to take charge now- of your eating, your health, and your life.

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  • Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Cancer

    by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

    Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Cancer

    by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

    A simple new dietary approach to cancer prevention and treatment Current research has shown that what you eat is one of the strongest factors in preventing cancer. You can take advantage of this fact to safeguard your health–and this book shows you how. Drawing on the latest medical and dietary research, Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Cancer presents a complete and sensible plant-based nutrition program that can help make cancer less likely–and also help those already diagnosed to heal.Showing how you can put food to work against today’s most common forms of cancer (including lung, breast, prostate, ovarian, cervical, and digestive tract cancers), this book provides detailed nutritional guidelines that have been carefully drafted by Physicians Committee nutrition experts. The book includes over 80 delicious, easy-to-make recipes to help you put these healthy eating principles to work right away. Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Cancer contains important information on: Antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids, and other protective weapons Foods that boost the immune system Nutrition during cancer treatment Exercise and weight management Stress-reduction techniques And more

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  • Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Diabetes

    by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

    Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Diabetes

    by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

    A simple new dietary approach to preventing and treating diabetes. You can help prevent and control diabetes through simple diet and lifestyle changes that are a pleasure to make instead of a chore. This book shows you how. Drawing on the latest diabetes research, Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Diabetes presents a complete and sensible plant-based nutrition program that can help you prevent, manage, and, in certain cases, even reverse diabetes.Covering Type 1(childhood-onset), Type 2 (adult-onset), and gestational diabetes, this book provides detailed nutritional guidelines that have been carefully drafted by Physicians Committee diabetes experts, along with nearly 100 delicious, easy-to-make recipes to help you put these healthy eating principles to work right away. Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Diabetes contains important information on: Exercise and lifestyle issues Achieving and maintaining healthy weight Diabetes and pregnancy Preventing complications from diabetes And more

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  • How Not To Die

    By Michael Greger

    How Not To Die

    By Michael Greger

    Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
    Why rely on drugs and surgery to cure you of life-threatening disease when the right decisions can prevent you from falling ill to begin with? How Not To Die gives effective, scientifically-proven nutritional advice to prevent our biggest killers - including heart disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, high blood pressure and diabetes - and reveals the astounding health benefits that simple dietary choices can provide. Based on the latest scientific research, the internationally bestselling How Not To Die examines each of the most common diseases to reveal what, how and why different foods affect us, and how increasing our consumption of certain foods and avoiding others can dramatically reduce our risk of falling sick and even reverse the effects of disease.

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  • MAD COWBOY: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat

    by Howard F. Lyman

    MAD COWBOY: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat

    by Howard F. Lyman



    Howard Lyman's testimony on The Oprah Winfrey Show revealed the deadly impact of the livestock industry on our well-being. It not only led to Oprah's declaration that she'd never eat a burger again, it sent shock waves through a concerned and vulnerable public.

    A fourth-generation Montana rancher, Lyman investigated the use of chemicals in agriculture after developing a spinal tumor that nearly paralyzed him. Now a vegetarian, he blasts through the propaganda of beef and dairy interests -- and the government agencies that protect them -- to expose an animal-based diet as the primary cause of cancer, heart disease, and obesity in this country. He warns that the livestock industry is repeating the mistakes that led to Mad Cow disease in England while simultaneously causing serious damage to the environment.

    Persuasive, straightforward, and full of the down-home good humor and optimism of a son of the soil, Mad Cowboy is both an inspirational story of personal transformation and a convincing call to action for a plant-based diet -- for the good of the planet and the health of us all.

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  • PlantPure Nation

    Nelson Campbell

    PlantPure Nation

    Nelson Campbell

    PlantPure Nation tells the story of three people on a quest to spread the message of one of the most important health breakthroughs of all time. After nutritional scientist and author Dr. T. Colin Campbell speaks to the Kentucky legislature, his oldest son Nelson works with Kentucky State Representative Tom Riner to propose a pilot program documenting the health benefits of a plant-based diet. Through this well intentioned effort, they inadvertently set in motion a series of events that expose powerful forces opposed to the diet. After industry lobbyists kill the pilot program, Nelson decides to try his own grassroots approach in his hometown of Mebane, North Carolina, before circling back to Kentucky for a dramatic ending.

  • Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

    By Caldwell Esselstyn

    Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

    By Caldwell Esselstyn

    The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure.
    Based on the groundbreaking results of his twenty-year nutritional study, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn illustrates that a plant-based, oil-free diet can not only prevent the progression of heart disease but can also reverse its effects. Dr. Esselstyn is an internationally known surgeon, researcher and former clinician at the Cleveland Clinic and a featured expert in the acclaimed documentary Forks Over Knives. Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease has helped thousands across the country, and is the book behind Bill Clinton’s life-changing vegan diet.

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  • Proteinaholic: How our obsession with meat is killing us and what we can do about it

    By Garth Davis

    Proteinaholic: How our obsession with meat is killing us and what we can do about it

    By Garth Davis

    An acclaimed surgeon specializing in weight loss delivers a paradigm-shifting examination of the diet and health industry’s focus on protein, explaining why it is detrimental to our health, and can prevent us from losing weight.
    Whether you are seeing a doctor, nutritionist, or a trainer, all of them advise to eat more protein. Foods, drinks, and supplements are loaded with extra protein. Many people use protein for weight control, to gain or lose pounds, while others believe it gives them more energy and is essential for a longer, healthier life. Now, Dr. Garth Davis, an expert in weight loss asks, “Is all this protein making us healthier?”
    The answer, he emphatically argues, is NO. Too much protein is actually making us sick, fat, and tired, according to Dr. Davis. If you are getting adequate calories in your diet, there is no such thing as protein deficiency. The healthiest countries in the world eat far less protein than we do and yet we have an entire nation on a protein binge getting sicker by the day.

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  • Spiritual Nutrition: Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and the Awakening of Kundalini

    by Gabriel Cousens

    Spiritual Nutrition: Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and the Awakening of Kundalini

    by Gabriel Cousens

    When we eat, can we feed the soul as well as the body? Can a diet have impact on spirituality? Spiritual Nutrition empowers readers to develop personal diets that are appropriate to their lifestyles and spiritual practices. Drawing on 14 years of clinical experience and research, Dr. Gabriel Cousens discusses nutritional issues that can help answer these questions, including raw vs. cooked food; high vs. low protein; the concepts of assimilation and fasting; alkaline – acid balance; attitudes about food; nutrients, energy, and structure building.In addition, Cousens shares his new dietary system of “spiritual nutrition” that is based on the relationship that the color of the food has to corresponding colors of the human chakra system, hence, the “rainbow diet.” For true nourishment, he strongly promotes the connection of diet to meditation, fellowship, wisdom, and love.

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  • The Cheese Trap

    By Neal Barnard

    The Cheese Trap

    By Neal Barnard

    How breaking a surprising addiction will help you lose weight, gain energy, and get healthy
    Dr. Neal Barnard reveals the shocking truth about cheese-the dangerous addiction that is harming your health-and presents a radical program to lose weight and feel great. We've been told that dairy does a body good, but the truth is that cheese can be dangerous. Loaded with calories, fat, and cholesterol, cheese can make you gain weight and leads to a host of health problems like high blood pressure and arthritis. Worse, it contains mild opiates that make it additive, triggering the same brain receptors as heroin and morphine.

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  • The China Study (Rev. Ed.)

    BY T. Collin Campbell

    The China Study (Rev. Ed.)

    BY T. Collin Campbell

    The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted (Revised and Expanded Edition)
    The revised and expanded edition of the bestseller that changed millions of lives The science is clear. The results are unmistakable. You can dramatically reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes just by changing your diet. More than 30 years ago, nutrition researcher T. Colin Campbell and his team at Cornell, in partnership with teams in China and England, embarked upon the China Study, the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease. What they found when combined with findings in Colin's laboratory, opened their eyes to the dangers of a diet high in animal protein and the unparalleled health benefits of a whole foods, plant-based diet.
    In 2005, Colin and his son Tom, now a physician, shared those findings with the world in The China Study, hailed as one of the most important books about diet and health ever written. Featuring brand new content, this heavily expanded edition of Colin and Tom's groundbreaking book includes the latest undeniable evidence of the power of a plant-based diet, plus updated information about the changing medical system and how patients stand to benefit from a surging interest in plant-based nutrition.

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  • The Game Changers

    Louie Psihoyos & James Wilks

    The Game Changers

    Louie Psihoyos & James Wilks

    In this documentary film a UFC fighter's world is turned upside down when he discovers an elite group of world-renowned athletes and scientists who prove that everything he had been taught about protein was a lie.

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  • The Mcdougall Program: 12 Days to Dynamic Health

    by John A. McDougall

    The Mcdougall Program: 12 Days to Dynamic Health

    by John A. McDougall

    A national bestseller in hardcover, The McDougall Program is Dr. McDougall’s most comprehensive and practical health book to date, including recipes, medical advice, histories, and details of the revolutionary 12-day McDougall nutrition program that has helped thousands lose weight.

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  • The Starch Solution : Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!

    Dr John McDougall, MD

    The Starch Solution : Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!

    Dr John McDougall, MD

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  • The Vegan Diet As Chronic Disease Prevention: Evidence Supporting the New Four Food Groups

    by Kerrie K. Saunders

    The Vegan Diet As Chronic Disease Prevention: Evidence Supporting the New Four Food Groups

    by Kerrie K. Saunders

    The United States is one of the sickest nations on the planet. Despite our wealth, access to educational media, natural resources, and opportunity, most Americans accept atherosclerosis, cancer, hypertension, osteoporosis, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other degenerative chronic diseases as part of the normal aging process. Unfortunately, even our traditional “modern medicine” practitioners believe this misguided and bleak picture out of ignorance. This is because in a traditional curriculum, many physicians-in-training only receive one course in nutrition—the safest, most effective, and least expensive form of chronic disease prevention available. This one course is guided by the faulty 1992 “Food Pyramid” of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), which derived from the even more dangerous “Basic Four Food Groups” of 1956. In both cases, the approval of these dietary guidelines was a political rather than a medical decision, and recent scientific evidence has shown how these guidelines keep Americans sick rather than healthy.The Vegan Diet as Chronic Disease Prevention explores the mountain of evidence that suggests that a diet free of animal products can have radically beneficial effects on many conditions that affect vast numbers of Americans. Dr. Saunders provides an exhaustive list of references and sources in arguably the most comprehensive argument in print for the human health benefits of the vegan diet.

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  • Undo It! How simple lifestyle changes can reverse most chronic diseases

    By Dean Ornish

    Undo It! How simple lifestyle changes can reverse most chronic diseases

    By Dean Ornish

    Dean ornish, MD has directed revolutionary research proving, for the first time, that lifestyle changes can often reverse-undo the progression of many of the most common and costly chronic diseases and even begin reversing aging at a cellular level. Medicare and many Insurance companies are now covering Dr. Ornish's lifestyle medicine program for reversing chronic disease because it consistently achieves bigger changes in lifestyle, better clinical outcomes, larger cost savings and greater adherence than have ever been reported-based on 40 years of research published in the leading peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals.

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  • Vegan for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Be Healthy on a Plant-Based Diet

    By Jack Norris & Virginia Messina

    Vegan for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Be Healthy on a Plant-Based Diet

    By Jack Norris & Virginia Messina

    Are you considering going vegan, but not sure how to start? Are you already committed to an animal-free diet, but are unclear about how to get proper nutrients? Vegan for Life is your comprehensive, go-to guide for optimal plant-based nutrition. Registered dietitians and long-time vegans Jack Norris and Virginia Messina debunk some of the most persistent myths about vegan nutrition and provide essential information about getting enough calcium and protein, finding the best supplements, and understanding the 'real deal' about organics, processed foods, raw foods, and more.

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  • What The Health

    Directed by Kip Andersen & Keegan Kuhn

    What The Health

    Directed by Kip Andersen & Keegan Kuhn

    Follow an intrepid filmmaker on a journey of discovery in this documentary film as he uncovers possibly the largest health secret of our time and the collusion between industry, government, pharmaceutical and health organizations keeping this information from us.

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  • Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

    By T. Colin Campbell

    Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

    By T. Colin Campbell

    Nutritional science, long stuck in a reductionist mindset, is at the cusp of a revolution. The traditional "gold standard" of nutrition research has been to study one chemical at a time in an attempt to determine its particular impact on the human body. These sorts of studies are helpful to food companies trying to prove there is a chemical in milk or pre-packaged dinners that is "good" for us, but they provide little insight into the complexity of what actually happens in our bodies or how those chemicals contribute to our health.
    In The China Study, T. Colin Campbell (alongside his son, Thomas M. Campbell) revolutionized the way we think about our food with the evidence that a whole food, plant-based diet is the healthiest way to eat. Now, in Whole, he explains the science behind that evidence, the ways our current scientific paradigm ignores the fascinating complexity of the human body, and why, if we have such overwhelming evidence that everything we think we know about nutrition is wrong, our eating habits haven't changed. Whole is an eye-opening, paradigm-changing journey through cutting-edge thinking on nutrition, a scientific tour de force with powerful implications for our health and for our world.

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