Recommended Books

"The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health" - T. Colin Campbell, 2006.

Written by someone raised on a dairy farm, the surprising conclusions from years of scientific research on diet and chronic disease include: the less food you eat from animal sources, the better your long-term health.


 
"Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making us Sicker, Fatter and Poorer - And What You Can Do About It" - Karl Weber and Participant Productions, eds., 2008

 

"Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure" - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, 2008.

Compelling information about the power of dietary change alone to reverse known heart disease and promote optimal health.


 
"How Doctors Think" - Jerome Groopman, 2008.

Similar information to "Overtreated", this time from a doctor's perspective; no less disturbing for the medical consumer/patient.

 
"Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs" - Melody Petersen, 2008.

The title speaks for itself! Required reading for anyone who's ever taken a prescription drug, or knows someone who has.

 

"Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer" - Shannon Brownlee, 2008.

Eye-opening information about the market forces behind decision-making in American medical practices.


 
"In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" = Michael Pollan, 2008.

The sad transformation of our grocery shelves from food to foodlike substances, and how the new focus on nutrients rather than real/whole foods is impacting our health.

 

"Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" - Eric Schlosser, 2001


A riveting and disturbing account of how and why the fast-food industry is destroying our health.