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Books like Grocery

How We Eat
by Paco Underhill • 2022
Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.
3.50
459
🏭 Food Systems🛒 Retail Anthropology🧠 Consumer Psychology🍔 Ultra-Processed Foods🌾 Local Food Movement
How We Eat Summary
How We Eat 97%
Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.
by Paco Underhill 2022
3.50
459 ratings
🏭 Food Systems🛒 Retail Anthropology🧠 Consumer Psychology🍔 Ultra-Processed Foods🌾 Local Food Movement
Salt Sugar Fat
by Michael Moss • 2013
The food industry knows the precise amounts of sugar, salt, and fat your brain cannot resist.
4.02
33k+
🏭 Processed Food Industry🔬 Food Engineering🧠 Biological Cravings🧒 Marketing To Children🍔 Convenience Foods
Salt Sugar Fat Summary
Salt Sugar Fat 96%
The food industry knows the precise amounts of sugar, salt, and fat your brain cannot resist.
by Michael Moss 2013
4.02
33k+ ratings
🏭 Processed Food Industry🔬 Food Engineering🧠 Biological Cravings🧒 Marketing To Children🍔 Convenience Foods
Animal, Vegetable, Junk
by Mark Bittman • 2021
Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.
3.90
4k+
📜 Food Systems History🌍 Global Agriculture🏭 Industrial Agriculture🍔 Junk Food Engineering🏥 Public Health Crisis
Animal, Vegetable, Junk Summary
Animal, Vegetable, Junk 96%
Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.
by Mark Bittman 2021
3.90
4k+ ratings
📜 Food Systems History🌍 Global Agriculture🏭 Industrial Agriculture🍔 Junk Food Engineering🏥 Public Health Crisis
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Richie Chevat • 2015
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
4.03
4k+
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet🗳️ Food Politics🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 95%
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
by Richie Chevat 2015
4.03
4k+ ratings
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet🗳️ Food Politics🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
Cooked
by Michael Pollan • 2013
Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.
4.08
26k+
📜 Culinary History🔬 Food Science🫙 Fermentation🦠 Microbiome🐌 Slow Food Movement
Cooked Summary
Cooked 95%
Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.
by Michael Pollan 2013
4.08
26k+ ratings
📜 Culinary History🔬 Food Science🫙 Fermentation🦠 Microbiome🐌 Slow Food Movement
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
by Tom Standage • 2005
Civilization's biggest leaps came in a glass. The story of humanity told through six drinks.
3.81
34k+
🍽️ Food History📦 Commodity History🎭 Cultural History🚢 History Of Trade🏺 Material Culture
A History of the World in 6 Glasses Summary
A History of the World in 6 Glasses 95%
Civilization's biggest leaps came in a glass. The story of humanity told through six drinks.
by Tom Standage 2005
3.81
34k+ ratings
🍽️ Food History📦 Commodity History🎭 Cultural History🚢 History Of Trade🏺 Material Culture
Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser • 2001
A burger's hidden cost: exploited labor, factory farms, and meat that sickened half a million.
3.75
207k+
🏭 Industrial Food System🐄 Factory Farming⚠️ Food Safety👷 Labor Exploitation🏢 Corporate Power
Fast Food Nation Summary
Fast Food Nation 95%
A burger's hidden cost: exploited labor, factory farms, and meat that sickened half a million.
by Eric Schlosser 2001
3.75
207k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Food System🐄 Factory Farming⚠️ Food Safety👷 Labor Exploitation🏢 Corporate Power
Ravenous
by Henry Dimbleby • 2023
The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.
4.35
2k+
🏭 Food Systems🧃 Ultra-Processed Food🔬 Nutrition Science🏥 Public Health Crisis⚖️ Food Inequality
Ravenous Summary
Ravenous 95%
The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.
by Henry Dimbleby 2023
4.35
2k+ ratings
🏭 Food Systems🧃 Ultra-Processed Food🔬 Nutrition Science🏥 Public Health Crisis⚖️ Food Inequality
In Defense of Food
by Michael Pollan • 2008
Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.
4.07
120k+
🔬 Nutrition Science🏛️ Food Politics🌍 Traditional Diets🧬 Food Reductionism🧘 Mindful Eating
In Defense of Food Summary
In Defense of Food 95%
Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.
by Michael Pollan 2008
4.07
120k+ ratings
🔬 Nutrition Science🏛️ Food Politics🌍 Traditional Diets🧬 Food Reductionism🧘 Mindful Eating
The Secret Life of Groceries
by Benjamin Lorr • 2020
Supermarket abundance rests on debt-bonded truckers, enslaved fishermen, and the illusion of choice.
3.94
15k+
🛒 Grocery Industry⛓️ Food Supply Chains⚒️ Labor Exploitation⚖️ Supply Chain Ethics🧠 Consumer Psychology
The Secret Life of Groceries Summary
The Secret Life of Groceries 95%
Supermarket abundance rests on debt-bonded truckers, enslaved fishermen, and the illusion of choice.
by Benjamin Lorr 2020
3.94
15k+ ratings
🛒 Grocery Industry⛓️ Food Supply Chains⚒️ Labor Exploitation⚖️ Supply Chain Ethics🧠 Consumer Psychology
Food Politics
by Robert Paarlberg • 2010
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
3.49
340
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger💵 Farm Subsidies🚜 Industrial Agriculture
Food Politics Summary
Food Politics 95%
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
by Robert Paarlberg 2010
3.49
340 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger💵 Farm Subsidies🚜 Industrial Agriculture
Food Fix
by Mark Hyman • 2020
Chronic disease, climate change, and inequality share one cause: the industrial food on your plate.
4.07
3k+
🌐 Food Systems🏛️ Food Policy🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌿 Regenerative Farming💰 True Cost Of Food
Food Fix Summary
Food Fix 95%
Chronic disease, climate change, and inequality share one cause: the industrial food on your plate.
by Mark Hyman 2020
4.07
3k+ ratings
🌐 Food Systems🏛️ Food Policy🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌿 Regenerative Farming💰 True Cost Of Food
Feeding You Lies
by Vani Hari • 2019
They copied tobacco's playbook, funded the science, and hid sugar. Your weapon: the ingredient list.
4.15
1k+
🧪 Food Additives🍬 Sugar Addiction🏭 Big Food Industry🌿 Organic Farming🏛️ Food Politics
Feeding You Lies Summary
Feeding You Lies 95%
They copied tobacco's playbook, funded the science, and hid sugar. Your weapon: the ingredient list.
by Vani Hari 2019
4.15
1k+ ratings
🧪 Food Additives🍬 Sugar Addiction🏭 Big Food Industry🌿 Organic Farming🏛️ Food Politics
Metabolical
by Robert H. Lustig • 2021
Chronic disease, gut dysfunction, and a warming planet share one driver: processed food.
4.25
7k+
🏭 Processed Food🍬 Sugar Toxicity🏛️ Food Politics🧬 Metabolic Health🦠 Gut Health
Metabolical Summary
Metabolical 95%
Chronic disease, gut dysfunction, and a warming planet share one driver: processed food.
by Robert H. Lustig 2021
4.25
7k+ ratings
🏭 Processed Food🍬 Sugar Toxicity🏛️ Food Politics🧬 Metabolic Health🦠 Gut Health
The Dorito Effect
by Mark Schatzker • 2015
We bred flavor out of food and sprayed imitation back on. Your body noticed.
4.01
9k+
🧪 Food Science🚜 Industrial Agriculture🏭 Processed Food👅 Flavor Science🗳️ Food Politics
The Dorito Effect Summary
The Dorito Effect 94%
We bred flavor out of food and sprayed imitation back on. Your body noticed.
by Mark Schatzker 2015
4.01
9k+ ratings
🧪 Food Science🚜 Industrial Agriculture🏭 Processed Food👅 Flavor Science🗳️ Food Politics
Eating on the Wild Side
by Jo Robinson • 2013
We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.
4.19
4k+
🔬 Nutrition Science🌿 Wild Foods📅 Seasonal Eating🌱 Heirloom Varieties🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition
Eating on the Wild Side Summary
Eating on the Wild Side 94%
We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.
by Jo Robinson 2013
4.19
4k+ ratings
🔬 Nutrition Science🌿 Wild Foods📅 Seasonal Eating🌱 Heirloom Varieties🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition
Moveable Feasts
by Sarah Murray • 2007
Rome needed grain ships. Cities need container ports. How moving food built the modern world.
3.55
205
📜 Food History🌍 Global Food Trade📦 Food Logistics📊 Supply Chain History❄️ Cold Chain Logistics
Moveable Feasts Summary
Moveable Feasts 94%
Rome needed grain ships. Cities need container ports. How moving food built the modern world.
by Sarah Murray 2007
3.55
205 ratings
📜 Food History🌍 Global Food Trade📦 Food Logistics📊 Supply Chain History❄️ Cold Chain Logistics
The Big Fat Surprise
by Nina Teicholz • 2014
Butter was framed. The science was rigged, and the foods that replaced it made everything worse.
4.28
7k+
🔬 Nutrition Science🥩 Dietary Fat Debate📜 Nutrition History🏛️ Nutrition Policy🏭 Processed Food
The Big Fat Surprise Summary
The Big Fat Surprise 94%
Butter was framed. The science was rigged, and the foods that replaced it made everything worse.
by Nina Teicholz 2014
4.28
7k+ ratings
🔬 Nutrition Science🥩 Dietary Fat Debate📜 Nutrition History🏛️ Nutrition Policy🏭 Processed Food
The Case Against Sugar
by Gary Taubes • 2016
Sugar was identified as a dietary villain, buried by industry, and the evidence has resurfaced.
3.84
11k+
🕵️ Food Industry Exposé🍬 Hidden Sugars🏭 Corporate Malfeasance🌍 Colonial Commodities🧁 Addictive Eating
The Case Against Sugar Summary
The Case Against Sugar 94%
Sugar was identified as a dietary villain, buried by industry, and the evidence has resurfaced.
by Gary Taubes 2016
3.84
11k+ ratings
🕵️ Food Industry Exposé🍬 Hidden Sugars🏭 Corporate Malfeasance🌍 Colonial Commodities🧁 Addictive Eating
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan • 2006
From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.
4.19
211k+
🧬 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming🔗 Food Systems🥬 Organic Food Critique🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 94%
From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.
by Michael Pollan 2006
4.19
211k+ ratings
🧬 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming🔗 Food Systems🥬 Organic Food Critique🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals
Real Food
by Nina Planck • 2006
The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.
4.04
5k+
🦴 Ancestral Nutrition🧈 Fat Exoneration🐄 Traditional Dairy🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating🧫 Fermented Foods
Real Food Summary
Real Food 93%
The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.
by Nina Planck 2006
4.04
5k+ ratings
🦴 Ancestral Nutrition🧈 Fat Exoneration🐄 Traditional Dairy🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating🧫 Fermented Foods
Tomatoland
by Barry Estabrook • 2011
Slavery, toxic chemicals, exploited workers: the real cost of Florida's flawless supermarket tomato.
3.96
5k+
🏭 Industrial Agriculture✊ Farmworker Justice⛓️ Modern Slavery🔗 Supply Chain Ethics🏢 Corporate Accountability
Tomatoland Summary
Tomatoland 93%
Slavery, toxic chemicals, exploited workers: the real cost of Florida's flawless supermarket tomato.
by Barry Estabrook 2011
3.96
5k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture✊ Farmworker Justice⛓️ Modern Slavery🔗 Supply Chain Ethics🏢 Corporate Accountability
Food Rules
by Michael Pollan • 2008
Sixty-four rules that replace dieting with common sense, home cooking, and enjoying your food.
3.99
49k+
🥦 Whole Foods🧘 Mindful Eating🍳 Home Cooking🐌 Slow Food Movement⚖️ Portion Control
Food Rules Summary
Food Rules 93%
Sixty-four rules that replace dieting with common sense, home cooking, and enjoying your food.
by Michael Pollan 2008
3.99
49k+ ratings
🥦 Whole Foods🧘 Mindful Eating🍳 Home Cooking🐌 Slow Food Movement⚖️ Portion Control
Hooked
by Michael Moss • 2021
Your brain rewards sugar faster than nicotine. Food companies design products around that fact.
3.80
5k+
🏭 Food Industry🍔 Food Addiction🧠 Dopamine And Craving🍽️ Mindful Eating🛒 Consumer Psychology
Hooked Summary
Hooked 93%
Your brain rewards sugar faster than nicotine. Food companies design products around that fact.
by Michael Moss 2021
3.80
5k+ ratings
🏭 Food Industry🍔 Food Addiction🧠 Dopamine And Craving🍽️ Mindful Eating🛒 Consumer Psychology
100 Million Years of Food
by Stephen Le • 2016
Our bodies evolved for a diet we no longer eat: the mismatch is making us sick.
3.62
616
🧬 Nutritional Anthropology🔬 Evolutionary Biology🏃 Ancestral Health🍲 Traditional Cuisines🥩 Paleo Diets
100 Million Years of Food Summary
100 Million Years of Food 93%
Our bodies evolved for a diet we no longer eat: the mismatch is making us sick.
by Stephen Le 2016
3.62
616 ratings
🧬 Nutritional Anthropology🔬 Evolutionary Biology🏃 Ancestral Health🍲 Traditional Cuisines🥩 Paleo Diets
The Science of Food
by Marty Jopson • 2017
Why your knife glides, your bread browns, and your kraut sours: the hidden science in every kitchen.
3.78
203
🧪 Food Science👅 Flavor Chemistry🫙 Fermentation🦠 Gut Microbiome⚙️ Food Technology
The Science of Food Summary
The Science of Food 93%
Why your knife glides, your bread browns, and your kraut sours: the hidden science in every kitchen.
by Marty Jopson 2017
3.78
203 ratings
🧪 Food Science👅 Flavor Chemistry🫙 Fermentation🦠 Gut Microbiome⚙️ Food Technology
The Hamlet Fire
by Bryant Simon • 2020
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
4.12
245
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety🐔 Factory Farming📉 Deregulation
The Hamlet Fire Summary
The Hamlet Fire 93%
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
by Bryant Simon 2020
4.12
245 ratings
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety🐔 Factory Farming📉 Deregulation
Eating Tomorrow
by Timothy A. Wise • 2019
Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.
3.78
78
🍽️ Food Politics🏢 Agribusiness Critique🌾 Food Sovereignty🏞️ Land Grabbing🌱 Agro-Ecology
Eating Tomorrow Summary
Eating Tomorrow 93%
Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.
by Timothy A. Wise 2019
3.78
78 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🏢 Agribusiness Critique🌾 Food Sovereignty🏞️ Land Grabbing🌱 Agro-Ecology
Magic Pill
by Johann Hari • 2024
Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.
4.26
9k+
🏥 Obesity Epidemic🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods🧠 Appetite Regulation🌽 Food System Critique📋 Food Policy
Magic Pill Summary
Magic Pill 93%
Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.
by Johann Hari 2024
4.26
9k+ ratings
🏥 Obesity Epidemic🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods🧠 Appetite Regulation🌽 Food System Critique📋 Food Policy
Sugar
by James Walvin • 2017
The Atlantic slave trade and the global obesity crisis share a single culprit.
3.46
615
🧱 Commodity Histories🌾 Colonial Agriculture⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism🍬 Sugar Industry🥤 Soda Industry
Sugar Summary
Sugar 93%
The Atlantic slave trade and the global obesity crisis share a single culprit.
by James Walvin 2017
3.46
615 ratings
🧱 Commodity Histories🌾 Colonial Agriculture⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism🍬 Sugar Industry🥤 Soda Industry
A Bite-Sized History of France
by Stephane Henaut • 2018
French cuisine is a global collage. The myth of purity, dismantled one dish at a time.
4.19
2k+
🍴 Culinary History🇫🇷 French Gastronomy🏳️ Food And Identity🌍 Colonial Foodways👑 Class And Cuisine
A Bite-Sized History of France Summary
A Bite-Sized History of France 93%
French cuisine is a global collage. The myth of purity, dismantled one dish at a time.
by Stephane Henaut 2018
4.19
2k+ ratings
🍴 Culinary History🇫🇷 French Gastronomy🏳️ Food And Identity🌍 Colonial Foodways👑 Class And Cuisine
Eating for Beginners
by Melanie Rehak • 2010
A food writer butchered a lamb and worked a fishing boat. Her toddler still refused broccoli.
3.62
285
🌱 Farm To Table🔪 Restaurant Kitchens🌍 Sustainable Eating🧀 Artisanal Food🧒 Picky Eating
Eating for Beginners Summary
Eating for Beginners 93%
A food writer butchered a lamb and worked a fishing boat. Her toddler still refused broccoli.
by Melanie Rehak 2010
3.62
285 ratings
🌱 Farm To Table🔪 Restaurant Kitchens🌍 Sustainable Eating🧀 Artisanal Food🧒 Picky Eating
Food
by Mark Hyman • 2018
Two hostile diet tribes, one surprising overlap. A doctor's plan for eating without the dogma.
3.99
7k+
🥗 Whole Foods Diet🔬 Nutritional Science🌿 Anti-Inflammatory Diet🍬 Sugar Detox🩺 Functional Medicine
Food Summary
Food 93%
Two hostile diet tribes, one surprising overlap. A doctor's plan for eating without the dogma.
by Mark Hyman 2018
3.99
7k+ ratings
🥗 Whole Foods Diet🔬 Nutritional Science🌿 Anti-Inflammatory Diet🍬 Sugar Detox🩺 Functional Medicine
Last Harvest
by Dan Saladino • 2021
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
4.31
3k+
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique🌱 Seed Saving🍲 Traditional Foodways
Last Harvest Summary
Last Harvest 93%
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
by Dan Saladino 2021
4.31
3k+ ratings
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique🌱 Seed Saving🍲 Traditional Foodways
Salt
by Mark Kurlansky • 2002
Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.
3.75
77k+
🧂 Commodity Histories🍽️ Food History🔍 Microhistory🧾 Taxation History🚢 Trade Routes
Salt Summary
Salt 92%
Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.
by Mark Kurlansky 2002
3.75
77k+ ratings
🧂 Commodity Histories🍽️ Food History🔍 Microhistory🧾 Taxation History🚢 Trade Routes
The Hungry Brain
by Stephan Guyenet • 2017
An ancient brain optimized for scarcity keeps losing to engineered modern food.
4.04
3k+
🧠 Nutritional Neuroscience🦴 Evolutionary Mismatch🍩 Food Reward Systems🍽️ Satiety Mechanisms💰 Behavioral Economics
The Hungry Brain Summary
The Hungry Brain 92%
An ancient brain optimized for scarcity keeps losing to engineered modern food.
by Stephan Guyenet 2017
4.04
3k+ ratings
🧠 Nutritional Neuroscience🦴 Evolutionary Mismatch🍩 Food Reward Systems🍽️ Satiety Mechanisms💰 Behavioral Economics
Good Calories, Bad Calories
by Gary Taubes • 2004
Fat was framed. Obesity and chronic disease are driven by sugar and refined carbs, not dietary fat.
4.17
10k+
🕰️ Nutrition History🥩 Dietary Fat Debate🍬 Sugar Metabolism🥑 Low-Carb Movement🩸 Insulin And Health
Good Calories, Bad Calories Summary
Good Calories, Bad Calories 92%
Fat was framed. Obesity and chronic disease are driven by sugar and refined carbs, not dietary fat.
by Gary Taubes 2004
4.17
10k+ ratings
🕰️ Nutrition History🥩 Dietary Fat Debate🍬 Sugar Metabolism🥑 Low-Carb Movement🩸 Insulin And Health
Big Fat Lies
by David Gillespie • 2012
Sugar and seed oils, not saturated fat or calories, are what's making us fat and sick.
3.93
275
🧪 Nutrition Science🏛️ Food Politics🍬 Sugar And Health🛢️ Seed Oils🔍 Diet Myth Debunking
Big Fat Lies Summary
Big Fat Lies 92%
Sugar and seed oils, not saturated fat or calories, are what's making us fat and sick.
by David Gillespie 2012
3.93
275 ratings
🧪 Nutrition Science🏛️ Food Politics🍬 Sugar And Health🛢️ Seed Oils🔍 Diet Myth Debunking
Should We Eat Meat?
by Vaclav Smil • 2013
Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.
3.52
644
🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌡️ Meat And Climate🧬 Evolution Of Diet🍽️ Food Systems🥬 Meat Alternatives
Should We Eat Meat? Summary
Should We Eat Meat? 92%
Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.
by Vaclav Smil 2013
3.52
644 ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌡️ Meat And Climate🧬 Evolution Of Diet🍽️ Food Systems🥬 Meat Alternatives
The Third Plate
by Dan Barber • 2014
Forget farm-to-table. A chef's plan for a cuisine that restores the land it comes from.
4.28
7k+
🚜 Food Systems🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Biology🐝 Biodiversity👨‍🍳 Activist Chefs
The Third Plate Summary
The Third Plate 92%
Forget farm-to-table. A chef's plan for a cuisine that restores the land it comes from.
by Dan Barber 2014
4.28
7k+ ratings
🚜 Food Systems🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Biology🐝 Biodiversity👨‍🍳 Activist Chefs
All You Can Eat
by Joel Berg • 2008
America has the food to feed everyone. Why 35 million still go hungry.
3.88
137
🍽️ Food Insecurity📋 Welfare Policy🔗 Systemic Poverty🏛️ Food Politics🎭 Charity Critique
All You Can Eat Summary
All You Can Eat 92%
America has the food to feed everyone. Why 35 million still go hungry.
by Joel Berg 2008
3.88
137 ratings
🍽️ Food Insecurity📋 Welfare Policy🔗 Systemic Poverty🏛️ Food Politics🎭 Charity Critique
The Food Revolution
by John Robbins • 2001
Heart disease, factory farming, climate change: one fork answers all three.
4.28
4k+
🥦 Plant-Based Nutrition🗳️ Food Politics🌱 Ethical Eating🩺 Diet And Chronic Disease🌎 Food And Environment
The Food Revolution Summary
The Food Revolution 92%
Heart disease, factory farming, climate change: one fork answers all three.
by John Robbins 2001
4.28
4k+ ratings
🥦 Plant-Based Nutrition🗳️ Food Politics🌱 Ethical Eating🩺 Diet And Chronic Disease🌎 Food And Environment
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
by Weston A. Price • 1939
Traditional diets prevented tooth decay for millennia. Modern foods reversed this in a generation.
4.39
2k+
🥩 Traditional Diets🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition🥚 Nutrient Density🏭 Processed Food Critique🦷 Dental Decay Prevention
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Summary
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration 92%
Traditional diets prevented tooth decay for millennia. Modern foods reversed this in a generation.
by Weston A. Price 1939
4.39
2k+ ratings
🥩 Traditional Diets🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition🥚 Nutrient Density🏭 Processed Food Critique🦷 Dental Decay Prevention
Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine
by Ronald F. Schmid N.D. • 1987
Ten times the vitamins, zero chronic disease. The traditional food wisdom modern diets abandoned.
4.20
119
🥘 Traditional Diets🦴 Nutritional Anthropology🔬 Weston A Price💊 Food As Medicine🥬 Raw Foods
Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine Summary
Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine 92%
Ten times the vitamins, zero chronic disease. The traditional food wisdom modern diets abandoned.
by Ronald F. Schmid N.D. 1987
4.20
119 ratings
🥘 Traditional Diets🦴 Nutritional Anthropology🔬 Weston A Price💊 Food As Medicine🥬 Raw Foods
Skinny Bitch
by Kim Barnouin • 2005
Your food is poison. The fix is vegan. The delivery is boot camp with no apologies.
3.34
33k+
🥬 Plant-Based Diets🏛️ Food Politics🥗 Vegan Nutrition🏭 Food Industry Critique🧘 Mindful Eating
Skinny Bitch Summary
Skinny Bitch 92%
Your food is poison. The fix is vegan. The delivery is boot camp with no apologies.
by Kim Barnouin 2005
3.34
33k+ ratings
🥬 Plant-Based Diets🏛️ Food Politics🥗 Vegan Nutrition🏭 Food Industry Critique🧘 Mindful Eating
Nutrivore
by Sarah Ballantyne • 2024
You are undernourished, not overfed. Fix it by eating more variety, not less food.
4.08
599
🧬 Nutrition Science🥦 Whole Foods🍽️ Anti-Diet🥬 Nutrient Density🔍 Food Myths
Nutrivore Summary
Nutrivore 92%
You are undernourished, not overfed. Fix it by eating more variety, not less food.
by Sarah Ballantyne 2024
4.08
599 ratings
🧬 Nutrition Science🥦 Whole Foods🍽️ Anti-Diet🥬 Nutrient Density🔍 Food Myths
Whole
by T. Colin Campbell • 2013
Nutrition science reduced food to nutrients and missed the whole. The real medicine was buried.
3.90
7k+
🧬 Nutritional Science🥦 Plant-Based Eating🩺 Disease Reversal🧠 Systems Thinking🏥 Health Care Critique
Whole Summary
Whole 92%
Nutrition science reduced food to nutrients and missed the whole. The real medicine was buried.
by T. Colin Campbell 2013
3.90
7k+ ratings
🧬 Nutritional Science🥦 Plant-Based Eating🩺 Disease Reversal🧠 Systems Thinking🏥 Health Care Critique
Deep Nutrition
by Catherine Shanahan • 2008
Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.
4.20
6k+
🦴 Ancestral Eating🧬 Epigenetics🍲 Traditional Diets🦎 Evolutionary Biology🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Deep Nutrition Summary
Deep Nutrition 92%
Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.
by Catherine Shanahan 2008
4.20
6k+ ratings
🦴 Ancestral Eating🧬 Epigenetics🍲 Traditional Diets🦎 Evolutionary Biology🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Clean Meat
by Paul Shapiro • 2018
Meat can now be grown from cells, no animal required. The final hurdle is cost.
4.04
923
🧪 Food Technology🧫 Lab-Grown Meat🔮 Future Of Food🌍 Food And Climate⚖️ Ethical Eating
Clean Meat Summary
Clean Meat 92%
Meat can now be grown from cells, no animal required. The final hurdle is cost.
by Paul Shapiro 2018
4.04
923 ratings
🧪 Food Technology🧫 Lab-Grown Meat🔮 Future Of Food🌍 Food And Climate⚖️ Ethical Eating
That Sugar Book
by Damon Gameau • 2015
He ate 40 teaspoons of sugar from 'healthy' foods. His liver turned fatty in three weeks.
4.16
885
🕵️ Hidden Sugars🧠 Sugar Addiction🔬 Self-Experimentation🏭 Food Industry Exposé🚫 Sugar Detox
That Sugar Book Summary
That Sugar Book 92%
He ate 40 teaspoons of sugar from 'healthy' foods. His liver turned fatty in three weeks.
by Damon Gameau 2015
4.16
885 ratings
🕵️ Hidden Sugars🧠 Sugar Addiction🔬 Self-Experimentation🏭 Food Industry Exposé🚫 Sugar Detox
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