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🛢️ Vegetable Oil Critique

A provocative look at how industrially processed seed oils entered the modern diet and the health controversies that followed.
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 88%
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
Food Rules
by Catherine Shanahan • 2010
What if vegetable oils, not butter, drive heart disease? A doctor rewrites healthy eating rules.
4.18
422
🥩 Ancestral Eating❤️ Cholesterol Myth🍬 Sugar Addiction💊 Food As Medicine🧬 Ancestral Health
Food Rules Summary
Food Rules 88%
What if vegetable oils, not butter, drive heart disease? A doctor rewrites healthy eating rules.
by Catherine Shanahan 2010
4.18
422 ratings
🥩 Ancestral Eating❤️ Cholesterol Myth🍬 Sugar Addiction💊 Food As Medicine🧬 Ancestral Health
Dark Calories
by Cate Shanahan • 2024
The cooking oil behind diabetes and heart disease: the science and the kitchen fix.
4.35
932
🛢️ Seed Oil Elimination🔋 Mitochondrial Health🩸 Cholesterol Skepticism🔄 Metabolic Flexibility🥩 Ancestral Eating
Dark Calories Summary
Dark Calories 88%
The cooking oil behind diabetes and heart disease: the science and the kitchen fix.
by Cate Shanahan 2024
4.35
932 ratings
🛢️ Seed Oil Elimination🔋 Mitochondrial Health🩸 Cholesterol Skepticism🔄 Metabolic Flexibility🥩 Ancestral Eating
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 88%
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
Diet for a New America
by John Robbins • 1987
One dietary choice links heart disease, the Amazon, world hunger, and billions of suffering animals.
4.19
4k+
🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition🍽️ Food Ethics🐄 Animal Welfare🐔 Factory Farming🏭 Meat Industry
Diet for a New America Summary
Diet for a New America 87%
One dietary choice links heart disease, the Amazon, world hunger, and billions of suffering animals.
by John Robbins 1987
4.19
4k+ ratings
🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition🍽️ Food Ethics🐄 Animal Welfare🐔 Factory Farming🏭 Meat Industry
Earth Democracy
by Vandana Shiva • 2005
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
3.97
749
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice🏞️ The Commons🏢 Corporate Power
Earth Democracy Summary
Earth Democracy 87%
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
by Vandana Shiva 2005
3.97
749 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice🏞️ The Commons🏢 Corporate Power
Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs
by David A. Kessler • 2020
Fast carbs hit your bloodstream before your gut can tell your brain you've eaten.
3.94
367
🏭 Processed Food Critique🧬 Carbohydrate Metabolism⚡ Metabolic Health🩸 Blood Sugar Regulation🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition
Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs Summary
Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs 87%
Fast carbs hit your bloodstream before your gut can tell your brain you've eaten.
by David A. Kessler 2020
3.94
367 ratings
🏭 Processed Food Critique🧬 Carbohydrate Metabolism⚡ Metabolic Health🩸 Blood Sugar Regulation🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition
The Cholesterol Myths
by Uffe Ravnskov • 2000
The cholesterol-heart disease theory was built on cherry-picked data. A doctor dismantles it.
4.29
184
🥚 Cholesterol Skepticism🍽️ Dietary Advice Debate💊 Pharma Research Bias⚖️ Statin Risks🥑 Low-Fat Diet Flaws
The Cholesterol Myths Summary
The Cholesterol Myths 87%
The cholesterol-heart disease theory was built on cherry-picked data. A doctor dismantles it.
by Uffe Ravnskov 2000
4.29
184 ratings
🥚 Cholesterol Skepticism🍽️ Dietary Advice Debate💊 Pharma Research Bias⚖️ Statin Risks🥑 Low-Fat Diet Flaws
The Great Plant-Based Con
by Jayne Buxton • 2022
The data against meat is mostly weak associations. The fortune behind the plant-based push is not.
3.52
343
🥩 Nutrition Myths🗳️ Food Politics🌿 Regenerative Agriculture🦴 Ancestral Diets🏢 Food Industry Critique
The Great Plant-Based Con Summary
The Great Plant-Based Con 87%
The data against meat is mostly weak associations. The fortune behind the plant-based push is not.
by Jayne Buxton 2022
3.52
343 ratings
🥩 Nutrition Myths🗳️ Food Politics🌿 Regenerative Agriculture🦴 Ancestral Diets🏢 Food Industry Critique
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 87%
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 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 87%
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
Private Empire
by Steve Coll • 2012
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
4.00
4k+
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism⚡ Energy Politics💼 Corporate Power
Private Empire Summary
Private Empire 87%
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
by Steve Coll 2012
4.00
4k+ ratings
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism⚡ Energy Politics💼 Corporate Power
Comer sin miedo
by J.M. Mulet • 2014
Everything you call natural was invented by farmers. The real danger is invisible and alive.
4.02
602
⚗️ Food Chemistry🥗 Diet Debunking🔬 Scientific Skepticism🧫 Chemophobia🌿 Organic Myths
Comer sin miedo Summary
Comer sin miedo 87%
Everything you call natural was invented by farmers. The real danger is invisible and alive.
by J.M. Mulet 2014
4.02
602 ratings
⚗️ Food Chemistry🥗 Diet Debunking🔬 Scientific Skepticism🧫 Chemophobia🌿 Organic Myths
Food Sanity
by David Ross Friedman • 2018
Milk, red meat, and Paleo: three food claims a doctor dismantles, and what to eat instead.
3.75
118
🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition🧩 Dietary Myths🏭 Food Industry Critique⚖️ Weight Loss Myths🌱 Whole Food Plant-Based
Food Sanity Summary
Food Sanity 87%
Milk, red meat, and Paleo: three food claims a doctor dismantles, and what to eat instead.
by David Ross Friedman 2018
3.75
118 ratings
🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition🧩 Dietary Myths🏭 Food Industry Critique⚖️ Weight Loss Myths🌱 Whole Food Plant-Based
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 87%
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
We Are the Weather
by Jonathan Safran Foer • 2019
Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.
3.69
17k+
🚜 Food Systems📢 Climate Advocacy⚖️ Environmental Ethics🥬 Plant-Based Eating🐄 Animal Agriculture
We Are the Weather Summary
We Are the Weather 87%
Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2019
3.69
17k+ ratings
🚜 Food Systems📢 Climate Advocacy⚖️ Environmental Ethics🥬 Plant-Based Eating🐄 Animal Agriculture
A Statin Nation
by Malcolm Kendrick • 2019
Cholesterol isn't the killer. Statins add days, not decades. The drug trials were rigged.
4.61
282
🩺 Medical Skepticism🫀 Cholesterol Controversy💊 Pharma Criticism🥩 Dietary Fat Defense☀️ Vitamin D Deficiency
A Statin Nation Summary
A Statin Nation 87%
Cholesterol isn't the killer. Statins add days, not decades. The drug trials were rigged.
by Malcolm Kendrick 2019
4.61
282 ratings
🩺 Medical Skepticism🫀 Cholesterol Controversy💊 Pharma Criticism🥩 Dietary Fat Defense☀️ Vitamin D Deficiency
Fat Chance
by Robert H. Lustig • 2012
Sugar isn't empty calories. It reprograms your hormones to store fat, leaving willpower outmatched.
4.18
7k+
🍬 Sugar And Health⚖️ Hormonal Obesity🏭 Processed Food🏢 Food Industry Critique🫀 Metabolic Health
Fat Chance Summary
Fat Chance 87%
Sugar isn't empty calories. It reprograms your hormones to store fat, leaving willpower outmatched.
by Robert H. Lustig 2012
4.18
7k+ ratings
🍬 Sugar And Health⚖️ Hormonal Obesity🏭 Processed Food🏢 Food Industry Critique🫀 Metabolic Health
Mi dieta cojea
by Aitor Sánchez • 2016
The Spanish food pyramid was built by industry; breakfast is optional; and fat isn't the enemy.
3.93
1k+
🥜 Nutrition Myths🏭 Food Industry Critique🔢 Calorie Counting🥗 Food Quality🔬 Evidence-Based Nutrition
Mi dieta cojea Summary
Mi dieta cojea 87%
The Spanish food pyramid was built by industry; breakfast is optional; and fat isn't the enemy.
by Aitor Sánchez 2016
3.93
1k+ ratings
🥜 Nutrition Myths🏭 Food Industry Critique🔢 Calorie Counting🥗 Food Quality🔬 Evidence-Based Nutrition
The China Study
by T. Colin Campbell • 2004
Animal protein promotes cancer. A landmark study proved it. The system buried the finding.
4.23
31k+
🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition🥦 Whole Food Plant-Based🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal🧬 Nutritional Epigenetics🏭 Food Industry Politics
The China Study Summary
The China Study 87%
Animal protein promotes cancer. A landmark study proved it. The system buried the finding.
by T. Colin Campbell 2004
4.23
31k+ ratings
🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition🥦 Whole Food Plant-Based🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal🧬 Nutritional Epigenetics🏭 Food Industry Politics
Forks Over Knives
by Gene Stone • 2011
Heart disease reversed without drugs or surgery: the evidence, the diet, and what to eat tonight.
4.08
8k+
🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition🫀 Disease Reversal🌱 Dietary Transition🥗 Whole Food Diets🔬 Nutrition Science
Forks Over Knives Summary
Forks Over Knives 87%
Heart disease reversed without drugs or surgery: the evidence, the diet, and what to eat tonight.
by Gene Stone 2011
4.08
8k+ ratings
🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition🫀 Disease Reversal🌱 Dietary Transition🥗 Whole Food Diets🔬 Nutrition Science
Confronting Collapse
by Michael C. Ruppert • 2009
Cheap oil made modern life possible. It is peaking, and nothing can fully replace it.
3.83
313
⛽ Peak Oil🪨 Resource Depletion💹 Energy Economics🌱 Ecological Economics⚡ Energy Transition
Confronting Collapse Summary
Confronting Collapse 87%
Cheap oil made modern life possible. It is peaking, and nothing can fully replace it.
by Michael C. Ruppert 2009
3.83
313 ratings
⛽ Peak Oil🪨 Resource Depletion💹 Energy Economics🌱 Ecological Economics⚡ Energy Transition
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 87%
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
Culture Jam
by Kalle Lasn • 1999
The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.
3.63
2k+
🛒 Consumer Culture🏢 Corporate Power📺 Media Criticism📢 Advertising Critique🎭 Situationist Theory
Culture Jam Summary
Culture Jam 87%
The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.
by Kalle Lasn 1999
3.63
2k+ ratings
🛒 Consumer Culture🏢 Corporate Power📺 Media Criticism📢 Advertising Critique🎭 Situationist Theory
The Bad Food Bible
by Aaron E. Carroll • 2017
Butter, eggs, gluten, GMOs: the science against them is mostly noise, not signal.
4.07
1k+
🥚 Nutrition Myths🔬 Dietary Science📊 Research Literacy⚖️ Dietary Moderation🧈 Saturated Fat Debate
The Bad Food Bible Summary
The Bad Food Bible 87%
Butter, eggs, gluten, GMOs: the science against them is mostly noise, not signal.
by Aaron E. Carroll 2017
4.07
1k+ ratings
🥚 Nutrition Myths🔬 Dietary Science📊 Research Literacy⚖️ Dietary Moderation🧈 Saturated Fat Debate
How to Feed the World
by Vaclav Smil • 2024
Why twenty crops feed humanity, photosynthesis wastes most energy, and incremental fixes beat hype.
3.57
978
🥘 Food Systems🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🔬 Nutrition Science🗑️ Food Waste🌍 Environmental Footprint
How to Feed the World Summary
How to Feed the World 87%
Why twenty crops feed humanity, photosynthesis wastes most energy, and incremental fixes beat hype.
by Vaclav Smil 2024
3.57
978 ratings
🥘 Food Systems🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🔬 Nutrition Science🗑️ Food Waste🌍 Environmental Footprint
Blowout
by Rachel Maddow • 2019
Fracking, oligarchs, and a 50-kiloton bomb in Colorado: how the oil industry broke global democracy.
4.34
16k+
🛢️ Oil And Gas Industry🌏 Energy Geopolitics💎 Resource Curse🇷🇺 Russian Oligarchs🏛️ Political Corruption
Blowout Summary
Blowout 87%
Fracking, oligarchs, and a 50-kiloton bomb in Colorado: how the oil industry broke global democracy.
by Rachel Maddow 2019
4.34
16k+ ratings
🛢️ Oil And Gas Industry🌏 Energy Geopolitics💎 Resource Curse🇷🇺 Russian Oligarchs🏛️ Political Corruption
Soil Not Oil
by Vandana Shiva • 2008
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
4.08
535
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty🌱 Organic Farming🌿 Seed Saving
Soil Not Oil Summary
Soil Not Oil 86%
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
by Vandana Shiva 2008
4.08
535 ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty🌱 Organic Farming🌿 Seed Saving
The Way We Eat
by Peter Singer • 2006
What three American meals reveal about the hidden moral cost of your dinner.
4.09
4k+
🥕 Food Ethics🐷 Animal Welfare🏭 Factory Farming🏷️ Ethical Consumerism🌱 Vegan Ethics
The Way We Eat Summary
The Way We Eat 86%
What three American meals reveal about the hidden moral cost of your dinner.
by Peter Singer 2006
4.09
4k+ ratings
🥕 Food Ethics🐷 Animal Welfare🏭 Factory Farming🏷️ Ethical Consumerism🌱 Vegan Ethics
The End of Reality
by Jonathan Taplin • 2023
Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?
3.92
540
🏢 Tech Oligarchy🐍 Libertarian Critique👁️ Surveillance Capitalism₿ Crypto Critique🧬 Transhumanism Critique
The End of Reality Summary
The End of Reality 86%
Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?
by Jonathan Taplin 2023
3.92
540 ratings
🏢 Tech Oligarchy🐍 Libertarian Critique👁️ Surveillance Capitalism₿ Crypto Critique🧬 Transhumanism Critique
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 86%
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
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 86%
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
Diagnosis
by Jane M. Hightower • 2008
Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.
3.53
34
🔬 Environmental Toxicology🏛️ Public Health Policy💼 Regulatory Capture🍽️ Food Politics🔍 Medical Detective Stories
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis 86%
Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.
by Jane M. Hightower 2008
3.53
34 ratings
🔬 Environmental Toxicology🏛️ Public Health Policy💼 Regulatory Capture🍽️ Food Politics🔍 Medical Detective Stories
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 86%
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
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva • 2015
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
3.96
436
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture🪱 Living Soil🌾 Seed Sovereignty
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology 86%
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
by Vandana Shiva 2015
3.96
436 ratings
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture🪱 Living Soil🌾 Seed Sovereignty
Project Animal Farm
by Sonia Faruqi • 2015
One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.
4.21
405
🏭 Factory Farming🐾 Animal Welfare🍽️ Ethical Eating🌱 Sustainable Agriculture💊 Antibiotic Resistance
Project Animal Farm Summary
Project Animal Farm 86%
One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.
by Sonia Faruqi 2015
4.21
405 ratings
🏭 Factory Farming🐾 Animal Welfare🍽️ Ethical Eating🌱 Sustainable Agriculture💊 Antibiotic Resistance
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 86%
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
Cheaponomics
by Michael S. Carolan • 2014
Every low price hides a bill you are already paying, just not at the register.
3.65
20
💸 Externalized Costs🛒 Consumer Capitalism🏢 Corporate Power🌽 Food Politics🤝 Sharing Economy
Cheaponomics Summary
Cheaponomics 86%
Every low price hides a bill you are already paying, just not at the register.
by Michael S. Carolan 2014
3.65
20 ratings
💸 Externalized Costs🛒 Consumer Capitalism🏢 Corporate Power🌽 Food Politics🤝 Sharing Economy
BOOM
by Tony Horwitz • 2014
From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.
3.89
713
🛢️ Energy Politics🏭 Oil Industry📰 Narrative Journalism🗺️ Travelogue🌍 Environmental Justice
BOOM Summary
BOOM 86%
From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.
by Tony Horwitz 2014
3.89
713 ratings
🛢️ Energy Politics🏭 Oil Industry📰 Narrative Journalism🗺️ Travelogue🌍 Environmental Justice
The Rare Metals War
by Guillame Pitron • 2018
Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.
4.04
1k+
⚡ Energy Transition⛏️ Resource Extraction🔗 Supply Chains⚖️ Environmental Justice⚔️ Resource Wars
The Rare Metals War Summary
The Rare Metals War 86%
Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.
by Guillame Pitron 2018
4.04
1k+ ratings
⚡ Energy Transition⛏️ Resource Extraction🔗 Supply Chains⚖️ Environmental Justice⚔️ Resource Wars
Food Matters
by Mark Bittman • 2008
Put plants at the center, meat on the side, and guilt off the table entirely.
3.97
11k+
🏛️ Food Politics🥬 Plant-Based Eating🔬 Nutrition Science🌍 Sustainable Eating🍳 Home Cooking
Food Matters Summary
Food Matters 86%
Put plants at the center, meat on the side, and guilt off the table entirely.
by Mark Bittman 2008
3.97
11k+ ratings
🏛️ Food Politics🥬 Plant-Based Eating🔬 Nutrition Science🌍 Sustainable Eating🍳 Home Cooking
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 86%
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
The Minimalist Vegan
by Michael Ofei • 2017
Decluttering your home and diet: why the same principles work for both, and where to start.
3.70
267
🥬 Plant-Based Living🏠 Simple Living🐾 Animal Ethics🧹 Decluttering🛒 Consumerism Critique
The Minimalist Vegan Summary
The Minimalist Vegan 86%
Decluttering your home and diet: why the same principles work for both, and where to start.
by Michael Ofei 2017
3.70
267 ratings
🥬 Plant-Based Living🏠 Simple Living🐾 Animal Ethics🧹 Decluttering🛒 Consumerism Critique
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 86%
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
The Cheese Trap
by Neal D. Barnard • 1992
Cheese hides an opiate-like trap that fattens and sickens; here's how to escape.
4.14
1k+
🧀 Dairy-Free Diets🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition🧠 Food Addiction🐄 Factory Farming🏛️ Food Politics
The Cheese Trap Summary
The Cheese Trap 86%
Cheese hides an opiate-like trap that fattens and sickens; here's how to escape.
by Neal D. Barnard 1992
4.14
1k+ ratings
🧀 Dairy-Free Diets🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition🧠 Food Addiction🐄 Factory Farming🏛️ Food Politics
Fatal Conveniences
by Darin Olien • 2023
Your morning routine exposes you to 126 chemicals. The simple swaps that will save your health.
3.74
1k+
☠️ Hidden Toxins🌿 Natural Alternatives♻️ Green Consumerism🏭 Environmental Toxins🧼 Clean Living
Fatal Conveniences Summary
Fatal Conveniences 86%
Your morning routine exposes you to 126 chemicals. The simple swaps that will save your health.
by Darin Olien 2023
3.74
1k+ ratings
☠️ Hidden Toxins🌿 Natural Alternatives♻️ Green Consumerism🏭 Environmental Toxins🧼 Clean Living
Lore of Nutrition
by Noakes Tim • 2018
A tweet about low-carb diets got him prosecuted. The trial put nutrition orthodoxy on the stand.
4.33
165
🥩 Low-Carb Diets🩸 Insulin Resistance🧈 Cholesterol Skepticism🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition🏭 Industry Influence
Lore of Nutrition Summary
Lore of Nutrition 86%
A tweet about low-carb diets got him prosecuted. The trial put nutrition orthodoxy on the stand.
by Noakes Tim 2018
4.33
165 ratings
🥩 Low-Carb Diets🩸 Insulin Resistance🧈 Cholesterol Skepticism🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition🏭 Industry Influence
Falter
by Bill McKibben • 2019
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
4.00
2k+
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception☀️ Renewable Energy✊ Nonviolent Resistance
Falter Summary
Falter 86%
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
by Bill McKibben 2019
4.00
2k+ ratings
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception☀️ Renewable Energy✊ Nonviolent Resistance
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal
by Joel Salatin • 2007
Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.
4.20
2k+
🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🏭 Factory Farming Critique🌾 Agrarianism🚜 Farming Memoirs
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal Summary
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal 86%
Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.
by Joel Salatin 2007
4.20
2k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🏭 Factory Farming Critique🌾 Agrarianism🚜 Farming Memoirs
Brazil Is the New America
by James Dale Davidson • 2012
The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.
3.17
36
📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil👥 Demographic Shift💧 Water Scarcity
Brazil Is the New America Summary
Brazil Is the New America 86%
The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.
by James Dale Davidson 2012
3.17
36 ratings
📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil👥 Demographic Shift💧 Water Scarcity
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