The Omnivores Dilemma

Intuitive eating: Using your body's own wisdom to guide food choices

As he says, animals certainly do not have the faintest idea how much calcium the U.S. Surgeon General or the USDA is saying is needed to prevent osteoporosis (which changes almost every year.) And yet animals do not get osteoporosis. Humans, on the other hand, get so caught up in what science and the latest nutritional gurus are saying, that we forget that we have our own internal guidance system. This intuition is a delicate system, and the clarity of our choice can depend greatly on how healthy our bodies are. For example, someone who has been eating sodas, chemically-laden fast food, or large amounts of alcohol, will not be able to listen as effectively to these messages, as someone who eats fresh organic produce out of their garden every day. And yet when I ask my patients to give up foods that are unhealthy, most people will not feel like doing this until they have added nutrient and energy-rich foods to their diet that do help them access this intelligence. Then, I find that people naturally want less and less sugar, caffeine or chemical foods, as they realize that they feel better on foods that are closer to mother nature. It is a poor analogy to what actually happens in the human body, and it makes fats look like the most evil foods on the planet because they have the most calories per gram. The truth is that pigs fed coconut oil actually lose weight and other oils like olive, sunflower and sesame are very good for you, while the refined carbohydrates and sugars in our diet are heavily responsible for our current obesity and diabetes epidemic. Dr. Lepisto graduated as a Naturopathic Doctor (N.D.) from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. He is a native of Grand Junction and opened his downtown practice here in 2004. Previously, Dr. Lepisto lived and worked in New Zealand, where he developed his special interest in indigenous herbal medicines. For more information, visit www.grandjunctionnaturopath.com or call (970) 250-4104.

Wanderings of the Woods Hippie: Book Review: The Omnivore's Dilemma

Government, endeavors to transform petroleum into food at the expense of fair economy, the environment, and our health.  Do heart disease, obesity, and diabetes ring a bell?  They're all linked to industrial food.  Pollan takes the stance not that of the typical tree-hugging enviro-conspiracy theorist, but of a horrified, intelligent observer looking into the system as an outsider.  Skeptical?  Read it.  Your library probably has a copy on the shelf right now.

via grain vs grass fed beef, doesn't cover biological issues of grain fed in the Omnivores dilemma (M Pollan)

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Thorndike Nonfiction):

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals:

How so? RT : Omnivores Dilemma was my jumping off pt with food education. I have completed shifted the way I eat

The omnivore's dilemma, a natural history of four meals

An ecological and anthropological study of eating offers insight into food consumption in the twenty-first century, explaining how an abundance of unlimited ...

The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World (reissued)

The Omnivore's Dilemma for Kids, The Secrets Behind What You Eat

Delves into facts about food, life expectancy as it relates to consumption, and global health implications resulting from food choices made by people around the ...

The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Secrets Behind What You Eat

In defense of food, an eater's manifesto [additional copies -- 2]

I started on this quest to identify a few simple rules about eating after publishing The Omnivore's Dilemma in 2006. Questions of personal health did not ...