In 'Food Fix', Dr. Mark Hyman delves into the systemic issues within the global food system, highlighting how corrupted food and agriculture policies driven by money and lobbying contribute to chronic diseases, climate change, poverty, violence, and educational achievement gaps. The book pairs the latest nutritional and environmental science with a critical examination of the food industry and its policies. It offers practical solutions for individuals, businesses, and policymakers to create a healthier world, society, and planet by focusing on regenerative organic agriculture, public health initiatives, and policy reforms.
Food Babe Kitchen by Vani Hari is a comprehensive cookbook that provides more than 100 delicious and easy-to-make real-food recipes. The book is designed to inspire readers to take control of their health by ditching processed foods and embracing wholesome, unprocessed ingredients. It includes a variety of recipes such as Biscuits with Whipped Honey Butter, Baja Fish Tacos, Grapefruit Goddess Salad, and Homemade Doritos, along with simple substitutions to accommodate vegan, dairy-free, grain-free, and other dietary needs. The cookbook features easy-to-follow directions and eye-catching photography, making it an ultimate guide for creating healthful meals[1][2][5].
In this book, Michael Moss delves into the strategies used by major food companies to create products that are highly appealing and addictive. He explores the concept of the 'bliss point,' where scientists calculate the optimal combination of sugar, fat, and salt to maximize consumer desire. Moss also uncovers marketing techniques borrowed from the tobacco industry and reveals how these practices contribute to the obesity epidemic. The book is based on meticulous research and interviews with industry insiders, providing a detailed and often unsettling look at the processed food industry's impact on public health.
In this book, Vani Hari exposes the tricks of the food industry and provides readers with a 21-day plan to rid their bodies of toxins, lose weight, and restore their natural health. The book includes sections on identifying and avoiding harmful food additives, a day-by-day eating plan, and numerous healthy recipes. Hari's approach emphasizes the importance of whole, organic foods and critiques the practices of major food companies. The book aims to empower readers to take charge of their health by making informed food choices.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are identified as the leading cause of preventable death globally. These foods are chemically altered, stripped of their natural structures, and filled with additives, sugars, unhealthy fats, and preservatives, resulting in products that offer little to no nutritional benefit while contributing significantly to chronic disease.
In this episode, I talk with Vani Hari and Dr. Shebani Sethi about why ultra-processed foods are not just a health risk—they are a public health crisis.
Vani Hari is the food activist behind FoodBabe.com, a NY Times best-selling author of 4 books, founder of the organic products brand Truvani, and was named one of the “Most Influential People on the Internet” by Time magazine. Hari’s viral testimony before the US Senate sparked a massive movement to stop American food companies from poisoning their own citizens with ingredients they don’t use in other countries. Hari founded Food Babe to spread information about what is really in the American food supply. She teaches people how to make the right purchasing decisions at the grocery store, how to live an organic lifestyle, and how to travel healthfully around the world. Vani has gathered hundreds of thousands of petitions to change the food system and influenced how major food giants like Kraft, Subway, Chipotle, Chick-fil-A, and Starbucks create their products, steering them towards more healthful policies.
Dr. Shebani Sethi is a double board-certified physician in Obesity Medicine and Psychiatry. She is the Founding Director of Stanford University’s Metabolic Psychiatry program and Silicon Valley Metabolic Psychiatry, a new center in the San Francisco Bay Area focused on optimizing brain health by integrating low carb nutrition, comprehensive psychiatric care, and treatment of obesity with associated metabolic disease.
Full length episodes can be found here:
Why the Last Thing that Should Ever Eat is Ultra Processed Foods
How To Be A Food Activist In Your Own Kitchen
How Does Ultra-Processed Food Affect Our Mental Health?
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