You're in for a Surprise!
Ever read a book that changed your life? The book "Real Food" changed mine! Just imagine—it's actually good for you to eat whole eggs and cream and beef. Want to know more about it? Read on!
What it's all About
Author, Nina Planck asks, "Don't you find it odd that the experts blame butter and beef for heart disease, even though heart disease is new and traditional foods are old? Heart disease as we know it was first diagnosed by James Herrick in 1912; it is a 20th century disease. Meanwhile, we (or our ancestors) have been eating milk and butter for 10,000 to 30,000 years and beef for 2 or 3 million."Wow. She has a point! Intesting to think about, huh?
Actually, Nina makes a lot of really interesting points about the things we eat or avoid in her book. She also has lots of online information she's shared. Read on for more informative links and articles...
Read Food Links
- Nina's Official Website
- Only the open-minded need apply; skeptics welcome.
- Whole Milk is Best
- Whole milk is what is called a complete food, because each ingredient plays its part. Without the fat, you can't digest the protein or absorb the calcium. The body needs saturated fat in particular (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fat can't do the job) to take in the calcium that makes bones strong. Milk fat also contains glycosphingolipids, which are fats that encourage cell metabolism and growth and fight gastrointestinal infections.
- How Raw Milk Got a Bad Rap
- Pasteurization has little to do with health and everything to do with practical matters. Without pasteurization, the transport, distribution, and sale of industrial milk and cheese as we know it would be impossible. This is a brief history of pasteurization in the U.S.
- Vegan Babies at Risk
- An adult who was well-nourished in utero and in infancy may choose to get by on a vegan diet, but babies are built from protein, calcium, cholesterol and fish oil. Children fed only plants will not get the precious things they need to live and grow.
- The Low Fat Study
- Here are some thoughts on some of the media and nutritional commentary following publication of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) low-fat study, which found that a low-fat diet does not prevent heart disease, cancer, or stroke, and that a low-fat diet does not aid weight loss. It was very useful to read both JAMA articles in full, including the fine print.
- Where I Buy Real Food
- I'm lucky to live within walking distance of the excellent farmers' markets run by Greenmarket as well as my own little Real Food Market. If you're not so lucky, here's where to find farm shares for fresh produce; mail-order sources of grass-fed beef, raw milk cheese; regional American specialties, such as stone-ground corn meal and pink grapefruit; and the imported foods I can't live without, such as virgin coconut oil and good dark chocolate.
What Real Food Has Meant to Me
It's so refreshing to hear that natural things that actually taste good (like fat!) are believe it or not GOOD for you! But seeing that I live just outside of Baltimore, I'm not sure just how I can get some of the natural down-home goodness that Nina talks about in "Real Food"... especially since our family is on a budget. But thankfully, we do have a local Trader Joe's that I can shop at (and not blow the budget). We can at least live without lots of preservatives and additives in our meals this way!I think that more than any food book--as much as I've appreciated the things I learned from reading about Super Foods and the science behind the South Beach diet--the things I've learned through "Real Food" are going to stay with me for a good long time. As you can see below, I have a bit of a problem with additives in my food. To find out that so much of the extra processing we do to our food is actually harmful?! Well, that'll get me all up in arms!
Real Food on Amazon
Real Food: What to Eat and Why
Amazon Price: $10.87 (as of 10/10/2008)
Real Food Talk in the Blogosphere
- Real food : what to eat and why / Nina Planck.
- Title: Real food : what to eat and why / Nina Planck. Edition: Pbk ed.. Publisher: New York, NY : Bl...
- Nina Planck REAL FOOD: WHAT TO EAT AND WHY?
- NINA PLANCK is a food writer, an advocate for traditional foods, an entrepreneur, and the leading Am...
- If you love food, please read REAL FOOD by Nina Planck
- You may know how difficult, almost impossible, it is to get me to endorse anything. But please pay a...
- Orthorexic Mind Games, Book Edition
- If we're going to be friends, there is something you should know: you must never, under any circumst...
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The Guestbook
So, tell me what you think! Did I convince you to pick up this book or not? Or are you a convert already?
Say hello!
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Margo_Arrowsmith
Well, of course this is true! The real food is better. You might want to look into how they gave coconut oil (which is actually not just "not bad for you" as they claim, but is healing!) We were better off when the movie theaters used palm oil in popcorn! Posted September 05, 2008 |
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fruitfulmomma
This is my favorite food book! I read it about a year ago. We haven't switched to raw milk yet, but just getting off the junk food and eating lots more butter, cheese, bacon, and of course lots of veggies too, has made a huge difference in our health. Posted February 01, 2008 |
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steveffeo
Great lens, I am going Vegan, (lots of spices though:) Posted September 08, 2007 |
