Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit (Signet)
by Adelle Davis
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Author: Adelle DavisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1970-09-01
ISBN: 0451155505
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Signet
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Book Review: You are what you eat, and what you read
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this in a used bookstore in 1989. I'd never thought much about nutrition before then; I ate what I liked, and my young metabolism burned it off fast. After reading this well-written and engrossing work, however, I realized how closely linked behavior and happiness are to what I ingest, and started eating more whole wheat bread and less sugar and processed foods. A few months later I saw a film of the inside of a factory farm, and then a hamburger at my local greasy spoon told me in mid-bite that I was ingesting the pain and fear and artificial chemicals of the many concentration camp cows that went into my burger. I went vegetarian halfway through that burger, and have remained so for 18 years. A few years later I cut out the chemicals almost completely by choosing organic food. Once you get used to tasting real food devoid of artificial crap, it's almost impossible to go back.
I am in perfect health and have not been to a doctor since 1989. I ran a marathon a few years back with no training, and finished in a little over four hours. I climb mountains while living on nuts and dried fruit (so much for vegetarians not having any energy, and for needing animal protein). Mainly I've learned that unless I'm active and eating real food, I'm not really happy. But it takes effort to avoid the fake food that is everywhere in our plastic world full of Mickey D and Taco Smell. The poison they put in our food is a crime, and in my opinion is directly linked to the massive surges in cancer and other diseases in the last 60 years, and the dumbing down that lets the warlords screw and kill us, year in and year out.
Davis was among the very first to point out that the post-war factory food trends were not healthy, and denatured the food that we need to be wise. But, if you trace agri-business carefully, and research companies like Monsanto (google Linda Fisher Monsanto and watch the revolving door in action), you will see that keeping people stupid and docile and easily led is precisely the goal of our largest food conglomerates, who are owned by the same folks who run our many wars, and who get government welfare by the trillions.
Davis saw this coming, and showed us how to fight it in our own lives. She was right. I and millions of others are living proof that simply by eating better and exercising frequently you can elminate the need to deal with doctors, and their constant pill-pushing.
Happiness is everyone's birthright, but we need to claim it for ourselves. The easiest way to start is to get healthy, and this book is a perfect beginner's overview of how we truly are what we eat.
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