About this title: Everyone loves real food, but they're afraid butter and eggs will give them a heart attack--thus the culinary abomination known as the egg-white omelet. Tossing out the yolk, it turns out, isn't smart.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
Date Published: 2007-06-26
ISBN-13:9781596913424ISBN:1596913428
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781596911444ISBN:1596911441
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781596911444ISBN:1596911441
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781596913424ISBN:1596913428
Description: New. Everyone loves real food, but they're afraid butter and eggs will give them a heart attack--thus the culinary abomination known as the egg-white omelet. Tossing out the yolk, it turns out, isn't smart. read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781596911444ISBN:1596911441
Description: New. Everyone loves real food, but they're afraid butter and eggs will give them a heart attack--thus the culinary abomination known as the egg-white omelet. Tossing out the yolk, it turns out, isn't smart. read more
"This is an easy (and inspiring - don't I need to go get coconut oil, right this minute?) read, moreso than Michael Pollan or Marion Nestle, offering much food for thought (literally) regarding not only what but how to eat, and raising questions that aren't addressed often enough. There are no recipes or romantic food writing here; instead, the author explains how she returned to eating a diet of real food and why you should too. The research doesn't weigh the book down, but is enough to support her very reasonable claims. I read this two full years ago, and found myself thinking about it today- which is simply to say I haven't easily forgotten it."
"Loved this book. Nina is a joy to read, total encouraging and yet gave me the kick in the pants that I needed. Ms. Planck's premise is that good food, the kind we ought to be eating is the good old fashioned stuff...unadulterated, time-honored stand bys: farm fresh eggs, whole milk with rich cream, loads of fresh veggies and healthy, respectfully raised meats and lots of good fish. The book is short and to the point but she packs the pages with research, current information and eye opening ideas. I can't wait to read her book about infant and mother nutrition. Some books I'm glad I read and then some I was glad I read, so glad that I bought it so I could read it again tomorrow if I felt like it. Real Food is in my bookcase."
"This was an informational book which really did convince me that we need to eat more fish, use real fat (i.e. butter, lard, coconut oil) in our cooking and to steer completely away from processed food. She wants us to eat old /traditional food (i.e.food that has been eaten for centuries) and avoid any food that has been "invented" particularly in the last 100 years. She recommends avoiding all vegetable oils like soybean, corn, safflower, canola oil and instead, using olive, coconut, and nut oils (like walnut, almond, etc). She also is a huge advocate of eating fish. Funny story - I was reading this book and one morning said, "Nik, we really need to eat a lot more fish." That afternoon, Nik's dad called to say that one of his patients had given him 6 fish that he had caught that day, and did we want to come get it? Yes!! The Lord hears and gives us what we need! So Nik filleted it, we froze the fillets, and have been eating it almost every week. Once that's gone, we need to find another source for responsibly raised, healthy fish. She also is a big advocate for raw dairy. and fermented foods. An interesting read, particularly if you're into making your own food!
One important point to remember - all of her advice is based on the assumption that you're eat/drinking traditionally raised grass-fed animals. For example, butter is actually very good for you (the fats in it are beneficial) but only if it comes from a cow that's been grass fed and raised responsibly. So the advice does not hold true if you're just drinking/eating the standard industrially raised milk, meat, butter, etc that it the standard cheap fare at the supermarket.
This was a good complement to reading "In Defense of Food.""
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