Recommended Reading

Clean Eating and Nutrition

It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways. Dallas and Melissa Hartwig

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health. T. Colin Campbell

Real Food: What to Eat and Why.  Nina Planck

Healing Spices: How to Use 50 Everyday and Exotic Spices to Boost Health and Beat Disease. Bharat B. Aggarwal

Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook That Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats. Sally Fallon

Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health. Gene Stone, T. Colin Campbell, Caldwell Esselstyn (also the documentary of the same name)

Food Inc. A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer – And What You Can Do About It. Karl B. Weber (also the documentary of the same name)

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Eric Schlosser

In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. Michael Pollan

The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America’s Most Imaginative Chefs. Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg.

Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Wellness

The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning. Ernest Kurtz and Katharine Ketcham

Guided Imagery of Self-Healing: An Essential Resource for Anyone Seeking Wellness. Martin L. Rossman

10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works – A True Story. Dan Harris

How to Solve Our Human Problems: The Four Noble Truths. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.