-
Eating on the Wild Side
- The Missing Link to Optimum Health
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Buy for $21.83
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Publisher's summary
The next stage in the food revolution - a radical way to select fruits and vegetables and reclaim the flavor and nutrients we've lost.
Eating on the Wild Side is the first book to reveal the nutritional history of our fruits and vegetables. Starting with the wild plants that were central to our original diet, investigative journalist Jo Robinson describes how 400 generations of farmers have unwittingly squandered a host of essential fiber, protein, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. New research shows that these losses have made us more vulnerable to our most troubling conditions and diseases - obesity, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic inflammation, and dementia.
In an engaging blend of science and story, Robinson describes how and when we transformed the food in the produce aisles. Wild apples, for example, have from three to 100 times more antioxidants than Galas and Honeycrisps, and are five times more effective in killing cancer cells. Compared with spinach, one of our present-day "superfoods," wild dandelion leaves have eight times more antioxidant activity, two times more calcium, three more times vitamin A, and five times more vitamins K and E.
How do we begin to recoup the losses of essential nutrients? By "eating on the wild side" - choosing present-day fruits and vegetables that come closest to the nutritional bounty of their wild ancestors. Robinson explains that many of these jewels of nutrition are hiding in plain sight in our supermarkets, farmers markets, and U-pick orchards. Eating on the Wild Side provides the world's most extensive list of these superlative varieties. Drawing on her five-year review of recently published studies, Robinson introduces simple, scientifically proven methods of storage and preparation that will preserve and even enhance their health benefits:
- Squeezing fresh garlic in a garlic press and then setting it aside for 10minutes before cooking it will increase your defenses against cancer and cardiovascular disease.
- Baking potatoes, refrigerating them overnight, and then reheating them before serving will keep them from spiking your blood sugar.
- Cooking most berries makes them more nutritious.
- Shredding lettuce the day before you eat it will double its antioxidant activity.
- Store watermelon on the kitchen counter for up to a week and it will develop more lycopene.
- Eat broccoli the day you buy it to preserve its natural sugars and cancer-fighting compounds.
The information in this surprising, important, and meticulously researched book will prove invaluable for omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans alike, and forever change the way we think about food.
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Food Fix
- How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet--One Bite at a Time
- By: Dr. Mark Hyman MD
- Narrated by: Dr. Mark Hyman MD
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
What we eat has tremendous implications not just for our waistlines, but also for the planet, society, and the global economy. What we do to our bodies, we do to the planet; and what we do to the planet, we do to our bodies. In Food Fix, #1 bestselling author Mark Hyman explains how our food and agriculture policies are corrupted by money and lobbies that drive our biggest global crises: the spread of obesity and food-related chronic disease, climate change, poverty, violence, educational achievement gaps, and more.
-
-
Holy Political Agenda Batman!
- By Melanie Zeller on 09-08-20
-
The Well-Gardened Mind
- The Restorative Power of Nature
- By: Sue Stuart-Smith
- Narrated by: Sue Stuart-Smith
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Well-Gardened Mind provides a new perspective on the power of gardening to change people’s lives. Here, Sue Stuart-Smith investigates the many ways in which mind and garden can interact and explores how the process of tending a plot can be a way of sustaining an innermost self. Stuart-Smith’s own love of gardening developed as she studied to become a psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
-
-
Fabulous book
- By Maude on 02-26-21
By: Sue Stuart-Smith
-
The Self-Care Solution
- A Year of Becoming Happier, Healthier, and Fitter--One Month at a Time
- By: Jennifer Ashton
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ashton
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Dr. Jennifer Ashton is at the top of her field as an ob-gyn and news correspondent. But even at the top there’s still room to improve, and with The Self-Care Solution, she upends her life one month at a time, using her own experiences to help you improve your health and enhance your life. Inspiring, practical, and informative, The Self-Care Solution teaches you how to recalibrate your life to enjoy a better, healthier year, one month at a time. This audiobook can help you achieve a better life balance and a more active and healthy lifestyle.
-
-
Don’t buy this.
- By Laura Johnson on 05-09-20
By: Jennifer Ashton
-
Farmacology
- Total Health from the Ground Up
- By: Daphne Miller MD
- Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Can urban farms reduce neighborhood crime? These may not sound like typical questions for a family physician to consider, but in Farmacology, Daphne Miller, MD, ventures out of her medical office and travels to seven innovative family farms around the country on a quest to discover the hidden connections between how we care for our bodies and how we grow our food. Miller also seeks out the perspectives of noted biomedical scientists and artfully weaves in their research, along with stories from her own practice. Farmacology offers a profound new approach to healing.
-
-
Crystals and all - great book
- By Topherwayne on 02-22-20
By: Daphne Miller MD
-
Foraging the Land
- A Comprehensive Beginners Guide to Confidently Identify, Harvest and Prepare Enriching Edible Wild Plants
- By: Eddie Holden
- Narrated by: Todd Weir
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Foraging is a huge part of self-sufficient living. To make it a rewarding pursuit, you need to equip yourself with the right skills. That’s why a thoroughly researched guide like this becomes invaluable. You’ll need it if you’re hesitant to forage due to lack of comprehensive information.
-
-
I learned so much!
- By Hilary S. Ritter on 04-29-23
By: Eddie Holden
-
Against the Grain
- A Deep History of the Earliest States
- By: James C. Scott
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains and governed by precursors of today's states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle down and form agricultural villages, towns, and states, which made possible civilization, law, public order, and a presumably secure way of living. But archaeological and historical evidence challenges this narrative.
-
-
World without Women
- By Paul Richards on 04-28-18
By: James C. Scott
-
Food Fix
- How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet--One Bite at a Time
- By: Dr. Mark Hyman MD
- Narrated by: Dr. Mark Hyman MD
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
What we eat has tremendous implications not just for our waistlines, but also for the planet, society, and the global economy. What we do to our bodies, we do to the planet; and what we do to the planet, we do to our bodies. In Food Fix, #1 bestselling author Mark Hyman explains how our food and agriculture policies are corrupted by money and lobbies that drive our biggest global crises: the spread of obesity and food-related chronic disease, climate change, poverty, violence, educational achievement gaps, and more.
-
-
Holy Political Agenda Batman!
- By Melanie Zeller on 09-08-20
-
The Well-Gardened Mind
- The Restorative Power of Nature
- By: Sue Stuart-Smith
- Narrated by: Sue Stuart-Smith
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Well-Gardened Mind provides a new perspective on the power of gardening to change people’s lives. Here, Sue Stuart-Smith investigates the many ways in which mind and garden can interact and explores how the process of tending a plot can be a way of sustaining an innermost self. Stuart-Smith’s own love of gardening developed as she studied to become a psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
-
-
Fabulous book
- By Maude on 02-26-21
By: Sue Stuart-Smith
-
The Self-Care Solution
- A Year of Becoming Happier, Healthier, and Fitter--One Month at a Time
- By: Jennifer Ashton
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ashton
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Dr. Jennifer Ashton is at the top of her field as an ob-gyn and news correspondent. But even at the top there’s still room to improve, and with The Self-Care Solution, she upends her life one month at a time, using her own experiences to help you improve your health and enhance your life. Inspiring, practical, and informative, The Self-Care Solution teaches you how to recalibrate your life to enjoy a better, healthier year, one month at a time. This audiobook can help you achieve a better life balance and a more active and healthy lifestyle.
-
-
Don’t buy this.
- By Laura Johnson on 05-09-20
By: Jennifer Ashton
-
Farmacology
- Total Health from the Ground Up
- By: Daphne Miller MD
- Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Can urban farms reduce neighborhood crime? These may not sound like typical questions for a family physician to consider, but in Farmacology, Daphne Miller, MD, ventures out of her medical office and travels to seven innovative family farms around the country on a quest to discover the hidden connections between how we care for our bodies and how we grow our food. Miller also seeks out the perspectives of noted biomedical scientists and artfully weaves in their research, along with stories from her own practice. Farmacology offers a profound new approach to healing.
-
-
Crystals and all - great book
- By Topherwayne on 02-22-20
By: Daphne Miller MD
-
Foraging the Land
- A Comprehensive Beginners Guide to Confidently Identify, Harvest and Prepare Enriching Edible Wild Plants
- By: Eddie Holden
- Narrated by: Todd Weir
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Foraging is a huge part of self-sufficient living. To make it a rewarding pursuit, you need to equip yourself with the right skills. That’s why a thoroughly researched guide like this becomes invaluable. You’ll need it if you’re hesitant to forage due to lack of comprehensive information.
-
-
I learned so much!
- By Hilary S. Ritter on 04-29-23
By: Eddie Holden
-
Against the Grain
- A Deep History of the Earliest States
- By: James C. Scott
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains and governed by precursors of today's states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle down and form agricultural villages, towns, and states, which made possible civilization, law, public order, and a presumably secure way of living. But archaeological and historical evidence challenges this narrative.
-
-
World without Women
- By Paul Richards on 04-28-18
By: James C. Scott
-
Fiber Fueled
- The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome
- By: Will Bulsiewicz MD
- Narrated by: Barrett Leddy
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The benefits of restrictive diets like paleo and keto have been touted for more than a decade, but as renowned gastroenterologist Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, or "Dr. B", illuminates in this groundbreaking audiobook, the explosion of studies on the microbiome makes it abundantly clear that elimination diets are in fact hazardous to our health. What studies clearly now show - and what Dr. B preaches with his patients - is that gut health is the key to boosting our metabolism, balancing our hormones, and taming the inflammation that causes a host of diseases.
-
-
PDF?
- By Z. Belle on 07-24-20
-
The Hidden Half of Nature
- The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
- By: David R. Montgomery, Anne Bikle
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A riveting exploration of how microbes are transforming the way we see nature and ourselves - and could revolutionize agriculture and medicine. Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health - for people and for plants - depends on Earth's smallest creatures. The Hidden Half of Nature tells the story of our tangled relationship with microbes and their potential to revolutionize agriculture and medicine, from garden to gut.
-
-
A perfect introduction to microbiology
- By Ary Shalizi on 02-17-17
By: David R. Montgomery, and others
-
Build a Better Brain
- Using Neuroplasticity to Train Your Brain for Motivation, Discipline, Courage, and Mental Sharpness
- By: Peter Hollins
- Narrated by: Russell Newton
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Despite our best efforts, most of the time, we act without thinking. We make poor decisions. But this isn’t our fault! It’s just how our brains are programmed. Now, you don’t have to be a scientist to understand how to use your brain’s instincts to your advantage instead of your downfall. Build a Better Brain has one goal: to help you improve your life by understanding how your brain works and learning to taking advantage of it.
-
-
Enlightening book on the application of neuroscience
- By Ryan D on 04-25-19
By: Peter Hollins
-
How Not to Die
- Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
- By: Michael Greger MD FACLM, Gene Stone
- Narrated by: Michael Greger MD FACLM
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The vast majority of premature deaths can be prevented through simple changes in diet and lifestyle. In How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts.org, examines the fifteen top causes of premature death in America-heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson's, high blood pressure, and more-and explains how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes trump prescription pills and other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches, freeing us to live healthier lives.
-
-
A stunningly important book
- By Being on 12-29-15
By: Michael Greger MD FACLM, and others
-
An Elegant Defense
- The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
- By: Matt Richtel
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A magnificently reported and soulfully crafted exploration of the human immune system - the key to health and wellness, life and death. An epic, first-of-its-kind audiobook, entwining leading-edge scientific discovery with the intimate stories of four individual lives, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist.
-
-
Weak foundation, good conclusion
- By David on 03-24-19
By: Matt Richtel
-
Eat Like a Human
- Nourishing Foods and Ancient Ways of Cooking to Revolutionize Your Health
- By: Dr. Bill Schindler
- Narrated by: Dr. Bill Schindler
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The secret to becoming healthier, losing weight, living an energetic life, and healing the planet has nothing to do with counting calories or feeling deprived - the key is re‑learning how to eat like a human. This means finding food that is as nutrient-dense as possible. In Eat Like a Human, archaeologist and chef Dr. Bill Schindler draws on cutting-edge science and a lifetime of research to explain how nutrient density and bioavailability are the cornerstones of a healthy diet.
-
-
Possibly too concise
- By Anny Nominous on 01-11-22
-
The Way We Eat Now
- How the Food Revolution Has Transformed Our Lives, Our Bodies, and Our World
- By: Bee Wilson
- Narrated by: Bee Wilson
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Food is one of life's great joys. So why has eating become such a source of anxiety and confusion? Bee Wilson shows that in two generations the world has undergone a massive shift from traditional, limited diets to more globalized ways of eating, from bubble tea to quinoa, from Soylent to meal kits. Paradoxically, our diets are getting healthier and less healthy at the same time. For some, there has never been a happier food era than today: a time of unusual herbs, farmers' markets, and internet recipe swaps.
-
-
Slow, doesn't get to the point-20% info, 80% fluff
- By DrSarah on 11-13-19
By: Bee Wilson
-
Drink?
- The New Science of Alcohol and Health
- By: Professor David Nutt
- Narrated by: Professor David Nutt
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From after-work happy hour to a nightly glass of wine, we're used to thinking of alcohol as a normal part of our daily lives. In Drink?, neuropharmacology professor David Nutt takes a fascinating, science-based look at drinking to unpack why we should reconsider our favorite pastime. Using cutting-edge scientific research and years of hands-on experience in the field, Nutt delves into the long- and short-term effects of alcohol. He addresses topics such as hormones, mental health, fertility, and addiction, explaining how alcohol travels through our bodies and brains....
-
-
Have your calculator handy
- By Keith Rickert Jr. on 12-16-21
-
The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature offers, humans have had to learn what is safe, and what isn't. Today, as America confronts what can only be described as a national eating disorder, the omnivore's dilemma has returned with an atavistic vengeance.
-
-
Great book; didn't love the reading
- By Lily on 11-02-08
By: Michael Pollan
-
The Triumph of Seeds
- How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
- By: Thor Hanson
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life, supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and the humble peppercorn drove the Age of Discovery, so did coffee beans help fuel the Enlightenment and cottonseed help spark the Industrial Revolution. And from the fall of Rome to the Arab Spring, the fate of nations continues to hinge on the seeds of a Middle Eastern grass known as wheat.
-
-
Delightfully simplistic!
- By Adrian on 03-30-16
By: Thor Hanson
-
In Defense of Food
- An Eater's Manifesto
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it? Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion—most of what we’re consuming today is longer the product of nature but of food science. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American Paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we see to become.
-
-
Life and Death
- By James on 06-03-10
By: Michael Pollan
-
The Seed Detective
- Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables
- By: Adam Alexander, Tim Lang - foreword
- Narrated by: Calum Beaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Have you ever wondered how peas, kale, asparagus, beans, squash, and corn have ended up on our plates? Well, Adam Alexander has. In The Seed Detective, Adam shares his own stories of seed hunting, with the origin stories behind many of our everyday food heroes. Taking us on a journey that began when we left the life of the hunter-gatherer to become farmers, he tells tales of globalization, political intrigue, colonization, and serendipity—describing how these vegetables and their travels have become embedded in our food cultures.
-
-
Fascinating and relevant
- By Valerie S. Loo on 03-04-23
By: Adam Alexander, and others
Related to this topic
-
The Science of Skinny
- Start Understanding Your Body's Chemistry - and Stop Dieting Forever
- By: Dee McCaffrey, CDC
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
With scientific research, her own chemistry background, and the traditional diets of our not-so-distant ancestors as her guides, Dee McCaffrey casts new light on an age-old wisdom: Eating foods in their closest-to-natural forms is the true path to sustained weight loss and, in fact, the remedy for almost any health problem.
-
-
Even better than I had hoped!!!
- By Madame Gigi's Cottage on 04-23-15
By: Dee McCaffrey, and others
-
The Blue Zones Solution
- Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People
- By: Dan Buettner
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Dan Buettner, the New York Times best-selling author of The Blue Zones, lays out a proven plan to maximize your health based on the practices of the world's healthiest people. For the first time, Buettner reveals how to transform your health using smart eating and lifestyle habits gleaned from new research on the diets, eating habits, and lifestyle practices of the communities he's identified as "Blue Zones"—those places with the world's longest-lived and thus healthiest people.
-
-
Good Info, Well Presented
- By Soozzone on 06-29-15
By: Dan Buettner
-
The Healthiest Diet on the Planet
- Why the Foods You Love-Pizza, Pancakes, Potatoes, Pasta, and More-Are the Solution to Preventing Disease and Looking and Feeling Your Best
- By: John McDougall, Mary McDougall
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
High in calories and cholesterol, animal fats and proteins too often leave you hungry and lead to overeating and weight gain. They are often the root causes of a host of avoidable health problems - from indigestion, ulcers, and constipation to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. On the other hand, complex carbohydrates like whole grains, legumes, tubers, and other starches provide your body with essential proteins and nutrients that satisfy the appetite while simultaneously fighting illness.
-
-
Informative and interesting
- By Tamazon on 11-23-17
By: John McDougall, and others
-
Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution
- Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You and Your Waistline
- By: Steven R. Gundry
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Does losing weight and staying healthy feel like a battle? Well, it's really a war. Your enemies are your own genes, backed by millions of years of evolution, and the only way to win is to outsmart them. From the renowned surgeon and founder of Gundry MD, this revolutionary book shares the health secrets other doctors won't tell you.
-
-
Hard to know what to think
- By Innate on 06-26-17
By: Steven R. Gundry
-
The Clever Gut Diet
- How to Revolutionize Your Body from the Inside Out
- By: Dr. Michael Mosley
- Narrated by: James A. Gillies
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
People often joke about "going with their gut" but the truth is that this part of your body exercises an astonishing degree of control over your mood, hunger, and general health. Written with the latest research on the microbiome - the alien bacteria that lives in our guts - The Clever Gut Diet also clearly explains what goes on inside your stomach and intestines every day. Discover up-to-the-date science on hunger hormones and learn how our "second brain" communicates with the rest of the body, shaping our appetite and immune system.
-
-
If you care about your health get this book
- By TiV on 10-08-17
-
The Plant Paradox
- The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain
- By: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Narrated by: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Most of us have heard of gluten - a protein found in wheat that causes widespread inflammation in the body. Americans spend billions of dollars on gluten-free diets in an effort to protect their health. But what if we’ve been missing the root of the problem? In The Plant Paradox, renowned cardiologist Dr. Steven Gundry reveals that gluten is just one variety of a common, and highly toxic, plant-based protein called lectin.
-
-
The proliferation of fabricated “facts”
- By Amazon Customer on 01-31-20
-
The Science of Skinny
- Start Understanding Your Body's Chemistry - and Stop Dieting Forever
- By: Dee McCaffrey, CDC
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
With scientific research, her own chemistry background, and the traditional diets of our not-so-distant ancestors as her guides, Dee McCaffrey casts new light on an age-old wisdom: Eating foods in their closest-to-natural forms is the true path to sustained weight loss and, in fact, the remedy for almost any health problem.
-
-
Even better than I had hoped!!!
- By Madame Gigi's Cottage on 04-23-15
By: Dee McCaffrey, and others
-
The Blue Zones Solution
- Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People
- By: Dan Buettner
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Dan Buettner, the New York Times best-selling author of The Blue Zones, lays out a proven plan to maximize your health based on the practices of the world's healthiest people. For the first time, Buettner reveals how to transform your health using smart eating and lifestyle habits gleaned from new research on the diets, eating habits, and lifestyle practices of the communities he's identified as "Blue Zones"—those places with the world's longest-lived and thus healthiest people.
-
-
Good Info, Well Presented
- By Soozzone on 06-29-15
By: Dan Buettner
-
The Healthiest Diet on the Planet
- Why the Foods You Love-Pizza, Pancakes, Potatoes, Pasta, and More-Are the Solution to Preventing Disease and Looking and Feeling Your Best
- By: John McDougall, Mary McDougall
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
High in calories and cholesterol, animal fats and proteins too often leave you hungry and lead to overeating and weight gain. They are often the root causes of a host of avoidable health problems - from indigestion, ulcers, and constipation to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. On the other hand, complex carbohydrates like whole grains, legumes, tubers, and other starches provide your body with essential proteins and nutrients that satisfy the appetite while simultaneously fighting illness.
-
-
Informative and interesting
- By Tamazon on 11-23-17
By: John McDougall, and others
-
Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution
- Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You and Your Waistline
- By: Steven R. Gundry
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Does losing weight and staying healthy feel like a battle? Well, it's really a war. Your enemies are your own genes, backed by millions of years of evolution, and the only way to win is to outsmart them. From the renowned surgeon and founder of Gundry MD, this revolutionary book shares the health secrets other doctors won't tell you.
-
-
Hard to know what to think
- By Innate on 06-26-17
By: Steven R. Gundry
-
The Clever Gut Diet
- How to Revolutionize Your Body from the Inside Out
- By: Dr. Michael Mosley
- Narrated by: James A. Gillies
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
People often joke about "going with their gut" but the truth is that this part of your body exercises an astonishing degree of control over your mood, hunger, and general health. Written with the latest research on the microbiome - the alien bacteria that lives in our guts - The Clever Gut Diet also clearly explains what goes on inside your stomach and intestines every day. Discover up-to-the-date science on hunger hormones and learn how our "second brain" communicates with the rest of the body, shaping our appetite and immune system.
-
-
If you care about your health get this book
- By TiV on 10-08-17
-
The Plant Paradox
- The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain
- By: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Narrated by: Steven R. Gundry MD
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Most of us have heard of gluten - a protein found in wheat that causes widespread inflammation in the body. Americans spend billions of dollars on gluten-free diets in an effort to protect their health. But what if we’ve been missing the root of the problem? In The Plant Paradox, renowned cardiologist Dr. Steven Gundry reveals that gluten is just one variety of a common, and highly toxic, plant-based protein called lectin.
-
-
The proliferation of fabricated “facts”
- By Amazon Customer on 01-31-20
-
Healing Mushrooms
- A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health
- By: Tero Isokauppila, Mark Hyman - foreword
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Adaptogenic mushrooms are one of today's buzziest superfoods, known for their ability to restore skin's youthful glow, increase energy levels, reduce brain fog, keep your hormone levels in check, and so much more. In Healing Mushrooms, you'll learn about the 10 most powerful mushrooms you can add to your daily diet to maximize your health gains. Packed with practical information and 50 mushroom-boosted recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (and even dessert!), Healing Mushrooms unlocks the vast potential of this often-overlooked superfood category.
-
-
Bonus PDF
- By Pat on 10-24-18
By: Tero Isokauppila, and others
-
The Campbell Plan
- By: Thomas Campbell
- Narrated by: Mark Cabus
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
More than a million people across the world have read The China Study and have been convinced by empirical evidence to adopt a whole-food, plant-based diet. The Campbell Plan goes beyond the why and shows listeners how to make the transition - and enjoy the journey - with practical guidance and a simple plan to make a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle easy and sustainable.
-
-
Recipes
- By mmdewest on 03-27-15
By: Thomas Campbell
-
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy
- The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating
- By: Walter C. Willett MD DrPH
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
There's an ever-growing body of evidence supporting the relatively simple principles that are behind healthy eating - yet the public seems to be more confused than ever. Never-ending promotions of fad diets get in the way of people making healthy choices. In this revised and updated edition of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, Dr. Willett uses eye-opening research to explain the relative importance of various food groups and supplements as well as how to choose foods with the best types of carbohydrates, fats, and protein.
-
-
Pass
- By vonronge on 12-26-17
-
The Microbiome Solution
- A Radical New Way to Heal Your Body from the Inside Out
- By: Dr. Robynne Chutkan
- Narrated by: Rebecca Mitchell
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In The Microbiome Solution, Dr. Robynne Chutkan, a preeminent gastroenterologist, explains how the standard Western diet and our super-sanitized lifestyles are starving our microbiomes, depleting the "good bugs" that are crucial for keeping us healthy, and encouraging overgrowth of exactly the wrong types of bacteria, which can leave us vulnerable to a host of autoimmune and chronic health conditions.
-
-
Great info
- By Jen on 08-14-16
-
The Microbiome Diet
- The Scientifically Proven Way to Restore Your Gut Health and Achieve Permanent Weight Loss
- By: Raphael Kellman
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Cutting-edge science has shown that the microbiome is the secret to healthy weight loss and to feeling healthy, energized, optimistic, and at the top of your game. The microbiome is a whole inner world that lives within your intestines - trillions of tiny microbes that help you extract the nutrients from your food, balance your mood, and sharpen your clarity and focus.
-
-
Plugging products
- By Jennifer Lucic on 06-15-18
By: Raphael Kellman
-
Healthy at Last
- A Plant-Based Approach to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses
- By: Eric Adams
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is on a mission to tackle one of the most stubborn health problems in the country: chronic disease in the African American community.
-
-
Inspirational book for a great health
- By Fiore Roman on 04-28-21
By: Eric Adams
-
The New Sugar Busters!
- Cut Sugar to Trim Fat
- By: H. Leighton Steward, Morrison Bethea, Sam Andrews, and others
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Sugar Busters! hit the shelves almost five years ago, it quickly became a diet and lifestyle phenomenon. The millions of people across the country on the Sugar Busters! plan discovered that by simply choosing the correct carbohydrates and lowering their sugar intake, they could shed the pounds they failed to lose with other diets. Now the weight-loss program that swept the nation has been completely revised and updated - incorporating all the newest nutritional findings, health statistics, and scientific studies.
-
-
Missing important PDF download document.
- By Tracy on 03-31-14
By: H. Leighton Steward, and others
-
The Omni Diet
- The Revolutionary 70% Plant + 30% Protein Program to Lose Weight, Reverse Disease, Fight Inflammation, and Change Your Life Forever
- By: Tana Amen
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Omni Diet is the culmination of a decade-long quest by Amen to study the relationship between food and the body. It's an easy-to-follow plan based on a 70/30 plant-to-protein model. This is not a restrictive diet or another page in the high-protein vs. vegetarian diet wars, but a universal map to better health, one that Tana has distilled into a lean six-week program.
-
-
Diet for people who eat animal proteins
- By Roseleaf1 on 02-13-16
By: Tana Amen
-
Fiber Fueled
- The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome
- By: Will Bulsiewicz MD
- Narrated by: Barrett Leddy
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The benefits of restrictive diets like paleo and keto have been touted for more than a decade, but as renowned gastroenterologist Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, or "Dr. B", illuminates in this groundbreaking audiobook, the explosion of studies on the microbiome makes it abundantly clear that elimination diets are in fact hazardous to our health. What studies clearly now show - and what Dr. B preaches with his patients - is that gut health is the key to boosting our metabolism, balancing our hormones, and taming the inflammation that causes a host of diseases.
-
-
PDF?
- By Z. Belle on 07-24-20
-
The Dental Diet
- The Surprising Link Between Your Teeth, Real Food, and Life-Changing Natural Health
- By: Dr. Steven Lin
- Narrated by: Steven Lin
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Throughout the years, dental health has often been characterized as a reflection of our overall health, where bad oral health results from issues with other parts of our body. But what if we flipped the paradigm? What if we thought about dental health as the foundation for our physical health as a whole?
-
-
Introductory; disappointing for the well-read
- By Dave the Love Enforcer on 10-31-18
By: Dr. Steven Lin
-
The Drunken Botanist
- The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
- By: Amy Stewart
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub when medieval physicians boiled juniper berries with wine to treat stomach pain. The Drunken Botanist uncovers the surprising botanical history and fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, and fruits (and even a few fungi).
-
-
No more cheap tequila!
- By Cynthia on 03-23-13
By: Amy Stewart
-
The Gut Balance Revolution
- Boost Your Metabolism, Restore Your Inner Ecology, and Lose the Weight for Good!
- By: Gerard E. Mullin
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Recent cutting-edge research shows that human intestinal microbiota influences metabolism, appetite, energy, hormones, inflammation, and insulin resistance. Because gut microflora plays a central role in weight management, losing weight is much more than cutting calories, fat, or carbs. When the trillions of live bacteria in our digestive tract - the gut microbiome - are balanced, excess pounds melt away, and we feel revitalized.
-
-
Incredible book!
- By N on 06-06-16
By: Gerard E. Mullin
What listeners say about Eating on the Wild Side
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Amazon Customer
- 06-15-15
Excellent Information
Great book, very well written and accessible. The narration is well done, and the format of the book lends itself to both a straight through reading and a reference to peruse.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- M. Charles
- 12-18-15
Excellent information
There is great information in this book. I especially enjoyed the history of our common foods and how they have been manipulated over time to make them more appealing but less nutritious. The narration is very good with occasional misses on pronunciation. I wish there were some information on squashes. Also, there is frequent mention of a PDF summary of the storage information and variety recommendations which I can't find. Highly recommended and very useful.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- ShilohRayne
- 02-13-18
Favorite
This is my favorite, favorite, favorite nutrition book. I listen to it on the way to farmer’s market and i re-listen to the whole thing every few months to keep brain-washing myself and keep me motivated. I practice medicine and am able to give tips and always advise this book! Bow down!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Sallie
- 05-08-15
Masterpiece
Great book with solid and comprehensive information for anyone. The reading is well done, my only complaint would be when the narrator appears to have gotten a cold during the recording of the book. It would have been better to wait until well to complete the work.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Dr. Christine Sauer MD ND
- 04-21-15
surprising and fascinating
I know a lot about nutrition but this book contains tips I didn't know about.
well worth a listen!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- TY COLLIGNON
- 04-30-22
very informative and makes picking produce easier
The book very information dense and the narrator is a little dry but I have come to expect that from most non-story audiobooks. The information it provides is very usable and especially for for people that don't want to majorly overhaul their diets and only want to tweak it to get more nutrition from the things they already eat. I think it is worth a listen for anyone that is interested in nutrition.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Amanda
- 02-16-16
Farber's Barket! Pebbican!
Would you consider the audio edition of Eating on the Wild Side to be better than the print version?
No. Unless the voice in your head when you read has a cold and then I guess it would be a tie.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Erin Bennett?
Someone without a cold.
Any additional comments?
The information is interesting and useful and I was totally enjoying the book until around the 6:40:00 mark where the narrator literally developed a cold. It lasted for a few chapters (maybe 2 hours or so) which is a really long time to listen to someone with a stuffy nose read a book if you get annoyed by weird sounds. The book is good, though.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Wendy Miller
- 09-14-16
Interesting information
Good information. The narrator did a good job with the subject but she caught a cold in the middle of the book.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Douglas Franz
- 10-08-24
Wild side
Great! Listen and read Bbb ydfhi Tessie you will see how many women in your team will
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Jane
- 12-09-15
Excellent information.
I learned things I wish I had known sooner.
I am going to change what I buy and some things about storing and preparing.
Each chapter is a different group of food like an apples chapter and a grapes chapter. The author describes the phytonutrients in each item, how they affect the body, health benefits, anticancer properties, and more. For example garlic helps thin the blood, montmorency cherries lessen pain. She tells how to store and cook foods to get the most phytonutrient benefit.
She tells how to select produce. For example try to buy apples that are red on most sides rather than red on one side and light yellow/orange on another side. The red side was exposed to the sun. A bite from the red side gives you more phytonutrients than a bite from the yellow side. Select limes that are toward the yellow color rather than dark green.
She talks about pesticides. In light of E-coli risk, she says to rinse and scrub canteloupes but don’t use detergent since the skin absorbs the soap.
My biggest regret is that many items were not discussed. For example, popped corn, sweet potatoes, nuts, chocolate/cacao, mushrooms, and the effects of fermenting (like sauerkraut - fermented cabbage).
I listened to the audiobook which has a helpful PDF you can download. But I was so taken that I also bought the physical book as a reference going forward.
AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR:
The narrator Erin Bennett was excellent with good sound recording equipment - so I didn’t hear her breaths.
Genre: nonfiction, food.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful