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EUNICE WONG is a multiple-award-winning actor, writer, and editor who wrote The Sustainability Secret in collaboration with Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn. She trained at the Juilliard School and has performed extensively on professional stages nationwide. She is Chief Editor of Truthdig's Book Review and its Countering Violence Against Women series.
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EUNICE WONG is a multiple-award-winning actor, writer, and editor who wrote The Sustainability Secret in collaboration with Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn. She trained at the Juilliard School and has performed extensively on professional stages nationwide. She is Chief Editor of Truthdig's Book Review and its Countering Violence Against Women series.
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All too often, people think they have no choice but to get and live with chronic illness. It's bad genes, their parents had this, they are powerless when it comes to preventing the same disease in themselves, nothing to do but take medications and hope for the best. However, this is often not the case and we have more power over disease and illness than the pharmaceutical companies would have us believe. What if we can prevent and reverse Type 2 Diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, and man ...more
I read this book after binge-watching What the Health, Forks Over Knives, Earthlings, Food, Inc., and several other documentaries about where our food comes from and why we need to rethink eating animal products. The book-version of What the Health is similar to the documentary, but it goes a bit deeper and includes extended interviews from the people in the documentary. I do understand why people question the science here--the doc makes some wild comparisons and claims--but I still very much ag
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Very good. A companion book to the documentary, What the Health, which I loved. I was already vegan when I saw the documentary, but I later knew of some friends who became vegan after viewing the documentary. I highly recommend this book. More in depth. Thrilled I got an opportunity to read it over Christmas break. Many 🙏 thank yous to NetGalley and one of my favorite publishers for allowing me a digital copy to read and review. 5 stars!
Companion book to the documentary, more in depth in the interviews they conducted while filming, more facts, and scientific research included as well. Worth reading if you've seen the documentary on Netflix, even if you haven't still worth reading. It can and will change how you look at our food system and our overall health care in the US, possibly the world.
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"The diseases and disorders that are 100 percent genetically determined include Down Syndrome, sickle-cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and Huntington's Disease."
"The reason that most people have more fecal bacteria in their kitchen sinks than their toilet seats is likely because they prepare their chickens in the kitchen, not the bathroom."
"If you are going to make an important first step that would improve your health, get the dairy out of your diet."
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"The reason that most people have more fecal bacteria in their kitchen sinks than their toilet seats is likely because they prepare their chickens in the kitchen, not the bathroom."
"If you are going to make an important first step that would improve your health, get the dairy out of your diet."
"Legumes are the one food associated ...more
Wow.
This really sums up a lot of the issues surrounding eating a plant-based diet in a powerful way. It's about the health of our bodies, our communities, our planet...it's about compassion and moving forward with strength. I have been eating healthy vegan for a couple of months now and reading a lot of books about the various aspects of eating this way, and I was impressed by this book! ...more
This really sums up a lot of the issues surrounding eating a plant-based diet in a powerful way. It's about the health of our bodies, our communities, our planet...it's about compassion and moving forward with strength. I have been eating healthy vegan for a couple of months now and reading a lot of books about the various aspects of eating this way, and I was impressed by this book! ...more
I watched "What the Health" documentary and I turned vegan. Then I got interested in books/documentaries about veganism, watched "Forks over knives" and bunch of others. When I saw the book of What the Health, I was interested because I wanted to check the papers myself. This book reference all the sources used in the book/documentary. Quite detailed and engaging, after reading the book I was surprised in my lack of knowledge about the food industry practices.
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This book was OUTSTANDING! I highly recommend to everyone- vegans, vegetarians, meat eaters, people who have seen the movie, people who haven’t seen the movie.
It’s a game changer. It’s filled with facts, data and personal stories. It’s a page turner even though it may not seem like it would be.
READ IT!
It’s a game changer. It’s filled with facts, data and personal stories. It’s a page turner even though it may not seem like it would be.
READ IT!
Had me gagging at times and speechless at others. You'll never look at meat or the pharmaceutical industries the same way again! Confirmed what I suspected about the govt so that part was no surprise. Easy good read that could change your life.
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Eye-opening and life-changing.
As consumers of animal products, we often do not hear about the adverse effects animal products have on our health. The information presented in this book is soundly based on interviews and a plethora of scientific studies.
As consumers of animal products, we often do not hear about the adverse effects animal products have on our health. The information presented in this book is soundly based on interviews and a plethora of scientific studies.
Eating will never be the same again. Life-changing book! I recently watched the documentary, which was also really good, but enjoyed the additional detail and thoroughness contained in the book. Highly recommend to anyone looking for enhanced health.
So much important information that will totally change your life if you let it.
Companion to the documentary. Everyone should read this, seriously.
Eye opening. Life changing.
Read it ! You will never look or think about food the same way again.
Excellent book! Everyone should read it! It's a real eye opener about the food they are selling us!
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This book should be required reading for every single person in America!
Thank you #NetGalley for providing me with this digital edition of What the Health!
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A print companion to the documentary film of the same name, What the Health explores the Standard American Diet, why Americans are sicker and unhealthier than ever, and how the food industry literally feeds into our lack of understanding about our biology and how on a daily basis, most Americans are making dietary choices that are literally slowly killing them. Sound dramatic? It's not. The data and studi ...more
Overview:
A print companion to the documentary film of the same name, What the Health explores the Standard American Diet, why Americans are sicker and unhealthier than ever, and how the food industry literally feeds into our lack of understanding about our biology and how on a daily basis, most Americans are making dietary choices that are literally slowly killing them. Sound dramatic? It's not. The data and studi ...more
Based on the Netflix documentary of the same name, this is an absolute must read for anyone looking for the truth behind the Standard American Diet and information on what the healthiest way of eating actually is. Backed by scientific studies and packed with recipes, this is an eye-opening resource for anyone looking to take control of their health.
As someone who wants to give myself the best possible chance of avoiding serious illness and diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer, I am so thankful ...more
As someone who wants to give myself the best possible chance of avoiding serious illness and diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer, I am so thankful ...more
This was a disappointment. I chose this book because I am concerned about the medicalization of our health: that health care is about treatment rather than prevention and that the pharmaceutical industry has no place in television and print media. Unfortunately this is not a balanced, critical analysis of how North Americans are relying too heavily on pills, but rather a skewed pseudo-scientific call to veganism. I am actually on the path to vegetarianism, and some of the information in here is
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The companion book to the documentary, What the Health was what I thought it would be, only with more horrific-ness. Whatever your stance may be on vegan versus paleo, for instance, it's worth a read, for nothing else than to learn more about the way lobbyists affect guidelines from American Cancer Society, the USDA food pyramid, and the like.
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While this book veers into the sensational, anecdotal and childishly hyperbolic at times (“Chimps also scratch their butts in public and throw faeces at people. I don’t think we should do that.”), I was a sometime meat eater and now I’m a vegan. That’s quite a big change.
A compilation of all the whole-food, plant-based champions, so not too much new information here. The plight of those living near factory farms was tough reading, but much tougher for those living it.
From the makers of What the Health Documentary came this book. I had to read the book. There is a lot of research into what is in this book. He tells the secret to preventing and even reversing many chronic diseases. There is also a cookbook but in this book are many really good recipes.
I absolutely loved "What the Health"! The film by the same authors was lifechanging and this book is fantastic as well. (I knew it would be.) I highly, highly recommend reading Andersen and Kuhn's extraordinary book.
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Changed my life. Saving the planet and my health at the same time
Good book.. Nothing I didn’t know already. Everything is bad for you! I’m still going to eat chicken and fish! Reading this was interesting..
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“It’s a demonic feedback loop. Let me see if I can get this straight. Pharmaceutical companies sell mountains of drugs to factory farms, which depend on them to maintain their abnormally intensive systems. The animals develop antibiotic resistance that spreads to humans. Humans need stronger drugs. In the meantime, the animal industries flood the government with cash in exchange for subsidies. The government, invested in keeping the generous animal food lobbies flush, runs federal programs pushing people to eat increasing amounts of animal-based foods. People oblige. People get sick, requiring medication for the rest of their lives, along with expensive medical procedures. The drugs and procedures falsely assure them that they can continue to eat the food that made them sick in the first place. People continue to support the animal agriculture industry by buying their products, which pay for studies to further convince the public that animal products are an essential part of a healthy diet. People continue to support the pharmaceutical companies because they are tethered to their prescription drugs. This allows drug companies to pay for the “education” of our doctors who prescribe more drugs to us. Then pharmaceutical companies sell mountains of drugs to factory farms…”
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“There are dictator genes. Those genes give orders—blue eyes or brown hair—and you don’t have any choice. The genes for diabetes, heart disease, or certain forms of cancer, they’re more like committees giving suggestions.”
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