50 Books like Ravenous

Animal, Vegetable, Junk

by Mark Bittman • 2021

Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.

3.90

4k+

📜 Food Systems History 🌍 Global Agriculture 🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🍔 Junk Food Engineering 🏥 Public Health Crisis

Animal, Vegetable, Junk 97%

Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.

by Mark Bittman 2021

3.90

4k+ ratings

📜 Food Systems History 🌍 Global Agriculture 🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🍔 Junk Food Engineering 🏥 Public Health Crisis

Food Fix

by Mark Hyman • 2020

Chronic disease, climate change, and inequality share one cause: the industrial food on your plate.

4.07

3k+

🌐 Food Systems 🏛️ Food Policy 🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🌿 Regenerative Farming 💰 True Cost Of Food

Food Fix 97%

Chronic disease, climate change, and inequality share one cause: the industrial food on your plate.

by Mark Hyman 2020

4.07

3k+ ratings

🌐 Food Systems 🏛️ Food Policy 🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🌿 Regenerative Farming 💰 True Cost Of Food

Metabolical

by Robert H. Lustig • 2021

Chronic disease, gut dysfunction, and a warming planet share one driver: processed food.

4.25

7k+

🏭 Processed Food 🍬 Sugar Toxicity 🏛️ Food Politics 🧬 Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Health

Metabolical 97%

Chronic disease, gut dysfunction, and a warming planet share one driver: processed food.

by Robert H. Lustig 2021

4.25

7k+ ratings

🏭 Processed Food 🍬 Sugar Toxicity 🏛️ Food Politics 🧬 Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Health

Magic Pill

by Johann Hari • 2024

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

4.26

9k+

🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

Magic Pill 96%

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

by Johann Hari 2024

4.26

9k+ ratings

🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

Salt Sugar Fat

by Michael Moss • 2013

The food industry knows the precise amounts of sugar, salt, and fat your brain cannot resist.

4.02

33k+

🏭 Processed Food Industry 🔬 Food Engineering 🧠 Biological Cravings 🧒 Marketing To Children 🍔 Convenience Foods

Salt Sugar Fat 96%

The food industry knows the precise amounts of sugar, salt, and fat your brain cannot resist.

by Michael Moss 2013

4.02

33k+ ratings

🏭 Processed Food Industry 🔬 Food Engineering 🧠 Biological Cravings 🧒 Marketing To Children 🍔 Convenience Foods

How We Eat

by Paco Underhill • 2022

Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.

3.50

459

🏭 Food Systems 🛒 Retail Anthropology 🧠 Consumer Psychology 🍔 Ultra-Processed Foods 🌾 Local Food Movement

How We Eat 96%

Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.

by Paco Underhill 2022

3.50

459 ratings

🏭 Food Systems 🛒 Retail Anthropology 🧠 Consumer Psychology 🍔 Ultra-Processed Foods 🌾 Local Food Movement

The Omnivore's Dilemma

by Richie Chevat • 2015

Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.

4.03

4k+

🍽️ Food Systems 🐄 Factory Farming 🇺🇸 American Diet 🗳️ Food Politics 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

The Omnivore's Dilemma 96%

Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.

by Richie Chevat 2015

4.03

4k+ ratings

🍽️ Food Systems 🐄 Factory Farming 🇺🇸 American Diet 🗳️ Food Politics 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Food Politics

by Robert Paarlberg • 2010

The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.

3.49

340

🍽️ Food Politics 🌾 Agricultural Policy 🍞 Global Hunger 💵 Farm Subsidies 🚜 Industrial Agriculture

Food Politics 96%

The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.

by Robert Paarlberg 2010

3.49

340 ratings

🍽️ Food Politics 🌾 Agricultural Policy 🍞 Global Hunger 💵 Farm Subsidies 🚜 Industrial Agriculture

The Hungry Brain

by Stephan Guyenet • 2017

An ancient brain optimized for scarcity keeps losing to engineered modern food.

4.04

3k+

🧠 Nutritional Neuroscience 🦴 Evolutionary Mismatch 🍩 Food Reward Systems 🍽️ Satiety Mechanisms 💰 Behavioral Economics

The Hungry Brain 96%

An ancient brain optimized for scarcity keeps losing to engineered modern food.

by Stephan Guyenet 2017

4.04

3k+ ratings

🧠 Nutritional Neuroscience 🦴 Evolutionary Mismatch 🍩 Food Reward Systems 🍽️ Satiety Mechanisms 💰 Behavioral Economics

In Defense of Food

by Michael Pollan • 2008

Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.

4.07

120k+

🔬 Nutrition Science 🏛️ Food Politics 🌍 Traditional Diets 🧬 Food Reductionism 🧘 Mindful Eating

In Defense of Food 96%

Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.

by Michael Pollan 2008

4.07

120k+ ratings

🔬 Nutrition Science 🏛️ Food Politics 🌍 Traditional Diets 🧬 Food Reductionism 🧘 Mindful Eating

Should We Eat Meat?

by Vaclav Smil • 2013

Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.

3.52

644

🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🌡️ Meat And Climate 🧬 Evolution Of Diet 🍽️ Food Systems 🥬 Meat Alternatives

Should We Eat Meat? 95%

Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.

by Vaclav Smil 2013

3.52

644 ratings

🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🌡️ Meat And Climate 🧬 Evolution Of Diet 🍽️ Food Systems 🥬 Meat Alternatives

Feeding You Lies

by Vani Hari • 2019

They copied tobacco's playbook, funded the science, and hid sugar. Your weapon: the ingredient list.

4.15

1k+

🧪 Food Additives 🍬 Sugar Addiction 🏭 Big Food Industry 🌿 Organic Farming 🏛️ Food Politics

Feeding You Lies 95%

They copied tobacco's playbook, funded the science, and hid sugar. Your weapon: the ingredient list.

by Vani Hari 2019

4.15

1k+ ratings

🧪 Food Additives 🍬 Sugar Addiction 🏭 Big Food Industry 🌿 Organic Farming 🏛️ Food Politics

The Dorito Effect

by Mark Schatzker • 2015

We bred flavor out of food and sprayed imitation back on. Your body noticed.

4.01

9k+

🧪 Food Science 🚜 Industrial Agriculture 🏭 Processed Food 👅 Flavor Science 🗳️ Food Politics

The Dorito Effect 95%

We bred flavor out of food and sprayed imitation back on. Your body noticed.

by Mark Schatzker 2015

4.01

9k+ ratings

🧪 Food Science 🚜 Industrial Agriculture 🏭 Processed Food 👅 Flavor Science 🗳️ Food Politics

Hooked

by Michael Moss • 2021

Your brain rewards sugar faster than nicotine. Food companies design products around that fact.

3.80

5k+

🏭 Food Industry 🍔 Food Addiction 🧠 Dopamine And Craving 🍽️ Mindful Eating 🛒 Consumer Psychology

Hooked 95%

Your brain rewards sugar faster than nicotine. Food companies design products around that fact.

by Michael Moss 2021

3.80

5k+ ratings

🏭 Food Industry 🍔 Food Addiction 🧠 Dopamine And Craving 🍽️ Mindful Eating 🛒 Consumer Psychology

100 Million Years of Food

by Stephen Le • 2016

Our bodies evolved for a diet we no longer eat: the mismatch is making us sick.

3.62

616

🧬 Nutritional Anthropology 🔬 Evolutionary Biology 🏃 Ancestral Health 🍲 Traditional Cuisines 🥩 Paleo Diets

100 Million Years of Food 95%

Our bodies evolved for a diet we no longer eat: the mismatch is making us sick.

by Stephen Le 2016

3.62

616 ratings

🧬 Nutritional Anthropology 🔬 Evolutionary Biology 🏃 Ancestral Health 🍲 Traditional Cuisines 🥩 Paleo Diets

Food for Life

by Tim Spector • 2022

Thirty plant foods a week: the gut-health rule that beats any supplement or superfood.

4.23

4k+

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🌿 Plant Diversity 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🫙 Fermented Foods 📊 Personalized Nutrition

Food for Life 95%

Thirty plant foods a week: the gut-health rule that beats any supplement or superfood.

by Tim Spector 2022

4.23

4k+ ratings

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🌿 Plant Diversity 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🫙 Fermented Foods 📊 Personalized Nutrition

The Case Against Sugar

by Gary Taubes • 2016

Sugar was identified as a dietary villain, buried by industry, and the evidence has resurfaced.

3.84

11k+

🕵️ Food Industry Exposé 🍬 Hidden Sugars 🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🌍 Colonial Commodities 🧁 Addictive Eating

The Case Against Sugar 95%

Sugar was identified as a dietary villain, buried by industry, and the evidence has resurfaced.

by Gary Taubes 2016

3.84

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Food Industry Exposé 🍬 Hidden Sugars 🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🌍 Colonial Commodities 🧁 Addictive Eating

Whole

by T. Colin Campbell • 2013

Nutrition science reduced food to nutrients and missed the whole. The real medicine was buried.

3.90

7k+

🧬 Nutritional Science 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🩺 Disease Reversal 🧠 Systems Thinking 🏥 Health Care Critique

Whole 95%

Nutrition science reduced food to nutrients and missed the whole. The real medicine was buried.

by T. Colin Campbell 2013

3.90

7k+ ratings

🧬 Nutritional Science 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🩺 Disease Reversal 🧠 Systems Thinking 🏥 Health Care Critique

The Omnivore's Dilemma

by Michael Pollan • 2006

From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.

4.19

211k+

🧬 Industrial Agriculture 🌾 Sustainable Farming 🔗 Food Systems 🥬 Organic Food Critique 🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals

The Omnivore's Dilemma 95%

From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.

by Michael Pollan 2006

4.19

211k+ ratings

🧬 Industrial Agriculture 🌾 Sustainable Farming 🔗 Food Systems 🥬 Organic Food Critique 🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals

Last Harvest

by Dan Saladino • 2021

Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?

4.31

3k+

🌾 Food Biodiversity 📜 Agricultural History 🚜 Monoculture Critique 🌱 Seed Saving 🍲 Traditional Foodways

Last Harvest 95%

Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?

by Dan Saladino 2021

4.31

3k+ ratings

🌾 Food Biodiversity 📜 Agricultural History 🚜 Monoculture Critique 🌱 Seed Saving 🍲 Traditional Foodways

We Are the Weather

by Jonathan Safran Foer • 2019

Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.

3.69

17k+

🚜 Food Systems 📢 Climate Advocacy ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🐄 Animal Agriculture

We Are the Weather 95%

Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.

by Jonathan Safran Foer 2019

3.69

17k+ ratings

🚜 Food Systems 📢 Climate Advocacy ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🐄 Animal Agriculture

Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine

by David A. Kessler • 2025

Your food is engineered to addict you. The science, the drugs, and the unfinished revolution.

3.77

779

🧬 Obesity Science 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🍩 Food Addiction 💉 GLP-1 Medications 🧠 Dopamine And Reward

Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine 95%

Your food is engineered to addict you. The science, the drugs, and the unfinished revolution.

by David A. Kessler 2025

3.77

779 ratings

🧬 Obesity Science 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🍩 Food Addiction 💉 GLP-1 Medications 🧠 Dopamine And Reward

The Big Fat Surprise

by Nina Teicholz • 2014

Butter was framed. The science was rigged, and the foods that replaced it made everything worse.

4.28

7k+

🔬 Nutrition Science 🥩 Dietary Fat Debate 📜 Nutrition History 🏛️ Nutrition Policy 🏭 Processed Food

The Big Fat Surprise 95%

Butter was framed. The science was rigged, and the foods that replaced it made everything worse.

by Nina Teicholz 2014

4.28

7k+ ratings

🔬 Nutrition Science 🥩 Dietary Fat Debate 📜 Nutrition History 🏛️ Nutrition Policy 🏭 Processed Food

The Third Plate

by Dan Barber • 2014

Forget farm-to-table. A chef's plan for a cuisine that restores the land it comes from.

4.28

7k+

🚜 Food Systems 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🦠 Soil Biology 🐝 Biodiversity 👨‍🍳 Activist Chefs

The Third Plate 95%

Forget farm-to-table. A chef's plan for a cuisine that restores the land it comes from.

by Dan Barber 2014

4.28

7k+ ratings

🚜 Food Systems 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🦠 Soil Biology 🐝 Biodiversity 👨‍🍳 Activist Chefs

The Food Revolution

by John Robbins • 2001

Heart disease, factory farming, climate change: one fork answers all three.

4.28

4k+

🥦 Plant-Based Nutrition 🗳️ Food Politics 🌱 Ethical Eating 🩺 Diet And Chronic Disease 🌎 Food And Environment

The Food Revolution 95%

Heart disease, factory farming, climate change: one fork answers all three.

by John Robbins 2001

4.28

4k+ ratings

🥦 Plant-Based Nutrition 🗳️ Food Politics 🌱 Ethical Eating 🩺 Diet And Chronic Disease 🌎 Food And Environment

Eating on the Wild Side

by Jo Robinson • 2013

We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.

4.19

4k+

🔬 Nutrition Science 🌿 Wild Foods 📅 Seasonal Eating 🌱 Heirloom Varieties 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition

Eating on the Wild Side 95%

We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.

by Jo Robinson 2013

4.19

4k+ ratings

🔬 Nutrition Science 🌿 Wild Foods 📅 Seasonal Eating 🌱 Heirloom Varieties 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition

Eating Tomorrow

by Timothy A. Wise • 2019

Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.

3.78

🍽️ Food Politics 🏢 Agribusiness Critique 🌾 Food Sovereignty 🏞️ Land Grabbing 🌱 Agro-Ecology

Eating Tomorrow 95%

Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.

by Timothy A. Wise 2019

3.78

78 ratings

🍽️ Food Politics 🏢 Agribusiness Critique 🌾 Food Sovereignty 🏞️ Land Grabbing 🌱 Agro-Ecology

Big Fat Lies

by David Gillespie • 2012

Sugar and seed oils, not saturated fat or calories, are what's making us fat and sick.

3.93

275

🧪 Nutrition Science 🏛️ Food Politics 🍬 Sugar And Health 🛢️ Seed Oils 🔍 Diet Myth Debunking

Big Fat Lies 94%

Sugar and seed oils, not saturated fat or calories, are what's making us fat and sick.

by David Gillespie 2012

3.93

275 ratings

🧪 Nutrition Science 🏛️ Food Politics 🍬 Sugar And Health 🛢️ Seed Oils 🔍 Diet Myth Debunking

Cooked

by Michael Pollan • 2013

Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.

4.08

26k+

📜 Culinary History 🔬 Food Science 🫙 Fermentation 🦠 Microbiome 🐌 Slow Food Movement

Cooked 94%

Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.

by Michael Pollan 2013

4.08

26k+ ratings

📜 Culinary History 🔬 Food Science 🫙 Fermentation 🦠 Microbiome 🐌 Slow Food Movement

Real Food

by Nina Planck • 2006

The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.

4.04

5k+

🦴 Ancestral Nutrition 🧈 Fat Exoneration 🐄 Traditional Dairy 🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating 🧫 Fermented Foods

Real Food 94%

The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.

by Nina Planck 2006

4.04

5k+ ratings

🦴 Ancestral Nutrition 🧈 Fat Exoneration 🐄 Traditional Dairy 🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating 🧫 Fermented Foods

Gene Eating

by Giles Yeo • 2018

The brain treats weight loss like starvation. A geneticist on why most diets ignore real biology.

4.23

886

🧬 Obesity Science 🥊 Diet Myth Debunking 🔥 Metabolism Science 💉 Hormones And Weight 🏭 Food Processing

Gene Eating 94%

The brain treats weight loss like starvation. A geneticist on why most diets ignore real biology.

by Giles Yeo 2018

4.23

886 ratings

🧬 Obesity Science 🥊 Diet Myth Debunking 🔥 Metabolism Science 💉 Hormones And Weight 🏭 Food Processing

Deep Nutrition

by Catherine Shanahan • 2008

Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.

4.20

6k+

🦴 Ancestral Eating 🧬 Epigenetics 🍲 Traditional Diets 🦎 Evolutionary Biology 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Deep Nutrition 94%

Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.

by Catherine Shanahan 2008

4.20

6k+ ratings

🦴 Ancestral Eating 🧬 Epigenetics 🍲 Traditional Diets 🦎 Evolutionary Biology 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Fast Food Nation

by Eric Schlosser • 2001

A burger's hidden cost: exploited labor, factory farms, and meat that sickened half a million.

3.75

207k+

🏭 Industrial Food System 🐄 Factory Farming ⚠️ Food Safety 👷 Labor Exploitation 🏢 Corporate Power

Fast Food Nation 94%

A burger's hidden cost: exploited labor, factory farms, and meat that sickened half a million.

by Eric Schlosser 2001

3.75

207k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Food System 🐄 Factory Farming ⚠️ Food Safety 👷 Labor Exploitation 🏢 Corporate Power

Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs

by David A. Kessler • 2020

Fast carbs hit your bloodstream before your gut can tell your brain you've eaten.

3.94

367

🏭 Processed Food Critique 🧬 Carbohydrate Metabolism ⚡ Metabolic Health 🩸 Blood Sugar Regulation 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition

Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs 94%

Fast carbs hit your bloodstream before your gut can tell your brain you've eaten.

by David A. Kessler 2020

3.94

367 ratings

🏭 Processed Food Critique 🧬 Carbohydrate Metabolism ⚡ Metabolic Health 🩸 Blood Sugar Regulation 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition

Fat Chance

by Robert H. Lustig • 2012

Sugar isn't empty calories. It reprograms your hormones to store fat, leaving willpower outmatched.

4.18

7k+

🍬 Sugar And Health ⚖️ Hormonal Obesity 🏭 Processed Food 🏢 Food Industry Critique 🫀 Metabolic Health

Fat Chance 94%

Sugar isn't empty calories. It reprograms your hormones to store fat, leaving willpower outmatched.

by Robert H. Lustig 2012

4.18

7k+ ratings

🍬 Sugar And Health ⚖️ Hormonal Obesity 🏭 Processed Food 🏢 Food Industry Critique 🫀 Metabolic Health

The Cheese Trap

by Neal D. Barnard • 1992

Cheese hides an opiate-like trap that fattens and sickens; here's how to escape.

4.14

1k+

🧀 Dairy-Free Diets 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧠 Food Addiction 🐄 Factory Farming 🏛️ Food Politics

The Cheese Trap 94%

Cheese hides an opiate-like trap that fattens and sickens; here's how to escape.

by Neal D. Barnard 1992

4.14

1k+ ratings

🧀 Dairy-Free Diets 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧠 Food Addiction 🐄 Factory Farming 🏛️ Food Politics

Burn

by Herman Pontzer • 2021

Your body has a fixed daily calorie cap. The weight loss answer is evolutionary, not dietary.

4.12

4k+

🏥 Evolutionary Medicine ⚡ Metabolic Adaptation 🍽️ Dietary Anthropology ⚖️ Weight Loss Myths 🏃 Exercise Science

Burn 94%

Your body has a fixed daily calorie cap. The weight loss answer is evolutionary, not dietary.

by Herman Pontzer 2021

4.12

4k+ ratings

🏥 Evolutionary Medicine ⚡ Metabolic Adaptation 🍽️ Dietary Anthropology ⚖️ Weight Loss Myths 🏃 Exercise Science

Food

by Mark Hyman • 2018

Two hostile diet tribes, one surprising overlap. A doctor's plan for eating without the dogma.

3.99

7k+

🥗 Whole Foods Diet 🔬 Nutritional Science 🌿 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🍬 Sugar Detox 🩺 Functional Medicine

Food 94%

Two hostile diet tribes, one surprising overlap. A doctor's plan for eating without the dogma.

by Mark Hyman 2018

3.99

7k+ ratings

🥗 Whole Foods Diet 🔬 Nutritional Science 🌿 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🍬 Sugar Detox 🩺 Functional Medicine

Food Sanity

by David Ross Friedman • 2018

Milk, red meat, and Paleo: three food claims a doctor dismantles, and what to eat instead.

3.75

118

🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧩 Dietary Myths 🏭 Food Industry Critique ⚖️ Weight Loss Myths 🌱 Whole Food Plant-Based

Food Sanity 94%

Milk, red meat, and Paleo: three food claims a doctor dismantles, and what to eat instead.

by David Ross Friedman 2018

3.75

118 ratings

🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧩 Dietary Myths 🏭 Food Industry Critique ⚖️ Weight Loss Myths 🌱 Whole Food Plant-Based

Tomatoland

by Barry Estabrook • 2011

Slavery, toxic chemicals, exploited workers: the real cost of Florida's flawless supermarket tomato.

3.96

5k+

🏭 Industrial Agriculture ✊ Farmworker Justice ⛓️ Modern Slavery 🔗 Supply Chain Ethics 🏢 Corporate Accountability

Tomatoland 94%

Slavery, toxic chemicals, exploited workers: the real cost of Florida's flawless supermarket tomato.

by Barry Estabrook 2011

3.96

5k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Agriculture ✊ Farmworker Justice ⛓️ Modern Slavery 🔗 Supply Chain Ethics 🏢 Corporate Accountability

How the World Really Works

by Vaclav Smil • 2022

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

3.94

14k+

⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems 📊 Quantitative Reasoning ⚖️ Risk Perception

How the World Really Works 94%

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

by Vaclav Smil 2022

3.94

14k+ ratings

⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems 📊 Quantitative Reasoning ⚖️ Risk Perception

I'm So Effing Hungry

by Amy Shah MD • 2023

Cravings aren't willpower. Hack your gut, sleep, and circadian clock to turn them off.

3.65

1k+

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🏭 Food Industry Criticism 🚫 Craving Management ⏰ Circadian Health

I'm So Effing Hungry 94%

Cravings aren't willpower. Hack your gut, sleep, and circadian clock to turn them off.

by Amy Shah MD 2023

3.65

1k+ ratings

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🏭 Food Industry Criticism 🚫 Craving Management ⏰ Circadian Health

Clean Meat

by Paul Shapiro • 2018

Meat can now be grown from cells, no animal required. The final hurdle is cost.

4.04

923

🧪 Food Technology 🧫 Lab-Grown Meat 🔮 Future Of Food 🌍 Food And Climate ⚖️ Ethical Eating

Clean Meat 94%

Meat can now be grown from cells, no animal required. The final hurdle is cost.

by Paul Shapiro 2018

4.04

923 ratings

🧪 Food Technology 🧫 Lab-Grown Meat 🔮 Future Of Food 🌍 Food And Climate ⚖️ Ethical Eating

Why Calories Don't Count

by Giles Yeo • 2021

Calorie labels rest on century-old approximations. Your body runs a different set of equations.

3.83

826

🧪 Nutritional Science 🤔 Calorie Skepticism 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🦠 Gut Health 🔍 Dietary Myths

Why Calories Don't Count 94%

Calorie labels rest on century-old approximations. Your body runs a different set of equations.

by Giles Yeo 2021

3.83

826 ratings

🧪 Nutritional Science 🤔 Calorie Skepticism 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🦠 Gut Health 🔍 Dietary Myths

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration

by Weston A. Price • 1939

Traditional diets prevented tooth decay for millennia. Modern foods reversed this in a generation.

4.39

2k+

🥩 Traditional Diets 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition 🥚 Nutrient Density 🏭 Processed Food Critique 🦷 Dental Decay Prevention

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Summary

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration 94%

Traditional diets prevented tooth decay for millennia. Modern foods reversed this in a generation.

by Weston A. Price 1939

4.39

2k+ ratings

🥩 Traditional Diets 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition 🥚 Nutrient Density 🏭 Processed Food Critique 🦷 Dental Decay Prevention

Diet for a New America

by John Robbins • 1987

One dietary choice links heart disease, the Amazon, world hunger, and billions of suffering animals.

4.19

4k+

🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🍽️ Food Ethics 🐄 Animal Welfare 🐔 Factory Farming 🏭 Meat Industry

Diet for a New America 94%

One dietary choice links heart disease, the Amazon, world hunger, and billions of suffering animals.

by John Robbins 1987

4.19

4k+ ratings

🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🍽️ Food Ethics 🐄 Animal Welfare 🐔 Factory Farming 🏭 Meat Industry

Why We Eat (Too Much)

by Andrew Jenkinson • 2020

Dieting tells your body to gain weight. A surgeon reveals the appetite hormones running the show.

4.22

3k+

🧬 Obesity Science ⚖️ Set Point Theory 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🏪 Food Environment

Why We Eat (Too Much) 94%

Dieting tells your body to gain weight. A surgeon reveals the appetite hormones running the show.

by Andrew Jenkinson 2020

4.22

3k+ ratings

🧬 Obesity Science ⚖️ Set Point Theory 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🏪 Food Environment

The Gut-Immune Connection

by Emeran Mayer • 2021

Chronic disease spiked because we stopped feeding our gut microbes. The repair starts with soil.

3.84

468

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition ⏱️ Time-Restricted Eating 🌱 Soil Health

The Gut-Immune Connection 94%

Chronic disease spiked because we stopped feeding our gut microbes. The repair starts with soil.

by Emeran Mayer 2021

3.84

468 ratings

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition ⏱️ Time-Restricted Eating 🌱 Soil Health

Good Calories, Bad Calories

by Gary Taubes • 2004

Fat was framed. Obesity and chronic disease are driven by sugar and refined carbs, not dietary fat.

4.17

10k+

🕰️ Nutrition History 🥩 Dietary Fat Debate 🍬 Sugar Metabolism 🥑 Low-Carb Movement 🩸 Insulin And Health

Good Calories, Bad Calories 94%

Fat was framed. Obesity and chronic disease are driven by sugar and refined carbs, not dietary fat.

by Gary Taubes 2004

4.17

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Nutrition History 🥩 Dietary Fat Debate 🍬 Sugar Metabolism 🥑 Low-Carb Movement 🩸 Insulin And Health

Skinny Bitch

by Kim Barnouin • 2005

Your food is poison. The fix is vegan. The delivery is boot camp with no apologies.

3.34

33k+

🥬 Plant-Based Diets 🏛️ Food Politics 🥗 Vegan Nutrition 🏭 Food Industry Critique 🧘 Mindful Eating

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Your food is poison. The fix is vegan. The delivery is boot camp with no apologies.

by Kim Barnouin 2005

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🥬 Plant-Based Diets 🏛️ Food Politics 🥗 Vegan Nutrition 🏭 Food Industry Critique 🧘 Mindful Eating

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