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True Food: Eight Simple Steps to a Healthier You [Hardcover]

Annie B. Bond , Melissa Breyer , Wendy Gordon , Alice Waters
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December 29, 2009
This inviting, encouraging how-to turns the ideals of today’s food revolution into eight practical steps to a healthier, more natural diet. It’s a workable blueprint for enlightening your kitchen in ways that are good for you, your family, your pocketbook—and the environment. Friendly and fun, featuring lighthearted design and lively writing, the book shows how preparing good food with simple, natural ingredients can actually cost less than reaching for commercially produced and processed alternatives. You’ll discover fresh, seasonal recipes and new ways to go shopping, plus practical advice on how to establish priorities among the many rules that sometimes seem to contradict each other. How can I eat fresh fruit in the middle of winter? If favor local produce, do I have to stop eating bananas? Full of quick, innovative solutions (and a few old-fashioned ones, too), True Food is a complete vision of how to select, prepare, serve, store, and enjoy the planet’s bounteous harvest.

The eight steps introduce and implement a short list of powerful ideas, from "Eat Local Food" to "Green Your Kitchen." Every piece of advice is backed up by solid research and personal experience. Stories of real people who have committed to the lifestyle offer amusing tales of acquiring new habits and inspiring portraits of people who quietly live with a new awareness. Special sidebars called "Budget Benefits" highlight how following these eight simple steps can actually save you money—and at the same time help you nourish better and greener attitudes everywhere.

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“They show how to find and prepare local, fresh, organic foods—while saving energy.”
--Newsday

About the Author

Annie B. Bond is a leading authority on the connections between the environment and personal health and well-being and was recently labeled "the foremost expert in green living" by Body & Soul magazine. She writes blogs on her site greenchicafe.com and HuffingtonPost.com, and has written four books.

Melissa Breyer is senior editor of Healthy and Green Living and writes about food. She creates new recipes that are posted daily to Care2.com, a natural lifestyles social network and website with 10 million members.

Wendy Gordon founder of National Geographic’s Green Guide, was honored as one of Glamour magazine’s 75 Women Environmental Leaders in 2009. She serves as board chair of Trickle Up, an anti-poverty organization; as vice chair of the Rainforest Alliance; and as trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Rockefeller Family Fund.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: National Geographic (December 29, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1426205945
  • ISBN-13: 978-1426205941
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #366,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you have never stepped foot into the healthy food movement or done any exploring into the realm then this is a good resource. But if you have been poking around for awhile, very little of what these authors have to offer will sound new.

The 8 steps involve: Eat Local, Eat a Variety, Go for Organic, Eat Lower on the Food Chain, Eat Fresh, Eat Whole Foods, Stocking your pantry, Green Your Kitchen

By reviewing the list, you can see that many of the subjects repeat themselves. Local food is cheaper to transport, higher in food value since it doesn't have to travel as far, etc., but we know this, tell me something more. Their "what is in season guide" is good, since we are so used to supermarkets that offer watermelon in January, it's good to come back to reality from time to time.

If variety is the spice of life, eat the rainbow. Great advice. Vary what you eat, colors mean something and each have their own hidden values.

Going organic is a great idea if 1) you can afford it and 2) if you trust you source. Choose wisely.

Lower on the food chain. Become more of an herbivore and less of a carnivore. This was a really good chapter. Explained a couple of things that I didn't know. Complementary Protein Combinations.

Eating Fresh sort of recaps everything that has been already covered.

Whole Foods. Fiber. Sugars. Whole Grains. Think unprocessed and you pretty much have it.

Stocking your pantry. Personally, when the term Green is used too much I get a little concerned. Apparently, this means different things to different people. Restocking your pantry can be a very pricy undertaking so they suggested slow and steady.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Better than Pollan's Food Rules April 12, 2010
Format:Hardcover
I love Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma, but his Food Rules is too short and too derivative of his earlier book In Defense of Food. I hate to say it, but his books seem to be getting shorter and shorter both in pages and on insights!

Marion Nestle's book What to Eat is the better comparison here. The two books distill the environmental and health concerns of a wide variety of foods and help the consumer make better, more informed choices.

I like the layout of this particular book--a handsome two-color design. Also, it seems more accessible than Nestle's dense reference. The recipes are a nice addition, too!

If you're a fan of the documentaries Food Inc., King Corn, or Fresh, then this book is the best practical companion for your family.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding pick for any general lending library July 20, 2010
Format:Hardcover
The collaborative work of Annie B. Bond, Melissa Breyer, and Wendy Gordon, TRUE FOOD: 8 SIMPLE STEPS TO A HEALTHIER YOU offers a fine guide to sustainable foods, offering up eight simple steps an average reader can begin to improve food choices. New ideas on how to shop, cook and eat are presented along with resourceful details on how the entire family can become involved in the concept of sustainable food choices, making this an outstanding pick for any general lending library.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent information and recipies! March 5, 2013
Format:Hardcover
I received this book as a Christmas gift. It has excellent information on healthy eating, and living in general. There are many wonderful recipes also! I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in a healthier lifestyle!
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My brother has Diabetes and is finding this book helpful in making healthy choices in organizing his kitchen and food purchasing. He recommends it too.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Here's to a Healthier You! October 3, 2011
By glee45
Format:Hardcover
Great book to help you get back to a healthier way of eating! Practical tips and guides to help you implement healthful changes in today's modern computer-era world. I recommend it for anyone wanting to return to what is good for both the body and our planet!
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