For people concerned with the quality and integrity of the food they eat and who want to take the guesswork out of shopping, The Whole Food Bible provides a ready source of up-to-date information on all varieties of foods. The author details the latest findings on such topics as food irradiation, pesticides, and chemical food additives, enabling consumers to minimize their exposure to the hazards existing in many foods today. The author also provides extensive information on diet and nutrition and the benefits of eating foods that are organically grown and minimally refined.
• New edition of the best-seller.
• First published by Addison-Wesley in 1991, with more than 35,000 copies sold.
• A handy guide for both the experienced and beginning cook.
• More than 100 simple, healthy, and delicious recipes and a large assortment of tips on how to select and prepare delicious whole foods.
"Armed with this answer book, anyone can be more confident in the war against the food industry's empty calories and empty promises." (Katherine Wolff, Natural Health )
About the Author
Chris Kilham, vice chairman of the Organic Food Alliance and former vice president of marketing for Bread & Circus Wholefood Supermarkets, is the author of The Five Tibetans and Kava: Medicine Hunting in Paradise. He lives in Massachusetts.
Product Details
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Healing Arts Press; Revised edition (October 1, 1996)
"Part David Attenborough, part Indiana Jones, Mr. Kilham, an ethnobotanist from Massachusetts... scoured remote jungles and highlands for three decades for plants, oils and extracts that can heal." - The New York Times
Chris Kilham is a medicine hunter, author and educator. The founder of Medicine Hunter Inc., Chris has conducted medicinal research in over 20 countries including India, China, Siberia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Vanuatu South Pacific, Lebanon, Syria, Ghana, Austria, Germany, Thailand, Malaysia, South Africa, Morocco and the United States.
Chris is the FOX News Medicine Hunter and appears on FOX News Health online in the US and international television markets. He also writes a weekly column for FOX News Health. Chris is Explorer in Residence at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he teaches the popular ethnobotany course The Shaman's Pharmacy through the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences. This intensive immersion course takes students to the Peruvian Amazon, where they learn about medicinal plants, the rainforest, and native culture.
Chris works with companies to develop and popularize traditional plant-based food and medicinal products into market successes. These include kava, maca, rhodiola, schisandra, horny goat weed, catuaba, tamanu oil, herbal beverages and dozens of other plants. He is currently working to build market demand for cat's claw and dragon's blood, both strong medicinal plants from the Amazon rainforest.
Chris is the author of fourteen books, including Hot Plants, The Five Tibetans, Psyche Delicacies, Tales from the Medicine Trail and Kava, Medicine Hunting in Paradise. Chris also writes articles on plant medicines for several publications, and is a contributing columnist for FOX News Health.
"I love adventure! That's why I love teaming up with The Medicine Hunter, Chris Kilham." - Dr. Manny Alverez, Fox News Health
Chris lectures extensively on holistic health and botanical medicines, throughout the United States and the European Union, Hong Kong, Thailand, Dubai, Australia, Peru, Vanuatu and many other countries. Recent appearances include The Vitamin Shoppe, In Cosmetics, American Herbalists Guild, Missouri Botanical Garden, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Medicines of the Earth Symposium, Natural Products EXPO East, Natural Products EXPO West, Southwest Yoga, Midwest Yoga, Plant Teacher's Convergence, University of Massachusetts, Evolvers, Geneva Vitafoods Conference and HBA New York.
As a guest expert, Chris has presented across a wide variety of sectors to companies such as; Coca Cola, Pepsi, Unilever, Pfizer, Roche, Beiersdorf, Avon, L'Oreal, Chanel, Clarens, Body Shop, Royal Canin, GNC, and Whole Foods. He is also a regular advisor to Woman's World, Fox News Health, and various industry and trade publications.
Chris has appeared as a guest expert on over several hundred radio and television programs including news programs on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, BBC, Oprah & Friends, FOX TV, and NPR. He has appeared as a guest on The Dr. Oz Show, and is a regular guest on FOX News Ask Dr. Manny. As a TV guest he has spoken about medicine hunting, traditional botanical medicines, nutraceuticals, environmental and cultural preservation and other related topics for a wide variety of audiences. Chris has appeared on over 1500 radio programs and more than 500 TV programs worldwide.
Since October 2007 Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham has been featured in The New York Times, CNN, FOX News, The Dr. Oz Show, NBC Nightly News, ABC 20/20, Psychology Today, International Herald Tribune, CNBC Power Lunch, HD Net World Report, Prevention Magazine, Natural Health Magazine, Oprah & Friends, PBS Healing Quest, Better TV, Good Morning America, Ode Magazine, and Woman's World.
Chris conducts medicinal plant research for Naturex of Avignon, France, one of the largest botanical extraction companies in the world. He is also an advisory board member of the Naturex Foundation, which funds community development projects in various countries.
Chris is on the Scientific Advisory board of EuroPharma, founded by pioneer Terry Lemerond. EuroPharma is a maker of superior plant-based medicines, distributed exclusively through the natural products industry.
An avid body surfer and adventure traveler, Chris lives and works in Massachusetts with his wife, artist/activist Zoe Helene and their dog Boo. Chris advocates sane drug policy and the shamanic and ritual use of hallucinogens. Chris and Zoe travel the globe on Medicine Hunter expeditions, and work together to promote plant medicines, environmental protection and cultural preservation.
CNN calls Chris "The Indiana Jones of natural medicine."
This review is from: The Whole Food Bible: How to Select & Prepare Safe, Healthful Foods (Paperback)
If you are not currently practicing a whole foods diet and want more information on why you should, this could be a good resource. If you already practice a whole foods diet this book is probably not for you.
The book covers a lot of topics (pesticides, hormones, bacterial contamination, food irradiation, and chemical additives to name a few) some of them in more detail than others. This book did not present any new information for me, but I have been studying nutrition for about 9 years. If I had found this book at the beginning of my journey for nutritional knowledge it would have been helpful to point me in the right direction.
On the positive side, this book is approximately twenty five percent recipes. The Oat Nut Crust in the dessert section of the book is actually quite good. I prepared the crust with 100% whole-wheat flour and it came out fine.
Overall, if you are new to nutrition and/or whole foods this might be worth a read. If you have other books on whole foods or nutrition I would recommend passing on this book.
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This review is from: The Whole Food Bible: How to Select & Prepare Safe, Healthful Foods (Paperback)
This book has the same old information you have already heard. I really did not like this book. It had several items that are false in it, like gorillas eat meat, which they do not. It has lots of negative information on various foods but offers no suggestions on where to buy an alternative product. I just do not see the point of adding this book to your library or collection. No new information whatsoever.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe whole food bible, December 6, 2005
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This review is from: The Whole Food Bible: How to Select & Prepare Safe, Healthful Foods (Paperback)
I really liked this book because it informs people about each food group and their importance in nutrition but above all is an eye opener for those who have never being exposed to the concept of whole food and the importance to partake in the betterment of our agriculture and how does the multiple pesticides and fungides affects the nutritional value of our foods. It encourages people to take a good look at what they are putting in their mouths and make them aware that going organic is the safest way to go. We need to support the organic nmovement for the sake of our present health status and generations to come.
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It used to be that all food was whole food, retaining its natural nutritional value without chemical additives of any kind. Read the first pageKey Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
phony sweeteners, toxic agrichemicals, percent milk fat, illegal residues, teaspoon sea salt, pale green parts, food irradiation, cut thinly, light sesame oil, chemical food additives, brown rice vinegar
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Eco Report, Department of Agriculture, Delaney Amendment, National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Protection Agency, New York, General Accounting Office, Oat-Nut Crust, Surgeon General, Creamy Mushroom Sauce, Middle Eastern, Wonder Bread, American Cyanamid, Barely Tangy Vinaigrette, Extra Lean, Food Marketing Institute, Hudson River, Natural Resources Defense Council, Pecorino Romano, Southeast Asia, Yellow Finn
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