Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and Diet Dictocrats

by Sally Fallon

Paperback, 2001

Status

Available

Call number

641.5 F193

Publication

New Trends Publishing (2001), Edition: 2nd Revised, 674 pages

Description

A full-spectrum nutritional cookbook with a startling message animal fats and cholesterol are vital factors in the human diet, necessary for reproduction and normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease and optimum energy levels. Includes information on how to prepare grains, health benefits of bone broths and enzyme-rich lacto-fermented foods.

User reviews

LibraryThing member rmcdow

This is the best cookbook I have ever read or owned. I can't really praise Sally Fallon's book enough to give justice to what this book really is about. I read this book cover to cover like a novel, which is not what I usually think of doing with a cookbook. There is a lot of information in the

book, and there is more to learn from the sidebars, in addition to the recipes, that will help any cook develop a healthy approach to cooking and eating. There are recipes, facts about food, suggestions about the health benefits of foods, and more, presented in a two column format on each page, with the recipes alongside a wealth of information. I only have one disagreement with Ms. Fallon, and that is when it comes to chocolate. I communicated with her about this, and went so far as to send her some 99% completely delicious chocolate by Michel Cluizel so she could try it herself.

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LibraryThing member rockinchair

This is the book, lent to me by a friend, that got me serious about eating whole foods. Do yourself a favor and skip the chemicals, "diets" and hype. Eat real food.

LibraryThing member Lindsay

The recipes are good and the extra information is both interesting and plentiful. However, I refuse to acknowledge the subtitle of this book. It offends me in some way that I cannot define. Thus, I have censored it on my catalog and whited it out in my copy of the book. The book itself is fine. The

subtitle offends me on a visceral level.

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LibraryThing member tadpol

As a cookbook, its ok. It has a few odd and interesting recipes, but nothing really that jumps out as memorable.

As for the rest. Its starts out by trashing fad diets while trying strongly to encourage you to believe it isn't a fad diet itself. Then rumbles on into telling you that packaged,

prepared food is bad for you, you're gonna die of malnutrition. Packaged, prepared ingredients are bad for you, you're gonna die from malnutrition. Your only chance is to get hard to find and expensive raw ingredients. Which you must correctly prepare prior to consumption, else you're gonna die from malnutrition. Basically, you're gonna die from malnutrition, but this book is here to save you.

Overall, the book presents such an extreme viewpoint that it can be difficult to read at times. While there are maybe good ideas presented in the book, they are drowned out in the dogmatic preaching.

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LibraryThing member TullyFamily

From recipies to facts on nutrition, this book has taught me a lot! My only problem with it is this: it is often hard to implement what she teaches.

LibraryThing member OkiBooki

Ever wonder why Americans spend so much on health solutions, but we are among the least-healthy people in the developed world? The adage "Follow the money" lends the most light on the problem. Read the prefatory material carefully, and the sidebars throughout the book. It will all make sense. And

you will get a clue how to modify your diet to regain your health.

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LibraryThing member mrsflam

Okay , One read , Not quite worth weight on shelf , Sold

LibraryThing member aaduncan

Despite the preachy aspect of the book that other reviewers have mentioned, this is a good book, and one that I wish more people would take to heart. As for the recipes, there is good and bad, but I appreciate the wide range.

LibraryThing member anderlawlor

This is one of those books that a person is always sort of currently reading. I get scared by how bad certain things are (nuts, storing things in plastic, etc) and then excited by how good certain things are (butter, milk, game). It's a rollercoaster ride!

LibraryThing member MrsLee

This book sets out to upset the traditional recommendations for food and nutrition; giving examples from tribal peoples and other studies. The authors give very detailed accounts of ingredients and nutrition. They believe that fat is not evil, but sugar is. Fermentation and enzymes are what our

bodies are missing (removed from our diets by over-processed food), along with whole odd grains (because white flour turns into sugar in the bloodstream quickly), many varieties of vegetables, meats and so forth.

I have a hard time buying into all of it, or perhaps I should say that they overstated their case to the point that it sounded like hyperbole? However, the recipes are solid and tasty sounding. I am very tempted to buy a copy for that alone. I love fermented vegetables and there were many simple ways to make them in this. Actually, most of the ways to make them were the same, just switching out veggies. I appreciate the knowledge gained on various ingredients, and the ideas for continuing to cook wholesome food without waste.

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LibraryThing member kristina_brooke

Great recipes and scientific explanations as to why going back to traditional cooking and foods is such a healthy option.

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