Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health

by Jo Robinson

Book Overview

The next stage in the food revolution: a radical way to select fruits and vegetables and reclaim the flavor and nutrients we've lost.

Ever since farmers first planted seeds 10,000 years ago, humans have been destroying the nutritional value of their fruits and vegetables. Unwittingly, we've been selecting plants that are high in starch and sugar and low in vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants for more than 400 generations.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316227935
• ISBN13: 9780316227933
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Engaging, fascinating stuff

This is a extremely readable book about many of the common vegetables we eat and how we got from the wild version to what we currently find in the produce section or farmers market. There are tons of simple-to-make changes that are useful for optimizing health and a wonderful format in which there are summary points at the end of every chapter. If you enjoy gardening, there are suggestions for what seed varieties to look for. As a nurse and someone who is very drawn to learning about health and optimizing well-being, I wanted to own and be able to re-read this book as well as share it with family and friends.