I couldn’t help but put together another list of interesting reads!

 

Devoured: From Chicken Wings to Kale Smoothies – How What We Eat Defines Who We Are – Sophie Egan (Published May 2016)

Egan reveals, in exhaustive detail, the ins and outs of American food culture. I personally found this one as an audiobook and found myself on the edge of my seat (literally!) hanging on to her interesting points.  (Read May 2017)

 

Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ – Giulia Enders, Jill Enders (Published April 2015)

This is a must-read for anyone with a digestive tract. It’s a fairly easy read –no unexplained medical jargon, with a few cartoon drawings thrown in for illustrative concept support. I found the most interesting sections to be any discussion related to the microbiome and brain-gut connection.  (Read August 2017)

 

Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World’s Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself – Rich Roll (Published May 2012)

Another book that I enjoyed on audio! In the audiobook edition, Roll reads aloud his own work, which truly added another dimension to his thought-provoking and adventurous memoir that covered much more than overcoming adversity and sustaining willpower. A truly one-of-a-kind read. (Read January 2016)

 

A Bone to Pick: The good and bad news about food, with wisdom and advice on diets, food safety, GMOs, farming and more – Mark Bittman (Published May 2015)

Mark Bittman is another author who I can credit my transition to the Vegan lifestyle as due to another one of his works, “VB6: Eat Vegan before 6 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health”. In “A Bone to Pick…”, consisting of a collection of Bittman’s NYT articles, he effectively breaks down the American food system into Big Agriculture/Gov. and its products, and its effects on its recipients (American public) and the environment.

My only critique of this one is that the some of the points of his articles tend to overlap each other from chapter to chapter, thus making for a repetitive read at times. However, I did enjoy this work as an audiobook and as such didn’t mind the overlapping talking points. The overlapping themes gave way for a more introspective and meta-analysis of each of the topics. (Read August 2017)

 

Hell Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga – Benjamin Lorr (Published October 2012)

A self-professed out-of-shape man dives into the world of hot (Bikram) yoga. This work is laugh-out-loud funny, yet informative. (Read June 2015)

 

Honorable Mentions

• The Alkaline Cure: Lose Weight, Gain Energy, Feel Young, and Stay Healthy for the Rest of Your Life – Domenig Stephan
• Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living – Tsh Oxenreider
• Yoga Beyond the Mat: How to Make Yoga Your Spiritual Practice – Alanna Kaivalya