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Best Nutrition Books

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Nutrition books recommended most by dietitians, doctors and researchers — metabolism, whole foods and the evidence behind popular diets. From writers who read the studies properly.

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Recommended books, ranked by how many of the 91 people behind this list recommended each one.

  1. 1Why We Sleep27 recommendations · recommended by Sanjay Bakshi, Nathaniel Drew and Bill Gates
  2. 2The Emperor of All Maladies10 recommendations · recommended by Bill Gates, Matthew Herper and Andrew Chen
  3. 3In Defense of Food8 recommendations · recommended by James Aspey, Joaquin Phoenix and Richard Branson
  4. 4On Food and Cooking6 recommendations · recommended by Samin Nosrat, Chris Young and Donald Knuth
  5. 5Being Mortal6 recommendations · recommended by Amy Cuddy, Julie Zhuo and Steve Kerr
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Book cover for “Why We Sleep”
Why We Sleep

Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

27 recommendations

Recommended by Sanjay Bakshi, Nathaniel Drew, Bill Gates and 22 others

Book Summary

The book reads like an engaging, urgent lecture from a sleep evangelist, blending accessible science with alarming anecdotes. Its strength is the deep dive into how sleep shapes memory, health, and creativity, making a strong case for its non-negotiable importance. The downside: tone can become preachy and overdrawn, with some claims feeling overstated, leaving you either inspired to protect your slumber or weary of the relentless doom-mongering.

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No coverIn Defense of Food
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Book cover for “On Food and Cooking”
On Food and Cooking

The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

6 recommendations

Recommended by Samin Nosrat, Chris Young and Donald Knuth

Description

Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking is a kitchen classic. Hailed by Time magazine as "a minor masterpiece" when it first appeared in 1984, On Food and Cooking is the bible to which food lovers and professional chefs worldwide turn for an understanding of where our foods come…

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Book cover for “Being Mortal”
Being Mortal

Medicine and What Matters in the End

6 recommendations

Recommended by Amy Cuddy, Julie Zhuo, Steve Kerr and 2 others

Description

In Being Mortal, author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its endingMedicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable.

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Book cover for “The Body Keeps the Score”
The Body Keeps the Score

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

6 recommendations

Recommended by Ashley C. Ford, Tyler Winklevoss, Heidi N. Moore and 1 other

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Book cover for “Born to Run”
Born to Run

A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

6 recommendations

Recommended by Nathaniel Drew, Alexander Stubb, Turia Pitt and 2 others

Description

The astonishing national bestseller and hugely entertaining story that completely changed the way we run.An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurtIsolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability…

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No coverThe Body
The Body

A Guide for Occupants

5 recommendations

Recommended by Sanjay Bakshi, Gretchen Rubin, Mark Suster and 2 others

Description

Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a headtotoe tour of the marvel that is the human bodywith a new afterword for the Vintage paperback.

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Unbroken

An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive

4 recommendations

Recommended by Alexander Stubb, Kate Upton, Guy Kawasaki and 1 other

Book Summary

This adaptation moves fast, with short chapters and black-and-white photos that pull you along Zamperini’s journey from Olympic runner to Pacific castaway to POW. The horror is toned down—beatings become summaries, psychological unraveling is hinted at—so it’s gripping but rarely haunting. Useful if you need an accessible entry point to an incredible story, but annoying if the cleaned-up brutality and missing depth leave you feeling like you’re reading a film companion rather than a life.

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The China Study

Revised and Expanded Edition

4 recommendations

Recommended by James Cameron and Amis Cameron

Description

The revised and expanded edition of the bestseller that changed millions of livesThe science is clear. The results are unmistakable.You can dramatically reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes just by changing your diet.More than 30 years ago, nutrition…

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The Paleo Solution

The Original Human Diet

4 recommendations

Recommended by Jack Dorsey and Rick Rubin

Book Summary

Robb Wolf’s book reads like a passionate, conversational manifesto—part personal-trainer pep talk, part simplified biochemistry chat. It walks you through core paleo concepts, vilifying grains and legumes while championing meat and vegetables with evolutionary stories and anecdotes. The meal advice and exercise tips are straightforward, but the narrative leans hard on speculation dressed as science. It’s a persuasive, sometimes pushy introduction to ancestral eating. Useful if you want clear rules, annoying if you need cautious nuance or rigorous evidence.

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No coverThe Case Against Sugar
3 recommendations

Recommended by Vinod Khosla and Joe Rogan

Description

From the bestselling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eyeopening expose that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick.Among Americans, diabetes is more…

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No coverThe Complete Guide to Fasting
The Complete Guide to Fasting

Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, AlternateDay, and Extended Fasting

3 recommendations

Recommended by Sanjay Bakshi, Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Ben Greenfield

Description

The Complete Guide to Fasting Heal Your Body Through Intermittent AlternateDay and Extended Fasting

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Mindless Eating

Why We Eat More Than We Think

3 recommendations

Recommended by Ramit Sethi, Noah Kagan and Darya Rose

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Book cover for “Salt Sugar Fat”
Salt Sugar Fat

How the Food Giants Hooked Us

3 recommendations

Recommended by Scott Adams and Sharon Hayes

Book Summary

Salt Sugar Fat reads like long-form investigative journalism. It connects lab tricks, marketing tactics, and calorie-saturated products to explain why processed foods dominate modern diets. Its most useful material is the reportage: clear data, factory and industry anecdotes, and concrete examples that help you spot engineered palatability. Limitations: the narrative repeats similar revelations and sometimes tilts toward indignation rather than solutions, so readers wanting short how-to guidance or tight summarization may find it drawn-out.

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No coverWhy We Get Fat
Why We Get Fat

And What to Do About It

3 recommendations

Recommended by Gretchen Rubin and Bill Gurley

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No coverGrain Brain
Grain Brain

The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and SugarYour Brain's Silent Killers

2 recommendations

Recommended by Neal Boortz

Description

The devastating truth about the effects of wheat, sugar, and carbs on the brain, with a 4week plan to achieve optimum health.

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No coverThe Macrobiotic Way
The Macrobiotic Way

The Definitive Guide to Macrobiotic Living

2 recommendations

Recommended by David Blaine

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Book cover for “Cancer as a Metabolic Disease”
Cancer as a Metabolic Disease

On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer

2 recommendations

Recommended by Dominic D'Agostino

Description

The book addresses controversies related to the origins of cancer and provides solutions to cancer management and prevention. It expands upon Otto Warburg's wellknown theory that all cancer is a disease of energy metabolism.

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No coverHow Not to Die
How Not to Die

Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

2 recommendations

Recommended by Sadia Badiei and Amy Tan

Description

From the physician behind the wildly popular website NutritionFacts.org, How Not to Die reveals the groundbreaking scientific evidence behind the only diet that can prevent and reverse many of the causes of diseaserelated death.The vast majority of premature deaths can be…

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No coverCooked
Cooked

A Natural History of Transformation

2 recommendations

Recommended by Samin Nosrat

Description

In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements fire, water, air, and earth to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink.

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No coverThe How Not to Die Cookbook
The How Not to Die Cookbook

100 Recipes to Help Prevent and Reverse Disease

2 recommendations

Recommended by Sadia Badiei and Amy Tan

Description

From Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM, the physician behind the trusted and wildly popular website Nutritionfacts.org, and author of the New York Times bestselling book How Not to Die, comes a beautifullydesigned, comprehensive cookbook complete with more than 120 recipes for…

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Book cover for “Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights”
Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights

Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise

2 recommendations

Recommended by Dr. Martin Gibala and Martin Gibala

Description

In Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights Alex Hutchinson, a physicist, awardwinning journalist, and contributing editor of Popular Mechanics magazine, reveals the littleknown and often surprising truths that science has uncovered about exercise.

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Food

What the Heck Should I Eat

1 recommendation

Recommended by Alton Brown

Book Summary

Mark Hyman challenges common claims about everyday foods (oatmeal, milk, eggs) and offers plain-language guidance for grocery shopping and quick meals. The book mixes patient-style anecdotes with references to research and gives many clear do/don’t lists readers can try immediately. The most useful material is the actionable swap and shopping guidance; the main limitation is a tone that can feel prescriptive and repetitive, which may frustrate readers who prefer neutral, tightly footnoted analysis.

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No coverWheat Belly
Wheat Belly

Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

1 recommendation

Recommended by P. D. Mangan

Description

Renowned cardiologist, William Davis, MD explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse myriad health problems.Every day, over 200 million Americans consume food products made of wheat.

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Book cover for “Becoming a Supple Leopard”
Becoming a Supple Leopard

The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance (2nd Edition)

1 recommendation

Recommended by Geoffrey Miller

Book Summary

Becoming a Supple Leopard reads like a detailed movement manual: lots of step-by-step drills, troubleshooting cues, and photo sequences aimed at mobility and self-maintenance. Its useful part is practical specificity — clear tutorials for joint positioning, breathing, and mobility work that athletes and coaches can put into practice. Its main limitation is tone and density: frequent technical jargon and repetitious instruction make some stretches of the book feel exhaustive or preachy rather than breezy.

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No coverHealing With Whole Foods
Healing With Whole Foods

Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition (3rd Edition)

1 recommendation

Recommended by James Aspey

Description

Used as a reference by students of acupuncture, this is a hefty, truly comprehensive guide to the theory and healing power of Chinese medicine.

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No coverThe Big Fat Surprise
The Big Fat Surprise

Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

1 recommendation

Recommended by P. D. Mangan

Description

In The Big Fat Surprise, investigative journalist Nina Teicholz reveals the unthinkable: that everything we thought we knew about dietary fat is wrong.

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No coverDeep Nutrition
Deep Nutrition

Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food

1 recommendation

Recommended by Preston Pysh

Description

One of the Best Health and Wellness Books of 2017 Sports Illustrated A selfpublished phenomenon examining the habits that kept our ancestors diseasefreenow with a prescriptive plan for "The Human Diet" to help us all live long, vital, healthy lives.Physician and biochemist Cate…

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Book cover for “The Omnivore's Dilemma”
The Omnivore's Dilemma

A Natural History of Four Meals

1 recommendation

Recommended by Alastair Humphreys

Description

What should we have for dinner For omnivore's like ourselves, this simple question has always posed a dilemma: When you can eat just about anything nature (or the supermarket) has to offer, deciding what you should eat will inevitably stir anxiety, especially when some of the…

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Fat Chance

Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease

1 recommendation

Recommended by Mika Brzezinski

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Book cover for “Becoming Vegan”
Becoming Vegan

The Complete Reference to PlantBased Nutrition

1 recommendation

Recommended by Sadia Badiei

Description

Two of North America's foremost vegan dietitians present the complete reference to plantbased nutrition designed for health practitioners, nutrition professionals, college coursework, or the sophisticated lay reader.

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Book cover for “The Forks Over Knives Plan”
The Forks Over Knives Plan

How to Transition to the LifeSaving, WholeFood, PlantBased Diet

1 recommendation

Recommended by James Cameron

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No coverJust Eat It
Just Eat It

How Intuitive Eating can Help you get Your Shit Together Around Food

1 recommendation

Recommended by Poorna Bell

Description

'Truly lifechanging' Dolly Alderton 'The only 'diet' book worth reading this new year' Alexandra Heminsley, Grazia Just Eat It isn’t just a book. It’s part of a movement to help us take back control over our bodies.

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No coverVitamania
Vitamania

How Vitamins Revolutionized the Way We Think About Food

1 recommendation

Recommended by Michael Pollan

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No coverFirst Bite
First Bite

How We Learn to Eat

Description

We are not born knowing what to eat; as omnivores it is something we each have to figure out for ourselves. From childhood onward, we learn how big a "portion" is and how sweet is too sweet. We learn to enjoy green vegetables or not.

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Protein Power

The HighProtein/LowCarbohydrate Way to Lose Weight, Feel Fit, and Boost Your Healthin Just Weeks!

Description

Join the thousands who have experienced dramatic weight loss, lowered cholesterol, and improvement or reversal of the damages of heart disease, Adult,onset diabetes, and other major diseases by following this medically proven program.Protein Power will teach you how to use food…

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Racing Weight

How to Get Lean for Peak Performance (The Racing Weight Series)

Description

Racing Weight is a proven weightmanagement program designed specifically for endurance athletes.Revealing new research and drawing from the best practices of elite athletes, coach and nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald lays out six easy steps to help cyclists, triathletes, and runners…

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Book cover for “UnDiet”
UnDiet

The Shiny, Happy, Vibrant, GlutenFree, PlantBased Way to Look Better, Feel Better, and Live Better Each and Every Day!

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Whole

Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

Description

What happens when you eat an apple The answer is vastly more complex than you imagine.Every apple contains thousands of antioxidants whose names, beyond a few like vitamin C, are unfamiliar to us, and each of these powerful chemicals has the potential to play an important role…

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Book cover for “Essential Sports Nutrition”
Essential Sports Nutrition

A Guide to Optimal Performance for Every Active Person

Description

Optimize your performance practical, easy, essential nutrition for athletes. Sports nutrition is a vital element for reaching peak physical performance.

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Try New Food

How to Help Picky Eaters Taste, Eat & Like New Foods

Description

Do you have a picky eater who won't try new foods Have you tried everything to get your child to eat Renowned childhood nutrition expert, Jill Castle's Nourished Path to Try New Food her systematic and strategic approach to help picky eaters try new food will move you from…

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No coverWhat to Eat When You're Pregnant
What to Eat When You're Pregnant

A WeekbyWeek Guide to Support Your Health and Your Baby's Development

Description

A trimesterbytrimester guide to what to eatas opposed to what to avoidwhile pregnant and nursing, to support the mother's health and the baby's development during each stage of pregnancy, with 50 recipes.

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No coverDiet Cults
Diet Cults

The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of Us

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Book cover for “Nutrition For Dummies, 6th Edition”
Description

Get the straight facts on nutrition, slim down, and feel great You've been hearing it since you were a kid: "You are what you eat." And this wise saying is true!

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Book cover for “Nutrition in Crisis”
Nutrition in Crisis

Flawed Studies, Misleading Advice, and the Real Science of Human Metabolism

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No coverThe Paleo Diet
The Paleo Diet

Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods You Were Designed to Eat

Description

As seen on Dateline NBC Healthy, delicious, and simple, the Paleo Diet is the diet our genes were made for. This book presents readers with a program that causes weight loss in overweight people up to seventyfive pounds in six months while normalizing blood cholesterol, and…

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Book cover for “The FastDiet”
The FastDiet

Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, and Live Longer with the Simple Secret of Intermittent Fasting

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Book cover for “Real Food for Pregnancy”
Real Food for Pregnancy

The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition

Description

Prenatal nutrition can be confusing. A lot of the advice you have been given about what to eat (or what not to eat) is wellmeaning, but frankly, outdated or not evidencedbased.

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No coverSugar Nation
Sugar Nation

The Hidden Truth Behind America's Deadliest Habit and the Simple Way to Beat It

Description

THIS BOOK COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE Every five seconds, one more person develops diabetes. Worldwide, 285 million people are affected by type 2 diabetes. Many of them have no idea.

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Book cover for “The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding”
The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding

The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised

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Book cover for “Eat Rich, Live Long”
Eat Rich, Live Long

Mastering the LowCarb & Keto Spectrum for Weight Loss and Longevity (1)

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Book cover for “Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Complete Food and Nutrition Guide, 5th Ed”
Description

The newest edition of the most trusted nutrition bible. Since its first, highly successful edition in 1996, The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Complete Food and Nutrition Guide has continually served as the goldstandard resource for advice on healthy eating and active living…

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No coverLet Your Mind Run
Let Your Mind Run

A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNOW WITH A NEW WORKBOOKDeena Kastor was a star youth runner with tremendous promise, yet her career almost ended after college, when her competitive methodrun as hard as possible, for fear of losingfostered a frustration and negativity and brought her to…

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Book cover for “Prescription for Nutritional Healing”
Prescription for Nutritional Healing

A Practical AtoZ Reference to DrugFree Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food ... AToZ Reference to DrugFree Remedies)

Description

Natural health's numberone bestseller for more than twenty years, completely revised and updated. With more than five million copies sold, Prescription for Nutritional Healing is the most trusted, comprehensive source on dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, and herbs.

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No coverPrevent and Reverse Heart Disease
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, NutritionBased Cure

Description

Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease challenges conventional cardiology by posing a compelling, revolutionary ideathat we can, in fact, abolish the heart disease epidemic in this country by changing our diets.

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No coverThe Smart Mom's Guide to Starting Solids
The Smart Mom's Guide to Starting Solids

How to Introduce, Advance, and Nourish Your Baby with First Foods (& Avoid the Most Common Mistakes)

Description

Your baby's food journey begins with his first bite. In fact, starting solids is a milestone that sets your child's future foundation of health. Yet, starting solids is one of the most confusing and daunting tasks of new parents.

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Book cover for “Fearless Feeding”
Fearless Feeding

How to Raise Healthy Eaters From High Chair to High School

Book Summary

Fearless Feeding by Maryann Jacobsen is a comprehensive, practical manual on children’s eating: when to introduce solids, mealtime tactics, and guidance for older kids including vegetarian teens. The strength is breadth—many everyday scenarios and age-specific suggestions are covered so parents can find concrete tactics to try. The limitation is a repetitive, advice-heavy tone: similar recommendations recur across chapters, so readers wanting a tight, fast checklist or a narrative-driven read may find it long-winded.

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No coverHow to Eat, Move and Be Healthy!
Description

2nd edition published 2018 The 2nd edition includes a new introduction by the author, covering his 4Doctor approach to help you successfully implement the strategies in the book. You are unique!

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Book cover for “Integrative Nutrition”
Integrative Nutrition

A WholeLife Approach to Health and Happiness

Description

There is no onesizefitsall diet.Fad diets all promise miraculous results for your outward appearance ? yet people continue to eat poorly, gain weight and depend on medications and operations to maintain their health.It's time for a reality check: there is no onesizetsall diet.

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Book cover for “Krause's Food & the Nutrition Care Process”
Description

A trusted classic for over 50 years, Krause's Food and the Nutrition Care Process, 14th Edition presents the most cuttingedge and uptodate dietetics content available in this everchanging field.

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Book cover for “Llama Llama Mad at Mama”
Description

Yucky music, great big feet.Ladies smelling way too sweet.Look at knees and stand in line.Llama Llama starts to whine.Does any child like to go shopping Not Llama Llama! But Mama can't leave Llama at home, so off they go to ShopORama. Lots of aisles. Long lines.

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Book cover for “Nutrition and Physical Degeneration”
Description

An epic study demonstrating the importance of whole food nutrition, and the degeneration and destruction that comes from a diet of processed foods.For nearly 10 years, Weston Price and his wife traveled around the world in search of the secret to health.

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Book cover for “Pediatric Nutrition”
Description

Significantly revised and updated by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition with contributions from more than 100 authors, the new seventh edition provides practicing clinicians with evidencebased guidance on the full spectrum of childhood nutrition issues.The…

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Book cover for “Strength Training Anatomy”
Description

The third edition of Strength Training Anatomy offers the most compelling artwork ever applied to a strength training resource.

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Book cover for “Strength Training Nutrition 101”
Strength Training Nutrition 101

Build Muscle & Burn Fat Easily...A Healthy Way Of Eating You Can Actually Maintain (Strength Training 101)

Description

A Sensible, Manageable Nutrition Guide That'll Help You Get The Most From Your Strength Training ProgramThere are more diets out there than you've had hot dinners...There are countless crappy supplements promising the world...There's all sorts of confusing advice being thrown at…

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No coverThe Food Revolution
The Food Revolution

How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World

Description

The man who started the food revolution with the groundbreaking Diet for a New America now boldly posits that, collectively, our personal diet can save ourselves and the world.

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No coverThe Intuitive Eating Workbook
The Intuitive Eating Workbook

Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food (A New Harbinger SelfHelp Workbook)

Description

Do you use food to comfort yourself during stressful times The Intuitive Eating Workbook offers a comprehensive, evidencebased program to help you develop a healthy relationship with food, pay attention to cues of hunger and satisfaction, and cultivate a profound connection with…

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No coverWomen's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing

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No coverBigger Leaner Stronger
Bigger Leaner Stronger

The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male Body

Description

If you want to be muscular, lean, and strong as quickly as possible without steroids, good genetics, or wasting ridiculous amounts of time in the gym and money on supplements...then you want to read this book.Here's the deal:Getting into awesome shape isn't nearly as complicated…

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No coverBorn to Eat
Born to Eat

Whole, Healthy Foods from Baby's First Bite

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Book cover for “Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating”
Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating

A StepbyStep Guide for Overcoming Selective Eating, Food Aversion, and Feeding Disorders

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No coverIntuitive Eating, 4th Edition
Description

Make peace with food.Free yourself from chronic dieting forever.Rediscover the pleasures of eating.The goto resourcenow fully revised and updatedfor building a healthy body image and making peace with food, once and for all.

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Book cover for “Intuitive Eating”
Intuitive Eating

A Revolutionary Program That Works

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No coverNourishing Traditions
Nourishing Traditions

The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and Diet Dictocrats

Description

The Diet Dictocrats don't want you to know that... Your body needs oldfashioned animal fats Newfangled polyunsaturated oils can be bad for you Modern whole grain products can cause health problems Traditional sauces promote digestion and assimilation Modern food processing…

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No coverRun Fast. Eat Slow.
Run Fast. Eat Slow.

Nourishing Recipes for Athletes

Description

From worldclass marathoner and 4time Olympian Shalane Flanagan and chef Elyse Kopecky comes a whole foods, flavorforward cookbook that proves food can be indulgent and nourishing at the same time.

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No coverAdvanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism
Description

Current, comprehensive, and designed to maximize clarity of the concepts you need to know, longtime best seller ADVANCED NUTRITION AND HUMAN METABOLISM, SIXTH EDITION delivers its signature quality content in a studentfriendly presentation.

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No coverChild of Mine
Child of Mine

Feeding with Love and Good Sense, Revised and Updated Edition

Description

Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense, by Satter, Ellyn

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Book cover for “Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy”
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy

The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating

Description

In this revised and updated edition of the bestselling Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, Dr. Walter Willett, for twentyfive years chair of the renowned Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H.

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No coverEat the Yolks
Description

Eat whole grains. Avoid red meat. Worry about cholesterol. We live in an era of health hype and nutrition propaganda, and we're suffering for it.

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Book cover for “Eat to Live Cookbook”
Eat to Live Cookbook

200 Delicious NutrientRich Recipes for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Reversing Disease, and Lifelong Health (Eat for Life)

Book Summary

Eat to Live Cookbook pairs a large set of straightforward, vegetable-heavy recipes with recurring nutrition guidance aimed at weight control and health maintenance. The useful part is dozens of practical dinners, breakfasts, and meal templates that favor nutrient-dense, lower-calorie ingredients and batch cooking. The main limitation is the book's prescriptive, advocacy tone: nutrition sections recur and restate the same rules, which can interrupt the recipe flow and feel preachy. No hands-on exercises — it's a cookbook with a strong agenda.

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No coverEat to Live
Eat to Live

The Amazing NutrientRich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Revised Edition

Description

Hailed a "medical breakthrough" by Dr. Mehmet Oz, Eat to Live offers a highly effective, scientifically proven way to lose weight quickly. The key to Dr. Joel Fuhrman's revolutionary sixweek plan is simple: health = nutrients / calories.

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No coverEat to Love
Eat to Love

A Mindful Guide to Transforming Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Life

Description

Eat to Love is a joyful, nondiet approach to mindfulness, intuitive eating, and falling in love with the body you live in.

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Book cover for “Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook”
Description

Boost your energy, manage stress, build muscle, lose fat, and improve your performance. The bestselling nutrition guide is now better than ever!"Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook" will help you make the right choices in cafes, convenience stores, drivethroughs, and your…

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No coverThe PlantBased Solution
The PlantBased Solution

America's Healthy Heart Doc's Plan to Power Your Health

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No coverEat Dirt
Eat Dirt

Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It

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No coverFood Matters
Food Matters

A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes

Description

From the awardwinning champion of culinary simplicity who gave us the bestselling "How to Cook Everything" and "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian" comes "Food Matters," a plan for responsible eating that's as good for the planet as it is for your weight and your health.We are…

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No coverFood Rules
Food Rules

An Eater's Manual

Description

A DEFINITIVE COMPENDIUM OF FOOD WISDOMEating doesn't have to be so complicated. In this age of evermore elaborate diets and conflicting health advice, Food Rules brings a welcome simplicity to our daily decisions about food.

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No coverThe Blue Zones Solution
The Blue Zones Solution

Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People

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No coverThe Dorito Effect
The Dorito Effect

The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

Description

A lively and important argument from an awardwinning journalist proving that the key to reversing America's health crisis lies in the overlooked link between nutrition and flavor.In The Dorito Effect, Mark Schatzker shows us how our approach to the nation's number one public…

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No coverThe No Meat Athlete Cookbook
The No Meat Athlete Cookbook

Whole Food, PlantBased Recipes to Fuel Your Workouts and the Rest of Your Life

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Book cover for “What to Eat”
Description

Since its publication in hardcover last year, Marion Nestle's What to Eat has become the definitive guide to making healthy and informed choices about food.

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Book cover for “Keto Clarity”
Keto Clarity

Your Definitive Guide to the Benefits of a LowCarb, HighFat Diet

Recommended Nutrition Books by Sanjay Bakshi

Sanjay Bakshi recommends 4 books on this list. See all book recommendations by Sanjay Bakshi

Recommended Nutrition Books by Sadia Badiei

Sadia Badiei recommends 3 books on this list. See all book recommendations by Sadia Badiei

Recommended Nutrition Books by Alexander Stubb

Alexander Stubb recommends 2 books on this list. See all book recommendations by Alexander Stubb

Nutrition Books: common questions

What are the most recommended nutrition books?
Why We Sleep, The Emperor of All Maladies and In Defense of Food are the most recommended nutrition books on BookMentions, ranked by how many people recommended them.
Who recommends nutrition books?
Sanjay Bakshi, Sadia Badiei, Alexander Stubb and Amy Tan are among the people who recommend books on this list. Each name links to their full set of book recommendations.
Which of these nutrition books should I read first?
Why We Sleep is the most recommended here with 27 recommendations, which makes it the safest place to start.

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This list aggregates books that appear in public recommendation sources, reader-interest signals, and category data. Books are ranked by their position from the source list; recommendation counts and ratings are shown where available. Open any book to see source-backed recommendation proof, editorial context, and Amazon options — the per-book detail page is where the trust signals live.

Recommended books by person: who recommends nutrition books

Books recommended by the people below. Open a profile to see everything they recommend, with the source behind each pick.