Mercury-Free By Dr. James E. Hardy
Mercury-Free: The Wisdom Behind the Global Consumer Movement to Ban Silver Dental FillingsBy Dr. James E. HardyGabriel Rose Press The World Health Organization recognizes mercury as one […]
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Fat Head Kids by Tom Naughton
Fat Head Kids: Stuff About Diet and Health I Wish I Knew When I Was Your Age by Tom Naughton Many of you have seen Tom Naughton’s […]
Mercury Poisoning By David Hammond
Mercury Poisoning—The Undiagnosed Epidemic: Sources of Mercury and How to DetoxBy David HammondCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform As a young man in the 1970s, David Hammond labored in […]
Gardasil: Fast-Tracked and Flawed By Helen Lobato
Gardasil: Fast-Tracked and Flawed By Helen Lobato Spinifex Press According to SaneVax, a website run by an international group of concerned individuals, over fifty thousand adverse events have been reported […]
The Craving Cure By Julia Ross
The Craving Cure By Julia Ross Flatiron Books The subtitle of this book is Identify Your Craving Type to Activate Your Natural Appetite Control and the author, Julia Ross, […]
Vaccination is Not Immunization By Tim O’Shea
Vaccination is Not Immunization: The War on Children By Tim O’Shea Immunition Ltd Vaccination continues to be a hot topic, and more books come out on the subject every […]
Big Chicken By Maryn McKenna
Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World EatsBy Maryn McKennaNational Geographic A decade ago, I remember picking up The Omnivore’s Dilemma […]
$tatin Nation By Justin Smith
$tatin Nation: The Ill-Founded War on Cholesterol, What Really Causes Heart Disease, and the Truth about the Most Overprescribed Drugs in the World By Justin Smith Chelsea Green Publishing If […]
Rising from the Dead By Suzanne Humphries
Rising from the Dead By Suzanne Humphries Here we have a very detailed view of the medical industry from the inside. This book gives us not just a […]
Vegetarianism Explained By Natasha Campbell-McBride
Vegetarianism Explained: Making an Informed Decision By Natasha Campbell-McBride Medinform Publishing Recently my social media was overrun with questions about the documentary, What the Health. Honestly, after years […]
Conquering Cancer By Nicholas Gonzalez
Conquering Cancer: Volume I and Volume II By Nicholas J. Gonzalez New Spring Press If you ever heard Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez speak, you couldn’t help but notice that […]
Six-Foot Tiger, Three-Foot Cage By Felix Liao
Six-Foot Tiger, Three-Foot Cage By Felix Liao, DDS What happens when the jaw bones, the maxilla and the mandible, do not develop to their full size? For one […]
The Metabolic Approach to Cancer By Nasha Winters and Jess Higgins Kelley
The Metabolic Approach to Cancer: Integrating Deep Nutrition, the Ketogenic Diet, and Nontoxic Bio-Individualized Therapies By Nasha Winters and Jess Higgins Kelley Chelsea Green Publishing Cancer. So much […]
Cancer as a Metabolic Disease By Thomas N. Seyfried
Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer By Thomas N. Seyfried Wiley The first question cancer victims may ask is, “Why did […]
The Paleo Approach by Sarah Ballantyne
The Paleo Approach: Reverse Autoimmune Disease and Heal Your Body by Sarah Ballantyne, PhD Victory Belt Publishing Inc. What goes on in the human body is incredibly complex, […]
Eat Beautiful by Megan Stevens
Eat Beautiful: Grain-Free, Sugar-Free, And Loving It by Megan Stevens from EatBeautiful.net “Our passion for eating well was born out of our health adversities—trials I no longer regret! […]
The Fermented Man by Derek Dellinger
The Fermented Man: A Year on the Front Lines of a Food Revolution by Derek Dellinger The Overlook Press If you think that Derek Dellinger felt deprived during […]
A Mind of Your Own by Kelly Brogan
A Mind of Your Own by Kelly Brogan, MD, with Kristin Loberg HarperCollins Publishers There is something about upset apple carts that I find very entertaining so I […]
The Lean Farm by Ben Hartman
The Lean Farm by Ben Hartman Chelsea Green Publishing The standard American paradigm for success is to keep getting bigger. That’s the theory. In practice what seems to […]
Nourishing Space Within by Alegra Hart
I learned a new word from this book. If someone had asked me how my emunctories are, I wouldn’t have known whether I was being insulted or should […]
Slim Businez by Mark Cupples
Slim Businez by Mark Cupples Herald Books There must still be a few people out there who want to lose weight because books on how to lose weight […]
Deadly Medicines and Organized Crime by Peter C Gøtzsche
Deadly Medicines and Organized Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare by Peter C Gøtzsche Radcliffe Publishing The author, Peter Gøtzsche, graduated with a Master of Science degree […]
Pregnancy and Fluoride Do Not Mix by John D. MacArthur
Pregnancy and Fluoride Do Not Mix: Prenatal Fluoride and Premature Birth, Preeclampsia, Autism by John D. MacArthur Exposure of the fetus to fluoride (mostly from fluoridated water) is […]
Drowning in 8 Glasses
Drowning in 8 Glasses: 7 Myths About Water Revealed by Adrienne Hew, CN: Did you know that too much water can make you go into a coma? That […]
Just Breathe Out by Betsy Thomason
Just Breathe Out: Using Your Breath to Create a New, Healthier You Betsy Thomason, BA, RRT North Loop Books Just as the Weston A. Price Foundation has helped […]
Mastering Stocks and Broths By Rachael S. Mamane
Mastering Stocks and Broths: A Comprehensive Culinary Approach Using Traditional Techniques and No-Waste Methods By Rachael S. Mamane Chelsea Green Publishing Reviewing books about food and cooking is […]
The Hungry Brain By Stephan Guyenet
The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts that Make Us Overeat By Stephan J. Guyenet Flatiron Books Why is it so hard to turn down tasty foods? Why, once […]
The Alzheimer’s Antidote By Amy Berger
The Alzheimer’s Antidote: Using a Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease, Memory Loss, and Cognitive Decline By Amy Berger, MS, CNS, NTP Chelsea Green Publishing Alzheimer’s is […]
The Case against Sugar By Gary Taubes
The Case against Sugar By Gary Taubes Alfred A. Knopf In 1934, statisticians estimated that two or three people out of every one thousand Americans had diabetes. They […]
Eat Beautiful by Megan Stevens
Eat Beautiful: Grain-Free, Sugar-Free, And Loving It by Megan Stevens from EatBeautiful.net “Our passion for eating well was born out of our health adversities—trials I no longer regret! […]
Short Reviews, Spring 2017
THE HERBALIST’S KITCHEN: Brittany Wood Nickerson has put together a beautifully illustrated book full of imaginative recipes, all in line with Wise Traditions principles. You’ll have fun with […]
Adventures with Jodi
Adventures with Jodi: How One Girl Stopped Migraines and Chronic Pain and Accidentally Improved Her Family’s Health! Jodi Ledley WAPF member Jodi Ledley, from the Hardin County, Ohio, […]
Your Baby’s Microbiome by Harman and Wakeford
Your Baby’s Microbiome —The Critical Role of Vaginal Birth and Breastfeeding for Lifelong Health Toni Harman and Alex Wakeford Chelsea Green Publishing Science has begun to realize that […]
Short Reviews, Winter 2016
Eat to Energize by Leah E. McCullogh Maybe this book should have the subtitle, “The Liver Book.” Leah McCullough, “the Fibro Lady” cured herself of chronic fatigue by […]
Nourishing Fats By Sally Fallon Morell
Nourishing Fats: Why We Need Animal Fats for Health and Happiness By Sally Fallon Morell Grand Central Life & Style We have been hearing about how unhealthy saturated […]
Human Heart, Cosmic Heart by Thomas S. Cowan
Human Heart, Cosmic Heart Thomas S. Cowan, MD Chelsea Green Tom Cowan is a student of the esoteric philosopher Rudolf Steiner, and since his first introduction to Steiner’s […]
Modified by Caitlin Shetterfly
Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future by Caitlin Shetterfly G. P. Putnam’s Sons Around 90 percent of food seeds are owned by […]
The Green Revolution Delusion by Walt Davis & Tony Winslett
The Green Revolution Delusion: A False Promise Written and published by Walt Davis & Tony Winslett The term “green revolution” can be a little confusing because it sounds […]
The Art and Science of Grazing by Sarah Flack
The Art and Science of Grazing by Sarah Flack Chelsea Green With the growing interest in moving animals back to their natural diets, especially pasture and other such […]
Eat Right by Nick Barnard
Eat Right Nick Barnard Eat Right very categorically lives up to its name. The first category is dairy—kefir, yogurt, butter, ghee, curds and whey—and why you should prefer […]
Vegan Betrayal by Mara J. Kahn
Vegan Betrayal: Love, Lies and Hunger in a Plants-Only World Mara J. Kahn Little Boat Books The most potent argument for vegetarianism is the premise that avoiding animal […]
Vaccination and Naturopathic Medicine
Vaccination and Naturopathic Medicine edited by Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE NCNM Press Vaccination is a hot controversy today but it is not a new controversy. The debate has […]
50 Human Studies By Jim West
50 Human Studies In Utero, Conducted in Modern China Indicate Extreme Risk for Prenatal Ultrasound: A New Bibliography By Jim West Western medical authorities insist that diagnostic ultrasound […]
One Straw Revolutionary by Larry Korn
One Straw Revolutionary: The Philosophy and Work of Masanobu Fukuoka by Larry Korn Chelsea Green There are many approaches to farming—organic, biodynamic, permaculture, hydroponic, aquaponic, chemical factory farming, […]
The LDN Book by Linda Elsegood
The LDN Book edited by Linda Elsegood Chelsea Green Publishing The introduction gives a very telling glimpse into the world of medical practice. Dr. Cottel of California found […]
Fields of Farmers By Joel Salatin
Fields of Farmers: Interning, Mentoring, Partnering, Germinating By Joel Salatin Polyface Farms, Inc. All of us admire Joel Salatin for his pioneering work in pasture-based, multi-species agriculture. As […]
The Big Book of Kombucha by Hannah Crum and Alex La Gory
The Big Book of Kombucha Hannah Crum and Alex La Gory Oh, kombucha! How do we love thee? Let us count the ways! This is exactly what Hannah […]
Psychiatry Under the Influence by Robert Whitaker and Linda Cosgrove
Psychiatry Under the Influence: Institutional Corruption, Social Injury, and Prescriptions for Reform Robert Whitaker and Linda Cosgrove Palgrave Macmillan 2015 Psychiatry Under the Influence is the third in […]
Miraculous Abundance by Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer
Miraculous Abundance: One Quarter Acre, Two French Farmers, and Enough Food to Feed the World Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer Chelsea Green Publishing Some books engage the mind. Others […]
Adventures of Andrew Price by Sandrine Love and Mohammed Naser
The Adventures of Andrew Price by Sandrine Love and Mohammad Naser The Adventures of Andrew Price by Sandrine Love and Mohammad Naser Here at WAPF we aim to […]
Real Food for Rookies by Kelly the Kitchen Kop
Real Food for Rookies Kelly the Kitchen Kop House of Bread Books The switch from processed foods to real foods can be a daunting challenge, especially for a […]
Stop Vision Loss Now by Bruce Fife
Stop Vision Loss Now: Prevent and Heal Cataracts, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, and Other Common Eye Disorders Bruce Fife, ND Piccadilly Books, Ltd. 2015 Unable to believe my eyes […]
Make Mead like a Viking by Jereme Zimmerman
Make Mead like a Viking: Traditional Techniques for Brewing Natural, Wild-Fermented, Honey-based Wines and Beers Jereme Zimmerman Chelsea Green Publishing 2015 Perhaps it is the Nordic blood in […]
Doctoring Data by Malcolm Kendrick
Doctoring Data: How to Sort out Medical Advice from Medical Nonsense Dr. Malcolm Kendrick Columbus Publishing Ltd, 2015 Dr. Kendrick lives in Cheshire, England, so his writing has […]
The Statin Disaster by David Brownstein
The Statin Disaster David Brownstein, MD Medical Alternatives Press Dr. Brownstein takes a very logical and therefore unusual approach to analyzing the controversy surrounding statin (cholesterol-lowering) drugs: he […]
Statin Toxic Side Effects by David Evans
Statin Toxic Side Effects: Evidence from 500 Scientific Papers David Evans Grosvenor House Publishing, Ltd David Evans has already given us two great compendiums: Low Cholesterol Leads to […]
Cheddar by Gordon Edgar
Cheddar: A Journey to the Heart of America’s Most Iconic Cheese by Gordon Edgar Since I am an English-major cheesemaker specializing in raw milk artisan cheddar, I was […]
Beyond Biotechnology by Holdrege &Talbott
Beyond Biotechnology: The Barren Promise of Genetic Engineering Craig Holdrege & Steve Talbott University Press of Kentucky Before reading this book I was under the impression that I […]
Grain Brain by Perlmutter &Kristin Loberg
Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar—Your Brain’s Silent Killers David Perlmutter, MD with Kristin Loberg Little, Brown and Company 2013 Grain Brain is an […]
Brain Maker by Perlmutter & Loberg
Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain—for Life David Perlmutter, MD with Kristin Loberg Little, Brown and Company 2015 Modern medicine has […]
Cure Gum Disease Naturally by Ramiel Nagel
Cure Gum Disease Naturally: Heal and Prevent Periodontal Disease and Gingivitis with Whole Foods Ramiel Nagel Golden Child Publishing 2015 Conventional dental or periodontal approaches to gum disease […]
There Is a Choice: Homeoprophylaxis by Cilla Whatcott and Dr. Isaac Golden
There Is a Choice: Homeoprophylaxis Cilla Whatcott and Dr. Isaac Golden CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform The publication of Whatcott’s second book on homeoprophylaxis couldn’t be better timed. This […]
Vaccine Epidemic
VACCINE EPIDEMIC Louise Kuo Habakus, MA and Mary Holland, JD Subtitled “How Corporate Greed, Biased Science, and Coercive Government Threaten Our Human Rights, Our Health and Our Children,” […]
Nourishing Traditions Cookbook for Children
The Nourishing Traditions Cookbook for Children Suzanne Gross and Sally Fallon Morell Illustrated by Angela Eisenbart NewTrends Publishing The Nourishing Traditions Cookbook for Children is a beautifully illustrated […]
Altered Genes, Twisted Truth by Steven Druker
Altered Genes, Twisted Truth Steven M. Druker Distributed by Chelsea Green Publishing This tome has received rave reviews from a number of luminaries, described as one of the […]
Our Daily Poison
Our Daily Poison: From Pesticides to Packaging, How Chemicals Have Contaminated the Food Chain and Are Making Us Sick Marie-Monique Robin The New Press If you are not […]
Intelligent Gardener by Steve Solomon
The Intelligent Gardener: Growing Nutrient-Dense Food Steve Solomon with E. Reinheimer New Society Publishers On my shelf with many other gardening books The Intelligent Gardener stands tall, providing […]
Food: The Light Meat, Dark Meat and the Wishbone
Food: The Light Meat, Dark Meat and the Wishbone By Bill Hyde, PhD, Farmer Many of you may remember Bill Hyde’s wonderful article on the true cost of […]
Freedom from Fibromyalgia
Freedom from Fibromyalgia: 7 Steps to Recovery Leah E. McCullough Fibromyalgia is a serious condition that leaves sufferers incapacitated by pain and exhaustion. Medical doctors are not much […]
Grain of Truth by Stephen Yafa
Grain of Truth: The Real Case for and against Wheat and Gluten by Stephen Yafa Hudson Street Press, 2015 Proponents of countless health-aspiring camps have joined the cacophony […]
Healing Lyme Disease Coinfections by Stephen Harrod Buhner
Healing Lyme Disease Coinfections: Complementary and Holistic Treatments for Bartonella and Mycoplasma by Stephen Harrod Buhner Healing Arts Press If you tell the average person you have a […]
Funky Kitchen by Sarica Cernohous
The Funky Kitchen by Sarica Cernohous, LAc, MSTOM, BSBA We’ve seen a profusion of cookbooks about traditional diets in the last few years, most of them with many […]
Beautiful Babies by Kristen Michaelis
Beautiful Babies: Nutrition for Fertility, Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, & Baby’s First Foods by Kristen Michaelis Foreword by Joel Salatin Victory Belt Publishing, Inc. A not-so-quiet revolution is taking place, […]
Cholesterol Is Not the Culprit
Cholesterol Is Not the Culprit: A Guide to Preventing Heart Disease Fred A. Kummerow, PhD with Jean M. Kummerow, PhD At one hundred years of age, Fred Kummerow […]
Defending Beef by Nicolette Hahn Niman
Defending Beef: The Case for Sustainable Meat Production by Nicolette Hahn Niman Chelsea Green Publishing Our culture has descended to the level where we are industriously trashing our […]
Science for Sale by David L. Lewis, PhD
Science for Sale: How the U.S. Government Uses Powerful Corporations and Leading Universities to Support Government Policies, Silence Top Scientists, Jeopardize Our Health, and Protect Corporate Profits by […]
Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker
Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker Broadway Books, 2011 In 2010 Robert Whitaker, experienced […]
Mad in America by Robert Whitaker
Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill by Robert Whitaker Basic Books, 2nd edition Well written and researched, Mad in […]
An Electronic Silent Spring by Katie Singer
An Electronic Silent Spring: Facing the Dangers and Creating Safe Limits by Katie Singer Portal Books, 2014 Many people may be doing everything “right” to protect their health […]
Skinny on Fats by David Brownstein & Sheryl Shenefelt
The Skinny on Fats David Brownstein, MD and Sheryl Shenefelt, CN The subject of fats and oils is complicated and fraught with misconceptions—so much so that explaining the […]
Missing Microbes by Martin J Blaser
Missing Microbes by Martin J Blaser, MD Henry Holt and Company, LLC “Antibiotic winter” is ominously approaching. When it arrives we will return to the problems faced in […]
Heal Your Gut Cookbook by Hilary Boynton & Mary Brackett
The Heal Your Gut Cookbook: Nutrient-Dense Recipes For Intestinal Health Using the GAPS Diet Hilary Boynton and Mary G. Brackett Foreword by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride For those of […]
Fermented Vegetables by Kirsten Shockey & Christopher Shockey
Fermented Vegetables by Kirsten Shockey & Christopher Shockey The subtitle of this book is “Creative Recipes for Fermenting 80 Vegetables & Herbs in Krauts, Kimchis, Brined Pickles, Chutneys, […]
Nourishing Broth by Sally Fallon Morell & Kaayla Daniel
Nourishing Broth: An Old-Fashioned Remedy for the Modern World by Sally Fallon Morell, MA and Kaayla T Daniel, PhD, CCN Grand Central Life & Style Hachette Book Group […]
Cultured Foods for Your Kitchen
Cultured Foods for Your Kitchen Leda Scheintaub Cultured foods are coming to the fore in our newly food-conscious culture, and Scheintaub’s beautifully illustrated book lavishes a cornucopia of […]
Transformation by Michele Menzel
The Transformation: 48 Days to Eating & Living Naturally for Life Michele Menzel, ND, DPSc Some people learn about WAPF principles and change their diets overnight; for others […]
Dissolving Illusions by Suzanne Humphries & Roman Bystrianyk
Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History by Suzanne Humphries, MD & Roman Bystrianyk CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2014 Dissolving Illusions follows an unusual format, as the authors […]
Get Your Fats Straight by Sarah Pope
The Healthy Home Economist Guide: Get Your Fats Straight by Sarah Pope Our favorite blogger, Sarah Pope of thehealthyhomeeconomist.com, knows what mothers are dealing with these days—lack of […]
Farm as Ecosystem by Jerry Brunetti
The Farm as Ecosystem: Tapping Nature’s Reserve—Biology, Geology, Diversity Jerry Brunetti Acres USA Mycorrhizal fungi are mutualistic fungi that grow among the root systems of plants. This mutualistic […]
Gourmet Butcher’s Guide to Meat by Ward Cole
The Gourmet Butcher’s Guide to Meat by Ward Cole This book is made for meat lovers! Subtitled “How to Source It Ethically, Cut It Professionally, and Prepare It […]
Blood Code by Dr. Richard Maurer
The Blood Code: Unlock the Secrets of Your Metabolism by Dr. Richard Maurer The Twilight series of fantasy romance novels seems to be popular with the younger crowd […]
Small-Scale Dairy by Gianaclis Caldwell
The Small-Scale Dairy: The Complete Guide to Milk Production for the Home and Market by Gianaclis Caldwell Chelsea Green Publishing, 2014 This how-to book starts off with a […]
Solving the Paleo Equation By Garrett Smith and Matt Stone
Solving the Paleo Equation: Stress, Nutrition, Exercise, Sleep By Garrett Smith, ND and Matt Stone Victory Belt Publishing, 2014 Solving the Paleo Equation is a multifaceted book. The […]
Your Personal Paleo Code: The 3-Step Plan to Lose Weight, Reverse Disease, and Stay Fit and Healthy for Life by Chris Kresser
Your Personal Paleo Code: The 3-Step Plan to Lose Weight, Reverse Disease, and Stay Fit and Healthy for Life by Chris Kresser Little, Brown and Company, 2013 I […]
Big Fat Surprise By Nina Teicholz
The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet By Nina Teicholz Simon and Schuster, 2014 Nina Teicholz has a knack for discovering […]
Back to Butter
Back to Butter: A Traditional Foods Cookbook By Molly Chester and Sandy Schrecengost Intrigued by the principles of traditional foods but perplexed on how to get started? Here’s […]
Death by Food Pyramid by Denise Minger
Death by Food Pyramid: How Shoddy Science, Sketchy Politics, and Shady Special Interests Have Ruined Our Health by Denise Minger Primal Nutrition, 2014 Death by Food Pyramid contains […]
Sugarmaker’s Companion
The Sugarmaker’s Companion by Michael Farrell Subtitled, “An Integrated Approach to Producing Syrup from Maple, Birch, and Walnut Trees,” The Sugarmaker’s Companion provides easy-to-understand and nicely illustrated instructions […]
Guide to Healing Chronic Pain
Guide to Healing Chronic Pain: A Holistic Approach by Karen Kan, MD Karen Kan, a holistic physician and medical acupuncturist based in Lake Placid, New York, used natural, […]
Grain Brain
Grain Brain. The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs and Sugar, Your Brain’s Silent Killers by David Perlmutter, MD, with Kristin Loberg Little, Brown & Company, 2013 David Perlmutter, […]