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The End of Craving
- Recovering the Lost Wisdom of Eating Well
- Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
The international bestseller from award-winning writer Mark Schatzker that reveals how our dysfunctional relationship with food began—and how science is leading us back to healthier living and eating.
For the last fifty years, we have been fighting a losing war on food. We have cut fat, reduced carbs, eliminated sugar, and attempted every conceivable diet only to find that eighty-eight million American adults are prediabetic, more than a hundred million have high blood pressure, and nearly half now qualify as obese. The harder we try to control what we eat, the unhealthier we become. Why?
Mark Schatzker has spent his career traveling the world in search of the answer. Now, in The End of Craving, he poses the profound question: What if the key to nutrition and good health lies not in resisting the primal urge to eat but in understanding its purpose?
Beginning in the mountains of Europe and the fields of the Old South, Schatzker embarks on a quest to uncover the lost art of eating and living well. Along the way, he visits brain scanning laboratories and hog farms, and encounters cultural oddities and scientific paradoxes—northern Italians eat what may be the world’s most delicious cuisine, yet are among the world’s thinnest people; laborers in southern India possess an inborn wisdom to eat their way from sickness to good health. Schatzker reveals how decades of advancements in food technology have turned the brain’s drive to eat against the body, placing us in an unrelenting state of craving. Only by restoring the relationship between nutrition and the pleasure of eating can we hope to lead longer and happier lives.
Combining cutting-edge science and ancient wisdom, The End of Craving is an urgent and radical investigation that “charts a roadmap not just for healthy eating, but for joyous eating, too” (Dan Barber, New York Times bestselling author of The Third Plate).
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- Anonymous User
- 20-08-24
Nutritive mismatch!
Nutritive mismatch! Fascinating concept. Without it being the author's explicit reason for writing 'The End of Craving', the book is quite possibly one of the best instruction manuals on how to eat.
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- Anna R.
- 17-06-24
Fascinating with excellent examples
I loved this. Find how why and how to eat intuitively and what the benefits are.
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-09-24
so informative
fabulous read, thank you for sharing so much information. everyone should read this book
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- Nichola F
- 22-12-22
Fascinating stuff
Really interesting examination of the neurological aspects of food and disordered eating, exploring the ways in which artificial sweeteners and additives as seemingly benign as the vitamins in enriched flours can conspire to confuse the body and contribute towards obesity.
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- TJ
- 30-11-21
Absolutely fascinating read about nutrition
I was very sad when this book came to an end! What an enthralling journey into the history of food, pre and post modernisation. The author shows that the 'improvements' we've made through technological means have had the opposite effect, and caused confusion and weight gain. This book is full of interesting stories about people and their experiences, and there were so many lightbulb moments throughout. This book will forever change how you read nutritional labels, and the food you put in your mouth. The author has no dietary bias (e.g. Low carb, low fat, paleo, etc) and this isn't a book that contains recipes and meal plans. What it does contain is far more important than that, and that is knowledge that will empower you to change your relationship with food for the better. I think this book should be required reading for everyone!
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