Nourishing traditions

Nafiza reviewed Nourishing traditions by Sally Fallon

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2 stars

The recipes were decent and a good selection for more veggie and whole food based focus. That being said a lot of claims and false information were made and given in the first part of the book which was just a big rant against established food science and gov't agencies. The irony of trying to warn people away from a nutritional think tank/body run by a group yet belonging to a nutritional think tank group has passed by the author. But like any common sense approach to one's health and diet, don't just go to a book for your nutritional needs. Learn, compare, talk to your doctor and nutritionist, keep learning and be willing to be wrong, adjust as needed.

Laura Lemay reviewed Nourishing traditions by Sally Fallon

Review of 'Nourishing traditions' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Any book that contains the word "dictocrats" in the title should probably be read with a wary eye. This is a rant in the form of a cookbook, based on the work of the Weston Price Foundation. I'm sympathetic to many of the ideas here (especially the idea of eating natural, organic, unprocessed foods) but I think the authors use questionable science to back up many of the more out-there ideas. There's some serious cherry picking of references here. If it convinces people to eat healthier, to eat closer to nature, that's a good thing, but I was turned off by the didactic, lectury tone and the wacky conspiracy theorist smell.

I did like the fermenting recipes (I have some pickles up right now using the recipes in the early part of the book), but little other that really called out to me that I had to try.

I'm glad …

Any book that contains the word "dictocrats" in the title should probably be read with a wary eye. This is a rant in the form of a cookbook, based on the work of the Weston Price Foundation. I'm sympathetic to many of the ideas here (especially the idea of eating natural, organic, unprocessed foods) but I think the authors use questionable science to back up many of the more out-there ideas. There's some serious cherry picking of references here. If it convinces people to eat healthier, to eat closer to nature, that's a good thing, but I was turned off by the didactic, lectury tone and the wacky conspiracy theorist smell.

I did like the fermenting recipes (I have some pickles up right now using the recipes in the early part of the book), but little other that really called out to me that I had to try.

I'm glad I read it because a bunch of friends have been pushing the WP foundation at me, and now I know exactly what they're up to, but I'm not at all convinced by the arguments.

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