Updated November 22, 2021
So this book opens up on a rant about climate change, which was not totally what I was expecting. But after I finished reading, it made me mad as hell and reinforced one of my hardcore beliefs- the S.A.D. (Standard American Diet) is killing us slowly, and there is lots of corruption.
I love how Dr. Mark Hyman exposes some of the corruption and gives lots of ways we can find more information or get involved in organizations to save our health and our communities. You can find some of the resources mentioned in the book here.
Not Your Typical “Food Book”
If you are familiar with Mark Hyman, you may think this is similar to his other books. But it’s not really. It’s basically part “how to eat better” and part exposé on the lengths at which big food and big agriculture work to mislead customers, and destroy the planet because they just care about profits.
For example, who know that money from the SNAP program makes up about 20% of Coca Cola’s annual revenue in the United States? Ever notice that in America, we don’t use the metric system, but our nutrition facts are measured in grams and milligrams? Did you know that 1 teaspoon of sugar is 4 grams of sugar ? A Food Fix solution would be to change nutrition facts of sugar in teaspoon units- that might make consumers more aware of how much sugar they are eating.
Did you know Cuba now has a higher life expectancy that the U.S.? And why do most of the subsidies our government doles out go to big farms and the production of unhealthy food like corn, wheat, and soy, instead of fruits and vegetables? Why would companies pay millions of dollars to fight laws telling consumers if their products contain GMOs or not?
Okay, my rant is over. But seriously, if this doesn’t make you upset, then you must work for big food companies. I don’t want to leave you with the wrong impression.
As much as we are screwed, as much as your are angry that we’ve been hoodwinked by the food and agriculture industries- our obesity rates pretty much prove this – we have a lot of hope to make changes to save ourselves and our planet. So I’ll include some other resources at the bottom of this post. Or you can just read the book yourself or check out the book’s website. I hope you enjoyed my Food Fix Hyman review.
How Many Stars
4.5 🙂
My Biggest Takeaway From Food Fix
I’ve been interested in dieting, exercise, fitness, and our food system for a long time. This book reinforces my belief that in order to lose weight or to eat healthy, it’s not just “calories in, calories out”, and that big food companies intentionally mislead the consumer. But books like Food Fix allow more people to see the light, and there are changes being made every day. So with that, let me leave you some more resources to check out.
–>Check out Food Fix Here<–
Some More Resources- Some Here and Many More in the Book
- Food Fix Book
- Local Harvest – Find your local food
- Eatwild– Find grass-fed meat
- Soil Carbon Initiative– Fight climate change through soil
- Carbon Underground– Fight climate change through soil, again
Book Details one more time
Title: Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, and Our Planet- One Bite at a Time
Author: Mark Hyman
Publish Date: February 25, 2020
ISBN: 031645317X ISBN-13: 978-0316453172
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