If You're Curious About These Questions...
You should listen to this audiobook
- Have you ever wondered why modern science fixates on individual nutrients while ignoring the incredible power of the 'whole' food?
- Did you know that a simple shift in your daily protein intake could be the most effective way to protect both your long-term health and the future of our planet?
- What if the secret to a longer, disease-free life isn't a new medical breakthrough, but something the food industry is desperate for you to overlook?
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Key Takeaways from Whole
- Understand why the modern medical system is really a 'disease-care system' and how adopting a whole-food, plant-based diet can actively prevent and reverse top killers like heart disease.
- Discover how excess animal protein fuels harmful oxidation and free radicals in your body, and why plant-based antioxidants are essential for protecting your cells from cancer.
- Learn the ideal macronutrient breakdown for optimal health, which consists of 80 percent carbohydrates, 10 percent fat, and 10 percent protein derived entirely from whole, unprocessed plants.
- Realize the dangers of scientific reductionism that studies nutrients in isolation, and embrace a 'Wholism' perspective to truly understand the complex ways your body processes food.
- Find out why obsessing over microscopic nutritional labels is fundamentally flawed, as it falsely reduces the rich complexity of human nutrition into a simplistic mathematical equation.
Whole — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: Changing your diet is a better route to healthy living than relying solely on the healthcare system.
Chapter 3: A plant-based diet can help combat harmful oxidation triggered by animal protein.
Chapter 4: Modern science is blinkered by reductionism that overlooks the bigger picture.
Chapter 5: How our bodies process nutrition is more complex than nutrition labels suggest.
Chapter 6: Taking supplements is less helpful than eating whole foods.
Chapter 7: Switching to a plant-based diet could address many of the world’s problems.
Chapter 8: Food and medical industries prioritize corporate profit more strongly than public health.
Whole Summary & Overview
Whole (2013) poses some fascinating questions: Can a change in our diet change the world? Would cutting back on our meat consumption make us and the planet a whole lot healthier? The evidence certainly suggests that a diet based on whole foods, plants and other low-protein foods might be the key to healthier living for everyone. So find out why the powers that be would rather you kept eating fast food.
Who Should Listen to Whole?
- Health-conscious readers
- Medical students and professionals interested in preventing diseases
- Foodies curious about their diet’s impact on the world
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