Take back control of your plate and make real, whole food an everyday choice with this invaluable guide to understanding our complex and dysfunctional food system, from the creator of the popular podcast and social media platform.
Walk into any grocery store and you'll feel like you're dodging a million landmines. Every aisle full of ultra-processed foods reveals a disturbing truth: Our diet was not designed to prioritize our health.Irresistible products made from staple crops vie for our attention. Health claims on food labels that appear to be beneficial do not stand up to scrutiny. Pre-packaged products seem to be the perfect choice for a quick and easy meal.
In Very Real Food, integrative nutritionist and activist Courtney Swan shows you how to change this status quo and address the most common obstacles to eating more nutritious foods.Drawing what she's learned from her advocacy work and her podcast Real Foodology, Swan offers lessons on how to become a "real food expert" who pushes back against the ways of the food industry and replaces processed products laden with additives that harm our health. She explains how to do it:
• Simplify your grocery store decision-making process: Master the three questions to ask before adding anything to your cart.• Ditch noisy foods: Retrain your and your family's sense of taste with easy-to-implement tips.
• Break free from diet plans and meal templates: assemble a nutritious meal without the need for a recipe.
• Reclaim your right to real food: Help fix our broken food system through your consumer choices and activism.Packed with simple strategies designed for real life, Very Real Food delivers a powerful call to action and practical tools that put healthy food and better eating within reach.
