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My Favorite Books for Integral Health & Wellness
By an Amazon.com customer
Nourishing Traditions:  The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet DictocratsNourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $14.45
Reading the first 100 pages of this book will profoundly change your view of food and our modern food supply. The rest is a great cookbook full of mini-articles and lots of side-notes.
Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans FatsEat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fats by Mary Enig
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $8.64
Expands on nutritional guidelines found in Nourishing Traditions. Three different food plans, one for weight loss, one to improve health, and another to simply enjoy real food.
Waistland: The R/evolutionary Science Behind Our Weight and Fitness CrisisWaistland: The R/evolutionary Science Behind Our Weight and Fitness Crisis by Deirdre Barrett
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $2.89
Lays out why our evolutionary program is working against us. However, she isn't hard enough on aspartame, promotes poly unsaturated vegetable oils, and disparages saturated fat (see my review for more info). But other than that really great information.
The Pathway: Follow the Road to Health and HappinessThe Pathway: Follow the Road to Health and Happiness by Laurel Mellin
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01
A great do-it-yourself cognitive-behavioral technique to deal with any negative emotions/patterns that drive excesses (overeating, overspending, overworking, etc.) Effective and life changing. The rewards are deep, meaningful, and lasting.
Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for ConnectionFull Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection by Jessica Prentice
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $13.10
About food, culture, and human connection -- and a cookbook! Based on Weston A. Price principles (Nourishing Tradtions).
The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters AnonymousThe Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous by Overeaters Anonymous Incorporated
Buy new: $15.95 / Used from: $1.99
I highly recommend Overeater's Anonymous for anyone driven to compulsively overeat / binge eat. This is the "cultural" component of my personal integral health and wellness plan.
The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions--TodayThe Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions--Today by Julia Ross
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $5.89
I began suffering depression as a relationship ended and wound up depressed for over three years. Once I started the customized supplement plan found in this book I started to wake up and find joy again. This book has changed my life.
The Diet CureThe Diet Cure by Julia Ross
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.72
Similar to the Mood Cure, but came out first and focuses more on those that can't seem to lose weight or have suffered eating disorders and other issues.
The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development)The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development) by Jean Liedloff
Buy new: $11.22 / Used from: $5.99
Health and wellness starts in utero and continues into infancy and childhood. This book outlines how to raise a happy, healthy, confident child. A must read for all parents, parents-to-be, and any professional that works with parents and children.