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Recommended Books on Nutrition & Cooking

General Nutrition & Healthy Eating

  • The Color Code: A Revolutionary Eating Plan for Optimum Health, James Joseph PhD, Daniel Nadeau MD & Anne Underwood
  • Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food, Catherine Shanahan MD
  • Eat, Drink and Be Healthy, Walter Willett, MD​​
  • Feeding You Lies: How to Unravel the Food Industry's Playbook and Reclaim Your Health, Vani Hari
  • Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats, Sally Fallon
  • The Paleo Cure: Eat Right for your Genes, Body Type and Personal Health Needs, Chris Kresser
  • What Color is Your Diet?, David Heber, MD, PhD​

Specialized Diets

Anti-Inflammation & Auto-immunity
  • The Anti-Inflammation Diet and Recipe Book, Jessica K. Black  
  • The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living, Jeff Volek and Stephen Phinney
  • The Blood Sugar Solution, Dr. Mark Hyman
  • Fat For Fuel: A Revolutionary Diet to Combat Cancer, Boost Brain Power, and Increase Your Energy, Dr. Joseph Mercola​
  • Super Immunity, Joel Fuhrman, MD   
  • The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions, Terry Wahls MD  
  • Wheat Belly, William Davis, MD

Weight Loss
  • Eat, Drink, and Weigh Less, Mollie Katzen & Walter Willett, MD
  • The Ultrametabolism Cookbook, Mark Hyman, MD
  • The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom, Dallas Hartwig and Melissa Hartwig
  • You On A Diet: The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management, Michael F. Roizen, MD & Mehmet C. Oz, MD

Athletes
  • The Art & Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance, Jeff Volek and Stephen Phinney
  • Fuel for Young Athletes, Ann Litt

Ayurveda & Seasonal Eating
  • The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook: A Seasonal Guide to Eating & Living Well, Kate O'Donnell
  • The Ayurvedic Cookbook, Amadea Morningstar
  • Ayurvedic Cooking for Everyone, Amadea Morningstar
  • Eat-Taste-Heal: An Ayurvedic Cookbook for Modern Living, Thomas Yarema, Daniel Rhoda & Johnny Brannigan

​Chronic Illness & Disease, Digestive Health
  • DASH Diet Action Plan: Proven to Lower Blood Pressure and Cholesterol without Medication, Marla Heller
  • Gut and Psychology Syndrome, Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride
  • The Heal Your Gut Cookbook: Nutrient-Dense Recipes for Intestinal Health Using the GAPS Diet, Hillary Boynton & Mary Brackett
  • Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal, Anthony William

Psychology of Eating
  • The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, David A. Kessler, MD
  • ​Intuitive Eating, Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch (This is hands-down my favorite book on emotional eating.)
  • Freedom in Your Relationship with Food, Myra Lewis (This is written by an Ayurvedic Practitioner)
  • Women, Food, and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything, Geneen Roth​
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