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🌱 REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE & SOIL HEALTH

Foundational Texts

• Dirt to Soil – Gabe Brown
• The Call of the Reed Warbler – Charles Massy
• Teaming with Microbes – Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis
• Growing a Revolution – David Montgomery
• The Hidden Life of Trees – Peter Wohlleben
• Cows Save the Planet – Judith Schwartz
• The Soil Will Save Us – Kristin Ohlson
• Restoration Agriculture – Mark Shepard
• Soil Science For Regenerative Agriculture – Amélie des Plantes

Deeper Dives

• The Market Gardener – Jean-Martin Fortier
• Mycelium Running – Paul Stamets
• The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved – Sandor Katz
• One Straw Revolution – Masanobu Fukuoka
• Weeds and Wildness – Richard Manning
• The New Rules of the Roost – Robert Plamondon

🥩 ANIMAL AGRICULTURE & ETHICAL PROTEIN

Essential Reading

• Sacred Cow – Diana Rodgers & Robb Wolf
• Defending Beef – Nicolette Hahn Niman
• The Ethical Carnivore – Louise Gray
• Grass, Soil, Hope – Courtney White
• The Third Plate – Dan Barber
• Salad Bar Beef – Joel Salatin

Advanced Perspectives

• Management-Intensive Grazing – Jim Gerrish
• Pastured Poultry Profits – Joel Salatin
• Comeback Farms – Greg Judy
• Holistic Management – Allan Savory

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🧠 NUTRITION SCIENCE & METABOLIC HEALTH

Carbohydrate/Sugar Critique

• The Case Against Sugar – Gary Taubes
• Sugar Blues – William Dufty
• Fat Chance – Dr. Robert Lustig
• Pure, White, and Deadly – John Yudkin
• Metabolical – Dr. Robert Lustig
• The Harcombe Diet – Zoe Harcombe
• Sweet Poison – David Gillespie

Protein & Fat Rehabilitation

• The Case for Keto – Gary Taubes
• Why We Get Fat – Gary Taubes
• The PE Diet – Dr. Ted Naiman & William Shewfelt
• The Big Fat Surprise – Nina Teicholz
• Eat Rich, Live Long – Ivor Cummins & Jeffry Gerber
• The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living – Phinney & Volek

Cellular & Molecular Nutrition

• Deep Nutrition – Dr. Cate Shanahan
• The Circadian Code – Dr. Satchin Panda
• Lifespan – Dr. David Sinclair
• The Longevity Diet – Dr. Valter Longo
• Metabolic Autophagy – Siim Land
• The Complete Guide to Fasting – Dr. Jason Fung

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🔬 ANCESTRAL HEALTH & EVOLUTIONARY NUTRITION

Foundational Works

• Nutrition and Physical Degeneration – Weston A. Price
• Nourishing Traditions – Sally Fallon Morell
• Eat Like a Human – Dr. Bill Schindler
• Primal Body, Primal Mind – Nora Gedgaudas
• The Paleo Solution – Robb Wolf
• Lights Out – T.S. Wiley

Advanced Evolutionary Perspectives

• Mismatch – Gluckman & Hanson
• The Story of the Human Body – Daniel Lieberman
• Paleofantasy – Marlene Zuk (contrarian perspective)
• The Hungry Brain – Stephan Guyenet
• Catching Fire – Richard Wrangham

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🌾 FOOD SYSTEM CRITIQUE & REFORM

Industrial Agriculture Exposés

• The Omnivore’s Dilemma – Michael Pollan
• Fast Food Nation – Eric Schlosser
• The End of Food – Paul Roberts
• Stuffed and Starved – Raj Patel
• Diet for a Hot Planet – Anna Lappé
• Farmageddon – Philip Lymbery

Policy & Economics

• The Wealth of Nature – John Michael Greer
• Food Justice – Robert Gottlieb & Anupama Joshi
• Resetting the Table – Robert Paarlberg
• The Food Revolution – John Robbins
• Appetite for Profit – Michele Simon

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🧬 SPECIALIZED HEALTH TOPICS

Gut Health & Microbiome

• The Good Gut – Justin & Erica Sonnenberg
• Missing Microbes – Martin Blaser
• Brain Maker – Dr. David Perlmutter
• Fiber Menace – Konstantin Monastyrsky
• The Plant Paradox – Dr. Steven Gundry

Hormones & Metabolism

• The Hormone Fix – Dr. Anna Cabeca
• The Obesity Code – Dr. Jason Fung
• Master Your Metabolism – Jillian Michaels
• The Adrenal Reset Diet – Dr. Alan Christianson
• The Thyroid Connection – Dr. Amy Myers

Inflammation & Autoimmunity

• The Autoimmune Solution – Dr. Amy Myers
• The Wahls Protocol – Dr. Terry Wahls
• Grain Brain – Dr. David Perlmutter
• The Carnivore Code – Dr. Paul Saladino
• Wheat Belly – Dr. William Davis

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🦷 DENTAL HEALTH & TRADITIONAL WISDOM

• Cure Tooth Decay – Ramiel Nagel
• Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye – Dr. Ellie Phillips
• Whole Body Dentistry – Dr. Mark Breiner
• The Calcium Lie – Dr. Robert Thompson
• Dental Herbalism – Leslie Alexander

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🌿 FOOD PREPARATION & TRADITIONAL METHODS

Fermentation & Preservation

• Wild Fermentation – Sandor Ellix Katz
• The Art of Fermentation – Sandor Ellix Katz
• Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning – The Gardeners of Centre Terre Vivante
• Cultured Food for Health – Donna Schwenk

Cooking & Preparation

• Tender – Nigel Slater
• Salt Fat Acid Heat – Samin Nosrat
• The Whole Beast – Fergus Henderson
• Charcuterie – Michael Ruhlman & Brian Polcyn

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📚 CONTRARIAN & CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES

Important opposing viewpoints for balanced understanding

• The China Study – T. Colin Campbell (plant-based perspective)
• How Not to Die – Dr. Michael Greger (vegan perspective)
• Proteinaholic – Dr. Garth Davis (anti-protein argument)
• The Starch Solution – Dr. John McDougall
• In Defense of Food – Michael Pollan (balanced omnivore)

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🔍 INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM & EXPOSÉS

• Salt Sugar Fat – Michael Moss
• Pandora’s Lunchbox – Melanie Warner
• The Dorito Effect – Mark Schatzker
• Foodopoly – Wenonah Hauter
• Seeds of Deception – Jeffrey Smith
• The Untold Story of Milk – Ron Schmid

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🧪 ADVANCED BIOCHEMISTRY & RESEARCH

• Good Calories, Bad Calories – Gary Taubes
• The Perfect Health Diet – Paul & Shou-Ching Jaminet
• Undoctored – Dr. William Davis
• The End of Alzheimer’s – Dr. Dale Bredesen
• The Metabolic Approach to Cancer – Dr. Nasha Winters

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🌍 ENVIRONMENTAL & CLIMATE CONNECTIONS

• Drawdown – Paul Hawken
• The Sixth Extinction – Elizabeth Kolbert
• Braiding Sweetgrass – Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Swallow This – Serving Up the Food Industry’s Darkest Secrets – Joanna Blythman
• Kiss the Ground – Josh Tickell

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📖 PRACTICAL GUIDES & COOKBOOKS

• The Carnivore Cookbook – Maria Emmerich
• The Keto Reset Diet Cookbook – Mark Sisson
• Well Fed – Melissa Joulwan
• The Healing Kitchen – Alaena Haber & Sarah Ballantyne
• Against All Grain – Danielle Walker

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This comprehensive list provides multiple perspectives across the spectrum of regenerative agriculture, nutritional science, and food system reform. Start with the foundational texts in each category, then explore specialized topics based on your interests and health goals.