Having seen the documentary of the same name, I was interested in reading the book as well. As expected, the information is the same. Diet has a huge impact on our health and in these pages, we find plenty of information and references to support that fact. This is a great accompaniment to the documentary.

Thank you to BenBella Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you Netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I thought this book had some good informative information on the issues that plague American made food. The author specifically targets meat, dairy and a little about health care in general. The author reveals that many of these foods are high in toxic chemicals and are a leading cause of cancer, diabetes and other life threatening diseases. This book is clearly written with the intend of pushing the reader to consider a plant based diet by emphazing the toxicity of other food. While I agree with many of the points indicated, I felt the author failed to explain that many of the fruits and vegetables grown in the US also carry toxic chemicals due to pesticides and other chemicals added to the plants. Even organically grown plants still carry some kind of pesticide. And then there's GMO that even if you buy non GMO you can never fully be sure your produce was not contaminated.
Unfortunately, American grown food has toxins that we can't avoid but that doesn't mean we shouldn't d minimize the things we know in large consumption is hazardous.

This book is full of studies and interviews with doctors and health practitioners on the wide and controversial topic of nutrition i.e. what is good for you and what is not.

Have you ever wondered if gluten and dairy are actually bad for you? Have you ever questioned if lean animal protein is actually good for you?

Most probably, you have. (All humans have.)

This book tries to uncover if any of these nutrition "facts" are based in science.

The book was well written and was engaging, despite the authors mentioning a new expert and a new study every other page.

There is a documentary to go with the book which I haven't watched.

The book ended at about 50% on my Kindle and the next 14% was recipes. After the 64-65% mark, it was notes and bibliography. Just a heads up.

I would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants to use food to live a better life. That means everyone. So go ahead and read this one.

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley.