{"id":4087,"date":"2018-04-01T09:11:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T14:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=4087"},"modified":"2019-02-21T15:07:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T21:07:31","slug":"book-review-food-sanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=4087","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Food Sanity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"food-sanity\"It’s amazing how many different diets–including Paleo, Atkins, Mediterranean and Keto–we have at our disposal. I myself have tried Tim Ferriss’ slow-carb diet, though I’m familiar with others. One thing is clear: there’s not a lot of consistency in terms of what you may or may not eat from one diet to another.<\/p>\n

Leave it to a chiropractor to figure it out.<\/p>\n

In Dr. David Friedman’s recently published book, Food Sanity: How to Eat in a World of Fads and Fiction<\/em><\/a> ($19.99, Turner Publishing), which I accepted an offer to review, he pores over unbiased research to debunk myths and create a definitive list of what foods to eat and what foods to avoid.<\/p>\n

For example, the Paleo and Atkins diets pretty much give free reign to eat as much meat as you want. However, Dr. Friedman cites research that shows red meat causes colon cancer, beef also increases the risk of diabetes, pork also can cause liver cirrhosis and milk should not be consumed beyond infancy.<\/p>\n

But, if you must eat these items,\u00a0he recommends only USDA-certified organic beef; grass-fed or free-range pork, preferably in the form of pork loins; and\u00a0almond, hemp (!), rice, cashew or coconut milk.<\/p>\n

I appreciated that the book is an easy read, and it uses a combination of studies and common sense\u00a0to open your\u00a0eyes to what we put in our bodies. I’m going to use Food Sanity<\/em> as an ongoing reference guide to healthier eating.<\/p>\n

Other chapters include\u00a0explanations on:<\/p>\n