For anyone who is actually interested in what scientists consider whole food and how we benefit from consuming whole foods, Dr Campbell has written a whole book about this:

https://www.amazon.de/Whole-Rethinking-Nutrition-Colin-Campbell/dp/1939529840#reader_1939529840

Yes. I would recommend a book called 'Whole' by T. Colin Campbell. http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Rethinking-Nutrition-Colin-Campbell/dp/1939529840/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421860813&sr=8-1&keywords=whole&pebp=1421860815231&peasin=1939529840

How Not to Die is an excellent introduction to the world of evidence-based nutrition! I also highly recommend The China Study and Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition.

OK, I fucked up.

Binge eating and anorexia are not related.

If you've had issues with anorexia (OCD), you understand the status loss associated with weight gain. In which case, I'm sorry I went too hard and gave you awful and dangerous advice. Most women vastly underestimate the status loss of being overweight. You overestimate it. And underestimate the risk to your life.

People suffering anorexia think the status loss is far worse than it is and can vividly imagine and over estimate horrible worst case scenarios. You don't need motivation, you have that. I wish i did more often!

What sufferers of anorexia are out of touch with is they have a distorted view of is what the problem is and how to go about fixing it. The problem for everyone isn't about losing weight or a certain dress size, it's about maintaining healthy weight. Which is the attractive weight, luckily they both align. With most people we don't need to go that detailed and it's usually counterproductive. A healthy, attractive weight is likely a couple of pants sizes higher, and 20lb heavier than estimated, because part of that healthy attractive weight is physical fitness, which is an increasingly greater factor to attractiveness/health as one closes in on a healthy weight. Lean muscle mass that fit people have is heavy and fills out clothes.

The problem isn't being overweight, it's not maintaining a healthy and attractive body. This can be because one is overweight or underweight combined with lack of fitness and poor diet. Dress sizes, calorie intake & weight are not ideal goals. They are vague guidelines and goals that are great for most people, but counterproductive for people with anorexia or for people approaching their ideal health. The goal is to live a healthy lifestyle of great nutrition combined with regular daily exercise. The great, attractive body is then a result.


So we understand the problem, how do we go about fixing it? It's tough. Firstly though understanding nutrition (https://nutritionstudies.org/whole-food-plant-based-diet-guide/
https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Rethinking-Nutrition-Colin-Campbell/dp/1939529840) and secondly through increasing exposure to scenarios outside your comfort zone to make you realize that,'hell the sky isn't falling in'. Putting on some weight and realizing that 'hey, I'm still attractive' has been a healthy thing. Now just tune it up.


Whatever I've said in the earlier posts here, if someone was to take anything away from it, it would be that book. It's written by Dr Doug Lisle who is an expert in evolutionary psychology, which IMO is what the good parts of TRP are based on. He does a great podcast 'beatyourgenes', I'd recommend it to everyone, there's 130 odd episodes, I found last weeks boring, but most are phenomenal and I've listened to them all. Scroll down and find a topic you find interesting and give it a shot.

Part 2:

Anatomy and Physiology

• Gray's Anatomy. My friend suggests getting both a modern version and if you can, one of the classical editions. She does not like the Barnes and Noble or some of the other "collector editions" because she thinks the illustrations are too small to read, despite the elegant binding they come in.
  
  
• The Anatomy Coloring Book My friend greatly recommends the entirety of this series of books.
  
  
• Human Anatomy and Physiology by John W. Hole. My friend owns the 2nd edition (1981) version of this book. She can't speak for the newer, modern version but she says this is an excellent college-level text on human anatomy and physiology.
  
  
• Human Anatomy & Physiology (Marieb, Human Anatomy & Physiology). This is a more modern text that my friend has and suggests.
  
  

  Other Medical Texts (Pathology, organic chemistry, biology, nutritional science, etc)
  

  
  

• Clinical Pathophysiology Made Ridiculously Simple by Aaron Berkowitz
  
  
• Robbin's Basic Pathology
  
  
• Food and Western Disease: Health and Nutrition From An Evolutionary Perspective
  
  
• Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism
  
  
• Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition
  
  
• Real Food For Pregnancy by Lily Nichols
  
  
• Nutritional Grail: Ancestral Wisdom, Breakthrough Science, and the Dawning Nutritional Renaissance
  
  
  
• Dr. Klein's Organic Chemistry (textbook)
  
  
• Campbell's Biology (textbook) - Any newer edition will do. She also suggests the biology coloring book as an additional exercise book.
  
  

  Formularies, Pharmacy
  

  
  

• Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals, Volume I, Volume II, and Volume III by Dr. Jill Stansbury
  
  
• Fenner's Formulary: Containing Formulae for the Preparation of All the Elixirs, Emulsions, Essences, Flavoring Extracts, Glycerites, Solutions, ... Preparations, Now in Use by Byron Fenner. A classical formulary, it is also available in PDF form from forgottenbooks and the SWSBM.
  
  
• Remington: The Practice and Science of Pharmacy
  
  
  

  Classical Herbals
  

  
  
  

• Culpeper's Herbal
  
  
• King's American Dispensatory
  
  
• The classical herbals listed on Henriette's Herbal Page
  
  

These are recommendations from my friends:

The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter

Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

Cowspiracy which is a documentary available on Netflix.

I haven't read or watched any of these but my friends are smart people and this is what they recommend. I'm also going to read these and watch Cowspiracy so I'm more current with my information. Also this website (click on Food Justice: Know The Issues): http://www.foodispower.org/