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How to Be a Conscious Eater
How to Be a Conscious Eater: Making Food Choices That Are Good for You, Others, and the Planet | Sophie Egan
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A radically practical guide to making food choices that are are good for you, others, and the planet. Is organic really worth it? Are eggs ok to eat? If so, which ones are best for you, and for the chickenCage-Free, Free-Range, Pasture-Raised? What about farmed salmon, soy milk, sugar, gluten, fermented foods, coconut oil, almonds? Thumbs-up, thumbs-down, or somewhere in between? Using three criteriaIs it good for me? Is it good for others? Is it good for the planet?Sophie Egan helps us navigate the bewildering world of food so that we can all become conscious eaters. To eat consciously is not about diets, fads, or hard-and-fast rules. Its about having straightforward, accurate information to make smart, thoughtful choices amid the chaos of conflicting news and marketing hype. An expert on foods impact on human and environmental health, Egan organizes the book into four categoriesstuff that comes from the ground, stuff that comes from animals, stuff that comes from factories, and stuff thats made in restaurant kitchens. This practical guide offers bottom-line answers to your most top-of-mind questions about what to eat. The clearest, most useful food book I own.A. J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author
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If you don't know much abt the food you eat, where it comes from, the enviro and human costs to make it, and how to be a good shopper (or consumer in gen) then maybe this is the book for you. I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed it. It's not a dieting book, which I was afraid it would be. Instead, we get so much useful information, things I sort of knew from previous books and just my mom's knowledge, and more that left me 🤯 #nonfiction

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Three books from my stacks about making good food #choices for health & for the planet. 🍏🥬🥦🥒🥝💚

Eggs Well done 👍🏼 2y
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Great info here. Not all of it was new, but presented in a way to make you think about food and consumption and how it affects both your health and the health of the planet. A great reference book to have on your shelf! Making headway on my bingo board! #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Sounds intriguing, and your bingo board is looking great!! 2y
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This isn‘t a diet book or a cookbook. Egan doesn‘t chastise you for eating meat instead of being vegan. Instead, she lays out options for picking healthy, more socially conscious choices in three key areas: stuff from the ground, stuff from animals, and stuff from factories. Egan is quickly becoming a nonfiction favorite of mine, along with Bee Wilson, Mary Roach, Lucy Worsley, and A.J. Jacobs. This was a digital loan, but I ordered my own copy.

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