For the Curious — Further Reading
A reputable shelf, all real.
- Walter Willett, Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy — the Harvard nutrition scientist's evidence-based guide.
- Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food (2008) — "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
- Marion Nestle, What to Eat (2006) and Food Politics (2002).
- Tim Spector, Spoon-Fed (2020) and The Diet Myth (2015) — on the microbiome and nutritional individuality.
- Justin & Erica Sonnenburg, The Good Gut (2015).
- Bee Wilson, First Bite: How We Learn to Eat (2015).
- Gyorgy Scrinis, Nutritionism: The Science and Politics of Dietary Advice (2013).
- Herman Pontzer, Burn (2021) — metabolism and energy expenditure, against the myths.
- Harold McGee, On Food and Cooking (rev. 2004) — the chemistry beneath it all.
- The EAT-Lancet Commission report, Food in the Anthropocene (2019).