I was expecting more ethnography and dry anthropology, but this is actually a diet book.
The diet is not too far from Joel Fuhrman's Eat To Live, In some ways it is more strict, requiring adherence to food combining rules and in some ways less strict, acknowledging social stigma and food availability.
As far as diets go, Bond has provided a ten step easing in that would probably be easy to implement.
Some of the of the rules are based on debunked food combining myths, however, it doesn't seem like following would be harmful.
I find it confusing that in many parts of the text he presents conflicting advice, He rails against grains, legumes, and dairy, but also recommends eating them, I guess this is part of acknowledging real modern world food availability, but I found it to be quite confused mixed messaging.
Again despite the drawbacks the diet would likely be more helpful than harmful, Once you read this book, you will never look at food the same again, I highly recommend this book for better eating, Your health will thank you for it, Geoff Bond's book "Natural Eating" surprises us by questioning many fondly held beliefs, Human beings have forgotten how they should be feeding themselves, Instead we are misled by the nutritional establishment which is blinkered by poor science, cultural conditioning, and by commercial vested interests.
The book cuts through the hype, misinformation and confusion to teach the basic, simple truth about how humans should be feeding themselves.
It is neither just a quick fix nor a new diet it is much more it is a way of life! It will change the practitioner's life around.
It will optimize his life chances for health, vitality and longevity, It avoids the health destroying distortions of fad diets,
Many people want to eat right but are confused by the conflicting messages, Natural Eating gives us the tools to see the truth clearly, It all becomes simple when we make our decisions based on the knowledge of what it means to be a human being.
We now know the origins of the human species, its ideal feeding pattern and how we can emulate this in today's world.
There are many surprises. Many foods that both the public and conventional nutritionists consider a normal, even essential part of the diet, are making us sick.
We need to sharply reduce them, even ban them completely, We need to give more emphasis to others, As Geoff Bond says "our Pleistocene ancestors KNEW they were living in a dangerous place, Today, we are like lambs to the slaughter, The average supermarket is just as dangerous a place
to find food as the savannahs of East Africa, We need to be just as skilful as our ancestors in making wise choices, "
"Natural Eating" is already highly popular in Europe and is being published in several languages,
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