Vintage Remedies Guide to Real Food - Softcover

Jessie Hawkins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982231873 ISBN 13: 9780982231876

Publisher: Thistle Publications, 2010

Synopsis

Eat healthy, real, whole foods; Everyone has heard the advice, but it appears nobody can quite define what that means in real life. Is a healthy food one that is low fat? Vegetarian? Low carb? High fiber? What about oils, butter or red meat? Jessie Hawkins, author of The Handbook of Vintage Remedies, addresses the food confusion head on, in an easy and straightforward way. In this work, she covers not only how the food industry ended up where it is, but what this means to the health of our families, literally explaining what to eat and how to eat. The Vintage Remedies Guide to Real Foods describes in detail how to identify and choose healthy foods, how to change from a conventional diet to one of real foods, and answers many of those pressing questions about additives, local foods and nutrition labels. The work concludes with a guide to over 100 foods, including nutritional and medicinal benefits and recipes to explore. Other features include resources for fitting real foods into any grocery budget, tips for helping children enjoy real foods and a glossary of common food additives.

About this title

About the Author:

Jessie Hawkins is a clinical herbalist, traditional naturopath, green and sustainable living advocate and former childbirth professional. She founded Vintage Remedies and currently serves as Director of the Vintage Remedies School of Natural Health. In addition her writing and speaking career, she is a wife and homeschooling mother of four. Her family is blessed to reside among the rolling hills of middle Tennessee.

Review:

I have always believed that feeding each other is one of the most intimate acts we as human beings share with one another. Whether it s a newborn at their mother s breast, a family sharing their evening meal or a potential client offering to buy you lunch to discuss a business deal - they all acknowledge the same fundamental truth we need nourishment to survive come let me feed you.

I have tried to live my life in the kitchen whether cooking for my family, in a restaurant or teaching, adhering to my Grandmother s prime directive Son there s better places to save money than the food you put in your family s belly. If you want beef buy real beef. If you want a tomato buy it when God intended it to grow. And my own personal credo if it says good for you it s probably not, if it says engineered for better health avoid it all costs, and if they have to explain to you why it s not bad for you it most certainly is.

The topics that Jessie address in this book are things that everyone needs to know not should know needs to know. I applaud her; I encourage her... read this book. --Chef Jamie Watson

What you eat affects how you feel. It makes perfect sense, yet why is it so hard to find healthy food? Every time you go to the supermarket with your kids, it s a battle, you vs. all of the influences that your children are subject to from the industrial food complex, and I feel like I am losing the war. Along comes natural wellness professional, Jessie Hawkins to the rescue with her second book, writing it as if the reader is having a conversation with her in clear and empowering language.

Ms. Hawkins provides an historical perspective to how we got in this predicament and provides fuel and tools for us to climb out of it, take control, and take better care of ourselves and our families. This is an invaluable aid for all families concerned about health. Jessie reminds us how easy it is to lose sight of the simple fact that health begins with what we put in our body, and, she tells us, very simply, what we should we eat and why we should eat it. This is an amazing tool to have in my Family Medicine practice and to share with my patients. It should be in everyone's shopping cart. --Daniel B. Kalb, MD, MPH, FAAFP

The Vintage Remedies Guide to Real Food is a fantastic new book that keeps the focus away from what not to eat, and puts the spotlight on what to eat instead. In it, Jessie Hawkins lists the simple steps people can take to bring healthier, more wholesome and nourishing foods into their diet. The reader isn't left feeling empty and confused, as so many 'how to' books can do, but inspired...and full! --Sara Snow, Natural Living Expert/TV Host/Author

What you eat affects how you feel. It makes perfect sense, yet why is it so hard to find healthy food? Every time you go to the supermarket with your kids, it s a battle, you vs. all of the influences that your children are subject to from the industrial food complex, and I feel like I am losing the war. Along comes natural wellness professional, Jessie Hawkins to the rescue with her second book, writing it as if the reader is having a conversation with her in clear and empowering language.

Ms. Hawkins provides an historical perspective to how we got in this predicament and provides fuel and tools for us to climb out of it, take control, and take better care of ourselves and our families. This is an invaluable aid for all families concerned about health. Jessie reminds us how easy it is to lose sight of the simple fact that health begins with what we put in our body, and, she tells us, very simply, what we should we eat and why we should eat it. This is an amazing tool to have in my Family Medicine practice and to share with my patients. It should be in everyone's shopping cart. --Daniel B. Kalb, MD, MPH, FAAFP

The Vintage Remedies Guide to Real Food is a fantastic new book that keeps the focus away from what not to eat, and puts the spotlight on what to eat instead. In it, Jessie Hawkins lists the simple steps people can take to bring healthier, more wholesome and nourishing foods into their diet. The reader isn't left feeling empty and confused, as so many 'how to' books can do, but inspired...and full! --Sara Snow, Natural Living Expert/TV Host/Author

About this edition

• Publisher: Thistle Publications
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0982231873
• ISBN 13: 9780982231876
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 271