Food Video

Did you know that oatmeal actually isn't a healthy way to start the day? That milk doesn't build bones, and eggs aren't the devil? In Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?, Dr. Hyman looks at every food group and explains what we've gotten wrong, revealing which foods nurture our health and which pose threats. He also explains food's crucial role in functional medicine and how food systems and policies affect our environmental and personal health.

Everybody eats. We may even consider ourselves experts on the topic, or at least Instagram experts. But are we aware that the shrimp in our freezer may be farmed and frozen in Vietnam, the grapes in our fruit bowl shipped from Chile, and the coffee in our coffee maker grown in Nicaragua, roasted in Germany, and distributed in Canada? Whether we know it or not, every time we shop for food, cook, and eat, we connect ourselves to complex supply networks, institutions, and organizations that enable our food choices.

This book explores the concept of food, and why living things - i.e., animals, humans, and plants - need it.

Addiction is only possible to a person who is in denial of his own problems and who needs an “excuse” for escaping from his anxiety. It is a self-deception that exacerbates an individual’s problems by offering short-term pleasure as a solution for long-term anxiety. Yet, without self-deception, addiction would not be possible. You can go through scientific study after scientific study and none of them deal with the fact that any consumption item or activity that produces pleasure (but not nourishment) requires an excuse (or an argument) for its intake. In truth, most people eat way ...

Best friends Waffles and Mochi know that delicious food brings people together. So, when they start new jobs at a supermarket, they want to make a special treat for their coworkers. But what should it be? Their search for an answer will take them around the world as they investigate ingredients, find flavors, and make new friends.