Publisher: Big Box Books (November 14, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0615228380
ISBN-13: 978-0615228389
About the Author
Catherine Shanahan, MD trained at Cornell
University's Molecular Biology program where she learned how nutrients direct
physiologic growth. In medical school, she found that older patients raised on
traditional foods tended to be the healthiest in their family, endowed with
attractive features, strong joints, and sturdy bones. Applying her experience
in genetics, she identified which traditional foods optimize gene expression. While
lecturing around the Pacific, Dr. Shanahan has revolutionized how fellow
medical professionals think about nutrition and health. Luke Shanahan, MFA
graduated from University of Iowa where he attended the prestigious Writers'
Workshop as an undergrad.
Since graduate school, he has taught and lectured
around the country and continued to pursue his interests in literature, art,
and cooking.
Deep Nutrition illustrates how our ancestors used
nourishment to sculpt their anatomy, engineering bodies of extraordinary health
and beauty. The length of our limbs, the shape of our eyes, and the proper
function of our organs are all gifts of our ancestor's collective culinary
wisdom. Citing the foods of traditional cultures from the Ancient Egyptians and
the Maasai to the Japanese and the French, the Shanahans identify four food
categories all the world's healthiest diets have in common, the Four Pillars of
World Cuisine. Using the latest research in physiology and genetics, Dr.
Shanahan explains why your family's health depends on eating these foods. In a
world of competing nutritional ideologies, Deep Nutrition gives us the full
picture, empowering us to take control of our destiny in ways we might never
have imagined.
Deep Nutrition is an approved textbook for these
health professionals and can be purchased using CEU monies. See the Numedix
website for more information.
• Registered Dietitians
• Diet Technicians
• Certified Diabetes Educators
• Nurses
• Certified Athletic Trainers
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Licensed Clinical Social Workers
• Licensed Educational Psychologists
• Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors
Review (Amazon.com)
"Immediately I was struck by the clarity and
simplicity of the writing. I didn't realize that fat cells could wander around
the body and turn into different cell types. Fascinating!" --Jo Robinson,
Author of The Omega Diet
"Dr. Shanahan is the Michael Pollan of
medicine, telling us what to eat and why to eat it." --JoAnn Deck, Vice
President of Ten Speed Press
"Extremely interesting and insightful;
written in a brilliant, engaging, and witty style." --Sally Fallon, author
of Nourishing Traditions
"Even readers who are very familiar with the
works of Weston Price will still discover new and fascinating information
within these pages. I enjoyed Deep Nutrition so much that I honestly did not
want to finish it." --Marjorie Tietjen, Price-Pottenger Nutrition
Foundation
"I have just finished reading Deep Nutrition
and already recommended it to one of my daughters with the intent to insist
that all my 5 adult children read this book as well. Everyone was required to
read Fast Food Nation...and Omnivore's Dilemma." Ron Singler, MD Medical
Director Highline Medical Group, Seattle WA
"Deep Nutrition offers a fascinating
presentation of nutrition, genetics, anthropology, history, medicine,
metabolism, and cooking. It is a book that I can refer to my patients as a
resource, and to colleagues as a reference." -- Lowell Gerber, MD, Medical
Director Freeport Cardiology, LLC
"I read Deep Nutrition by Cate Shanahan M.D.
three times and can’t wait to read it again. That book is a masterpiece, in my
opinion." -- Sean Croxton, Undergroundwellness.com
Customer Reviews (Amazon.com)
257 of 263 people found the following review
helpful
This Book Gets 10 Stars on a Scale of 5 December
28, 2010
By claudia
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional
Food by Catherine and Luke Shanahan (she's an MD) is now in my own personal Top
Ten books of all time. I could never say enough good things about this book;
it's off the charts.
I'm a health nut from way back, always telling my
friends the latest about Omega-3's, the horrors of trans-fats, the crucial need
for Vitamin D and more. I learned most of it first from my sister, I admit, but
I found Barry Sears by myself. My sis actually has a 1938 publication by Weston
Price, and first got going with Adele Davis. I've read countless books,
magazine articles, newsletters, and manuals trying to understand what's what.
I'd trade all I've ever read about diet, nutrition, and health food for the
book produced by Catherine and Luke Shanahan.
Regarding the massive amount of research these two
have done, they have really sifted the chaff from the wheat. (Oh, but too bad
about that metaphor, wheat is kind of on the outs now for me.) What we should
be eating, and WHY, is what this book is all about. This narrative has unusual
insights and connects things you would never expect to see in a book about
nutrition. This book is so engaging and well written; you certainly come away
with a bit of the personality of its authors (a couple of minor typos are not a
problem for me, unlike the reviewer who gave it two stars).
Your paradigms will shift! You know sugar is a
problem. How bad? Pretty bad. You need to know why. Catherine and Luke explain
it is so well you will wonder why candy is ever allowed in schools. But
cheer-up, nutrient rich foods are nothing if not delicious! The more flavor,
the more nutrition. Rich cream is good for you, and butter! Who knew? Olive oil
is still OK, but I did not know how much damage the canola, soy, sunflower, and
other veggie oils where doing. I had no idea.
Vegans will have the biggest challenge in their
path to health. Our bodies did not evolve eating soy and veggies alone. Soy has
major issues, well explained here. I'm now eating liver and liking it (I am
shocked, actually), making my own yogurt from raw milk and loving it
(remembering trips to Greece), and learning to ferment veggies (delicious).
French cooks, Julie and Julia fans, rejoice. Those
French sauces, creamy or made of stock from slow cooked bones, are not only
yummy, but super healthy!
Young adults who are getting married and thinking
about babies, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE read this wonderful book before you
conceive. There are way, way, too many unhealthy kids in the world. You want
one that is as perfect as possible. Deep nutrition starts before conception.
Boomers....do you want to be in the joint
replacement brigade, dealing with cancer or heart disease, forgetting stuff all
the time? Of course not. READ THIS BOOK!!
Amazon readers are always told "If you liked
this book, you will like _______" I didn't think it was possible to have
another book out there as good as this one, but Nora Gedgaudas wrote one. Her
book, Primal Body--Primal Mind: Empower Your Total Health The Way Evolution
Intended, is one you probably should buy at the same time you order this one.
These two books are joined at the hip. They fit together perfectly with minimal
duplication. They both give jaw-dropping insights into who we are
bio-chemically, and what we can do to survive in a world where profits drive
food production and medical care.
If you don't have heath care (I mean sick care),
BUY these books. You'll be fine, unless you are hit by a truck.
92 of 96 people found the following review helpful
Powerful and Deep Nutrition May 12, 2011
By docfor ME
Format:Paperback
I just finished reading Deep Nutrition, Twice.
As a cardiologist, the first time I read it was to
see what was in there. I found it to be very interesting. She gets down to the
facts quite well. At the same time, I found a fascinating presentation of
nutrition, genetics, anthropology, history, medicine, metabolism, and cooking.
It is a book that I can refer to my patients as a resource, and to colleagues
as a reference.
The second time I read it was right after the
first. I realized that there was so much information in there,so "nutrient
dense", that I had to read it again to really "consume and
digest" (parden the puns, but no other way to say it) the wealth of
information.
I recommend this book highly to anyone who is
interested in food, nutrition, or metabolism, and in fact I recommend it to
anyone who consumes food and nutrition, that is, anyone who can read and has a
life. You will be thankful that you invested the time to read it.
42 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Read this and take charge of your health! August
29, 2010
By A. Marie
Format:Paperback
As a young woman with an eventual family on my
mind, this book is invaluable to me. Misconceptions I have held about dairy and
its place in the human diet have been shattered, and not because of one
person's opinion, but because of the factual and scientific nature of the book.
So many 'health' books nowadays are based solely on opinion and misinterpreted
data. Deep Nutrition is a breath of fresh air because it teaches, on the basis
of science, why certain foods (like raw dairy) are truly invaluable aspects of
a healthy diet.
I would urge everyone, especially young couples
thinking about starting a family, to read this book. Not only will it help you
to change your health today, but the health of your future children and even
grandchildren. Dr. Shanahan does an amazing job of getting to the root of true
health and sharing it with the reader, and she's right: Your body NEEDS the
traditional foods of generations past. Read this book and see!
