Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities and Our Planet – One Bite at a Time

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The book has 5 parts and 17 chapters which talk about different problems related to food and create big picture in front of us to show how the food comes to us from farm to the plate. It also discuss the ineffective role of government in (Typically US Government) in deciding the food policies. Manipulating behaviour of BIG FOOD companies such as PepsiCo, McDonald, Domino's, Kellogg's. Etc. And how these companies make us eat junk and stop people/Organizations who oppose them. And the most depressing part is where Hyman explains how structural the corruption is, with nutritionists being paid off (essentially), Congress being paid off, the FDA completely biased with individuals coming from the companies that it is supposed to police, etc. He claims that change is needed at that structural level, such as congressmen and women rejecting or ignoring the vast sums of campaign contributions and lobbying from companies like Coca-Cola and actually revamping the Farm Bill to encourage farmers to actually grow real food for people instead of subsidizing them to grow cheap corn and soybean oil for junk food and cattle. Who really counts on Congress to do ANYTHING these days, much less something so huge and fraught with very rich and partisan special interests? Depressing. At the end of every chapter the author writes a section as FOOD FIX : which is a kind of general solution of that problem. Or What can be done about that issue. These solutions are not very specific and ready to apply, but kind of give a point to start thinking about them. The overall solution looks like, take control on your plate and try to convince other to do so as it's not just about you,me and us. It's about the whole planet.(If you don't believe aliens then might be for your whole universe). The book literally is an eye opener for you, if you haven't realised how this economically driven world has got us to the point where we are facing different global problems related to our personal health as human and global crisises as a society. This book has shown me that fixings your diet to look good, stay healthier, feel better are far less important than to do it for saving the world. Finally, the author's callout of the treatment of farm workers and food workers is an excellent callout we should always remember whenever we buy food or eat food prepared by someone else. Doing so is not only upholding the dignity of the individuals who grow, cook, and serve our food, but it lays bare the need for environmental justice measures. We cannot wait to prioritize the planet, specifically with environmentally sustainable farming measures.

Government support should help farmers convert to regenerative agriculture (which is actually more profitable, better for the land, and better for environment). Fruit/veggie producers are almost completely left out of government subsidiesIt took me some great amount of days to read the book as I was involved in it on a deeper level. But it made me stop reading this for a while but soon I realised how should I approach the book( Like just get the data and try not to have a biased thought) which helped me to finish it and I am glad that I could. Because it was one of the costliest book I bought.(Rs700), but as the author says the real price of product is not what is written on it. The food stamp program is funded every year by the Farm Bill, a huge appropriation bill from congress that flies under the political radar. This bill routinely hands out billion dollar subsidies to big farmers in the form of crop insurance, price guarantees, and outright gifts. Because of this market manipulation, some crops like wheat and corn become much more profitable to grow while others suffer by comparison. And then finally there is climate change. Agriculture creates more carbon emissions than all of transportation according to this book. Carbon is released from the soils when it is tilled. Methane comes from cattle and landfills full of food waste. And Nitrogen dioxide comes from fertilizers that are used to boost crops. Getting a handle on global warming will also require dealing with the huge agriculture industry. Handling fossil fuels is just a part of it. Dr. Hyman is a practicing family physician, an eleven-time New York Times bestselling author, and an internationally recognized leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in his field. He is the Director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. He is also the founder and medical director of The UltraWellness Center, chairman of the board of the Institute for Functional Medicine, a medical editor of The Huffington Post, and was a regular medical contributor on many television shows including CBS This Morning, Today Show, CNN, and The View, Katie, and The Dr. Oz Show.

And then, even the story of food and health aside, there is the story of just how corrupted humans can be in the pursuit of money, especially trampling on and even targeting those that are the most vulnerable. Again, even if you only believe a quarter of it, it is still enough to turn your stomach. Depressing. In Food Fix, #1 bestselling author Mark Hyman explains how our food and agriculture policies are corrupted by money and lobbies that drive our biggest global crises: the spread of obesity and food-related chronic disease, climate change, poverty, violence, educational achievement gaps, and more. Help to transform the planet in crisis with this indispensable guide to healthy, ethical, and economically sustainable food from #1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Hyman, MD -- "Read this book if you're ready to change the world" (Tim Ryan, US Representative). Mark Hyman, MD, is head of strategy for the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine and board president for the Institute for Functional Medicine. He is also the bestselling author of a number of books, including Eat Fat, Get Thin. What we eat has tremendous implications not just for our waistlines, but also for the planet, society, and the global economy. What we do to our bodies, we do to the planet; and what we do to the planet, we do to our bodies.Food is the nexus of most of our world’s health, economic, environmental, climate, social, and even political crises. While this may seem like an exaggeration, it is not. The problem is much worse than we think. After reading Food Fix you will be able to connect the dots of this largely invisible crisis and understand why fixing our food system is central to the health and well-being of our population, our environment, our climate, our economy, and our very survival as a species. You will also understand the forces, businesses, and policies driving the catastrophe, and the people, businesses, and governments that are providing hope and a path to fixing our dysfunctional food system.” Food is our most powerful tool to reverse the global epidemic of chronic disease, heal the environment, reform politics, and revive economies. What we eat has tremendous implications not just for our waistlines, but also for the planet, society, and the global economy. What we do to our bodies, we do to the planet; and what we do to the planet, we do to our bodies.