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In January of this year, I wrote [an article](https://vinch.be/article/books-health) about important nutrition books to read. Since then, I read more and I learned many new things. Here is the second part (and probably not the last one) of “Books you should read if you give a fuck about your health.”

## “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual” by Michael Pollan (2011)

I dedicated [a specific article](https://vinch.be/article/food-rules) to this book. To summarize, it’s a great book and I really enjoyed it even though I don’t agree with everything.

![Food Rules: An Eater's Manual](ar://STX3s55MbjhWb4UERLgBNO7N7AwOZsDWurUe5bcM_AY)

## “The Drinking Man’s Diet” by Robert Cameron (1964)

This book was first published in 1964 and sold more than 2 millions copies in 13 different languages. It is considered as **the orignal low-carb diet**. It’s a very quick read (30 minutes) and a very funny one too. Although I tend to minimize my alcohol consumption and wouldn’t recommend to drink that much, this diet seems to work because the author of the book died in 2009 at age 98.

![The Drinking Man's Diet](ar://dQdpqcNTS4h-in2Iw5C4TJbt5RCw5FdGIMFyNd1u4CU)

## “Eat Bacon, Don’t Jog: A Contrarian’s Guide to Diet, Exercise, and What Actually Works” by Grant Petersen (2014)

Grant Petersen, author of the best-seller “Just Ride”, has also a lot of interesting things to say about nutrition. In a collection of short essays, he’s destroying all the false assumptions we have about food and exercise, **backed by the latest scientific facts**. _Eat Bacon_ refers to the fact that **saturared fat is actually healthy** and _Don’t Jog_ refers to the fact that short and intense exercises are more efficient than running long distances.

![Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: A Contrarian's Guide to Diet, Exercise, and What Actually Works](ar://axgJKPdpWcx2pyiHN74Lp7QS5ANu64LWxS-rMvhjnLI)

## “The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet” by Nina Teicholz (2014)

When I bought the book, I didn’t really know what to expect. What I found is a **deeply researched investigation** to understand why we have been told so wrong about nutrition for decades, and why the very good foods we’ve been denying ourselves are actually **good for us**. Take a look at [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8WA5wcaHp4) to have an overview of what happened in the fifties that led us to believe that fat was the enemy to fight.

![The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet](ar://nkQE5GPOpokS6eRuIvYTGnakE4ANhXGbz8eYujIbw_c)

## “Foodist” by Darya Pino Rose (2013)

Last but not least, “Foodist” is a book I greatly enjoyed. It is totally in line with my current lifestyle of enjoying delicious food without really dieting anymore. When I decided to take care of my health 18 months ago, I put myself on a very strict low-carb diet that made me lose a lot of weight in a very short time. Since then, as I feel great again, I just need to maintain my current health and eating only **real food** helped me achieve that goal. A diet is something **temporary** and cannot be sustained over a very long period of time because it requires a lot of **willpower** and that’s something I don’t have. “Foodist” is the best resource I found to stay healthy forever, **because life should be awesome**!

![Foodist](ar://o4GcZAaJZs3oT1LDSBmv7_k_4_L4gJY0Eyp8gQBGWWM)

What I want to read next:

*   “The Real Meal Revolution: The Radical, Sustainable Approach to Healthy Eating” by Tim Noakes (2015)
*   “The End of Dieting: How to Live for Life” by Joel Fuhrman (2014)
*   “It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways” by Dallas & Melissa Hartwig (2014)

Do you have anything else to recommend? Thank you!