Episode · Honestly with Bari Weiss · 2025-04-15
Books mentioned on A Guide to Your Healthiest Life, with Dr. Mark Hyman
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Consilience
Consilience by E.O.
Discussed“I Wilson's I read his book Consilience, the unit of knowledge. He talked about this this sort of framework that connects all these disciplines together in in sort of social sciences sciences and he said there's no theory of medicine.”
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S.
Discussed“I mean you know you I don't know if you ever heard of the book the structure of scientific revolutions by Thomas Co. You talked about this idea of normal science.”
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Prepare the Way of the Lord
The North American Lutheran Church publication explores theological foundations and spiritual preparation within a contemporary framework.
Discussed“And it was the uh Wendel Bear wrote a book about this called the unsettling of America. And it was about the destruction of family farms and the the the centralization and the aggregation of big agricultural uh sort of organizations.”
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The Unsettling of America
The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry is a critique of modern industrial agriculture that explores the decline of family farming and the cultural consequences of treating land as a mere commodity.
Discussed“And it was the Wendel Bear wrote a book about this called the unsettling of America. And it was about the destruction of family farms and the the the centralization and the aggregation of big agricultural”
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Good Food on a Tight Budget
Good Food on a Tight Budget by the Environmental Working Group and Share Our Strength is a practical guide designed to help individuals and families purchase and prepare nutritious meals affordably.
Recommended“So I gave them a guide called Good Food on a Tight Budget from the Environmental Working Group. How to eat well for your wallet, good for the planet, and good for your health.”
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Salt Sugar Fat
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss is an investigative exposé revealing how major food corporations intentionally engineered processed foods with precise combinations of salt, sugar, and fat to maximize consumer cravings and corporate profits.
Recommended“Michael Moss wrote a book about this called Salt, Sugar, and Fatty. interviewed 300 different food industry executives and scientists and whistleblowers.”
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Brain Train
Brain Train by Richard Palmer and Chris Pope explores the intersection of nutrition, metabolism, and mental health through the lens of metabolic psychiatry.
Recommended“You got Chris Palmer who wrote a book called Brain Energy talking about how he cured schizophrenics by changing their diet and bipolar disease.”
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Walden
Henry David Thoreau's Walden is a classic reflection on simple living, self-reliance, and harmony with nature.
Recommended“Uh was Walden by Henry Theorough, which basically structured my vision of what life could and should look like and how to live.”
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Desolation Angels
Why people recommend it: Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac is a semi-autobiographical novel capturing the Beat generation's disillusionment, travels, and pursuit of alternative spiritual paths.
Recommended“and Um, it wasn't one book, but it was Jack Carowak as an author, maybe Desolation Angels, which really kind of set me out on this path of being on the wild adventure”
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“And I wrote a book about it called the 10day detox diet. And and I created an online program.”
“I wrote a book called Young Forever and they were, you know, lots of people drinking wine every day.”
“Um, we actually wrote a book about it called the Daniel Plan. It was a number one New York Times bestseller and it won the Christian Book of the Year award which I think I'm the only Jew to win that award.”
“Um, we actually wrote a book about it called the Daniel Plan. It was a number one New York Times bestseller and it won the Christian Book of the Year award”
“And I wrote a book about this 15 years ago called The Ultramind Solution about how to fix your broken brain by fixing your body first.”
“I wrote a book about it called Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy.”