nina planck is a well read, well spoken proponent of real food. i was a vegatarian for about 4 years and had nothing but trouble. i kept telling myself that i was "cleansing" from the typical SAD diet. but that "cleansing" never got better like the low fat vegetarian diet gurus said it would. i ate NO junk and had a very well rounded diet as far as vegetarian diets go. i was at the end of my rope with my own inability to feel well, with a child who had constant constipation, and with another child who had (has) an intestinal disease--both children i had conceieved and birthed on a vegetarian diet--when i went looking for answers. ironically, i was looking in the direction of veganism when a midwife pointed me in the direction of traditional foods (nourishing traditions). i should not have been so amazed at the difference in how i felt, considering i have 80 year old relatives in europe that are rosey and strong living on butter, butter, beef and more butter, but i WAS amazed. my daughter was no longer constipated, my son started to get stronger, and i was no longer gassy and foggy headed. i have since gone on to have 3 more children on a traditional foods diet and the difference between my pre-traditional foods children and my traditional foods children is quite striking. my first set of children have attention disorders among other problems. my second set are sharp as tacks and healthy as horses. but ALL my children have grown beautiful and healthy on a traditional foods diet since i was enlightened. i too have to say that i had my gallbladder taken out before i found traditional foods, but now on this diet i have NO problems.
i recommend both of nina's books as i live the sound advice of traditional foodists.

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I really like this book. It is a needed refresher course for me in the area of traditional foods. Nina Planck touches on many aspects of traditional eating including grassfed beef and butter, pastured chicken and eggs, raw milk, cod liver oil, unrefined sea salt, raw cheeses, chicken stock, raw fruits and vegetables and many other delicious foods. In the Fertility Diet chapter she covers important foods for the father to eat in preparation for conception. I particularly appreciated this because many other books only speak to the mother. In addition to the sections about pre-conception eating, pregnancy eating, and first foods there is also some great information in regards to breastfeeding. Overall a very enjoyable, easy-to-read book. Some may mistake her tone as self-righteous, but it appears to me as the author simply being thorough and concise in a matter that she takes very seriously and believes in very deeply.

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