West: The American Cowboy
Anouk Masson Krantz
4.9 on Amazon
4 HN comments
Fingerprints of the Gods: The Quest Continues
Graham Hancock and Audible Studios
4.8 on Amazon
4 HN comments
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Adam Higginbotham
4.8 on Amazon
4 HN comments
Coming into the Country
John McPhee
4.5 on Amazon
2 HN comments
Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
Christopher McDougall, Nicholas Guy Smith, et al.
4.5 on Amazon
2 HN comments
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Randolph Hogan
4.4 on Amazon
2 HN comments
Yosemite: The Complete Guide: Yosemite National Park (Color Travel Guide)
James Kaiser
4.9 on Amazon
2 HN comments
Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese
4.6 on Amazon
2 HN comments
Japan: The Cookbook
Nancy Singleton Hachisu
4.8 on Amazon
2 HN comments
A Table: Recipes for Cooking and Eating the French Way
Rebekah Peppler and Joann Pai
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Christopher Moore, Fisher Stevens, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Thomas Guide: Los Angeles and Orange Counties Street Guide 55th Edition (Thomas Guide Los Angeles & Orange Counties Street Guide (Pro))
Rand McNally
4.8 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Robert Macfarlane
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Blue Highways: A Journey into America
William Least Heat Moon and William Least Heat-Moon
4.5 on Amazon
1 HN comments
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
Tembi Locke
4.5 on Amazon
1 HN comments
dfconSep 18, 2019
wallfloweronAug 10, 2018
The seminal event for increasing per-capita sugar intake was the introduction of Coca Cola/soda.
http://www.divineeatingout.com/food-1/sugar-consumption-now-...
If you aren't familiar with the tragedy of sugar on traditional Native Americans, introduction of processed American foods has created an epidemic on reservation.
"Type II Diabetes, the Modern Epidemic of American Indians"
https://anthropology.ua.edu/bindon/ant570/Papers/King/king.h...
Christopher McDougall's book "Natural Born Heroes" is about the heroes of Crete during WW2 who were able to fight off the Germans by putting up extraordinary resistance by doing, among other things, hiking for miles and miles over treacherous territory for 20 hours straight. It makes an argument that a paleo-based diet is the reason why they were able to do it. With this diet, they were able to run and evade for long distances without fatigue. Meats and other proteins provide a sustainable, longer-lasting source of energy in contrast to the spike of sugar.
https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Born-Heroes-Mastering-Enduran...