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Breath : the new science of a lost art
James Nestor • 2020
The book explores the "lost art and science of breathing," detailing how modern humans have significantly deteriorated their breathing capacity due to softened diets and lifestyle changes, leading to numerous chronic illnesses. Through personal experiments and historical research, the author demonstrates the profound benefits of proper nasal breathing, full exhalation, and controlled breath-holding techniques. It highlights how ancient practices, once dismissed, are now scientifically validated for improving health, mental balance, and longevity. The text advocates for conscious breath control, emphasizing that simple adjustments to how we breathe can dramatically reverse modern maladies and optimize physiological functions.
In defence of food : the myth of nutrition and the pleasures of eating
Michael Pollan
This book dissects the pervasive Western diet, linking its industrialization and the ideology of nutritionism to a global epidemic of chronic diseases like obesity and diabetes. It argues that replacing cultural food wisdom with reductionist scientific advice, especially the low-fat campaign, has paradoxically worsened public health. The text advocates a return to real, whole, mostly plant-based foods, emphasizing diverse, traditional diets over processed "food-like substances." It encourages mindful eating, cooking, and reclaiming food as an ecological and cultural relationship, rather than a mere sum of isolated nutrients, to escape the health perils of modern eating.