Tvoje strava je tvůj osud – Jonáš Josef (2015)

The causes, connections, consequences, and possible solutions to diseases and problems related to food, such is the subtitle of this book. We walk through the foods we consume throughout the day, as well as the history of human diet. We explain the historical reasons why many of our basic certainties, such as wheat or milk, today do more harm than good. Diet affects our health much more than we have previously thought. We want to suggest that you should reflect on every bite of food or sip of drink. Food has changed the fates of our ancestors, but what our parents or grandparents ate has changed just as significantly in less than half a century of modern agriculture and livestock farming, as has the method of processing. Our society has exchanged quality of experience for quantity. Synthetic antibiotics and pesticides from grain, vegetable, or fruit fields burden us in unprecedented ways every day. We often do not realize what we are actually eating. We are unaware of the presence of foreign substances and allergens that cause metabolic disorders, or the constantly increasing chemicalization of our diet. Because of this, we need to change the composition of our food and the way we prepare it. Alongside understanding the causes, connections, and comprehension...