Sorry friends, the packaged products on grocery store shelves are not food.

Michael Moss, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who coined the term “pink slime”, has written a best-selling book, Salt Sugar Fat. In this startling look at commercial food, he demystifies the complex web of science and marketing that created the modern commercial food system.

Moss reveals that, by concentrating fat, salt and sugar in products formulated for maximum “bliss,” the food industry has distorted the American diet and contributed to consumption habits that foster food allergies, obesity, and diabetes.

For a profound look at the way consumer culture drives people to eat Lunchables, Doritos, and more while forgetting the role of real food in our well-being, get your hands on a copy of this book.

Through the industrial revolution, urbanized living, and commercial food, people can lose their connection to nature. However, the plant kingdom is essential to human health. All human nourishment comes from the earth and reminds us that we, too, are the earth.

In my forthcoming book on food as medicine and ancestral eating, I explore how eating whole foods, close to the source, is an essential tool for restoring our connection to ourselves and our health. Look for my book through Inner Traditions’ Healing Arts Press in 2023.