Are you interested in nutrition and looking for a book to sink your teeth into? In Muy Interesante we have selected 10 essential readings on nutrition and dietetics that go from the demystification of hoaxes and mistaken beliefs that continue to circulate today to psychonutrition, the so fashionable intermittent fasting, the microbiota, food safety and vegetarian nutrition in the childhood. Take a look and choose yours!
That they do not bundle you with food
Miguel Ángel Lurueña tries to put a bit of order and meaning into the tidal wave that exists around him with Que no te bundle con la comida , the doctor in food science and technology, agricultural technical engineer and author of the blog Gominolas de petroleum, Miguel Ángel Lurueña. to food and feeding . From teaching you to interpret labels and knowing what you are really buying and what you are paying for to dismantling false beliefs about additives, antibiotics, pesticides … as well as giving you tools to identify fake news about food and eat in a simple and healthy way. Without counting calories or complicating your life.
Don’t get mixed up with food. An essential guide to know if you are eating well , Destination, € 17.
We no longer eat like we used to, and thank goodness!
How many times have we heard that one used to eat better? Many right? It is precisely this myth that the pharmacist and food safety expert, Gemma del Caño, has come to dismantle in We no longer eat like we used to, and thank goodness! The truth is that never before has it been so safe to eat nor have we had so much food at our disposal , however, our shopping basket is full of ultra-processed products. So what is happening? Del Caño invites us in this book to know the truth behind food and thus be able to make free and informed choices.
We no longer eat like we used to, and thank goodness! Exchange the hoaxes for evidence , Paidós, € 16.15.
Other nutrition is possible
Driven by her concern about how we are moving more and more away from a conscious, intuitive and integral diet, to pursue food fashions “based on scientific evidence”, but little respectful of ourselves, our processes and internal needs, the nutritionist Julia Jiménez presents us Other nutrition is possible . As its title indicates, in this book nutrition is treated from another perspective: without losing sight of the scientific basis, but adding a component of empathy towards ourselves , humans, who are not machines but complex beings with emotions. With Another Nutrition Is Possible, you will learn what relationship your feelings, thoughts and beliefs have with the way you eat, and you will forever demystify the false belief that eating emotionally is bad or negative. An essential reading to stop fighting against food and our personal image.
Another nutrition is possible , Planet of Books, € 17.95.
Eat and run
Julio Basulto and Juanjo Cáceres once again join forces and knowledge in another nutrition publication. This time his focus is on feeding the runners, after all it is a practice that has not stopped adding followers in recent years. Do you have to drink a lot of water during a marathon? What is better to take before a race? And after her? In Eating and Running, all these doubts and more about the proper diet of people who run are resolved.
Eating and running: Dismantling the myths of the diet of runners , Clave, € 9.45.
Eat safe eating everything
Can you eat a fruit that has grown mold, but we have removed it with a knife? How long can I use the kitchen scrubber and cloth? Why shouldn’t we keep milk and eggs in the fridge door? Is it bad to suck on shrimp heads? Beatriz Robles, food safety expert, answers these and other frequently asked questions about food and food safety in her first book. It also takes the opportunity to deny a few hoaxes.
Eat safe by eating everything. A guide to eating safely and avoiding the most frequent mistakes in the kitchen , Planeta, € 17.90.
Tell me what you eat and I’ll tell you what bacteria you have
Did you know that the bacteria in your gut can influence your thoughts, behavior patterns and your quality of life? The nutritionist Blanca García-Orea deals with the complex issue of the intestinal microbiota in a very didactic way in Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what bacteria you have . You will learn how to improve it in a short time and you will have in your hands a recipe book with 50 simple and healthy proposals for breakfasts, lunches, snacks, dinners, desserts and breads.
Tell me what you eat and I’ll tell you what bacteria you have: The intestine, our second brain , Grijalbo, € 18.90.
Intermittent fasting
Today, intermittent fasting is one of the star topics in nutrition. Do you want to delve into it or are you thinking of doing it? Backed by several scientific studies, intermittent fasting promises to reduce inflammation, lower blood sugar levels, improve immunity, and help treat obesity . This book by Néstor Sánchez and Carlos Pérez, experts in psychoneuroimmunology, the science that uses knowledge of human physiology to treat modern diseases, will help you put some order in everything that is said about it.
Intermittent fasting , Uranus, € 13.30.
Psyconutrition. Learn to have a healthy relationship with food
The dietitian-nutritionist Griselda Herrero and the psychologist Cristina Andrades address together the complex issue of nutrition and give keys and tools to start working on emotions, establish a friendly relationship with food and improve the one we have with our body image . The idea is to acquire more balanced and healthy habits working from psychology and dietetics and learn to differentiate the causes that lead us to eat, to know that stress influences what we put in our mouth, as well as to distinguish what factors of a psychological nature they could lead to nutritional imbalances.
Psyconutrition. Learn to have a healthy relationship with food , € 18.05
Eating well is easy if you know how
Luis A. Zamora and Alberto Herrera demonstrate in this book that eating well is easier than we think. The authors offer us simple and realistic guidelines , as well as a compilation of recipes to get us on the road to healthy eating. In addition, they take the opportunity to deny hoaxes that continue to circulate today around food and dismantle certain beliefs that prevent us from eating as we should.
Eating well is easy if you know how , Planet, € 17.
Vegetarian nutrition in childhood
Written by four specialists in nutrition and pediatrics, Julios Basulto, Maria Blanquer, Maria Manera and Pepe Serrano, Vegetarian feeding in childhood , will answer the questions that all those parents who want to feed their children a vegetarian or vegan diet have. It is healthy? Even for the little ones? It also provides tricks and recipes to learn to cook without animals or products derived from them.
Vegetarian nutrition in childhood: The definitive answers to all your veggie-doubts , Clave, € 14.20.
