*Nourishment: What Animals Can Teach Us about Rediscovering Our Nutritional
Wisdom*
“In *Nourishment*, *a wise observer of the land and the animals become
transformed to learn the meaning of life. *Fred Provenza’s reflections on
his long, fruitful career in behavior-based management of landscapes
include his joy in observing the natural world around him.”
Do humans still possess the wisdom to select nourishing diets? Why do
humans like foods that are thought to be “bad for us” such as red meat and
sugary, salty, fatty foods? Have we become so maladapted culturally that we
no longer know how to enable the nutritional wisdom that resides within our
bodies? Renowned animal behaviorist Fred Provenza takes a deep-dive into
these questions and much.
Most people don’t fully comprehend* the many ways the food industry
controls our behavior or how industry hijacks* our preferences for
wholesome foods as it designs energy-dense, nutrient-poor processed foods.
Provenza’s rigorous scientific observations call into question our blind
adherence to academic, corporate, and political authorities when it comes
to health and nutrition, while at the same time he offers his reflections
on how to nourish the body and spirit in a world of constant change.