Food over Medicine

The Conversation That Could Save Your Life

By: Pamela A. Popper, Glen Merzer

Narrated by: Julie Eickhoff, Dan Rollins

Nearly half of Americans take at least one prescription medicine, with almost a quarter taking three or more, as diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and dementia grow more prevalent than ever. The problem with medicating common ailments, such as high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol, is that drugs treat symptoms - and may even improve test results - without addressing the cause: diet.

Overmedicated, overfed, and malnourished, most Americans fail to realize the answer to lower disease rates doesn't lie in more pills but in the foods we eat. With so much misleading nutritional information regarded as common knowledge, from "everything in moderation" to "avoid carbs", the average American is ill-equipped to recognize the deadly force of abundant, cheap, unhealthy food options that not only offer no nutritional benefits but actually bring on disease.

In Food over Medicine, Pamela A. Popper, PhD, ND, and Glen Merzer invite the listener into a conversation about the dire state of American health - the result of poor nutrition choices stemming from food politics and medical misinformation. But more importantly, they share the key to getting and staying healthy for life.

Backed by numerous scientific studies, Food over Medicine details how dietary choices either build health or destroy it. Food over Medicine reveals the power and practice of optimal nutrition in an accessible way.

©2013 Glen Merzer and Pam Popper (P)2017 Glen Merzer

A great book for much information that your family Doctor may not know or inform you of risks of the procure or meds they are recommend to A patient THANK YOU Pamela Popper you ROCK!

Compelling information.

Compelling information about how food impacts our health and how the medical community, agri-big-business and the government ignore these facts. We truly need to be our own advocate and take responsibility for our health.

Enlightening

Great information. A innovative and creative presentation. Very convincing argument for a low fat plant-based whole foods diet.

I didn’t know I needed this!

I was looking for a book on how food could just help me feel better overall, and I chose this one on a whim. The knowledge and fax and data that I got from this book or life-changing. I have not written a review for a book yet, but I feel like others Really should know that this book has a lot to offer and even a few don’t take anything from it, it has some insightful things that make you think a little bit more about what you eat. The end of the book gets political, the rest of the book completely made up for the part that I didn’t like.the layout of the book being conversational made it engaging throughout so that I listen to it almost entirely straight through. I definitely recommend giving this book a chance.

Life changing!

I appreciate the wealth of information that will now empower me to take charge of my health!

Would have been much better without Glen

Warning...this would have been much better with a moderator that didn't feel the need to insert unnecessary political opinions. It was excellent, factual material until about Chapter 10. Politics does play a part in food production with its subsidies, but his obvious political persuasion does not. I was disappointed enough that I found it hard to listen to him in the last chapters.

Pamela Poppy keeps your interest

First time listening to Pamela and it was great! Thank you for putting this book in the format you did. I so enjoy these types of books when I am out biking, please do more.

Love the Straight Forwardness of this Book!

There is so much information, but not overwhelmingly so. Eye-opening, fact-filled, and I can't wait to get a physical copy of this book.

P.S. Praying I can get my mother to read this book and realize her diet can fix a lot of her health problems.

A must read!

I appreciate Dr. Popper’s approach to both the route in obtaining the health we deserve along with her approach to resolving the healthcare crisis. Each of us is ultimately responsible for our own healthcare. Why do we give these decisions to complete strangers who spend less than 10 min with us per visit? Finally, someone who is addressing the actual issues and not trying to redirect the public!

Excellent must listen!

An excellent, easy to understand, source of truth about the "do's and don't's" of dietary choices, medical procedures, medications and the links to disease. A "must read/listen" to move towards optimal health!