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Welcome to the
Health Food History Library

~ A Public Resource ~

This website and its archives is intended to preserve the legacy, stories, and history of the health and natural foods movement- with its eccentrics, fanatics, and visionaries.

Information is the empowering tool that allows us to make healthy choices to protect ourselves, our families and loved ones. Healthfoodhistory.org is designed to remind and rekindle our awareness of the controversies, conspiracies, and challenges faced by the pioneering men and women of the past- legacies that continue to inspire and empower people today.

Why Your Child is Hyperactive
1975
Benjamin Feingold, M.D.
Dr Feingold's follow-up book to his Feingold Diet. One of the first books on hyperactivity in children.
Dangers of Mainstream Foods and Toxins
dangers-of-mainstream-foods-and-toxins
The Stone Age Diet
1975
Dr. Walter Voegtlin
Considered the first book to argue for an ancestral or "paleo" approach to eating for optimal health.
Anti-Aging Lifestyle and Diets
anti-aging-lifestyle-and-diets
Animal Liberation
1975
Peter Singer
Animal rights
animal-rights
Radical Agriculture
1976
Richard Merrill, ed.
A look at how to revolutionize agriculture in light of 1970s era progressive thinking.
Organic Agriculture
organic-agriculture
Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health
1976
Ivan Illich
Thought provoking critique of the dangers of over-reliance on the modern medical health care system.
Medical establishment
medical-establishment
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Laurel's Kitchen
1976
Laurel Robertson and Carol Flinders
Classic Vegetarian cookbook from the mid 1970s emphasizing a joyful and mindful approach to cooking and eating. Best seller.
Cookbooks and Recipes
cookbooks-and-recipes
Food First: Beyond the Myth of Scarcity
1977
Frances Moore Lappe
Joseph Collins
Frances Moore Lappé and Joseph Collins argue that global hunger is caused by inequitable distribution, not food scarcity.
Vegetarianism
vegetarianism
A Physician’s Handbook on Orthomolecular Medicine
1977
Roger J. Williams
A reference guide for doctors using vitamins and nutrients in clinical treatment by some of the leading scientists in the field of nutrition.
Vitamins
vitamins
medical nutrition
medical-nutrition
Super Nutrition for Healthy Hearts
1977
Richard Passwater
Antioxidants, essential nutrients and vitamin recommendations for heart health.
medical nutrition
medical-nutrition
The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
1977
Wendell Berry
Collection of essays by the Kentucky author and farmer, Wendell Berry.
Healthy Lifestyle
healthy-lifestyle
Organic Agriculture
organic-agriculture
The Moosewood Cookbook
1977
Mollie Katzen
Inspired by the vegetarian Moosewood restaurant in Ithaca, New York. Her first book.
Cookbooks and Recipes
cookbooks-and-recipes
Vegetarianism
vegetarianism
Bitter Sea: The Human Cost of Minamata Disease
1977
Akio Mishima
The devastating Japanese environmental disaster centered around mercury poisoning.
Environment
environment
The New Nuts Among the Berries
1977
Ronald M. Deutsch
A satirical (and critical) look at health food and its advocates.
Quackery
quackery
Nature Has a Remedy
1978
Bernard Jensen, N.D.
Jensen was a well known California naturapath who was well known for his healthy eating plans and colon cleansing.
Anti-Aging Lifestyle and Diets
anti-aging-lifestyle-and-diets
Natural Healing Through Macrobiotics
1978
Michio Kushi
An important guidebook on Macrobiotic healing principles and specific advice, by one of the leaders of the macrobiotic movement.
Macrobiotics
macrobiotics
The Changing American Diet
1978
Letitia Brewster and Michael Jacobson, PhD, (CSPI)
A look at the dietary choices and availability of different foods from approximately the 1900s to the 1970s.
History
history
The Politics of Cancer, Revisited
1978
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
Big, comprehensive and detailed look at the many conflicts of interest and money involved in the politics of cancer.
Cancer establishment and alternative therapies
cancer-establishment-and-alternative-therapies
A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives
1978
Ruth Winter, M.S.
A concise description in encyclopedic format of over 8000 food additives.
Dangers of Mainstream Foods and Toxins
dangers-of-mainstream-foods-and-toxins
Corporate Food Industry
corporate-food-industry
Vitamins and You
1979
Robert J. Benowicz
Vitamins
vitamins
Feed Your Kids Right
1979
Lendon Smith
A nutrition oriented pediatrician's view of raising kids with good nutrition.
General nutrition
general-nutrition
Dr. Wright’s Book of Nutritional Therapy
1979
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D.
Dr Wright was the main medical columnist and writer for Rodale Press's very popular Prevention Magazine in the 1970s and 80s.
General Health
general-health
General nutrition
general-nutrition
medical nutrition
medical-nutrition
Live Longer Now
1979
Nathan Pritikin
Another of Pritikin's 1970s era books. Pritikin was very influential in this time period and his books sold well.
Anti-Aging Lifestyle and Diets
anti-aging-lifestyle-and-diets
Colon Health: The Key to a Vibrant Life
1979
Norman Walker, D.Sc., Ph.D.
The inventor of the Norwalk juicer's investigation into colon cleansing.
Naturopathy
naturopathy
The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise
1979
Nathan Pritikin
The Pritikin program was the biggest thing in heart disease prevention in the late 70s and 80s.
Anti-Aging Lifestyle and Diets
anti-aging-lifestyle-and-diets