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.
Paul R. Ehrlich’s The Population Bomb (1968) warned of imminent global famine, resource depletion, and social upheaval due to unchecked population growth, urging immediate action to curb birth rates and consumption.
The book traces the environmental movement that followed Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, documenting the ecological impacts of pesticides and the public response that led to growing environmental awareness and regulation.
Diet for a Small Planet (1971) by Frances Moore Lappé was a groundbreaking book that not only linked food choices to global sustainability but also introduced the concept of “protein complementarity,” showing new vegetarians how to combine plant foods to create complete proteins.
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