Dick Gregory's Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat

First published in 1974 and even more relevant today, a natural and whole foods guide to healthy living from the voice of black consciousness, cultural icon Dick Gregory, the incomparable satirist, human rights and environmental activist, health advocate, social justice champion, and author of the NAACP Image Award–winning Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies and the classic bestseller Nigger: An Autobiography.

Written with Dick Gregory’s irreverent wit and informed by his deep intelligence, Dick Gregory’s Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat is for real people who are concerned about their health and wellness. Gregory offers an enlightening introduction to natural foods, explores the benefits of a whole foods diet, and offers a wickedly amusing and informative assessment of how our modern diet damages the human digestive tract, and raises our consciousness about the political power of food.

Gregory argues that how you treat yourself and your body reflects how you treat others. He discusses the power of fasting for health, including the ones he’s done for both political and health reasons, hunger in America, navy beans, and how Americans are changing the way they eat—the beginning of a movement in the 1970s that is still felt today. He offers suggestions on diets to help you gain or lose pounds and offers advice on natural substitutes for favorite alcoholic drinks. You are what you eat—with Dick Gregory’s Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat you can laugh your way to better health. 

With his signature blend of humor and hard-won wisdom, Gregory shows you how to reclaim your health with:

• Holistic Health Philosophy: An unflinching look at why how you treat your body reflects how you treat others, linking personal health to social justice.
• A Guide to Natural Foods: A wickedly amusing and informative assessment of the modern American diet and an enlightening introduction to the healing power of natural, whole foods.
• Fasting and Detoxification: A personal and practical guide to fasting—not just for weight loss, but as a powerful tool for physical purification and political protest.
• Practical Nutrition Advice: Straightforward diet plans to gain or lose weight, advice on natural substitutes for your favorite drinks, and the simple truth that you are what you eat.