Book Recommendations
These are books that have shaped my approach to quantum nutrition, functional health, and the relationship between food, light, and biology.
Each one offers insight into how our food system, metabolism, and movement interact to create true vitality.
Food & Agriculture — Understanding How Food Quality Shapes Health
A collaboration between a regenerative farmer and a nutrition scientist, Beyond Labels exposes how industrial food systems distort our understanding of “healthy eating.” It guides readers toward real, unprocessed foods that align with human biology and environmental balance — a key concept in quantum nutrition.
The End of Craving: Recovering the Lost Wisdom of Eating Well by Mark Schatzker
Explores how modern food processing hijacks the brain’s reward system, creating endless hunger and nutrient confusion. Schatzker reveals how natural flavor and nutrient synergy restore metabolic harmony and satisfaction.
The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor by Mark Schatzker
Unpacks how artificial flavoring disconnects us from nature’s nutritional signals. This book highlights why real flavor — tied to nutrient density — is central to energy regulation and metabolic health.
Defends the role of well-raised animal foods in sustainable nutrition and ecological health. It challenges myths about meat, arguing that regenerative farming supports both human vitality and planetary resilience.
Nutrition — Metabolism, Energy, and Functional Health
Bridges metabolic science and lifestyle medicine to explain how mitochondrial dysfunction underlies chronic disease. Good Energy shows how restoring cellular energy through nutrition, light, and movement transforms health from the inside out.
Combines evolutionary biology and practical nutrition strategies to help you reset your metabolism. Wolf teaches how individualized carbohydrate tolerance and ancestral eating patterns promote sustainable weight loss and energy balance.
The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong by Dr. James DiNicolantonio
Debunks myths about sodium, showing how salt supports hydration, adrenal function, and cellular energy. A must-read for understanding electrolyte balance and cardiovascular health from a functional perspective.
Evidence-based guide to sustainable nutrition that balances science, structure, and freedom. Aragon explains how consistency — not perfection — drives long-term metabolic flexibility and performance.
The Health Evolution by Stephen Hussey https://amzn.to/4fqbs1V
Reveals how modern habits disrupt heart and mitochondrial function, connecting energy production to environmental cues and lifestyle. A cornerstone in understanding quantum health and the body’s electrical coherence.
Movement — Energy Flow and Physical Resilience
Outlines ten foundational habits for mobility, posture, and energy flow. The Starretts combine biomechanics with simple daily routines that enhance recovery, movement efficiency, and overall longevity.
Sleep— How Rest Regulates Energy and Hormones
Practical guide to optimizing circadian rhythm through light, temperature, and environment. Stevenson connects sleep quality to energy, immunity, and hormonal balance — essential for quantum coherence and recovery.
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
Breaks down the neuroscience of sleep and its impact on learning, metabolism, and disease prevention. Walker’s insights reveal why aligning rest with natural light cycles is vital for long-term vitality.
Breathing— The Overlooked Foundation of Metabolism and Calm
Explains how proper breathing restores oxygen efficiency and metabolic health. McKeown’s research connects breath control to athletic performance, nervous system regulation, and energy optimization.
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
Explores how modern breathing habits have altered facial structure, stress response, and sleep quality. Nestor uncovers ancient and scientific techniques to restore full-body vitality through proper respiration.
Combines breathwork, cold exposure, and mindset training to enhance energy production and stress resilience. Hof’s approach strengthens mitochondrial function and the body’s adaptation to environmental stress.
Miscellaneous Health— Books That Expand the Way We Think About Healing
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari
Investigates how technology and modern life drain attention and energy. Hari offers practical solutions to restore focus, creativity, and cognitive health through rhythm, nature, and mindful living.
Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health by Marty Makary M.D.
Reveals systemic problems in modern medicine and how patients can reclaim health through transparency and lifestyle change. A reminder that true wellness starts with understanding and empowerment.
The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline by Dale Bredesen
Outlines a groundbreaking protocol for reversing cognitive decline by targeting inflammation, insulin resistance, and mitochondrial dysfunction. A must-read for anyone exploring metabolic and brain health.
Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate Is Destroying Our Health and the Environment
Exposes how glyphosate and other modern chemicals disrupt gut health, mitochondria, and human biochemistry. Seneff’s work bridges environmental toxicology with functional nutrition and disease prevention.
Quantum Biology — The Science of Light, Energy, and Human Health
The Mitochondriac Manifesto: How Nature Nurtures the Body, and Technology Torments It by R. D. Lee
A deep dive into how nature and light govern human energy systems. Lee contrasts biological intelligence with modern technology, emphasizing how reconnecting to natural cycles restores vitality.
The Body Electric: Electromagnetism And The Foundation Of Life by Robert Becker and Gary Selden
Classic text revealing how electromagnetic fields control healing, regeneration, and cellular communication. Becker’s pioneering research laid the foundation for bioelectric medicine and quantum biology.
Electromagnetism and Life Robert O. Becker, and Andrew A. Marino
Explores how electromagnetic forces influence biological systems. This book highlights the need to protect and align the body’s natural energy fields in an increasingly artificial environment.
Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the meaning of life by Nick Lane
Traces the evolutionary story of mitochondria and their role in powering life. Lane elegantly explains how energy generation shapes aging, reproduction, and the meaning of existence.
Cross Currents: The Perils of Electropollution, the Promise of Electromedicine by Robert Becker
Warns of the biological consequences of electromagnetic pollution while presenting the promise of energy-based medicine. A foundational work for understanding the double-edged nature of modern EMF exposure.
Going Somewhere: Truth about a Life in Science by Andrew A. Marino
An inside look at the scientific struggle to legitimize electromagnetic research. Marino’s story highlights both the promise and resistance surrounding the emerging field of bioenergetic science.
Epi-paleo Rx: The Prescription for Disease Reversal and Optimal Health by Jack Kruse
Integrates nutrition, circadian biology, and environmental awareness to reverse disease and restore mitochondrial health. Kruse connects light, water, and magnetism as pillars of quantum nutrition.
Challenges the cholesterol-based model of heart disease, showing how electrical, energetic, and environmental factors drive cardiovascular health. Hussey reframes the heart as an engine of coherence and communication within the body.