Book : Food As Medicine How To Use Diet, Vitamins, Juices,..

-Titulo Original : Food As Medicine How To Use Diet, Vitamins, Juices, And Herbs For A Healthier, Happier, And Longer Life

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Atria Books

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A holistic approach to healing through making smart food choices by health guru Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa that combines spiritual advice and integrative medicine to provide healthful recipes and nutrition plans targeting common and chronic illnesses for a longer, healthier, natural life. Did you know that blueberries can increase brain longevity? That kiwi fruit can be an excellent weapon for battling cancer and heart disease? That pears can help prevent fibroid tumors? From the bestselling author of Meditation as Medicine, comes a remarkable book that helps you achieve maximum health by eating well. Grounded in science, Food as Medicine is a pragmatic and accessible reference that sets readers on the right nutritional path. Dr. Khalsa then explains how to use natural organic juices and foods as medicine, and how food can help reverse the progress or diminish the symptoms of certain diseases, such as Alzheimers and Hepatitis C. Drawing on patient case histories, Food as Medicine outlines the seven principles of The Khalsa Plan for healthy eating, details ailment-specific nutritional plans, and lays out dozens of delicious recipes that promote overall well-being. After all, food is not only the original medicine -- its the best medicine. Review Deepak Chopra Coauthor of The Chopra Center Cookbook A natural resource for healing, rich in knowledge and practical application. Victor S. Sierpina, M.D. Associate professor, University of Texas, Galveston Dr. Khalsa blends the joy of eating with solid advice about health. A must read for those who believe, as I do, that good health starts in the kitchen. Stephen Sinatra Author of Lower Your Blood Pressure in 8 weeks Food as Medicine is absolutely fantastic. I loved it! Read it and add years to your life. About the Author Guru Dharam S. Khalsa teaches at the School of Kundalini Yoga (SKY) in the UK. He studied with Yogi Bhajan-the man who introduced the practice of Kundalini Yoga to the United States-for more than twenty years. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Excerpt Chapter One: Spiritual Nutrition What a beautiful day for an epiphany. Here I am on a seventeen-mile mountain bike ride at an altitude of 6,700 feet in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The air Im breathing in this pristine environment is clear and cool. Its a fresh, warm, early summer afternoon, and along with some new friends I am relishing a bit of free time at one of the most enlightening medical conferences Ive ever attended. The event is devoted to using food to prevent and heal illness, and I feel so inspired that I cant wait to get back to Tucson to begin writing. I want very much to share all this new and exciting information with you, such as how cancer can be prevented and reversed using food. how heart disease can be treated using specific foods and nutrients. how Alzheimers disease can be prevented and treated with food and nutrients. how food can cure chronic fatigue. how diet and vitamins can restore emotional energy. It turns out that every major ailment has a specific natural food prescription that can reverse its course. This is the cutting edge of medicine. The Buddha wrote: Dont chase after the past, Dont seek the future. The past is gone. The future hasnt come yet. See clearly on the spot That object which is now. In my work as a physician specializing in integrative medicine, I have used nutrition as part of my practice for many years. This type of medicine, as you may know, is the emerging field that blends the best of conventional Western science with ancient healing therapies such as yoga, meditation, nutrition, herbal medicines, and acupuncture. Because I use both Eastern and Western medicine, many of my patients have made unexpected recoveries from illnesses they had been struggling with for many years. Some of them have considered their recoveries to be miraculous, but I see only th