Subtitled, A Handbook of Natural Nutrition, this is a wonderfully succinct and up-to-date manual for re-assessing our diet and the nutrition it actually provides. Based on the latest scientific research and theories in the field of nutrition, 'Food as Medicine' explores simply and clearly how different foods stimulate the body's natural self-healing ability. It also points to the use of specific nutrients in treating everyday ailments, aches and pains. The author has many years' experience as a natural health practitioner and researcher, and her book is an invitation to take a fresh look at the way our diet can not only heal but also offer protection against more serious health problems in the future. Hartvig's use of language is refreshingly straightforward and the basic principles of healthy eating are unpacked, re-examined and then presented in a way that is helpful and inspiring, taking account in the process of many of the modern habits of so-called healthy eating such as the ketogenic diet, eating paleo-style, fasting, the need for Vitamin D, super foods and more.
Quietly myth-busting and extraordinarily easy to read, this is an excellent book to use as a basis for upgrading your diet and bringing some ancient wisdom regarding food as medicine back into relationship with our modern understandings of nutrition and health.