Deborah Kesten

Deborah Kesten has been a nutrition researcher, lecturer, and health journalist for more than fifteen years. In The Healing Secrets of Food, Deborah Kesten not only reveals ancient food wisdom from traditions ranging from yoga and Ayurveda to Judaism and Buddhism but also demystifies optimal eating from the perspective of Western nutritional science. Beginning with her own personal nutrition journey around the world, inspired by Americans' ever increasing waistlines and other food-linked ailments such as high blood pressure, certain cancers, and heart disease, Kesten explains how anyone can enhance their health by not only what they eat, but also how they eat.

She instructs the reader on how to harness the power of food to heal and include it in their daily routine through the six healing secrets she discovered: community, feelings, mindfulness, appreciation, connection (love), and optimal foods. These are the basic "nutrients" of integrative nutrition that can be practiced in the supermarket and while cooking and eating, even when cleaning up afterward. After mastering the basics of the six healing secrets of food, the reader then learns the art of creating a meal ritual and discovers how to use the six secrets to imbue each meal with meaning and healthfulness.

The Healing Secrets
of Food