THE HEALING SECRETS OF FOOD
A Practical Guide for Nourishing Body, Mind, and Soul
By Deborah Kesten
Foreword by Dean Ornish, M.D.
Publicity contact: Kim Corbin
"Food is not a mere amalgam of nutrients - it has been used by people for millennia to heal their bodies, calm their minds, connect to the sacred, and to create community," explains international nutritionist Deborah Kesten. In her new book THE HEALING SECRETS OF FOOD: A Practical Guide for Nourishing Body, Mind, and Soul, Deborah Kesten demonstrates the power of food to heal - not only our physical health, but also our emotional, spiritual, and social well-being.
Deborah Kesten has been a nutrition researcher, lecturer, and health journalist for more than fifteen years. In THE HEALING SECRETS OF FOOD, Deborah Kesten reveals not only 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 her reader on how to harness the power of food to heal and include it in 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, while cooking and eating, even 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.
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