Healing & Prevention Through Nutrition

Book excerpt: Our present-day society offers more food choices, more medical support, and more nutrition resources than ever before, yet we face more health and weight challenges than ever. The basic act of nourishing ourselves has become a complex task, and we have turned the healing and preventative power of food against ourselves. Healing & Prevention Through Nutrition takes the reader on a journey to reconnect with the most fundamental healing tool—our food. In a clear and concise manner, you will learn how to eat, what to eat, and why for optimal health, weight, and wellness. You will learn how to navigate the modern food and nutrition landscape and make the best choices for your wellbeing. You will understand why whole plant foods offer an unparalleled potential for your health, why isolated nutrients and numbers are not the answer, and how to integrate holistic living practices for the most effective results. This book will offer you an abundance of practical tips for optimal eating and living and will be an indispensable resource for you to refer to readily. You will walk away empowered and confident about the necessary steps you need to take to improve the quality of your life. Whether you are interested in weight loss, healing, prevention, or health maintenance, you will be equipped with the right guidance for knowing how to make that happen. Begin the transformation to live your best life ever now! Testimonials: Healing & Prevention Through Nutrition shows us how to take charge of our own health outcomes without having to rely on doctors, drugs, surgeries, and wishful thinking. Based on cutting edge science and brimming with common sense, it gently guides us through the minefields of nutritional dogma and tainted research. If you follow Evita's recommendations, you will grow happier, healthier, and a lot less confused. -- Howard Jacobson, PhD, contributing author to WHOLE: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition and host of the Plant Yourself podcast Healing & Prevention Through Nutrition is a clarion call to nutritional and health empowerment. Evita is indeed a nutritional troubadour providing a laser-sharp guidance light of substantive evidence-based information, common sense, and ancient truths. This book, in its elegant simplicity provides guidance, information, and a pathway to greater foundational health and wellbeing. —Elaine R. Ferguson, MD , physician and author of Superhealing: Engaging Your Mind, Body, and Spirit to Create Optimal Health and Well-Being With the rise of chemical contamination, genetic manipulation, and corporate control of our food supply, nutritional literacy has become an essential survival skill. And there is no better resource to educate oneself than Evita Ochel's smart, no-nonsense, easy-to-read guide to healthy eating. Healing & Prevention Through Nutrition teaches us about the relationships between diet and disease and how a lifestyle that incorporates natural, whole, unprocessed foods is the best medicine. --Larry Malerba, DO, DHt, holistic physician and author of Green Medicine, Metaphysics & Medicine, and Dynamic Medicine