Food as Medicine: A Handbook of Natural Nutrition [Paperback]

How to use your diet to heal your body

Countless studies have shown that food plays a major role in promoting health and preventing and treating disease.

Kirsten Hartvig draws on her deep knowledge - and her many years of hands-on experience as a natural health practitioner and researcher - to give you a unique guide to healthy eating and to the use of food as medicine.

You will learn how foods stimulate the bodys natural self-healing ability, and you will gain understanding of the role of specific nutrients in treating everyday ailments, aches and pains.

Food As Medicinewill also show you how to protect yourself against more serious health problems with practical diet and recipe advice.

As a unique daily health reference,Food As Medicinealso takes a fresh look at the nutritional value of the foods we eat.

It will give you a better understanding of the quality of the calories obtained from the proteins, fats, and carbohydrates in all sorts of foods, and it also looks in detail at the vital role played by vitamins, minerals and trace elements in maintaining health and treating disease.

Kirsten HartvigND, MNIMH, DipPhyt trained at the School of Herbal Medicine, Tunbridge Wells, and the College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy in London. She is an acclaimed nutritionist, medical herbalist, and registered naturopath practising in The Rachel Carson Centre, Emerson College.

Kirsten is director of the Healing Garden, a biodynamic garden with over 400 species of medicinal plants. It is part of the Biodynamic Botanic Garden at Emerson College.

She is the author of 14 books on natural health and writes columns and articles for various newsletters and magazines. Kirsten teaches Nature Cure diploma courses onsite and online with Dr Nic Rowley, and she leads monthly herb walks and workshops on natural health and herbal medicine.

Kirsten also teaches at the Nordic Colll³.