Find your ideal foods and cultivate wellness with traditional wisdom
- Weaves together three ancestral healing philosophies with modern
nutrition science to show how to discover your ideal eating plan
- Shares recipes, meal plans, food lists, and stories to illustrate the
concepts discussed and helps you integrate your own ancestral wisdom
into your life
- Offers proven strategies for transforming cravings, changing habits,
and reducing the symptoms of chronic illness
Exploring the healing power of food, holistic nutritionist Lisa Masé
weaves together three ancestral healing philosophies--Ayurveda,
traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and the Mediterranean diet--with
modern nutrition science to help you discover your ideal foods for
vibrant health.
The author frames her book with her healing journey to overcome ten
years of chronic infection, anxiety, depression, infertility,
hypothyroidism, and food sensitivities. She explains how she grew up in
Italy, cradled by the Adriatic Sea and the Dolomite mountains, and by
returning to her traditional foods and healing herbs she was able to
heal herself. She discusses the three kinds of hunger--Heart, Head, and
Habit--and offers proven folk and scientific strategies for transforming
cravings and changing habits, including meditation, breathwork
practices, and realignment of the gut-brain axis via the vagus nerve.
Detailing the healing principles behind Ayurveda, TCM, and the
Mediterranean diet, the author provides clear, easy-to-follow
instructions for determining your Ayurvedic and Chinese constitution
types, which can help you discover how best to heal yourself. She
includes food lists for each constitution. Discussing the energetics of
food, she explains the importance of personalized nutrition based on
genetics, epigenetics, intuitive eating, and seasonal, local foods. She
guides you on the path of food sovereignty to regain control of your
food. Throughout the book, the author shares recipes, meal plans, and
stories to illustrate the concepts she discusses and to help you easily
integrate your ancestral healing wisdom into your life.
Showing how to simplify your eating to cultivate wellness, this engaging
and comprehensive guide to the culinary pharmacy provides all the
knowledge and tools necessary to help you make your food your medicine.
