Food Over Medicine: The Conversation That Could Save Your Life

by Pamela A. Popper and Glen Merzer

Book Overview

Includes recipes from Chef Del Sroufe, author of the bestselling Forks Over Knives--The Cookbook and Better Than Vegan

Nearly half of Americans take at least one prescription medicine, with almost a quarter taking three or more, as diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and dementia grow more prevalent than ever. The problem with medicating common ailments, such as high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol, is that drugs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1940363756
• ISBN13: 9781940363752
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Benbella Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Eye-opening

If you want to understand the state of health in Western countries, why sickness and obesity are so prevalent and "studies" so confusing, this is the book for you. It is an eye-opener, exposing the corruption of our scientific literature (hidden agendas by researchers who do not always reveal their conflicts of interest), alphabet agencies, and big pharma, as well as showing a simple way to reverse trends. We are what we ate.