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Food over medicine : the conversation that could save your life / Pamela A. Popper, Ph.D., N.D., and Glen Merzer.

by Popper, Pamela.

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BenBella Books, Inc., 2013.

Nutritionally induced diseases.

Diet in disease.

Health behavior.

xvi, 240 p., 22 unnumbered pages of plates : col. ill.; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-238) and index.

Deep-fried butter on a stick and other atrocities -- The program -- Diseases and the foods that bring them on -- Success stories -- The dietary establishment -- Managing your doctor -- Proving the case -- It's the food, stupid.

"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 treat symptoms—and may even improve test results—without addressing the cause: diet. Overmedicated, overfed, and malnourished, most Americans fail to realize the answer to lower disease rates doesn't lie in more pills but in the foods we eat. With so much misleading nutritional information regarded as common knowledge, from "everything in moderation" to "avoid carbs," the average American is ill-equipped to recognize the deadly force of abundant, cheap, unhealthy food options that not only offer no nutritional benefits but actually bring on disease. In Food Over Medicine, Pamela A. Popper, PhD, ND, and Glen Merzer invite the reader into a conversation about the dire state of American health the result of poor nutrition choices stemming from food politics and medical misinformation. But, more important, they share the key to getting and staying healthy for life."--From publisher.

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