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Deep nutrition : why your genes need traditional food / Catherine Shanahan with Luke Shanahan.

by Shanahan, Catherine.

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Flatiron Books, 2017, c2016.

9781250113825 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Why your genes need traditional food

First Flatiron Books edition.

xxii, 487 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Previous edition self-published in 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-474) and index.

Part one: The wisdom of tradition. Reclaiming your health : the origins of deep nutrition ; The intelligent gene : epigenetics and the language of DNA ; The greatest gift : the creation and preservation of genetic wealth ; Dynamic symmetry : the beauty-health connection ; Letting your body create a perfect baby : the sibling strategy -- Part two: The dangers of the modern diet. The great nutrition migration : from the culinary Garden of Eden to outer space ; Good fats and bad : how the cholesterol theory created a sickness epidemic ; Brain killer : why vegetable oil is your brain's worst enemy ; Sickly sweet : how a carbohydrate-rich diet blocks metabolic function -- Part three: Living the deep nutrition way. The four pillars of the human diet : foods that program your body for health, brains, and beauty ; Beyond calories : using food as a language to achieve the ideal body weight ; Forever young : collagen health and life span ; Deep nutrition : how to get started eating the Human Diet ; Frequently asked questions.

"How dietary choices affect us down to the level of our DNA. Once a world-class athlete plagued by debilitating injuries, physician and biochemist Cate Shanahan was determined to cure her own ailments. So she researched diets from around the world that have been proved to help people live longer, healthier lives - diets from places like the Mediterranean, Okinawa Island, and the Blue Zones - and she identified four common nutritional habits that for generations have unfailingly produced strong, healthy, intelligent children and active, vital elders. These four nutritional strategies are: fresh food, fermented and sprouted foods, meat cooked on the bone, [and] organ meats. By adhering to this Human Diet, Dr. Cate cured her own ailments and has since helped countless patients and readers of the original self-published edition of Deep Nutrition. In this revised and updated edition she shows how anyone can follow the Human Diet to: improve mood; calm allergies; eliminate cravings and the urge to snack; boost fertility and give birth to healthier children; sharpen cognition and memory; build stronger bones and joints; get younger, smoother skin. Not all food is created equal. What you eat interacts with your DNA in ways that affect your health and the health of your future children. This life-changing book combines science with common sense to illustrate how the traditions of our ancestors can help us all lead longer, healthier, more vital lives. Catherine Shanahan is a family physician who runs a metabolic health clinic in Denver, Colorado"--Provided by publisher.

Shanahan, Luke.

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