Dharma Singh Khalsa, a pioneering physician specializing in the integration of mind, body, and soul in healing, is the author of Meditation as Medicine. He is president and medical director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Foundation in Tucson. "Food is the original and best medicine," writes the author, who suggests seven daily servings of fruits and vegetables as a prescription that will lower your intake of fat, cholesterol, and refined sugar plus increase your consumption of all-important disease-fighting antioxidants and anti-inflammatory protective compounds.
Dr. Khalsa's holistic nutritional program is based on seven principles: (1) Detoxify your body; (2) Go organic; (3) Limit genetically engineered food; (4) Eat clean protein; (5) Discover juicing and supplements; (6) Cook consciously and eat mindfully; (7) Make the transition to eating for vitality and well-being. Along with these guidelines, the author discusses fasting, outlines how to institute specific vitamin and herbal therapies to accelerate healing, and provides innovative recipes for meals, smoothies, and energy drinks that make for well-being.
The second half of the book contains in A to Z order the best foods, juices, vitamins, and mineral supplements for allergies, digestive distress, chronic fatigue, hypertension, osteoporosis, prostrate problems, age-associated memory impairment, weight loss, depression and general stress. This holistic resource is tailor-made for all those who see their bodies as sacred and keeping them healthy as a spiritual practice.
