Today I dug out a book I’ve had forever it seems. It was certainly most interesting the first time I read it several decades ago. It was then, and still is I believe, one of the most important books ever written about the food-health connection. It is titled “Food is Your Best Medicine” by Henry G. Bieler, M.D. The publisher is Ballantine Books. It’s still available in paperback for less than $10 from Amazon.com and also from the Price-Pottenger Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to natural health and healing. They can be reached at www.ppnf.org.

I say it’s still available because it was originally published in 1966, and interestingly the message Dr. Bieler put forth so many years ago has not changed. It is that the human body must have whole, nourishing food to live. As I’ve said before, there is so much information out there now, and not all of it is correct or true. So it’s a good thing to find correct information from a qualified person. Although he died in l975, Dr. Bieler’s message is even more important today than ever before. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s amazing how much thought and effort goes into our lives when it comes to family, kids, clothes, hair, job, home decorating and social life just to name a few. Unfortunately, the food we eat every day isn’t necessarily on that list unless we’re deciding flavor, drive-up options, or which ready-to-eat concoction to remove from it’s box and heat in three minutes max.

It’s not necessary to be so radical as to refuse to eat anything that’s not organic or was grown on a corporate farm. However, it is necessary to make the extra effort to learn why some foods sustain our health and other foods destroy our health, and shop and cook accordingly. There are many good books dealing with all these areas.

Keep things simple and you’ll have more success. My own personal guideline lists whole grains, vegetables and beans and legumes as the most important. Also important and delicious are seeds and nuts, fruit and some meat (mostly chicken), and cheeses. Condiments, olive oil, herbs and spices make things interesting. Read the rest of this entry »