Jungle Effect
Healthiest Diets from Around the World--Why They Work and How to Make Them Work for You

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<p>Why do the relatively poor native populations in Mexico and Africa have such low levels of the chronic diseases that plague the United States? </p><p>Why is the rate of seasonal affective disorder in Iceland—a country where dreary weather is the norm—so low? </p><p>Why is it that older women in Okinawa have such low breast cancer rates that it is not considered cost-effective for them to get screening mammograms?</p><p>The Jungle Effect has the life-changing answers to these important questions, and many more.</p><p>Whether it's the heart-healthy Cretan diet, with its reliance on olive oil and fresh vegetables, the antidepressive Icelandic diet and its extremely high levels of omega-3s, the age-defying Okinawa diet and its emphasis on vegetables and fish, or the other diets explored herein, everyone who reads this book will come away with the secrets of a longer, healthier life and the recipes necessary to put those secrets into action. The Jungle Effect is filled with inspiring stories from Dr. Miller's patients, quirky travel adventures, interviews with world-renowned food experts, delicious (yet authentic) indigenous recipes, and valuable diet secrets that will stick with you for a lifetime. </p>
Sold By | HarperCollins |
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ISBNs | 0061844608, 9780061844607, 9780060886233, 9780061844607 |
Language | English |
Number of Pages | 384 |