The dirt cure
Subtitle: growing healthy kids with food straight from soil
By: Maya Shetreat-Klein, MD ; with Rachel Holtzman
Contributors: Holtzman, Rachel, author
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781476796970
Subjects: Diet therapy for children; Nutrition; Health and hygiene; Children
Description: In the tradition of Michael Pollan, Mark Hyman, and Andrew Weil, pioneering integrative pediatric neurologist Maya Shetreat-Klein, MD, reveals the shocking contents of children's food, how it's seriously harming their bodies and brains, and what we can do about it. And she presents the first nutritional plan for getting and keeping children healthy - a plan that any family can follow. Maya Shetreat-Klein is an integrative pediatric neurologist with a medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Board certified in adult and child neurology as well as pediatrics. Print run 60,000.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-358) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Welcome to the dirt cure. Where true health begins ; Learning to listen to the body : what symptoms tell you ; Healthy body, healthy brain ; Time to clean up; title: Part II. Step one: heal. Food allergens and sensitivities : how "healthy" foods can hurt ; Artificial food : flavorings, dyes, preservatives, and other toxic additives ; Sickly sweet food : sugars and sweeteners; title: Part III. Step two: nourish. Soil power : organic fruits, vegetables, and plants ; Unlocking seeds : nutritional powerhouses ; Meet your meat ; Milk : pasture-ization over pasteurization ; Knowing the chicken before the egg ; Fish : from the water ; Water : what we drink ; Simple pleasures : healthy sweets, fats, and umami; title: Part IV. Step three: put it all together. Healing from the inside out: cooking better food ; Healing from the outside In.