Food Isn’t Medicine

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As someone who has struggled with their weight for quite some time now I have heard the majority of the 'nutribollocks' (fake food info) that Joshua Wolrich covers, explains, and totally debunks in this book. Author claims that there are many books on fad diets and theories which are published only to generate profit. D., is a nutritional biochemist at the Richardson Center for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and an expert adviser with EvidenceNetwork. There are some good paragraphs in this book but the information is so surface level that I actually think it does more harm than good.

I've always been scared to think too much about how I eat because I know what a slippery slope that can be into the mental health quagmire of thinking your body is not good enough. When Hippocrates may have suggested that food is medicine, most people who became sick with a serious ailment died. Even though it is true, all he does in this book is to treat the symptoms and not the cause of the problem, much like medications do. When "raw" lifestyle was out of bounds I asked for Snackwell 100 calorie packs, light yogurt, weight control oatmeal packets, etc. If you read around this topic enough within the evidence based nutrition sphere - whether online or in books - then none of this information will be new to you.Food as medicine’ elevates the idea that food and nutrition is a cure-all and that a person has complete control over their health, dismissing other factors such as genetics and social determinants of health,” Hughes said.

I consider myself to be generally pretty good at recognising the difference between science and pseudo-science.In the end it turns out that diet was not the solution but pain management and having infusions every 2 months was. But I’m also the happiest, and with definitely the healthiest eating habits, that have developed naturally the more I was letting go off all this nonsense. Now, after reading this book, I feel excited to joyfully add nutritious and balanced foods to what I eat without getting bogged down in self-doubt.