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To understand how to use food as a tool for healing, we must first understand what cancer and its treatments do to the body. Chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery are powerful interventions, but they can leave behind fatigue, loss of appetite, taste alterations, and digestive discomfort. The body is ...

From The Cancer-Fighting Cookbook: Practical Recipes and Supportive Nutrition

In the *Culinary Pharmacy* that sits at the heart of my work, every whole food has a purpose. Whole foods are alive with vitality; they bring not just fuel but information that tells the body how to repair, detoxify, and restore. When I talk about 'whole,' I mean food as close to its natural form as...

From The Cancer-Fighting Cookbook: Practical Recipes and Supportive Nutrition

Before we venture into the kitchen, we must first understand the remarkable world of nutritional neuroscience. Our brains are dynamic organs in constant need of nourishment. Every thought, every emotion, every spark of creativity depends on chemical messengers known as neurotransmitters, which are f...

From The Healthy Mind Cookbook: Big-Flavor Recipes to Enhance Brain Function, Mood, Memory, and Mental Clarity

As a chef, I see the pantry as a medicine cabinet—an accessible pharmacy where flavor and healing overlap. In this chapter, we name the ingredients that truly nurture the brain. Dark leafy greens like kale and spinach bring folate and vitamin K to sharpen memory. Berries saturate your neurons with a...

From The Healthy Mind Cookbook: Big-Flavor Recipes to Enhance Brain Function, Mood, Memory, and Mental Clarity