Synopses & Reviews
This completely revised and updated edition is written
by a brother-sister physician-food writer team with a
passion for food as medicine. The 288 easy-to-read
pages present powerful medical evidence to support
adopting a whole food Mediterranean-style diet, and
include 185 simple-to-follow recipes with everyday
ingredients. This is a practical resource for anyone
looking for an evidence-based approach to eating well
without sacrificing eating enjoyment. The 14-step
Risk Reduction Action Plan helps:
- prevent or reverse heart disease and stroke
- prevent or reverse type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance,
and the metabolic syndrome
- improve cholesterol and blood pressure with fewer
drugs
- lose weight without deprivation
- reduce dementia and cancer, and improve cancer
survivorship
The Hassells also offer sensible strategies for aging well,
increasing immunity, reducing inflammation, finding
more energy, reducing depression, and getting better
sleep, as well as tips for planning meals and feeding
children.
- Use this book to cut through the confusion over
often conflicting health advice. Good Food, Great
Medicine presents a compelling summary of medical
studies showing what works to improve health, and
equips readers to evaluate study data for themselves.
- This book also explores diet controversies
surrounding fat, red meat, salt, grains, dairy, and
other traditional foods eaten throughout recorded
history.
Review
"Good Food + Great Medicine =
fantastic book! Dr. Miles Hassell tackles
prevention with evidence, creativity, and
passion, and the results go down easy.
His thoughtful approach to current
nutrition controversies will help all of our
patients make better decisions about
their health."
James Beckerman MD, FACC
Heart and Vascular Institute
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
Portland, Oregon
About the Author
Miles Hassell MD is an
internist in private practice
at Providence St. Vincent
Medical Center in Portland,
Oregon, where he lives with
his wife Anna and son Tor.
He was born in Seattle,
Washington, and was raised in Perth, Western Australia,
receiving his medical degree from the University of
Western Australia. He completed his residency in
Internal Medicine at Providence St. Vincent Medical
Center.
Dr. Hassell is Medical Director of the Integrative
Medicine Program at Providence Cancer Center in
Portland and a clinical instructor in the training of
Internal Medicine residents, twice named Outstanding
Teacher of the Year. In his private practice Dr. Hassell
encourages the vigorous use of evidence-based food and
lifestyle choices and has been chosen as one of Portland's
Top Doctors. He also lectures widely to physician groups
about the appropriate integration of lifestyle and
conventional medicine, and is often interviewed on
health issues by local television and radio.
Mea Hassell, a freelance journalist and cooking
instructor for over thirty years in both Western Australia
and the United States, lives in Portland, Oregon. She
works with her brother, Miles, in his internal medicine
practice, and translates his passion for food as medicine
into practical day-to-day living and eating.