The Longevity Kitchen Satisfying, Big-Flavor Recipes Featuring the Top 16 Age-Busting Power Foods [120 Recipes for Vitality and Optimal Health][A Cookbook]

by Katz, Rebecca; Edelson, Mat; Weil, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781607742944
• ISBN10: 1607742942
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-02-26
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Summary

A collection of 125 delicious whole-foods recipes showcasing 16 antioxidant-rich power foods, developed by wellness authority Rebecca Katz to combat and prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, inflammation, arthritis, and other conditions that plague American adults, enabling readers to live longer, healthier lives. Despite our anti-aging obsession and numerous medical advances, life spans are actually shortening because of poor lifestyle decisions. But it doesn't have to be so. Food-as-medicine pioneer Rebecca Katz harnesses the power of 16 age-busting superfoods and the latest scientific research on epicurean genetics in these recipes that prevent and address life-threatening chronic conditions. She focuses on key body systems and provides a full breakdown of the health-promoting benefits of each main ingredient in the book. With The Longevity Kitchen,readers will keep all systems running smoothly well into old age.

Author Biography

REBECCA KATZ, MS, is an accomplished chef and national speaker who has worked with the country’s top wellness physicians, including Andrew Weil, Deepak Chopra, Michael Lerner, Jim Gordon, and Dean Ornish. She is the author of the award-winning Cancer-Fighting Kitchen and One Bite at a Time, as well as director of the Healing Kitchens Institute at Commonweal and executive chef of the annual Food as Medicine training program sponsored by the Center for Mind Body Medicine at Georgetown Medical School. She has been featured in the Washington Post, Oprah.com, The Atlantic, Better Homes and Gardens, Associated Press, and other national media. Rebecca lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Visit RebeccaKatz.com for more information.
 
MAT EDELSON is an award-winning science, health, and sports writer. He is the former anchor/director of the Johns Hopkins Health Newsfeed, a nationally syndicated daily radio program. This is the third book he has co-authored with Rebecca Katz. Edelson resides in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Table of Contents

Foreword by Andrew Weil, MD
Acknowledgments  
Introduction
Chapter 1: Food, Nutrition, and Your Body
Chapter 2: The Healing Power of Food           
Chapter 3: Making the Most of This Book
Chapter 4: Life-Enhancing Soups and Broths
Chapter 5: Vital Vegetables
Chapter 6: Generous Grains
Chapter 7: Protein-Building Foods
Chapter 8: Nibbles and Noshes
Chapter 9: Dollops of Yum!
Chapter 10: Invigorating Tonics and Elixirs
Chapter 11: Sweet Bites
Resources    
Bibliography
Index