The Color Code: A Revolutionary Eating Plan for Optimum Health

Description

The simple premise behind this revolutionary new book is that the natural pigments that give fruits and vegetables their colour can protect our bodies too. Combining their expertise in aging and nutrition, a leading scientist and an outstanding physician show readers how to prevent the most common age-related illnesses through a simple multi-coloured eating plan. For generations parents have been telling children to eat their fruits and vegetables - now The Color Code finally tells us why.

James A. Joseph, Ph.D., is lead scientist and lab chief of the Laboratory of Neuroscience of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. He has won several grants and awards in the area of gerontology. Daniel Nadeau, M.D., is a clinical director of the Diabetes Center and Nutrition Support at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor and assistant professor at Tufts Medical School. Anne Underwood is a reporter at Newsweek.

"...will open your eyes to the truly amazing health benefits of beautifully coloured whole foods." - Christian Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom "...walks us through every fascinating detail of this revelatory subject, providing solid information and delicious recipes, as well as great inspiration. This is an important book!" - Mollie Katzen, author of Moosewood Cookbook