Some Foods Can Be Medicine
Modern medical research confirms that certain foods can help cure, prevent, or even cause some diseases.
Amanda Haas is a professional cook.
She went to an allergist to try to find out what was wrong with her body.
The allergist suggested that perhaps her health problems were caused by the food she was eating.
“I think it’s something that you’re eating. And since you cook for a living, why don’t you go and figure out what’s going to make you feel great and share it with other people?'”
And that is what she did. She stopped eating some kinds of sugars and reduced the amount of caffeine she drank.
Haas found that some healthy foods were also causing her some problems. People with joint pain from inflammation, she says, could be sensitive to peppers, tomatoes and eggplants.
She uses a lot of green vegetables, spices and citrus in her cooking to make it anti-inflammatory.
Cutting out foods that may be making you sick is one way to make that ancient advice – let food be your medicine – useful in your modern, daily life.
