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We don't generally think of food as medicine, yet the foods we eat are the most powerful Natural drug we come into contact with. For many years, conventional Medicine has been very skeptical about the possible links between food and health but, for thousands of years, people all over the world have used foods to heal the sickly and keep the health strong.
The virtues of spices and herbs were well known to the Sumerians, Assyrians, Akkadians and Babylonians, and from 200 BC. in Asia, celery was prescribed as a remedy for arterial hypertension,
However, with the Industrial Revolution came a change in eating habits and the typical diet, which was based on plant foods, low in fat and high in fiber, became more focused on animal products high in fat and low in fiber.
A balanced and varied diet rich in high fiber foods and low in fat, such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains, is very essential to good health, variation is key as no single food is able to cover our entire nutritional needs. Foods have organoleptic properties, they can ensure the right amount of carbohydrates, proteins, fibers, vitamins, and minerals, combined with a stimulating variety of different aromas and flavors that make our approach to nutrition both pleasant and captivating.
Healthy cooking has been mistakenly perceived as a long and expensive undertaking; in reality it is enough to choose among the many ingredients or foods that heal. Sometimes it is as simple as looking to what is local and in season for cues of foods we should be eating.
