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How Food Heals: Understanding Nutritional Therapy

Nutritional Therapy, Food Choices. Photograph of food bowl by James Sutton

Photograph by James Sutton

Using food to heal 5 common health ailments

Unfortunately, we live in an era where ‘good nutrition’ can be seemingly impossible to find. Truly natural foods aren’t even safe, with 100 percent of all wines grown in Napa Valley sprayed with RoundUp.

There was a time — not many decades ago — when ‘nutritional therapy’ meant simply using food for healing. Today, nutritional therapy is considered an evidence-based approach to optimizing your

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