The Jungle Effect: A Doctor Discovers the Healthiest Diets from Around the World--Why They Work and How to Bring Them Home

About this book

Pizza pasta hamburgers sushi tacos and french fries . . . whether our ancestors were born in Madrid Malaysia or Mexico chances are our daily food choices come from all around the globe. Unfortunately we have taken some of the worst aspects of our varied ancestral menus to turn healthy cuisine into not-so-healthy junk food. Where did we go wrong? Why is it that non-Western immigrants are so much more susceptible to diabetes and other diet-related chronic diseases than white Americans? How is it possible that relatively poor native populations in Mexico and Africa have such low levels of the chronic diseases that plague the United States? What is the secret behind the extremely low rate of clinical depression in Icelanda country where dreary weather is the norm? The Jungle Effect has the life-changing answers to these important questions and many more. Dr. Daphne Miller undertook a worldwide quest to find diets that are both delicious and healthy. Written in a style reminiscent of Michael Pollan and Barbara Kingsolver this book is filled with inspiring stories from Dr. Millers patients quirky travel adventures interviews with world-renowned food experts delicious (yet authentic) indigenous recipes and valuable diet secrets that will stick with you for a lifetime. Whether its the heart-healthy Cretan diet with its reliance on olive oil and fresh vegetables; the antidepression Icelandic diet and its extremely high levels of Omega 3s; the age-defying Okinawa diet and its emphasis on vegetables and fish; or the other diets explored herein everyone who reads this book will come away with the secrets of a longer healthier life and the recipes necessary to put those secrets into effect.