Systems of Nourishment: Optimize Your Diet

How should we eat to optimize our health?To answer this question, the author applies four scientific methods for understanding diet. First, he explains how nutrients function within the body. Second, he examines how human beings evolved in relationship to diet over the past seven million years. Third, he considers how the nutrition establishment forms its dietary recommendations. Fourth, he reviews hundreds of scientific studies from the best available sources.He shows where these methods agree, where they differ, and he then resolves those differences. Along the way, he reveals the unifying theory of nutrition.From this theory, he derives seven premises that help you define your own diet by choosing, combining, and processing foods and nutrients in certain ways. You can then apply these principals to almost any diet of your choice.By following these premises, you can optimize your diet while better avoiding the chronic diseases of modern life. Better still, you can make eating intuitive and pleasurable by aligning your diet with your biological nature.