The Jungle Effect: A Doctor Discovers the Healthiest Diets from Around the World–Why They Work and
By addebook • Jul 14th, 2008 • Category: Pharmacy
The Jungle Effect: A Doctor Discovers the Healthiest Diets from Around the World–Why They Work and How to Bring Them Home
The Jungle Effect: A Doctor Discovers the Healthiest Diets from Around the World–Why They Work and How to Bring Them Home
By Daphne, M.D. Miller
Publisher: Collins
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2008-05-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0061535656
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780061535659
Binding: Hardcover
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 Iceland—a 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. Miller’s 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 it’s 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.
Summary: Life Changing Information
Rating: 5
I heard an interview on the radio & was really impressed with Dr Miller. Her book delivers. The book is understandable & really makes the reader think. This book is life changing. The recipes are delicious. After living low fat for a long time the recipes are so flavorful and satisfying. Hope Dr Miller has another book coming out!
Summary: Finally, common sense in the diet arena!
Rating: 5
If you are interested in food, you need to read this book. It takes a no nonsense approach to diet, and studies why eating a wide variety of foods that haven’t been touched by processing of any kind is really the logical way to go when making food choices. Miller’s approach is very well balanced, well researched, and chock full of interesting facts. You won’t be disappointed!
Summary: The Jungle Effect
Rating: 5
I absolutely loved this book. It has so much great and interesting information and it inspired me to start thinking about my food in an entirely different way. It made me get excited about my food choices and eating for better health. I also love all the recipes. They are so unique and different. I would 100 percent recommend this book if you are interested in finally being excited about the food you eat and the wonderful impact it can have on your health and wellbeing!
Summary: Good read; makes healthy eating fun
Rating: 5
It’s a travelogue, a nutrition advice book (complete with case studies), and a cookbook, too. Writing in the first person, Daphne Miller brings these three books together into one fun read. She’s adventurous and curious, which makes a book about preventing diabetes, cancer and depression into a delight. Who’d have thought!
Several ideas come together here: “Cold spots” are places in which chronic Western diseases are noticeably absent. Miller explores what and how people eat in the cold spots. Then she cites the research showing why a particular indigenous diet provides protection against a particular condition. She was led to the cold spots in her efforts to help individual patients who were struggling with health issues–and whose ethnic heritage is tied to the cold spot. That’s another piece of the puzzle: in this fast-food world, it’s not easy to maintain the ideal diet as usually presented: fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats, and varying advice on carbs. ” But a Mexican “cold spot” diet might be easier for a Chicana patient to stick with. The foods might appeal to cultural memory, or even an individual’s memories of grandmother’s cooking. Sure enough, it turns out that way, as Miller returns from cold spots with traditional recipes to share with her patients. For example, a Scandinavian patient, who turns up her nose at ubiquitous California salads, turns out to love the Icelandic diet with plenty of berries, fish, and waxy potatoes. And eating the Icelandic way helps her out of a serious depression. Miller explains how it works.
The book invites us to eat our way around the world and learn the principles of each indigenous diet. We can sample from Camaroon, Crete, Okinawa and more. The recipes look good–I haven’t tried them yet– and are written to incorporate ingredients easily available in most US towns. Miller finds out about the recipes by peeking into kitchens and cooking with locals, who are colorfully portrayed. I found inspiration for healthy eating in this book, and learned a lot about the mechanisms behind the adage “we are what we eat.”
I should tell you that Dr Miller is our family doctor. She’s just as devoted to her patients as it seems in the book. And her constant scan of medical and nutrition research has helped our whole family. While I haven’t made any of the recipes yet, I recognize changes we have already made based on her advice.
Summary: A Journey To The Soul of Food and Culture
Rating: 5
Daphne Miller an integrative medicine fellow presented her book at the Nutrition Conference in Phoenix April 2008 – a very entertaining presentation. Daphne took us on a trip around the world as she presented the details of her book – I felt as if I should book a trip myself and see some of those fascinating cultures she visited. The Jungle Effect by Daphne Miller – this book may help people understand the link between culture and local eating patterns – avoiding the highly processed food of the typical American Diet – Excellent Daphne.
I would also like to recommend – THE APO E GENE DIET : By Integrative Medicine Fellow – Pamela McDonald – A Breakthrough in Changing Cholesterol, Weight, Heart and Alzheimer’s Using the Body’s Own Genes
This book runs along similar lines – it suggests eating locally for your traditional culture and eating for your individual genetic APO E genotype – especially where a family history of heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease and chronic illness is concerned.
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