Wednesday, July 16, 2014

The Best Medicine: Foods That Heal, Part 5

Fruits, Sweets, and Sweeteners
A Free Five-Part Discussion Series
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
6 - 7: 30 PM    
Greenstar Co-op, Ithaca NY    
A healthy diet is invaluable for the vitality of all bodily systems. Healing that results from proper eating is not coincidental. Similar to herbal medicine, food has specific therapeutic properties. If diet is used correctly for prevention and treatment, other medicines are required much less frequently if at all. 
Licensed acupuncturist and herbalist Amanda Lewis will discuss the nutritional and medicinal uses of fruits, sweets and sweeteners, drawing on insights from traditional Chinese medicine as well as current Western knowledge.