Provides a holistic and comprehensive overview of nutrition,

including Eastern and Western perspectives. Can be read cover-to-cover or used as a reference. Includes a history of dietary patterns in America, advice on how to plan a balanced diet, and an insightful account of the effects of food and eating habits on the mind and emotions.

Author Bio:

Rudolph Ballentine, M.D. is a respected leader in the field

of alternative and complementary medicine. A physician and psychiatrist, he studied medicine in the U.S., psychology in the U.S. and France, and both Ayurveda and homeopathy in India. Dr. Ballentine directed the combined Therapy Programs of the Himalayan Institute as well as the Center for Holistic Medicine in New York City for over fifteen years. He is presently engaged in private practice in New York City.

Table of Contents:

CHAPTER 1 – The Ecology of Nutrition:
Society, The Soil, The Cell
CHAPTER 2 – The Biochemistry of Nutrition:
Carbohydrate, Fats and Oils, Protein, Vitamins, Minerals, A Balanced Diet
CHAPTER 3 – The Physiology of Nutrition:
Digestion, Elimination, Fasting
CHAPTER 4 – The Pharmacology of Nutrition:
Beyond Nutrients, Cooked versus Raw, Ayurvedic Nutrition, Cooking
CHAPTER 5 – Food and Consciousness:
Diet / Mind, Megavitamins and Food Allergies, Food Sadhana, The Philosophy of Nutrition, References
Index

Reviews:

• “A superb book ... should be read by all physicians.”
  
  —C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.
• “A wonderful book ... If I were forced to choose one book on nutrition
  from my extensive library, this would be it ... Almost every chapter could
  have been produced legitimately as an excellent booklet, and l would have
  bought them all ... This wonderful book is an eye opener ... highly
  recommended.”
  
  —Contemporary Time

Excerpts:

“This book gives a glimpse and creates a provocative atmosphere for the intelligent and learned so that they will begin studying their inclination to follow a particular path, and so that they don’t waste time and energy in the prevailing confusion of our times, but choose a definite path for themselves. The younger generation today is longing to seek something new and fresh, but it is torn by the conflicts created by guilt and fear. With these views in mind and to serve the needs of the aspirants and free-thinkers, I present this book.” —Swami Rama from the Introduction