The Functional Nutrition Cookbook: Addressing Biochemical Imbalances through Diet

Love the recipies inside. Quick and simple but super tastey

This is not one of those typical glossy cookbooks but it really is the one for anyone who seriously wants to learn about how certain dietary changes can improve their health by getting to the root cause of the imbalances that are causing problems (causes such as inflammation, adrenal stress and gastro-intestinal issues).It is marketed as being an important resource for nutritionally-minded healthcare professionals, and as a student of nutrition I think it is very practical, tying in the science and fundamentals of functional medicine with recipes and lifestyle advice. Personally I think that anyone with a slightly scientific enquiring mind and a desire to understand their own or their familiy's health issues would find this enlightening and helpful.My only criticism is that the CD-Rom doesn't really add anything, just a PDF of what's in the book - so I s'pose you could print recipes out rather than photocopy them if desired.

This is a really useful in depth book if you want to dig deep into the body's biochemical functioning, The recipes work although the one for pecan and banana bread would be mega expensive to make. It did adapt successfully when I substitued 50% ground almonds and the rest with rice flour and maize for the pecans.The impact on our bodies by the food we eat was clearly spelt out with out resorting to fads, spurious research or exaggeration. An honest look at the subject encouraging further exploration from the reader.

I am studying naturopathic nutrition, this book is one that all the teachers and students in higher levels recommend - and I can see why. It's brilliant. It has some detail on certain areas that a nutritional therapist may want to work on, not categorised by conditions or systems, but still very useful. The recipes are excellent, and the book comes with a CD-Rom which allows you to print off the recipes for clients, friends, family etc. Love this book!

This book helps you understand how the different functions of the body may be helped by what we eat and how we prepare foodand provides easy to follow recipes which are not only nutritious but delicious and effective at improving how we function. It also goes into greater depth giving explanations and evidence based on research to support the use of 'functional nutrition'.

Just received this book and flicking through the recipes is exciting! Love that there is a CD to print recipes from for clients and friends, brilliant idea. Also really useful to have intro to various conditions/systems in each section, brilliant again, for sharing with clients and reminding me of some issues!

If you look a real road map for a healthy diet you should buy this book. You'll gain professional tips, recipes and 3day meal plans for the most popular diseases like diabetes etc. combined in one book. Great inspiration for everybody. It's really useful.

Some good advice and recipes. But because it tries to cover a whole range of conditions it is a bit confusing if one's condition includes several of them and there is different advice for each. Some of the recipes contain very expensive ingredients.