This book covers a great range of alternative therapies. Relaxation, diet, nutritional suppliments, and exercise are just a few of the recommended activities that are mentioned in this book. All therapies that are covered in this book are well known therapies and if you want to learn more this is a great

It isn’t often enough when a cookbook gives you more than just recipes. Nourishing Traditions is filled with fact based nutrition that counters some of what we see in the trendy news everyday. Someone really hit the nail on the head when they said this was like ‘Joy of Cooking’ in the sense it was a textbook as much as it was a cookbook. Honestly this book as been on my coffee table since it was purchased because of all of the information in this book, and the recipes are top notch too!

What I really like about this book is this first few chapters, Sally Fallon goes over nutrition over the ages, and dispells some of what’s currently noted in our pop culture media. Guess what sometimes everything is good for you in some circumstances. Food isn’t inheritantly evil. We have the responsibility to ingest high quality food, and we should not leave these important decisions to food manufactors or mass media to tell us what is best for us. She then goes over important kitchen appliances, and ones that aren’t so important. She covers basic ingredients and gives multiple suggestions for incorporating better choices into our diet.

I love her recipes. She has many recipes for making your own saurkraut, and a variety of other pickled and fermented vegetables. These are so easy to make. What you aren’t going to find in this book are recipes that ask you to put in ingredients with a lot of preservatives in here. She is never going to ask you to add Miracle Whip or Italian dressing to anything. The recipes do not lack flavor, in fact, you won’t even miss a lot of these off the shelf ingredients that we so often use.

I am passionate about this book. If you are wanting to improve your diet sensibly, this is the book to pick up. She isn’t asking you to become a vegan, or even go vegetarian, she gives information and then recipes to help you give yourself better nutrition. I would recommend this book as a starter book in trying to eat more healthy. You can’t go wrong with Nourishing Traditions.

So often in western medicine we are given cookie cutter diets that are perscribed to everyone, and this book really helps you develop a more customized approach. I like that this book will ask you questions and go over a variety of symptoms then explain why your body may behave like it does, and then the author will help you make changes that will help with these symptoms and help you heal your body. Generally none of the approaches are too extreme, but rather small choices you can make that will help make a difference.

My only complaint with this book is that it really advocates leaving out the dairy and meat out of your diet. Personally, for me, this isn’t a choice I want to make at this time. I do choose to limit red meat intake, and ensure that the quality of protien I get is high, and I sometimes eat vegetarian, but not always. If you are interested in a wholistic approach that teaches something other than low fat diet, check this book out. This is an amazing read and if it can help you with even one or two minor health issues this is worth the price of the book just on the fact you don’t have to reach into a medicine cabinet and try to cure yourself.