Overview

A sharing book to improve the health of your community.

A full-colour mini-cookbook for sharing good health.
An introduction to the award-winning Food As Medicine cookbook by Dr Sue Radd.
64-page booklet with a heavier cover for cost-effective sharing.
Introductory nutritional information and guidelines for cooking for best health.
12 simple health-promoting recipes selected from Food As Medicine with full-colour photos of each recipe.
Health course offer.

Ten ways to share this book in your community:

Simply give it to friends, family, neighbours and other community members.
Share copies with health leaders in your community.
Leave copies in community places, particularly health settings, with permission.
Send copies to people who have attended health programs your church has run.
Plan a cooking demonstration or series using the simple recipes in the booklet.
Have copies available for visitors at any church event
Offer of free giveaway on church and local church websites.
Gifts for community members on your contact list.
Give a free copy to all families at your local Adventist school.
Share in usual literature-sharing channels: literature stands, letterboxing and doorknocking.

Contents

Conditions that may be helped by recipes in this cookbook
Why a single meal matters
10 food rules to live by
How nutrients speak to your genes
The power of diet versus drugs
Harnessing lifestyle medicine
Preparing a healthy plate
Healthy eating plate
Eat more of these foods

Recipes

Sicilian orange and fennel salad
Roasted vegetable salad with creamy orange tahini dressing
Sweet potato, red lentil and lemon soup
Chilli green pea soup with coriander
Creamy celeriac and cauliflower soup
Tofu burgers with ginger, chilli and garlic
Chickpea curry with pumpkin and baby spinach
Crispy eggplant cutlets with paprika and garlic sauce
Cashew fried rice
Pecan and ginger drops
Real banana ice-cream
Caramel date sauce
Golden Turmeric Milk

Author

Sue Radd

Dr Sue Radd is an Advanced Accredited Practicing Dietitian (a credential awarded to less than 2% of dietitians in Australia) and one of Australia’s leading nutritionists and health communicators.

Dr Radd is Director of the Nutrition and Wellbeing Clinic and has consulted widely to the food and pharmaceutical industries in product development, communications and nutrition policy in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK.

Sue completed her PhD at The University of Sydney on the effects of the Mediterranean diet on thinking and memory to reduce the risk of dementia. She continues to be involved in research as a nutrition scientist and has been awarded an honorary position as Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Sydney School of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney.

Her Food as Medicine: Cooking for Your Best Health received the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for ‘Best Health and Nutrition Book’ in 2016.

Sue's ability to translate heavy science into anyone’s language and life makes her a popular author and speaker and in 2010, She was awarded the Dietitians Association of Australia President’s Award for Innovation for her Culinary Medicine Cookshops.