Linked to the Channel 4 series the book shows how food can heal everyday complaints and help protect against more serious conditions. This book also shows how to experience optimum health-giving benefits by combining certain foods. Covering a range of conditions - from coughs and colds to depression and even cancer - it advises what to eat to help you achieve your very best health.

Synopsis

This is the official book to tie-in to a brand new 8-part series for Channel 4, The Food Hospital . With expert advice from a GP, dietitian and a gastrointestinal specialist, The Food Hospital will show how food can heal everyday complaints and help protect against more serious conditions. You'll also discover how to experience optimum health-giving benefits by combining certain foods. Divided into chapters: Gut Feeling; On The Outside; Mind Matters; Just for the Girls; Eat Yourself Better; and, When Things Get Serious and covering a diverse range of conditions - from coughs and colds to depression and even cancer - the book advises what to eat to help you achieve your very best health. And with 45 delicious recipes, healthy eating has never been easier.

About the Author

Dr. Gio Miletto worked in NHS hospitals for six years before moving into General Practice. He has written about medicine for the London Evening Standard and contributed to Sky TV and BBC radio.   Shaw Somers is a consultant surgeon, specialising in upper gastro-intestinal and bariatric (weight-loss) surgery. His busy schedule includes clinical work and work in the media, including Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies and Britain's Fattest Man.   Lucy Jones is a senior specialist registered dietitian, working both in the NHS and in private practice. She is a media spokesperson for the British Dietetic Association regularly appearing on national news programmes and in the press commenting on current nutrition stories. She chairs the London Branch of the BDA. More books by this author Author 'Like for Like' recommendation