The tao of healthy eating illuminates the theory and practice of chinese dietary therapy with emphasis on the concerns and attitudes of westerners commonsense metaphors explain basic chinese medical theories and their application in preventive and remedial dietary therapy. The tao of healthy eating illuminates the theory and practice of chinese dietary therapy with emphasis on the concerns and attitudes of westerners commonsense metaphors explain basic chinese medical theories and their application in preventive and remedial dietary therapy. This book presents both the traditional chinese teaching on preventive remedial dietary therapy as well as addresses such modern western concerns as high cholesterol candidiasis obesity the author begins with an introduction to the basic theories of chinese medicine as they relate to digestion diet health he then goes on to discuss chinese dietary recommendations for the most . Synopsis a laypersons guide to healthy eating through the wisdom of chinese medicine in this book you will learn the chinese medical description of digestion and all the practical implications of this description for day to day diet. The tao of healthy eating illuminates the theory and practice of chinese dietary therapy with emphasis on the concerns and attitudes of westerners commonsense metaphors explain basic chinese medical theories and their application in preventive and remedial dietary therapy