Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian at Harvard Book Store

About this event

Harvard Book Store welcomes Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian—cardiologist, public health scientist, and Director of the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University—for a discussion of his debut book, Food Is Medicine: Healing Our Bodies, Nourishing Our Minds, and Transforming Our Food System. About Food Is Medicine An urgent exposé of how the food we eat is making us sick, how we can heal, and the revolutionary new food system that can mend our health, economy, and planet from a world-renowned expert on nutrition and public health. The food we eat is making us sick. In the nation and around the world, diet is now the leading cause of illness and premature death, from heart disease to the global pandemic of diabetes. Advocates of “healthy diets” pin the blame on overeating, but the bigger issue is that we undereat—we don’t consume enough nutritious food, food that nourishes and heals. Harnessing the power of the right foods can do more than prevent illness; it can treat it, extending life while reducing the crippling cost of ill health to our communities and economy. Food Is Medicine shows the way, from transforming our diets to keep us healthy to getting the right foods into our stores and onto our plates—all while eating plentifully and pleasurably. A global authority at the intersection of nutrition, medicine, and public policy, Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH draws on cutting-edge research to turn complex science into a clear, actionable program to end our health crisis. Exposing a broken food system, plagued by the harms of ultraprocessing and ruinous to the environment, he lays out exactly how the meals we eat are damaging our bodies. He reveals the medicinal, healing power of ideal nutrition and introduces the innovators who are pioneering solutions—at the doctor’s office, in supermarkets, in the halls of Congress, and above all for individuals, to empower them to access the foods they need to live well. With clarity and optimism, braiding science,…

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