The Jungle Effect by Daphne Miller

The Jungle Effect by Daphne Miller

Why do the relatively poor native populations in Mexico and Africa have such low levels of the chronic diseases that plague the United States?

Why is the rate of seasonal affective disorder in Iceland--a country where dreary weather is the norm--so low?

Why is it that older women in Okinawa have such low breast cancer rates that it is not considered cost-effective for them to get screening mammograms?

The Jungle Effect has the life-changing answers to these important questions, and many more.

Whether it's the heart-healthy Cretan diet, with its reliance on olive oil and fresh vegetables, the antidepressive Icelandic diet and its extremely high levels of omega-3s, the age-defying Okinawa diet and its emphasis on vegetables and fish, or the other diets explored herein, everyone who reads this book will come away with the secrets of a longer, healthier life and the recipes necessary to put those secrets into action. The Jungle Effect is filled with inspiring stories from Dr. Miller's patients, quirky travel adventures, interviews with world-renowned food experts, delicious (yet authentic) indigenous recipes, and valuable diet secrets that will stick with you for a lifetime.

Daphne Miller, M.D., is a family medicine professor at the University of California, San Francisco, as well as a practicing physician and author. Her writing and teaching over the last decade has focused on the intersection of biomedicine and the natural world. Her first book, The Jungle Effect, was widely appreciated and covers her dietary adventures as she goes to traditional tribes throughout the world. Miller has a medical degree from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree from Brown University. He is a contributing columnist for the Washington Post as well as other newspapers and magazines. Berkeley, California is where she lives and gardens.