People deserve to know which foods really work to help prevent and treat disease. This information is available in the scientific literature, along with the eating patterns shown to lower blood sugar, blood pressure, improve arthritis pain and IBS, and banish constipation, insomnia and even angina.

Although this article is not well-researched, and relies on laboratory research instead of careful clinical studies, enough clinicians are becoming truly interested in how food can work like medicine in the body so that people can begin to make much better decision for themselves than ever before. And find a physician to work with and for them to do the same.

Today I answered about 25 questions from e-mailers who asked "What do I eat for this?" Arthritis, cholesterol, triglycerides, breast cancer, prostate cancer...in each case, there is a good, evidence-based answer. And the really good news is that the food tastes amazing, can look beautiful, and is easier to prepare and make than you thought possible.

Doctors can and should write recipes on prescription slips too, and that day is not far off.

John La Puma, MD http://drjohnlapuma.com

Author, ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine http://tinyurl.com/34h8pm