Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian at Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Admission: Free
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…