title: A Beautiful Medicine - A Radical Look at the Essence of Health and Healing
author:  David G Mercier 
description: Grand Prize Winner, 2013 Nautilus Book Awards - Better Books for a Better World
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  This book is dedicated to our
  daughter, Reisha, for helping me
  embrace the beauty of our world;
  to our son, Austin, who restores
  my faith in and devotion to the
  practice of medicine; and to my
  wife, Leize, whose love,
  understanding, and
  companionship have sustained
  and supported me on our
  incredible journey together.
  
  INTRODUCTION
  Welcome to a New Way of Life
  Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy
  food.
  —HIPPOCRATES, THE FATHER OF MODERN
  MEDICINE
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