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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Mullen, Seamus, author. | Ko, Genevieve, author.
Title: Real food heals : eat to feel younger and stronger every day / Seamus Mullen with Genevieve Ko.
Description: New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017012317 (print) | LCCN 2017014645 (ebook) | ISBN 9780735213869 (ebook) | ISBN 9780735213852 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Nutrition. | Diet therapy. | Prehistoric peoplesNutrition. | High-protein dietRecipes.
BISAC: COOKING / Health & Healing / Weight Control. | HEALTH & FITNESS / Diets. | COOKING / Health & Healing / Low Carbohydrate.
Classification: LCC RA784 (ebook) | LCC RA784 .M757 2017 (print) | DDC 641.5/63dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017012317
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Neither the publisher nor the author is engaged in rendering professional advice or services to the individual reader. The ideas, procedures, and suggestions contained in this book are not intended as a substitute for consulting with your physician. All matters regarding your health require medical supervision. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable or responsible for any loss or damage allegedly arising from any information or suggestion in this book.
The recipes contained in this book have been created for the ingredients and techniques indicated. The publisher is not responsible for your specific health or allergy needs that may require supervision. Nor is the publisher responsible for any adverse reactions you may have to the recipes contained in the book, whether you follow them as written or modify them to suit your personal dietary needs or tastes.
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FOREWORD
In my practice as an integrative doctor, every day I meet and treat those who are unwell, from mildly so to very, very sick. When I met Seamus, he was firmly in the latter campthe physical definition of what some might call a hot mess. Professionally though, he was at the top of the New York chef food chain, cooking and running two successful restaurants, despite being profoundly unwell.
Though just in his thirties, he was struggling with the older persons disease of rheumatoid arthritis. He was in constant pain and drugged to the gills. He was carrying about fifty pounds of extra weight. He looked and felt awful and had been in this state for more than a decade. Worse, he wasnt getting well despite following all the recommended treatment protocols to the letter. After years of treatment, pain pills, anti-inflammatory drugs, and several near-death scares, Seamus had had enough. He knew there had to be another way. He had to get well, he just didnt quite know how that was going to happen.