The Body Ecology Diet: Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity Hot

I was extra excited to read The Body Ecology Diet, because I saw the “lite” version in the grocery store weekly. You know, the latest “miracle solution diet” for symptoms of fatigue, weight gain and mental vagueness. The Body Ecology Diet is based on the premise that unchecked yeast or Candidiasis in the body causes sugar cravings, joint pain and inflammation, immunological issues and general malaise in many people. The most common US dietary practice (lots of carbohydrates and sugars) contributes to overgrowths of yeast. This book describes a process of overhauling your diet to eat ocean growing vegetables like seaweed, limit carbohydrates to “starve” the yeast and introduce fermented vegetables and kefir. I appreciated that though the dietary change offered is extreme; the author frequently describes making small changes at a time and tries to simplify things by offering shopping lists and recipes. She also appears to prefer home made products and references that “while you can buy “X” ready-made at stores, it’s more expensive and less tasty.” She offers a comparison table towards the end, describing how the Body Ecology Diet differs from, say, the Blood Type Diet. For such an extreme change of life, the book is written in an engaging and approachable style.