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It's not what you eat, but how you eat, according to nutritionist Deborah Kesten. By exploring the food rituals of numerous cultures, Kesten reveals how food feeds the spirit as well as the flesh. We learn that in order to make soul food, one must learn the art of cooking from feel. Like creating great jazz, African American soul food comes from the depths of wisdom as well as the ability to playfully improvise. The Buddhist monks model the mechanics of mindful eating. And sacred fasting is best illustrated by the Native American vision quest. In the second half of the book, Kesten delves into useful advice on eating disorders, food-mood connections, and specific how-tos of enlightened eating. --Gail Hudson


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Nutritional educator Deborah Kesten demonstrates that by cultivating the sacred aspect of food we can nourish both body and soul. Each chapter includes step-by-step guidelines to help readers create, access, and impart this new approach to food in daily life. Includes insights from more than 45 scientists and spiritual teachers.

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  • Paperback: 259 pages
  • Publisher: Conari Press; First Printing edition (October 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1573240680
  • ISBN-13: 978-1573240680
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #589,320 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars History, culture and a new approach to food, March 6, 1999
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I read it one rainy day and it really got me thinking. The first part reviews food based spiritual practices in various cultures, and the second explores ways that we can use the food we eat to enrich our own spirits and our lives. Fascinating ideas. It seems so many of us have lost our connection with food and don't really consider it. This book helped me renew my understanding of what it means to be human, so integral is food to all of our lives.
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5.0 out of 5 stars FEEDING THE BODY, NOURISHING THE SOUL, June 15, 2001
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Over the years, I've read a lot about the influence that thoughts and feelings have on health and well-being. FEEDING THE BODY, NOURISHING THE SOUL is especially unique in that it explores new nutrition territory: the link between thoughts, feelings, and food. Because the book isn't a quick fix, not only did I find myself slowing down in order to "get" what the author was writing about, over time, I also realized that I was seeing and appreciating food in a new way. For me, this book has been an extraordinary journey.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Spiritual Nourishment, August 28, 2001
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From FEEDING THE BODY, NOURISHING THE SOUL emerges a description of nutrition as a spiritual art. I found it to be a thought-provoking challenge of our current notions about health and nutrition. This is because it explores the crossroads of spirituality and food...a path to true nourishment. Drawing on sources as seemingly diverse as yogic nutrition, food and mood, Christian communion, and ancient Jewish and Native American dietary practices, as well as on her own extensive observation and research, the author restores our rightful relationship to food. This book has forever changed the way I eat and think about food.
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Feeding the body, nurishing the soul leads us to experience the same soul in all. Kesten brilliantly looks at how we all have the same basic need for feeding and maintaining the... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! A sane approach to eating.
Deborah Kesten has restored my faith in books about nutrition. Normally, I can't read anything about "diet. Read more
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A friend recommended this book, so I bought it because we were both fed up with diets that don't work. After reading the first intro chapter, I knew this book was different. Read more
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This is an extraordinary book that changed the way I see food and its role in my life. I'm fascinated about the subject of food, nutrition, and diets, but I've never read anything... Read more
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This book is extraordinary in that it is a re-visioning of nutrition and food; I've never read anything like it before. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars This book was dreadfully boring
I just finished reading this book. The author split the book into two parts. The first part of this book there were about 15 chapters, each dedicated to one religion or another... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars misinformation ruins even the best ideas
I have no idea why this woman chooses to use Judaism as her first example if she isn't interested in what Judaism really has to say about food. Read more
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