
Dr. Tom Yarema is the Medical Director of the Kauai Center for Holistic Medicine and Research. He is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of.. Ayurvedic medicine and co-author of the multiple award-winning book Eat Taste Heal: An Ayurvedic Cookbook for Modern Living.
With over 30 years of clinical experience blending Eastern and Western medicine, Dr. Tom has helped thousands of patients restore balance and vitality through personalized nutrition, lifestyle, and detoxification programs.
Eat.Taste.Heal is a groundbreaking work within the field of holistic health and nutrition, written by a medical doctor, a patient, and an acclaimed chef. A complete guidebook and cookbook in one, Eat.Taste.Heal demystifies the ancient healing science of Ayurveda, humankind's most ancient system of healthy living. The aim of the book is simple: to create harmony within through using common foods and healthy lifestyle practices as medicine. The collection contains over 150 cross-cultural recipes and received a Maverick Award for excellence in photography. The authors are a unique trio: physician, patient, and chef. Dr. Thomas Yarema M.D., director of the Kauai Center for Holistic Medicine and Research, created for his patients an understandable dietary program rooted in common sense. Daniel Rhoda, a patient who found healing through Ayurveda, demystifies the ancient science that helped restore his health. Chef Johnny Brannigan, an internationally trained Ayurvedic chef, has created more than 150 recipes to empower individual healing through the exploration of taste.

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