Barbara has always been interested in the world of alternative health and wellness. While raising her family in rural southern Oregon, she began a 25 year journey of researching better health throu...view moreBarbara has always been interested in the world of alternative health and wellness. While raising her family in rural southern Oregon, she began a 25 year journey of researching better health through diet and lifestyle choices. In personal consultations over the last 20 years, she saw a common thread: In regards to diet and supplement choices, people couldn’t easily separate truth from fad. This spurred a passion for teaching how foods support health through the principles of Functional Nutrition. This book is the result of her mission to create a science-based yet simple and accessible explanation of how food works.view less