Eat to Cheat Death

A science-based guide that analyzes, synthesizes, and disseminates the most up-to-date picture of how food can be used as medicine to live a healthier, stronger, better, and longer life.

While diet has the potential to prevent (or to cause) disease, it can also treat disease and promote health, especially when it works in tandem with Western medicine. Eat to Cheat Death is an indispensable, impeccably researched guide that takes the concept of food as medicine significantly further than any existing book, website, Google search, or AI evaluation—the emphasis is on living stronger, not just living longer.

Today, many conditions, from anxiety to heart disease to sleep disorders, are outstripping modern medicine’s healing capacities and causing many unnecessary side effects. Moreover, a glut of misinformation on social media makes it difficult for readers to separate fact from fiction. Eat to Cheat Death is the first academically researched book to unwind the labyrinth of information about using food, herbs, and dietary supplements to prevent and treat a range of diseases and conditions This book grows out of author Charles Platkin’s work as founder and coordinator of the Center for Food As Medicine, a not-for-profit organization working to bridge the gap between traditional/allopathic medicine and the use of food as medicine in disease prevention, treatment, and management.

Eat to Cheat Death is an extension of this work, a user-friendly, scientifically robust compendium for those eager to leverage food's curative powers but need verified academic truths. It’s not just a book; it’s a compass, one that will guide readers through the complex nexus of food and its great potential for preventing and treating disease.