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Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients | February 1, 2002| | Copyright

While attending the Second World Conference on Breast Cancer in Canada July 1999, I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Jennie Burke from Australia who recognized the value of proper digestion in maintaining good health. In one of our discussions she said that what a person ate was less important than their state of being during the eating process. A calm demeanor would have a positive effect on digestion and assimilation, while stress or anxiety would have a negative impact.

The conversation brought to mind the unhurried style of eating associated with the Mediterranean ...

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