This book covers the life work of Dr. Bernard Jensen his research on the chemistry of food and how it affects our health. The relationship between food and health is discussed in great detail. The first section contains ten chapters (111 pages) is background; why the soil is depleted, letters from his mentor, a brief introduction to iridology, and an explanation of his sanitarium experience. The second section is where he gets to the most usable and important information. He describes 16 chemical elements that he believes we must obtain from food, and that are necessary for proper health. Each chapter is an in depth discussion of the element, its benefits, which foods provide it, what a deficiency causes, what an excess causes, and numerous case histories of people who recovered from chronic illnesses caused by nutritional issues. There are many striking before and after photos. He revisits the chemical elements in section three, again focusing on food as the best way to obtain them. There is additional valuable information about each element in this section.
