Photo Akemi Matsubuchi Photography
A registered dietitian who uses a healthy lifestyle to help an autoimmune disease, Lalitha Taylor shares her good-health philosophy in an effort to help others.
I feel food encompasses many things - art, pleasure, fuel and medicine. It also has an incredible ability to bring us together as humans. When I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at 19, I was drawn to food as medicine to fight disease. Hippocrates' quote has always resonated with me: "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food."
It's not just nutrition. Dietitians look at the whole picture and see how other facets of health may stop someone from moving ahead in their health journey.
Our body works in a harmonious fashion. When one aspect of our health is out of balance, it can affect other areas, including how we eat. We find ways to compensate for imbalances that drive us to make certain food choices.
A lot of people underestimate the value and potency of the food we eat. I've seen the power of food to transform people's lives.
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