From the author of As Good As It Gets, Cooking Skills for Life, Volume 1, this book is the prequel to her soon to be released second in the series, Good Food Bad Food, Cooking Skills for Life, Volume 2. It is all that you will need to know to eat smart, to eat a diet which slows cellular aging and promotes wellness. The anti-aging diet is based on the belief that all age related chronic disease is the result of inflammation caused by inflammatory foods. And, that inflammatory foods are acid producing. Based on a diet consisting of meals that are at least 60% alkaline producing, the author documents how she reversed the age related symptoms of hypercholesterolemia, hypthyroidism, common age related joint, muscle and skin problems and most importantly, a blood glucose that declined from 109 to 85 in 6 weeks. Eat smart, America!