Vatsala Sperling, Ph.D., PDHom, CCH, RSHom, is a classical homeopath who grew up in India and earned her doctorate in clinical microbiology. Before moving to the United States in the 1990s, she was the Chief of Clinical Microbiology at the Childs Trust Hospital in Chennai, India, where she published extensively and conducted research with the World Health Organization. A founding member of Hacienda Rio Cote, a reforestation project in Costa Rica, she runs her own homeopathy practice in both Vermont and Costa Rica. She lives in Rochester, Vermont.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Food as Friend or Foe? An Ayurvedic Perspective 1 A Season for Everything: The Way Our Ancestors Ate 2 The New Normal: Loss of Seasonality and Quality in Modern Eating 3 Industrial Food Production: Technology for Taming and Manipulating Nature 4 Principles of the Ayurvedic Reset Diet: How to Reboot Well-Being 5 Preparing for the Ayurvedic Reset Diet: Actions to Take before You Begin 6 The Ayurvedic Reset Diet: Eight-, Six-, and One-Week Protocols 7 Daily Living: Benefits, Challenges, and Next Steps Notes Index

“In this timely book, Vatsala Sperling takes us back to a preindustrial age when we lived according to the cycles of nature and shows us that it is once again possible to restore vibrant and radiant health by following the practices outlined in this lovely book. This should be required reading for anyone interested in Ayurvedic dietary principles and lifestyle.”

Vatsala Sperling, Ph.D., PDHom, CCH, RSHom, is a classical homeopath who grew up in India and earned her doctorate in clinical microbiology. Before moving to the United States in the 1990s, she was the Chief of Clinical Microbiology at the Childs Trust Hospital in Chennai, India, where she published extensively and conducted research with the World Health Organization. A founding member of Hacienda Rio Cote, a reforestation project in Costa Rica, she runs her own homeopathy practice in both Vermont and Costa Rica. She lives in Rochester, Vermont.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Food as Friend or Foe? An Ayurvedic Perspective 1 A Season for Everything: The Way Our Ancestors Ate 2 The New Normal: Loss of Seasonality and Quality in Modern Eating 3 Industrial Food Production: Technology for Taming and Manipulating Nature 4 Principles of the Ayurvedic Reset Diet: How to Reboot Well-Being 5 Preparing for the Ayurvedic Reset Diet: Actions to Take before You Begin 6 The Ayurvedic Reset Diet: Eight-, Six-, and One-Week Protocols 7 Daily Living: Benefits, Challenges, and Next Steps Notes Index

“In this timely book, Vatsala Sperling takes us back to a preindustrial age when we lived according to the cycles of nature and shows us that it is once again possible to restore vibrant and radiant health by following the practices outlined in this lovely book. This should be required reading for anyone interested in Ayurvedic dietary principles and lifestyle.”

Vatsala Sperling, Ph.D., PDHom, CCH, RSHom, is a classical homeopath who grew up in India and earned her doctorate in clinical microbiology. Before moving to the United States in the 1990s, she was the Chief of Clinical Microbiology at the Childs Trust Hospital in Chennai, India, where she published extensively and conducted research with the World Health Organization. A founding member of Hacienda Rio Cote, a reforestation project in Costa Rica, she runs her own homeopathy practice in both Vermont and Costa Rica. She lives in Rochester, Vermont.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Food as Friend or Foe? An Ayurvedic Perspective 1 A Season for Everything: The Way Our Ancestors Ate 2 The New Normal: Loss of Seasonality and Quality in Modern Eating 3 Industrial Food Production: Technology for Taming and Manipulating Nature 4 Principles of the Ayurvedic Reset Diet: How to Reboot Well-Being 5 Preparing for the Ayurvedic Reset Diet: Actions to Take before You Begin 6 The Ayurvedic Reset Diet: Eight-, Six-, and One-Week Protocols 7 Daily Living: Benefits, Challenges, and Next Steps Notes Index

“In this timely book, Vatsala Sperling takes us back to a preindustrial age when we lived according to the cycles of nature and shows us that it is once again possible to restore vibrant and radiant health by following the practices outlined in this lovely book. This should be required reading for anyone interested in Ayurvedic dietary principles and lifestyle.”