Read the Books
Dr Todd's publications serve dual purposes: preserving sacred knowledge entrusted to him by traditional healers worldwide, and making this wisdom accessible to modern audiences seeking authentic paths to health and vitality.
The Forest Knows Your Name
Myth, Medicine, and Memory in the Maya Mountains and Beyond.
Coming 2026
Where Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science to Transform Health.
Dr. Todd's most personal book yet: a three-decade memoir of apprenticing with traditional healers across the Maya Mountains, the Amazon, the Western Ghats, and Appalachia, woven together with the clinical science he has built from their teachings. Part field memoir, part medical manifesto, part blueprint for the next revolution in medicine.
Key Features:
Three decades of fieldwork with Maya, Q'eqchi', Quechua, Ayurvedic, Ethiopian, and Appalachian healers
The case that chronic disease is a disease of disconnection, and that reconnection is the cure
A blueprint for integrating ancestral wisdom with modern precision medicine
What three dozen traditional healers, a living garden pharmacy in Belize, and 25 years of cross-cultural research have in common
A new framework for why ancient healing logic and modern precision medicine are not opposites
Eat Yourself Super—One Bite at a Time
(Morgan James, 2012)
A Superfoods Journey for the Happy, Healthy, and Hungry
Dr Todd's bestselling guide reveals how plant-based, nutrient-dense, calorie-sparse foods can prevent and reverse the diseases of civilization while promoting longevity and vital living. With over 50,000+ copies distributed, this book translates decades of clinical practice and traditional healing knowledge into practical nutrition guidance.
The book demonstrates that the majority of cases of diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer simply need not exist—they can be prevented and often reversed through superfoods nutrition based on the dietary practices of our longest-lived elders worldwide.
Key Features:
Dr Todd's Superfoods Pyramid for optimal nutrition
Secrets of long life from traditional cultures across four continents
Over 100 superfoods recipes
Practical guidance for transitioning to a healing diet
Scientific backing for traditional food wisdom
Additional Publications
Healing Across Cultures
& The Good Life
An academic exploration of traditional healing systems and their applications in modern health and wellness, drawing from Dr. Todd's extensive fieldwork with healers across cultures. This work examines how traditional knowledge can inform contemporary approaches to health and wellness.
The Commonality of Humans Through Art
Contributor: Sickness & Healing
Dr. Todd's latest scholarly contribution examines how art has depicted healing traditions throughout human history, connecting ancient practices with contemporary understanding. This work explores the visual record of humanity's relationship with sickness and healing across cultures and through time.
Academic Publications
Dr Todd has authored dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles published in prestigious scientific journals, contributing to the academic understanding of traditional medicine, ethnobotany, and integrative health approaches.
Featured Journal Publications:
Phytochemistry - Research on bioactive compounds in traditional medicinal plants
EcoHealth - "Healing Across Cultures: Learning from Traditions" - foundational work on integrating traditional healing wisdom with modern healthcare
HerbalGram - Documentation of traditional plant medicine practices and their modern applications
Journal of Ethnopharmacology - Scientific validation of traditional medicinal plant uses
Economic Botany - Studies on the relationship between traditional cultures and their plant resources
Sustainability - Research on sustainable approaches to traditional medicine and conservation
Heritage - "A Classic Maya Mystery of a Medicinal Plant and Maya Hieroglyphs" - groundbreaking work connecting ancient Maya art with modern ethnobotanical discoveries
Research Monographs & Reports
Trees for Life Journal - "Rapid Ethnobotanical Survey of the Maya Mountains Region, Southern Belize: A Pilot Study" - pioneering methodology for documenting disappearing medicinal plant knowledge
Ethnobotany Research and Applications - Multiple publications documenting traditional healing systems across cultures
Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing - "Secrets of Long Life: Cross-Cultural Explorations in Sustainably Enhancing Vitality and Promoting Longevity via Elders' Practice Wisdom"
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