We are what we eat ! Every day it is thanks to food that our body renews our cells by the thousands. Swallowing those who need it allows us to benefit from their power over our emotions, our beauty, our libido, our psychic and physical resistance, "enthuses the neuropharmacologist Nadia Volf. Professor Serge Hercberg, a researcher at Inserm, adds: "In my opinion, no medicine in the world is as effective as food in improving our health, preventing disease and ensuring a certain level of well-being. Moreover, this scientist, who since 2001 pilot the National Health Nutrition Program, recommends labeling foods with a different color code according to their nutritional qualities. Research shows that eating well is a "feel good" revolution in itself. Thus, a European study, "Public health nutrition", carried out in 2012 with 12 000 people, shows that the followers of the "junk food" present a risk of depression higher by 48%, partly because of the toxicity of the trans fatty acids. Last September, the "British medical journal" revealed that 64.9% of those who say they are happy eat three to five servings of fruits and vegetables a day.

An awareness at the origin of a global trend illustrated by the charismatic Ella Woodward, whose eponymous book will be published mid-January. Three years ago, this 22-year-old blogger was bedridden, sleeping sixteen hours a day, due to a disease affecting her nervous system. His successive medical treatments failed; today, it radiates. His secret? Complete, vegetarian and gluten-free foods. Result: two million "foodistas" visit each month its site deliciouslyella.com (2). And the phenomenon wins the gastronomy: it is the multi-star chef Joël Robuchon who cosigns, with Nadia Volf, "Food & life", a work between art of good food and medicine, and of which we offer you a euphoric recipe.

While it is undeniable that food wants us well, it remains to decipher the cascade of molecular reactions of each to take full advantage of their benefits. We list them for you.