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The tone is conversational and warm rather than clinical, making complex physiology genuinely enjoyable to read. Since winning MasterChef in 2017 and publishing the award-winning cookbook Khazana, Saliha has built a reputation for marrying rigorous medical knowledge with genuine culinary flair, and Foodology is the fullest expression of that combination yet. 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