Encyclopedia of Healing Foods
About this product
From the bestselling authors of The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, the most comprehensive and practical guide available to the nutritional benefits and medicinal properties of virtually everything edible.
As countless studies have affirmed, diet plays a major role in both provoking and preventing a wide range of diseases. But just what is a healthy diet? What does the body need to stay strong and get well? In The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods, Michael T. Murray, N.D., and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., two of the world¹s foremost authorities on nutrition and wellness, draw on an abundant harvest of research to present the best guide available to healthy eating.
Make healthy eating a lifetime habit. Let The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods teach you how to:
-design a safe diet
-use foods to stimulate the body¹s natural ability to rejuvenate and heal
-discover the role that fiber, enzymes, fatty acids, and other dietary components
-have in helping us live healthfully
-understand which food prescriptions will help you safely treat more than 70 specific ailments, including acne, Alzheimer's disease, immune system depression, insomnia, migraine headaches, PMS, and rheumatoid arthritis
-prepare foods safely in order to prevent illness and maximize health benefits
-select, store, and prepare all kinds of healthful foods
Providing the best natural remedies for everyday aches and pains, as well as potent protection against serious diseases, The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods is a required daily health reference. Read more
Editor's Take
Readers on Goodreads describe Encyclopedia of Healing Foods as a detailed, household-worthy reference that is packed with nutritional facts and explanations of the healing properties of foods. Amazon reviewers praise its depth, calling it extensive and highly informative, with strong usefulness as a reference book for looking up specific foods and health benefits. ThriftBooks reviewers also call it a must-have for nutrition-minded readers and note that it is well researched, organized, and backed by many supporting studies.
Common positives across these sources are breadth of coverage, ease of use as a reference, and practical detail. A few Amazon reviewers mention that it is text-heavy and dense rather than light reading, but still worth owning for the amount of information it provides.
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Specifications
| Topic | Nutrition |
Product Details
| Publisher | Atria Books |
| Publication date | September 20, 2005 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 912 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 074348052X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0743480529 |
| Item Weight | 3.35 pounds |
| Dimensions | 7.38 x 2 x 9.25 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #115,299 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #103 in Naturopathy Medicine #151 in Health, Mind & Body Reference #450 in Healing |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (479) |
