Encyclopedia of Healing Foods by Lara Pizzorno

Encyclopedia of Healing Foods by Lara Pizzorno

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 world s 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 body s 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.

Longevity Medicine Review managing editor Lara Pizzorno, MA, LMT, is co-author of Natural Medicine Directions for Patients and editor of The World's Healthiest Foods: Essential Guide for the Healthiest Way of Eating. Jonathan V. is a writer who lives in New York City Since 1973, Wright, MD, has been at the vanguard of natural biomedical research and therapy. He holds degrees from Harvard and the University of Michigan. The authors are both from Seattle, Washington.

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ISBN 13	9780743480529
ISBN 10	074348052X
Title	Encyclopedia of Healing Foods
Author	Lara Pizzorno
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Atria Books
Year published	2005-09-20
Number of pages	912
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