The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Preventing Disease: Tips and Techniques So Powerful That They Stop Diseases Before They Start [Hardcover]

Ed Clafin (Author), Prevention Magazine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1999

With recent breakthroughs in research-and startling new information about the hidden causes of disease-doctors can tell us how to prevent illness before it strikes.

But what are the practical steps you can take right now to prevent sickness and pain in the future?

To answer this question, the editors of Prevention Health Books interviewed hundreds of experts in preventative medicine and explored thousands of pages of recent research to discover the simple strategies that will help ensure your good health.

The most complete, practical guide to preventative medicine ever published, The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Preventing Disease has more than 2,000 tips to help block pain, discomfort, sickness, and infections, ranging from minor annoyances to life-threatening conditions.

You'll find more than 140 conditions in all, ranging from simple problems like ankle sprains and bad breath to serious diseases like cancer, heart disease, and stroke. Discover how to:

- Defend your body against allergic reactions
- Block irritable bowel problems
- Prevent jet lag
- Stop psoriasis from spreading
- Stroke-proof your blood vessels
- Avoid age spots
- Slash you risk of cancer
- Prevent back pain and knee pain
- Guard against menopause problems

For every condition you'll find preventive measure that are as simple as any home remedy-using common foods, easy stretches, mind-body exercises, and over-the-counter medications and supplements to ward off future health problems.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

This intriguing and practical book offers 600 pages of snippets of advice and information from dozens of physicians and other experts about ways you can prevent more than 130 illnesses, using mostly commonsense approaches and nutrition. Topics covered are varied, including all the usual (colds, cancer, heart disease) plus more-personal conditions, such as anal itching (avoid spicy foods, coffee, and scratchy toilet paper), bad breath (brush your tongue and the roof of your mouth as well as your teeth, drink plenty of water, and minimize high-protein foods and coffee), diarrhea (avoid sorbitol, milk, and honey, and give refrigerated foods the "sniff test"), and heartburn (eat seaweed and avoid drinks that combine alcohol and citrus, whole milk, or tomato). There are also a few recipes: A-Plus Stew (with vitamin A for adult acne), Vitality Pasta (high in iron for anemia), Pearly White Salsa (spicy for cavity prevention), Stomach- Soothing Salad (with sea vegetables for heartburn), and Fiber-Power Muffins (with wheat bran for preventing colon cancer). The book is fun to read, practical, and full of tidbits guaranteed to elicit a reaction of "Oh, I didn't know that!" You'll want to keep it handy and reach for it often. --Joan Price

Product Details

• Hardcover: 512 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Press (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087596415X
• ISBN-13: 978-0875964157
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,078,889 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Comprehensive Guide to Preventing Disease, June 10, 1999

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This review is from: The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Preventing Disease: Tips and Techniques So Powerful That They Stop Diseases Before They Start (Hardcover)

This is definately an excellent book on how to live a healthy life and prevent the kind of life altering diseases that affect so many people at various stages of their lives. I've read a lot of books on the subject, but this one by far is the best books on actually "preventing disease". Very comprehensive in its scope.