An authoritative easy-to-use reference arranged in an A-to-Z format, packed with nutrition tips for a healthier life. Part 1 reveals 50 superstar foods with the most potential to treat and prevent disease. Part 2 provides a powerful food arsenal to help fight 50 common ailments. Part 3 has over 100 recipes for treating and fighting disease.
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This comprehensive, beautifully illustrated volume thoroughly lays out a food arsenal for a healthier life. The first section contains a list of 50 "super foods" that range from apples to winter squash and are described as the foods that fight back; each has an explanation of its content, what it might help and how to maximize the benefit. Sidebars advise how to add more to the diet and "health bites" impart additional notes. The second section tackles the opposite angle by taking common ailments, describing their causes and how food might help and providing a food list to do so. The third section showcases the ingredients in the first section to provide treatment for section two. Recipes round out the final section, from Cod & Vegetable Stew (rich in beta-carotene, B vitamins, selenium, potassium and magnesium) to Mint-Chocolate Chip Pudding made with soy. With the thoroughness for which the series is known, the editors of Reader's Digest have provided an extensive volume that will appeal to a rapidly growing section of the population.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Eat Your Way to Health,
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This review is from: Fight Back with Food (Hardcover)
I am a culinary student at Le Cordon Bleu, and I just finished my required class on nutrition. This book was most helpful in understanding and supplementing my studies regarding phytochemicals, disease prevention and recipe development. I borrowed it from the library and have renewed it twice, and I love the page per food format for quick reference to see what your favorite meals can do for your health. I have asthma and allergies, and I found out that I should be making meals with amaranth, avocados, quinoa and sunflower seeds (page 141) because they supply magnesium, which may help relax muscles in the lungs. I found that I should be eating apples, berries, cherries, and red onions, which contain quercetin, which has an ability to reduce histamine. I found that I should be incorporating Brazil nuts, fish, oysters, and sunflower seeds again because of their selenium content, which also happens to be an antioxidant, and low selenium blood levels have been found in asthmatics. Finally I found that I should be increasing my consumption of broccoli, citrus fruits, peppers and strawberries, containing vitamin C, which helps reduce the harmful oxidants in the envoronment that can worsen allergy and asthma symptoms. I will be adjusting my menus accordingly!
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I like this book has a lot of information about using food for all sorts of health benefits and help with certain ailments as well.
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