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Nature's Medicines : From Asthma to Weight Gain, from Colds to High Cholesterol -- The Most Powerful All-Natural Cures [Hardcover]

Gale Maleskey (Author), The Editors of Prevention Health Books (Author)
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1579540287 978-1579540289 August 27, 1999 1
Nature's Medicines

More than 2 years in the making, Nature's Medicines is the most responsible health-supplement guide ever written. Leading consumers through the ever-growing maze of vitamins, minerals, herbals, and brand-new natural supplements, this book covers every category of natural products--essential antioxidants like vitamins C and E and beta-carotene; immunity-building and mood-altering herbal medicines such as echinacea, ginkgo, and St. John's wort; and controversial, headline-making supplements such as bioflavonoids, gamma-linolenic acid, lecithin, choline, and phytonutrients.
Each supplement has been scrutinized by the experienced team of health writers and researchers from Prevention Health Books, the most respected name in consumer health publishing. You'll find a wealth of ready-to-use, practical advice that includes:

Exact recommendations to help you choose the most effective supplements to fight or prevent more than 75 common health conditions

The latest breakthrough research proving the potency of selected supplements

Expert opinions from leading doctors and health practitioners about optimal dosages and mixtures

Cautions and warnings to make sure that you protect yourself from allergies, adverse interactions, and overdoses

Up-to-date information about controversial new remedies that offer unprecedented opportunities for self-care and treatment

For the millions of people who are now using supplements as an important part of their personal health-care programs, Nature's Medicines is the definitive guide to exploring the newest frontiers of healing.

What is the mysterious healing power behind the scores of supplements that have been called miracle medicines? Why are many of these supplements so potent? In Nature's Medicines, you'll find up-to-date information on the most controversial and powerful health supplements on the market.

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Vitamins and minerals: Find out which can prevent arthritis, cancer, and heart disease--and add years to your life.

Nature's herbs: Discover the herbal supplements that boost immunity, relieve stress, remove toxins, and pump up your energy.

Emerging supplements: Find out what you're really getting when you buy highly publicized supplements like bee pollen, coenzyme Q10, melatonin, shark cartilage, and more. How effective are they? What have researchers discovered about how they work?

You'll find exact recommendations from M.D.'s, alternative practitioners, and herbalists, including:

The new memory aid (page 320)--a Chinese herb that "can help protect your brain from damage due to aging, heart disease, or toxins."

The new cure for high cholesterol (page 483)--an herb that can "lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels, raise HDL levels, and promote weight loss."

The new pain medicine (page 561)--a natural anti-inflammatory that "acts like a home-style ibuprofen."

The new arthritis cure (page 566)--a supplement that can "slow the loss of cartilage by pumping more cartilage-generating nutrients into the body."

And much more--in all, more than 95 supplements to prevent or cure common diseases and health conditions.

Comprehensive, authoritative, and illuminating, this book is an absolutely essential resource to meet your personal and family health needs.


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An easily understood reference to vitamin, mineral, and herbal supplementswhat they are and how they workthat soundly emphasizes the need to hook up with a knowledgeable health care practitioner. The Prevention Health Book editors set out the basics of nutritional supplementation: explaining the differences between adequate and optimal nutrition and emphasizing safety with supplements'' (always start treatment with a low dose, ``consult a knowledgeable physician or heatlh practitioner'' before taking supplements, avoid all supplements while pregnant or nursing). They then describe 61 separate substances, from the now-familiar vitamins, St. John's Wort, and saw palmetto to the relatively obscure, such as cayenne (because of its diaphoretic action, ``it was an herbal mainstay for general cleansing of the body, breaking fevers, and fighting infection''), and Royal Jellyfood for bee larvae in nature, but also treatment for human infants who fail to thrive. In Part three of this guide, ``Fighting Disease with Supplements,'' the authors examine potential help for disorders from Alzheimer's disease to yeast infections. The possibilities are myriad and complex (hence, work with a health care practitioner who has a sound knowledge of the field); those struggling with menopausal problems, for instance, can pick and choose among soy isoflavones, dong quai, black cohosh, licorice, natural progesterones, vitamins E and C, and ginseng for symptom relief and problem prevention. A reliable guide, then, to what is currently understood about nutritional supplements. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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"In this book, you'll discover which remedies are scientifically documented and which require additional study. . . . It's a responsible overview of an exciting, promising, and still-controversial field of health care."--From the Foreword by Alan R. Gaby. M.D., professor of nutrition at Bastyr University in Bothell, Washington

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 688 pages
  • Publisher: Rodale Books; 1 edition (August 27, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1579540287
  • ISBN-13: 978-1579540289
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.7 x 1.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #557,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gale Maleskey, MS, RD, is journalist, clinical dietitian, public educator and licensed Wellness Coach. She combines the best of traditional nutrition counseling, integrative nutrition and motivational coaching to help her clients set achievable, life-supporting nutrition and lifestyle goals. She has authored or co-authored dozens of books, including Nature's Medicines, The Hormone Connection, and Home Remedies: What Works. She has also written for Prevention, Better Homes and Garden, Journal of the American Dietetics Association, Cosmopolitan, Yankee, and Cats magazines. She has a private practice in integrative nutrition counseling and writes regularly for the website, stopagingnow.com.

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Natural Way to Good Health, April 1, 2000
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This review is from: Nature's Medicines : From Asthma to Weight Gain, from Colds to High Cholesterol -- The Most Powerful All-Natural Cures (Hardcover)
Although it is not as definitive as the editors would have you believe, "Nature's Medicines" quite thoroughly covers a number of herbs, vitamins and other supplements. The book is divided into 3 sections for easy reference: What You Need to Know About Supplements; The Powerhouse of Nature's Medicines; and Fighting Disease with Supplements. The first chapter discusses the role that vitamins, minerals and other supplements play in your health. The second chapter discusses the efficacy of numerous supplements, to include side effects and interaction precautions. The third chapter is a very thorough discussion of numerous diseases/ailments (such as AIDS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, headaches, cancer, Alzheimers, etc.)and what supplements are most beneficial to those suffering from them. If I could only have one book on natural supplements, this is the one I would choose: it's a very useful reference.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nature's Medicines, August 22, 2011
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This book is one of my favorite reference books for health and how to stay healthy. Even though it's an older book, the information is still relevant. If I want to know about a certain remedy or what foods contain it, this is the book I choose. I highly recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Health supplement reference by trusted authors, August 8, 2011
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This is easy to read and understand. In the first section supplements of herbs and vitamins are listed alphabetically with clear descriptions of what they do and appropriate dosages.
In the second section medical conditions are explained with suggestions of vitamins or herbs that would be helpful. Medical doctors are quoted and referenced throughout.
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