Prescription for Dietary Wellness: Using Foods to Heal [Paperback]

James F. Balch (Author), CNC, Phyllis A. Balch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1998

"Prescription for Dietary Wellness" explains how to incorporate healthy eating into any lifestyle, with specifics on what to eat and in what quantities in order to prevent disease and enjoy maximum energy. Phyllis Balch covers the basic workings of the immune system and how it responds to different foodstuffs: processed, packaged, adulterated, and even irradiated foods versus those that are fresh, nautral, wholesome, and simply prepared.

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As Hippocrates said, "Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food." Seems people didn't listen to him, because as the U.S. Surgeon General said more than 2,000 years after him, "Two-thirds of all deaths in 1997 in this country could be attributed to diet." They'd both likely advocate the information contained in Prescription for Dietary Wellness, a massive reference aimed at preventing and treating disease through diet. The Balchs, authors of the 3-million-plus bestseller Prescription for Nutritional Healing, which focuses mainly on supplements and herbs, have created another masterpiece. This book gives a solid education in nutrition basics, with references to the latest research. It also includes flavorful, antioxidant-packed recipes, and adds advice that has been proven effective for treating various ailments using specific foods and supplements. The book also includes:

• Charts with warning signs of disease and nutrient deficiency, along with guidelines to help start the healing process
• Charts that detail the nutrient needs of various organs, and which foods best supply the nutrients
• Lengthy chapters on specific categories of foods, such as beans, cruciferous vegetables, oils, and grains, explaining how best to cook them and the health benefits they confer
• More than 100 pages of quick, healthy, mostly low-fat recipes designed to pack the most nutritional punch for the calories

The Balchs add advice about live juice and herbal preparations and cleansing (i.e., fasting and enemas, including a specific six-day cleansing diet). While this guide can feel a bit overwhelming at times (there are so many nutrients to consider, so many veggies and whole grains to consume), it's certainly not too technical, even for folks who could use a copy of Nutrition for Dummies, and it certainly succeeds in its mission of helping foster better dietary habits for good health.

About the Author

Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, is one of the health industry's leading voices. Ms. Balch is a coauthor of the bestselling Prescription for Nutritional Healing, as well as of Prescription for Nutritional Healing: The A-to-Z Guide to Supplements, and Prescription for Herbal Healing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 318 pages
• Publisher: Avery; 2nd edition (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895298686
• ISBN-13: 978-0895298683
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #939,482 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, was a leading nutritional counselor and advocate of natural therapies for more than two decades and spent more than twenty-five years researching natural approaches to health and healing.

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47 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Content-rich but poorly packaged, May 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Prescription for Dietary Wellness: Using Foods to Heal (Paperback)

This book seriously needs an editor. I have found much of value in the book, but have been frustrated frequently to find sentences and paragraphs left unfinished and sometimes entire pages missing or misplaced. Surely no one read through the entire copy before publication, or errors of this magnitude could not occur. It's a shame, because it could cause someone to just put the book back on the shelf and leave it rather than try to make sense of the wealth of information it contains.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Reference Book, April 10, 2000

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Jennifer C Borisch (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prescription for Dietary Wellness: Using Foods to Heal (Paperback)

I have both this book and the other(Pres. for Nutritional Healing). I have found this book to be a great resource. I recommend it to all my friends and family whom I am trying to turn on to nutrition. It is a great "starter book" for people just into diet and nutrition and want to be educated about the things they put into their bodies. It is very informative and an easy read. It is a must for everybody out there wanting to learn about food, their bodies, and how they interact. A wonderful book.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars living well means eating well, August 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Prescription for Dietary Wellness: Using Foods to Heal (Paperback)

This is a fantastic source of information on eating the right foods in order to promote good heath and healing. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in living longer,living healthier, and just plain living instead of simply existing. Cancer survivors will find this an invaluable resource.