Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Fifth Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements [Paperback]

Phyllis A. Balch CNC (Author)

Book Description

Release date: October 5, 2010 | Series: Prescription for Nutritional Healing

The most comprehensive guide to natural health, thoroughly revised and updated with cutting-edge findings in alternative and preventative therapies

Prescription for Nutritional Healing is the nation's #1 bestselling guide to natural remedies. The new fifth edition incorporates the most recent information on a variety of alternative healing and preventive therapies and new findings on vitamins, supplements, and herbs.

With an A-to-Z reference to diseases and disorders, updates include:

How omega-3 and exercise may help those suffering from Alzheimer's
Current information on the latest drug therapies for treating AIDS
Nutritional information for combating prostate cancer
Leading research on menopause and bio identical hormones
And much, much more

In the twenty years since the first edition was released, the natural health movement has gone mainstream, and the quest for optimal nutrition is no longer relegated to specialty stores. With more than 800 pages of comprehensive facts about all aspects of alternative ways to wellness, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Fifth Edition, unites the best of age-old remedies with twenty-first- century science.

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About the Author

Phyllis Balch was author 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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 904 pages
• Publisher: Avery Trade; 5 Rev Upd edition (October 5, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583334009
• ISBN-13: 978-1583334003
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 1.8 x 10.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (194 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #1 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Reference
  • #16 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Alternative Medicine
  • #47 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Nutrition

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.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

665 of 729 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars time to wake up... December 4, 2010

By S. Castellano

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there is a ton of information in this book about remedies for various ailments, which is why i was tempted to keep it. however, every time i turned a page, i stumbled on more outdated, cringe-inducing, food-pyramid-era misinformation, such as, saturated fats like coconut oil increase your risk of heart attack, and you should have corn oil or canola oil instead. (seriously?!) it doesn't recommend sucralose (splenda), but says it's "metabolically inert" and would work well for diabetics. no mention of the fact that this stuff was originally meant to be a pesticide. oh, and go ahead and eat that plastic "food" -- margarine in a tub -- because we wouldn't want to get fat on butter...and while you're at it, stock up on low-fat dairy products (made by those nice food manufacturers), which have had all the nutrients sucked out of them. if the author had taken the time to look into the latest nutritional research, she would realize all of this "common knowledge" was basically propaganda that is now being debunked. coconut oil, for example, is one of the best foods you can give your body, but the corn oil industry was responsible for vilifying it to beef up their own profits. all the research is out there, but despite the fact that this is the "updated" 2010 edition, you're not going to get anything cutting-edge here. expect more of the same old regurgitated B.S. we've been fed for the past several decades, information that has served to make us a nation of fat, sick, misinformed people. a book that presents itself as the gold standard of nutritional healing can't get up to speed with information i can find in a simple google search? that's either laziness, or more propaganda. either way, i rate that a fail.

92 of 105 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Reader Beware!! May 9, 2012

By D. Minton

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I looked up a condition called "interstitial cystitis" in the version of this book that I found today at the local health food store. I was horrified to see that the recommendations given for treating this condition were exactly the same as for cystitis caused by a bacterial infection. This could not be more wrong, or dangerous. As an R.N. and sufferer of interstitial cystitis, I can tell you that it is a well known fact that cranberry, Vitamin C, and certain B vitamins are absolutely contraindicated as they will greatly intensify the bladder pain in an already damaged bladder due to high acidity. On the contrary, the goal is to de-acidify the urine so that it is not harmed more than it already is. I can't help but wonder if there are more grave errors in this book.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars nutritional healing March 23, 2011

By I Luv America

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This is a very informative resource...I've used it to try to reduce my cholesterol....we'll see how that goes. I would recommend this to anyone who would rather not take a lot of medications.