Savoring the Day: Recipes And Remedies To Enhance Your Natural Rhythms [Hardcover]

Judith B. Hurley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 1997

Cuisine, science, and holistic health all blend in this treasury of more than 250 recipes and remedies designed to complement your body's natural rhythms. Judith Benn Hurley is the award-winning author of six books, including The Good Herb. She is coauthor of the bestselling The Healing Foods.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A health writer and herb expert, Hurley (The Good Herb) explains how to maximize or minimize the effects of the body's natural rhythms through diet, exercise and aromatherapy. In Part I, she breaks the day into six parts (early morning, mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon, evening and night), suggesting which foods, exercises and beverages make best use of the body's natural rhythms during a particular time of day. She suggests, for example, that performing a Buddhist visualization exercise, drinking lemon balm tea and breathing in the fragrance of essential oil of clary sage, rose geranium or lavender can lift a sluggish noontime mood. Using grains, soy-based products and herbs, some 250 simple recipes for low-fat, predominantly vegetarian fare complement each of the body's rhythms. Pear and Buckwheat Pancakes or a Pineapple Wake-Up Shake energize the body for the day ahead. Spicy Orange Salsa served on Pita Chips makes a great mid-afternoon pick-me-up. Grilled Vegetable Salad with Tomato-Rosemary Dressing, Black Bean Stew with Butternut Squash and Bread Pudding with Cinnamon and Apricots all help rid the body of the day's stresses and toxins. Part II lists natural treatments (teas and essential oils) and recipes to remedy some 40 ailments ranging from colds, stomach disorders and sore muscles to jet lag, depression and hay fever. Author tour.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Few, if any, books have been written for lay readers on the topic of clinical chronobiology?the idea of working with the time of day and seasons of the year to enhance your body's use of medications and food. With a slant toward Asian and Ayurveda medicine, this book combines food, yoga, acupuncture, and aromatherapy with recipes and herbal remedies aimed at promoting the body's natural rhythms. In Part 1, suggestions on the best yoga poses or stretches to perform, herbal teas to drink, scents to inhale, and foods to eat are given for six times of day: early morning, midmorning, noon, midafternoon, evening, and night. Part 2 features natural remedies for 37 health conditions, from arthritis pain to water retention. Hurley (The Good Herb, LJ 1/95) notes the scientific research but does not give references. Recommended for popular health and cookery collections. (Index not seen.)?Loraine F. Sweetland, Rebok Memorial Lib., Silver Spring, Md.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks; 1ST edition (January 2, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688142923
• ISBN-13: 978-0688142926
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,352,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic cookbook and reference, January 3, 2006

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keirajean (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Savoring the Day: Recipes And Remedies To Enhance Your Natural Rhythms (Hardcover)

This is one of the best cookbooks I've ever used. So far, every recipe has been excellent, and it is interspersed with lots of text referencing aromatherapy and insights to healing. I love the layout and especially its inclusion of desserts with no refined sugar. It promotes a healthy lifestyle and diet and included many pieces of new information and new cooking ideas.
Very well written and researched.

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely no problems -, January 3, 2012

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5.0 out of 5 stars Easy and Great Recipes for Healthy Eating, May 30, 2011

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I love, love, love this book! I wish it was avaible in an e-book format. The recipes are so delicious! The No Cook Oatmeal is so convenient and a great way to avoid sugar. The Bulgar with Asparagus & Green Beans is my very favorite. I like the Remedy Section where foods are suggested to treat ailments as well as other alternative methods: aromatherapy, herbal teas, etc. I originally bought it for the herbal tea and aromatherapy suggestions. But one day I tried a recipe and now I try to cook from this book as much as I can. I love how it makes one aware of eating according to the season as well as the time of day.