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Sonberg has sifted through the literature for the latest facts on how food can be used as medicine. Medicine in this case means something with curative properties. She presents her findings in an easy to follow A-Z guide, including sections on pesticides, sports nutrition, weight control and much more.
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With the assistance of consulting editor Maureen Callahan, M.S., R.D., Sonberg (The Complete Nutrition Guide, Berkeley Pub., 1993, and other mass-market nutrition books) offers this two-part guide to basic foods as medicine. Part 1 consists of 207 pages of discussions, arranged alphabetically, 29 health conditions or concerns and foods that aid in their prevention or amelioration. Part 2 includes 340 pages of nutrient composition tables, based on Department of Agriculture (USDA) food tables and manufacturers' information for 8000 foods, including fast and processed foods. In general, the information presented is accurate; however, an occasional misleading statement does occur, e.g., hemorrhoids are described as a "bulging of the muscles inside and outside the rectum" (veins, not muscles are involved). There is a glossary, but chapter bibliographical references are uneven in their currency. (The index was not seen.) While the concept here is a sound one, the book is more akin to a basic nutrition text than a compendium of foods and their pharmaceutical properties. Readers looking for books on that specific subject would find more informative Jean Carper's Food-Your Miracle Medicine: How Food Can Prevent and Cure over 100 Symptoms and Problems (HarperCollins, 1994) and The Food Pharmacy (Bantam, 1989). Recommended for general stacks in collections weak in basic nutrition texts.
Cynthia D. Bertelsen, Blacksburg, Va.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Cynthia D. Bertelsen, Blacksburg, Va.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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