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Used as a reference by students of acupuncture, this is a hefty, truly comprehensive guide to the theory and healing power of Chinese medicine. It's also a primer on nutrition—including facts about green foods, such as spirulina and blue-green algae, and the "regeneration diets" used by cancer patients and arthritics—along with an inspiring cookbook with more than 300 mostly vegetarian, nutrient-packed recipes.

The information on Chinese medicine is useful for helping to diagnose health imbalances, especially nascent illnesses. It's smartly paired with the whole-foods program because the Chinese have attributed various health-balancing properties to foods, so you can tailor your diet to help alleviate symptoms of illness. For example, Chinese medicine dictates that someone with low energy and a pale complexion (a yin deficiency) would benefit from avoiding bitter foods and increasing "sweet" foods such as soy, black sesame seeds, parsnips, rice, and oats. (Note that the Chinese definition of sweet foods is much different from the American one!)

Pitchford says in his dedication that he hopes the reader finds "healing, awareness, and peace" from following his program. The diet is certainly acetic by American standards (no alcohol, caffeine, white flour, fried foods, or sugar, and a minimum of eggs and dairy) but the reasons he gives for avoiding these "negative energy" foods are compelling. From the adrenal damage imparted by coffee to immune dysfunction brought on by excess refined sugar, Pitchford spurs you to rethink every dietary choice and its ultimate influence on your health. Without being alarmist, he adds dietary tips for protecting yourself against the dangers of modern life, including neutralizing damage from water fluoridation (thyroid and immune-system problems may result; fluoride is a carcinogen). There's further reading on food combining, female health, heart disease, pregnancy, fasting, and weight loss. Overall, this is a wonderful book for anyone who's serious about strengthening his or her body from the inside out.

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"Healing with Whole Foods contains a wealth of information on health, diet, alternative medicine, natural food presentation, and recipes, researched by an expert in the field. Readers will learn how to apply Chinese medicine and the five-element theory to a contemporary diet; treat illness and nervous disorders through diet; and make the transition to whole vegetable foods. The most detailed source book yet published on preparing food and eating consciously, Healing with Whole Foods includes complete sections on Ayurvedic principles of food-combining; the treatment of disease conditions through meals; transition from animal products to whole vegetable foods; micro-algae; selection of waters and salts; the extremely complex varieties of oils, sugars, and condiments; vitamins and minerals; fasting and purification; food for children, food presentation and proportions; vibrational cooking; the physiology of nourishment; color diagnosis and therapy; consciousness in diet changes; plus descriptions of the nature and uses of various grains, legumes, miso, tempeh, tofu, seaweeds, nuts and seeds, sprouts, and fruits. Also featured are sections on chutneys, relishes, pickles, different milks, rejuvelac, yogurt, salads, and desserts."—Midwest Book Review

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Paul Pitchford is a teacher and nutrition researcher. In his healing work with individuals, he develops rejuvenative plans based on awareness and dietary practices. His early training, following ancient traditional practice, was primarily through apprenticeships and private instructions with masters of meditation and East Asian medicine. For more than three decades, he has applied the unifying wisdom of Far Eastern thought to the major dietary therapies available in the West to create a new vision of health and nutrition.

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Paperback: 784 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books; 3 Rev Exp edition (November 5, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1556434308
ISBN-13: 978-1556434303
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 1.8 x 10 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (367 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Alternative Medicine > Chinese Medicine
- #2 in Books > Medical Books > Allied Health Professions > Diet Therapy
- #4 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Whole Foods

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A must own book!

ByMLCon May 24, 2016

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This book is HUGE, 750 pages of amaziness! So worth every penny, you will not regret buying this book! This book is packed full of information, there is just enough information on TCM and about different illnesses, quite a bit on liver health and how it affects several areas of the body, I found very informative. Also a lot on the whole foods aproach and foods that are destructive to you body and the reasons why they should be avoided. There are recipes to try and for some a new way to look at your current constitution and if it is lacking you can determine which aproach to try to restore balance. Overall a great book, and a must for anyone who is interested in healing their body with whole foods.

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This book saved my life.

ByRobyn M Harteron January 7, 2014

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My first copy of this book was given to me by my best friend who found out I had gall bladder disease, but couldn't get surgery for several months. She gave me her copy and I looked up my condition, what foods to eat and why. Within a week, my symptoms had eased, along with the pain, I could move my body smoothly and within a month had lost about 30 pounds. When I finally got my gall bladder removed, I had one stone the size of the end of my index finger. I had been slowly building toxic waste in my body and I truly believe had I not changed my diet and lifestyle, I was heading for a non reversible condition that could have killed me. I gave that copy of Healing with Whole Foods to a friend who needed some help and bought a newer version. Gave that away to another friend. Got a newer. I am on my fourth copy. I reference it quite often and with total confidence.

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Terrific Reference Book

ByRhea V. Angellon November 3, 2011

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My mail person commented on the weight of this huge book as she struggled to carry it in her pouch to my door. At over 700 pages, this book should be purchased in the hard-cover edition. This edition actually weighs less than the soft-cover book. This is a work covering everything you ever wanted to know about using whole foods to cure anything that ails you, preventing diseases from starting, even using the fung shui system to classify foods. You can read this book from cover to cover, or pick a chapter of immediate interest. I will use this book for years to come as a reference book on all sorts of topics. I found a section near the end of the book on why root canals are not the option one should choose to repair a tooth. I wish I knew that many years ago. To learn how to eat properly, how to choose the foods you want to eat, and how to keep one's body in good health, are all reasons to buy this book. The vendor is swift to get the book to you in excellent condition. All in all, one of the best books I have ever purchased. It was suggested to me as a book to buy in a nutrition course I am taking at this time.

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You'll Feel Better Just Reading It

ByA. Morgensternon April 27, 2011

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One of my friends is a nurse-midwife who teaches herbology and Traditional Chinese Medicine to health professionals. She has an extensive library, but this book always drew my attention because it was the most worn-out volume on her shelves. When she told me how much she consults it both as a practitioner and as a mother of a large, healthy household, I invested in my own copy. Now, after several years of enjoying it, I can honestly say that if I only had one health/cook book in my library, it would be this one.

Thanks to the author's expertise, clear organization, and engaging style, you can curl up with it the way you would with a good novel and immerse yourself in its pages. But instead of blindly devouring junk food as you read, you'll be thinking about how to create more mindfully-crafted meals.

It's a cookbook, too -- a good one. The chapter on seasonal food preparation is downright inspiring, and one of my favorite discoveries was the inner "digestive clock" -- how different seasons and times of day affect the various organs of the body.

We own many books on herbology and TCM, but this one is more comprehensive, better annotated, and better written than any of the others. Buying it was definitely worth the investment.

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This is a great book!

ByPolly Hineson April 19, 2015

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This is a great book! ..especially for cancer people like me, and for my girlfriend's daughter, who has a life threatening heart condition. This is a very, very informative and straight-forward intelligent book. I highly recommend this book to people who want knowledge of, and aid to the wisdom behind diseases. I gave this to my girlfriend and her daughter to help with extreme exhaustion...

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A Complete Food and Nutrition Bible

ByHologramon August 25, 2013

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I got this book several weeks ago and find it hard to put down. Not only has the author gone to great lengths to explain some Chinese Theory, there's are many other sections including; building up the immune system, learning of excess and deficiency, the essentails of nutrition, standard herbal preparation, the importance of water, protiens, oils and fats, sweeteners, salt, food combinations, fasting, a section on the five elements, vibrational cooking, and lots more. I have been searching for a book that included all of these things, and it does include them, plus some recipes and herbal remedies... this book has most of what you will need to understand health using food as your medicine. If you want to use food as a healing tool, or to maintain good health, then I suggest getting a copy. This book was well worth the price for over 700 pages. One of my favorites.

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BySandyon November 10, 2011

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Without doubt the most comprehensive, compelling book on health issues, I've ever read. It's my health bible. This edition was a gift to a family member and she cannot put it down. I have a previous edition, and it was instrumental to my gaining good health after being diagnosed with and treated (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation) for breast cancer. It gave me a complete understanding of the relationship between food and good health, mentally & physically. I refer to it constantly.
It was recommended to me by a student at Western Sydney Macarthur University. I had been attending their clinic for Traditional Chinese Medicine on a weekly basis while going through Chemo. The students use the book in their studies.
I believe every family would do well to have this book as a guide to their good health, it is truly amazing. Sandy B. NSW. Australia.

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