Prevention's New Foods for Healing: Latest Breakthroughs in the Curative Powers of More Than 100 Common Foods--From Apricots and Bananas to Wine and Y

by Selene Yeager, Prevention Magazine, Julia VanTine

Book Overview

Research has shown that many of the foods we eat daily actually contain a variety of extraordinarily powerful healing compounds. We already know about the healing reputation of garlic, salmon, onions,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579540953
• ISBN13: 9781579540951
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Prevention's New Food for Healing by Yeager et al. Editors

This book has a compendium of foods for weight loss, cancer prevention, management of arthritis and a whole host of health problems too numerous to list here. For instance, Vit. C levels, Zinc, garlic and produce help with the common cold. Did you know that olive oil is a good source of Vitamin E? Foods to control diabetes are noted; such as, multiple servings of fruits and veggies, high fiber, calcium rich foods and beans. This book is a solid value for the price charged. It will be a good addition to your personal health library collection.

A Real Life Saver!

The advice is this book is as informative as it is enlightening. It is my trusted reference for informatiion on the healing/nutritional powers of anything from avocados to ginger, kale to mangoes, nori to tomatoes. Research findings, suggested recipes, and really good writing make this book an excellent buy -- and a true life saver!

More than Helpful - Best Reference for good health

I have had this book for several years. Some helpful remedies include treating and preventing the Flu. It states that VITAMEN C, GARLIC, TEA AND HOME-MADE CHICK NOODLE SOUP HELP WITH the FLU. I've personally tried the Garlic, and it gets rid of a sore throat almost immediately after eating it. I found out that it has to be fresh garlic, not minced and not flavored with, like powder or salt. I usually eat some garlic pods in my potato soup or fried potatoes when I notice a cold or the flu coming on. Usually the garlic shortens the duration of which the cold would have lasted on anyone else. Like most people will get a cold for 2 weeks, I might have it for 3 days. Also B6 relieves carpal tunnel, migraines, and stress. It gives not only the name of the vitamin and what it relieves but it also gives the sources of foods that this vitamin is in like VITAMEN E is in asparagus,barley,cherries,nuts and wheat. As far as KIDNEY STONES which I still had pain after I had them. This book tells you what triggers the pain...which is very nice to know. Stay away from oxalate rich foods-black tea-chocolate-nuts-spinach-strawberries. I've found that Spinach really makes my kidneys hurt and I can only eat it if I drink lots of water with it-to dilute the potency of the oxalates. This book lists just about every disease or symptom that I can think of. ARTHRITIS-ASTHMA-BLOOD PRESSURE-CANCER-COLDS-CRAMPS-DEPRESSION-DIABETES-EAR INFECTIONS-FATIGUE-GALLSTONES-HEADACHES-HEART DISEASE-INSOMIA-MACULAR DEGENERATION-MENOPAUSE-MIGRANES-OSTEOPOROSIS-ULCERS-URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS-YEAST INFECTIONS-....................JUST to name a few.Excellent Resource - I think every book shelf deserves this book!

Understand what vitamins and minerals common foods provide

Excellent book in understanding what vitamins, minerals and other health benefits that common and not so common foods provide. Very informative in helping you improve your diet to reduce the effects of your own current health issues from high blood pressure, to cancer to yeast infections and to simply impove your body's functioning.