Powerfoods: Good Food, Good Health with Phytochemicals, Nature's Own Energy Boosters; Featuring 140 Delicious Recipes by Executive

by Stephanie Beling

Book Overview

Plant foods contains phytochemicals, substances that have been proven to help retard the ageing process, boost the immune system and fight ailments. This text introduces readers to these foods,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060174544
• ISBN13: 9780060174545
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Good, enlightening nutrition-wise

This book tells the reader about the plethora of newly discovered phyto-nutrients. Found in Veggies fruits, grains, beans... They are linked to all elements of good health. The author tells which foods are the best sources of these phytonutrients. The last third of the book is a collection of recipes which use these 'powerfoods'.