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FEATURED Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Fifth Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements
The most thoroughly revised and updated bible of natural health with cutting-edge findings in alternative and preventative therapies.
Prescription for Nutritional Healing is the nation’s #1 bestselling guide to natural remedies. The new fifth edition incorporates the most recent information on a variety of alternative healing and preventive therapies and unveils new science on vitamins, supplements, and herbs.
With an A-to-Z reference to illnesses, updates include:
•How omega-3 and exercise may help those suffering from Alzheimer’s
•Current information on the latest drug therapies for treating AIDs
•What you need to know about H1N1 virus
•Nutritional information for combating prostate cancer
•Leading research on menopause and bio identical hormones
•And much, much more
In the twenty years since the first edition was released, the natural health movement has gone mainstream, and the quest for optimal nutrition is no longer relegated to specialty stores. With more than 800 pages of comprehensive facts about all aspects of alternative ways to wellness, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Fifth Edition, unites the best of age-old remedies with twenty-first- century science.
Comprehensive,
I’ve got the third edition, and with over five million copies sold, this book is one of the most read texts on nutritional health. I say “text” because it measures in at a good inch and three-quarters thick. Written by a certified nutritionist and a bona-fide MD, it is neatly divided up into three parts.
Part I, a quarter-inch thick discusses the basic principles of health and nutrition. This section lists and explains the various kinds of nutrients and food supplements.
Part II, by far the biggest section of the book measuring in at an inch and a quarter, provides the reader with an A-Z listing of many common disorders (such as backache or diabetes) and what you can do about them from a nutritional point of view.
The book ends with Part III, the last quarter-inch of the book, which is devoted to traditional therapies and conventional treatments that can be used along with a nutritional support. Here you’ll find info on treatments such as chiropractic, massage therapy, color therapy, and so on.
I have to say, I was pretty impressed with the amount of info contained in this book and I can definitely recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good nutritional reference book to put on their shelf when questions arise. Additionally, is also might give readers ideas of other types of therapies they could try for various medical problems. Other health titles I can recommend also include The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution for people who have trouble with chronic plantar fasciitis.
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|time to wake up…,
there is a ton of information in this book about remedies for various ailments, which is why i was tempted to keep it. however, every time i turned a page, i stumbled on more outdated, cringe-inducing, food-pyramid-era misinformation, such as, saturated fats like coconut oil increase your risk of heart attack, and you should have corn oil or canola oil instead. (seriously?!) it doesn’t recommend sucralose (splenda), but says it’s “metabolically inert” and would work well for diabetics. no mention of the fact that this stuff was originally meant to be a pesticide. oh, and go ahead and eat that plastic “food” — margarine in a tub — because we wouldn’t want to get fat on butter…and while you’re at it, stock up on low-fat dairy products (made by those nice food manufacturers), which have had all the nutrients sucked out of them. if the author had taken the time to look into the latest nutritional research, she would realize all of this “common knowledge” was basically propaganda that is now being debunked. coconut oil, for example, is one of the best foods you can give your body, but the corn oil industry was responsible for vilifying it to beef up their own profits. all the research is out there, but despite the fact that this is the “updated” 2010 edition, you’re not going to get anything cutting-edge here. expect more of the same old regurgitated B.S. we’ve been fed for the past several decades, information that has served to make us a nation of fat, sick, misinformed people. a book that presents itself as the gold standard of nutritional healing can’t get up to speed with information i can find in a simple google search? that’s either laziness, or more propaganda. either way, i rate that a fail.
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|Prescription for Nutritional Healing: A Practical A-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Sup,
By Phyllis A. Balch, C.N.C, 5th edition (Avery Publishing Group, 2010)
This book contains an abundant amount of information on how to improve one’s health and alleviate symptoms. This book is sectioned into three main parts: Elements of Health, The Disorders, and Remedies and Therapies. The Elements of Health section provides a very thorough understanding of the basics of: nutrition, diet, wellness, vitamins, minerals, water, amino acids, antioxidants, enzymes, natural food supplements, and herbs. The Disorder section presents an A-to-Z listing of health disorders and provides a detailed explanation of each disorder, as well as suggested nutrients, herbs, recommendations, and considerations. The Remedies and Therapies section offers detailed explanations of how to implement the remedies and therapies mentioned in previous parts of the book. This section also assists the individual in choosing whether traditional remedies or more conventional treatments are more suited for their situation. With a list of suggested books to read, this book provides the reader with more resources to better understand a topic. This book is a must read and great book to have on hand for individuals desiring to become educated in alternatives to modern medicine.
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