The Complete Illustrated Guide to Nutritional Healing: A Practical Approach to Nutrition for Healthy Living

by Denise Mortimore

Antioxidants and phytochemicals are achieving wide recognition as healers and preventives. Which ones work? Which are dangerous? What dosage is too low or too high? This heavily illustrated book is divided into five 1) principles of nutritional healing; 2) what is really meant by a balanced diet; 3) personal assessment questionnaires; 4) specific conditions likely to be helped; 5) nutritional help for female problems. The author, an internationally recognized nutritional therapist, presents an up-to-the-moment no-nonsense approach to food and supplements as body-repair agents. She makes a firm Nutritional imbalances can lead to disease. For example, how does one avoid having too much calcium in one part of the body and too little in another? A key proposal is the"New Food Pyramid Program." Before you make any new decisions about gaining or losing weight or feeling more energetic, read this book. 8" x 12". Color photos & illus.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published September 3, 1998