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Kiwifruit is rich in Vitamin E to protect your skin and heart Pineapple contains an enzyme that helps digestior^ Oats can reduce cholesterol levels Artichokes are good for the liver • Celery helps calm the nerves
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Scientists now know that many food plants are rich in pharmacological substances which are as effective as any drug prescribed by a doctor, and without side-effects. Barbara Griggs and Michael Van Straten have drawn on these 20th century findings, as well as traditional medicine, to produce the eating plans for SUPERFOODS.
SUPERFOODS is a cookery book with a difference. It explains how to use foods as medicines, so that if you suffer from a particular ailment you can improve your health by eating the right foods and avoiding those that aggravate the condition.
Clear nutritional guidelines are given for each common disorder, with a list of Superfoods that are particularly beneficial. Danger foods are also highlighted. The eating plans include a week's...
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Fülszöveg
sövmfoods
Kiwifruit is rich in Vitamin E to protect your skin and heart Pineapple contains an enzyme that helps digestior^ Oats can reduce cholesterol levels Artichokes are good for the liver • Celery helps calm the nerves
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Scientists now know that many food plants are rich in pharmacological substances which are as effective as any drug prescribed by a doctor, and without side-effects. Barbara Griggs and Michael Van Straten have drawn on these 20th century findings, as well as traditional medicine, to produce the eating plans for SUPERFOODS.
SUPERFOODS is a cookery book with a difference. It explains how to use foods as medicines, so that if you suffer from a particular ailment you can improve your health by eating the right foods and avoiding those that aggravate the condition.
Clear nutritional guidelines are given for each common disorder, with a list of Superfoods that are particularly beneficial. Danger foods are also highlighted. The eating plans include a week's menus, containing as many Superfoods as possible, to show how to balance starch and protein.
There are more than 150 recipes, from soups and snacks to desserts and drinks, with reminders of the ailments they will help.
As well as showing how eating the right foods can help in the relief of serious illnesses, SUPERFOODS deals with weight problems and provides eating plans to cope with overwork, insomnia and depression in a special stress section.
Barbara Griggs has written on fashion and history. She is the author of Green Pharmacy and The Food Factor and is a regular contributor to Country Living.
Michael Van Straten is Britain's leading practitioner of alternative medicine and appears regularly on radio and television.
ISBN 0-86318-494-4
9 I UUUU-I (OHTHT
9780863184949
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