Encyclopedia of Healing Foods

Few experts in the field of natural health are as respected or recognizable as Michael Murray and Joseph Pizzorno, whose extensive expertise has earned them appearances on 20/20, Dateline, Primetime Live, and other television news programs. Their accessible and science-based reference is both an educational text and source of inspiration for the millions of readers hoping to adopt a healthier diet. Drawing on an abundant harvest of hard research data, Encyclopedia of Healing Foods presents invaluable advice in a clear and focused style. Murray and Pissorno take readers beyond mere nutritional facts and share cutting-edge clinical discoveries on what and how foods stimulate the body's natural ability to rejuvenate and heal. They advise readers on designing a safe diet by exploring such current prograns as The Zone and Atkins; discuss the roles that fiber, enzymes, fatty acids, and other dietary components have in helping us live healthfully; offer overviews of important food groups, and tips on preparing them; and provide food prescriptions for a wide variety of basic ailments. An extensive and uniquely effective owner's manual on what to feed the vessel of the soul, this book answers, in exhaustive detail, the age-old question that so many readers are asking: What is a healthy diet?