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Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine
Are herbal medicines effective? Are organic foods really better for
you? Will the cure to cancer eventually come from a newly
discovered plant which dwells in the Amazon basin? Will medicines
ever become affordable and available to the neediest? How will we
produce enough food to keep up with an ever-increasing world
population? Written with these issues in mind, Let Thy Food Be Thy
Medicine is a response to the current flood of conflicting
information regarding the use of plants for both consumption and
medicinal purposes. Kathleen Hefferon addresses the myths and
popular beliefs surrounding the application of plants in human
health, revealing both their truths and inaccuracies, and provides
an overview of the technologies scientists are using to further
their research.
The book covers herbal medicines, functional and biofortified
foods, plants and antibiotics, edible vaccines, and organic versus
genetically modified foods, discussing each from a scientific
standpoint. It these topics together for the first time, providing
a much-needed overview of plants as medicine. Intended for
scientists and professionals in related disciplines as well as the
interested reader educated in the sciences, this book will confront
claims made in the media with science and scientific analysis,
providing readers with enough background to allow them to make
their own judgments.
Each of us probably knows someone who suffers from one or more
so-called "diseases of civilization." These diseases - which
include obesity, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, high cholesterol
and heart disease - are ailments that seem to disproportionately
affect members of Western society compared to those in other parts
of the world. Oddly enough, all of the diseases mentioned above are
affected in some way by your diet. My research helped me to uncover
and successfully apply natural healing techniques to restore my
body's natural balance. After years of developing and solidifying
my poor diet habits, it took just a few years for me to unlearn my
poor nutrition habits and train my body to long for the foods that
would help to keep it disease-free. Believe it or not, a
significant part of that discovery is centered around the healing
qualities of the pomegranate. My goal is to share what I found in
this easy-to-read guide so that maybe I can help to keep you from
going down the same road I took. And maybe - just maybe - help you
to restore your own health. -Jasmin Carerra From childhood, I
always enjoyed Pomegranate fruit for its taste and the beautiful
color, but never knew all these benefits and healing power she
mentioned, a truly eye opening book indeed Carmen Rodriguez
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