How to use your diet to heal your body Countless studies have shown that food plays a major role in promoting health and preventing and treating disease. Kirsten Hartvig draws on her deep knowledge - and her many years of hands-on experience as a natural health practitioner and researcher - to give you a unique guide to healthy eating and to the use of food as medicine. You will learn how foods stimulate the body’s natural self-healing ability, and you will gain understanding of the role of specific nutrients in treating everyday ailments, aches and pains. Food As Medicine will also show you how to protect yourself against more serious health problems with practical diet and recipe advice. As a unique daily health reference, Food As Medicine also takes a fresh look at the nutritional value of the foods we eat. It will give you a better understanding of the quality of the calories obtained from the proteins, fats, and carbohydrates in all sorts of foods, and it also looks in detail at the vital role played by vitamins, minerals and trace elements in maintaining health and treating disease.

Berries are among the healthiest foods on the planet - and more and more people today are becoming aware of their miraculous health-giving properties. For centuries people all over the world have relied on them both as food and as medicine. Packed with goodness as well as flavour, they exude the freshness and romance of the great outdoors. Most berries are easy to store and use out of season: they can be dried, preserved with alcohol or sugar, or frozen, and most of us can now find a wide selection of berries in supermarkets and specialist healthfood stores. Every month, new research is published describing the health-giving properties of a well-known or recently discovered berry, and there is extensive literature to support the medicinal importance of a wide selection of species. This book is a celebration of the health-giving properties of berries, as well as a treasure-trove of fabulous ways to use them in your cooking. Renowned nutritionist and naturopath Kirsten Hartvig offers more than 100 recipes, from breakfasts and preserves to juices and liqueurs. Also included in the book are 10 detailed and fascinating profiles of the healthiest, most popular species - including acai, cranberry, blueberry and redcurrant - as well as a readable directory section covering a further 40 berries. This is a wonderful addition to the literature of healthy eating.

Energy Foods gives readers delicious, natural, healthy ways to eat for maximum energy, detox their systems, and live happier, healthier, more vigorous lives. The book is filled with irresistible recipes: breakfasts to launch one into the day; lunches to boost one into afternoon action; and dinners to keep the metabolism ticking through the night. Snacks complete the food workout, with high-energy fillers such as Greek Olive and Lime Pâ té or a "Ruby Reviver." Stylish recipes and food photography make this a mouthwatering and inspiring book.

Energy Foods gives readers delicious, natural, healthy ways to eat for maximum energy, detox their systems, and live happier, healthier, more vigorous lives. The book is filled with irresistible recipes: breakfasts to launch one into the day; lunches to boost one into afternoon action; and dinners to keep the metabolism ticking through the night. Snacks complete the food workout, with high-energy fillers such as Greek Olive and Lime Pa te or a Ruby Reviver. Stylish recipes and food photography make this a mouthwatering and inspiring book."

The Big Book of Quick, Easy Family Recipes is packed with easy, delicious meals that kids love to eat, and parents feel great about serving. Each recipe is either quick to prepare, or allows you to pop it in the oven and get on with something else, so stressful meal prep is a thing the past. With over 500 recipes, you can find brilliant options for every meal of the day.It is broken down into easy-to-use chapters:BreakfastsSoups and SaladsLunchesDinnersDessertsSnacksDrinksWith dedicated storage instructions (so you can make the most of your leftovers), batch cooking suggestions and detailed preparation and cooking times, it has never been easier to cook healthy for the whole family.