The Healing Foods The Ultimate Authority on the Creative Power of Nutrition

The Knopf Canada Book of Healing Foods is a guide for everyday living, and the fastest way to understand how the foods you eat can help to heal, and help you remain healthy. There's a healing food for almost every common health problem - from colds, stress, insomnia and high blood pressure to more complicated illnesses - and most are as close as your local grocer.Healing Foodsis an indispensable guide to choosing the best foods for an active life - a bright and friendly market of knowledge that makes the time you spend at the dinner table an investment in spirited living. In beautiful colour, it also highlights health-giving foods and their nutritional and medicinal benefits. Information on buying, storing and preparing healing foods is clearly listed, and each item - from pineapples and chilies to almonds and apricots - is linked to delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes from around the world. A questionnaire helps you assess your diet and general health to pinpoint problem areas, while a section on ailments and treatments makes it easy to address individual concerns. Fully indexed, illustrated throughout in full colour,Healing Foodsis a goldmine of information and recipes to treasure.

Miriam Polunin has specialized in writing about healthy eating and preventative medicine for 20 years. Her previous books include <b>The Health and Fitness Handbook, The Wholemeal Kitchen</b> and <b>The Natural Pharmacy</b> which she co-wrote with Christopher Robbins.