- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Thorsons; First Edition edition (1 Sep 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0722534248
- ISBN-13: 978-0722534243
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 290,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘I refer to Linda Lazarides’
well-researched Nutritional Health Bible when answering readers’
queries for my column in The Sunday Times, which saves hours of research. This book is an invaluable source of information for anyone who is serious about health issues.’
Hazel Courteney
‘This is an important book which should be read by the public and all involved in health care. It could seriously improve the health of the nation.’
Dr Keith Eaton, Consultant Allergist, The Princess Margaret Hospital, Windsor
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Foreword by Dr Damien Downing, editor of the Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine. An exciting new reference guide from one of the UK’s leading nutritionists.
Food and food supplements can be the most effective forms of medicine – safe, effective and without the side effects of many drugs. This exciting guide will revolutionise the way you think about food and nutrition and help you make the right choices. Hundreds of questions are answered – and you will learn about the healing power of foods and how you can supplement safety to prevent illness. Includes:
A complete A–Z of the nutrients and what functions they perform in the body.
• Deficiency symptoms and a guide to the foods you need to eat to prevent them.
• The latest research on important foods to promote health or treat disease.
•Common diseases and ailments with each cross-referenced to a nutrient.
• Special advice for the whole family: children, the elderly, pregnant women, athletes, vegetarians and slimmers.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The author considers food and food supplements as the most effective form of medicine. This extensive work investigates the safe use of supplements to combat disease, avoid deficiencies and promote good health. The book contains information and advice on a wide range of topics like hormones, detoxification, allergies, cholesterol, plus the latest research into the nutritional causes of illness and special advice for groups like children, the elderly, vegetarians and sports people.
Section I: Supplements A - Z provides a short description, availability and suggested dosages. This section also deals with related subjects, including amongst the supplements entries for inter alia free radicals, toxins, blood sugar, neurons, neurotransmitters, nitrogen balance and many more. Section II: Nutritional Causes Of Illness looks at diseases from A - Z, under the headings Some Causative Factors and Promising Nutritional Research for each entry.
Appendices I - V consist of the rules of healthy eating (the food groups), recommendations on which supplements to take, official figures (daily requirements), the end to the common cold and a list of useful addresses. The book concludes with an index. The Nutritional Health Bible is a valuable guide and reference work; the information is presented in an accessible and logical manner.
Other helpful books on supplements and nutrition include The A - Z Guide To Supplements by Phyllis A Balch, The Supplement Bible by Earl Mindell, Anti-Ageing Prescriptions by James A Duke and The Superhormone Promise by William Regelson.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An well researched, comprehensive, and informative guide/assessment of a variety of substances, and; their potential. It is to be hoped tha the author is able to keep this book updated.
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Handy guide and reliable reference work
12 May 2004
Format:Hardcover
The author considers food and food supplements as the most effective form of medicine. This extensive work investigates the safe use of supplements to combat disease, avoid deficiencies and promote good health. The book contains information and advice on a wide range of topics like hormones, detoxification, allergies, cholesterol, plus the latest research into the nutritional causes of illness and special advice for groups like children, the elderly, vegetarians and sports people.
Section I: Supplements A - Z provides a short description, availability and suggested dosages. This section also deals with related subjects, including amongst the supplements entries for inter alia free radicals, toxins, blood sugar, neurons, neurotransmitters, nitrogen balance and many more. Section II: Nutritional Causes Of Illness looks at diseases from A - Z, under the headings Some Causative Factors and Promising Nutritional Research for each entry.
Appendices I - V consist of the rules of healthy eating (the food groups), recommendations on which supplements to take, official figures (daily requirements), the end to the common cold and a list of useful addresses. The book concludes with an index. The Nutritional Health Bible is a valuable guide and reference work; the information is presented in an accessible and logical manner.
Other helpful books on supplements and nutrition include The A - Z Guide To Supplements by Phyllis A Balch, The Supplement Bible by Earl Mindell, Anti-Ageing Prescriptions by James A Duke and The Superhormone Promise by William Regelson.
Health Bible life saver
16 May 2011
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Wonderful book! Easy to read and all the information you could ever need about natural health aides. You can look up different vitamins and it will give a summary of how this vitamin is important for your body and lists signs of deficiency and what foods to eat to correct a deficiency. Wonderful, wonderful book!
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