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Fight Back With Food: Use Nutrition to Heal What Ails You » (Reprint)

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Authors: Editors of Reader's Digest
ISBN-13: 9780762108404, ISBN-10: 0762108401
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Reader's Digest
Date Published: December 2006
Edition: Reprint

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Author Biography: Editors of Reader's Digest

Book Synopsis

More and more health experts have come to the conclusion that food can heal what ails you. Fight Back With Food... shows you how to use everyday foods-not only fruits, vegetables, and fish but also meat and even scrumptious desserts-to treat and, in some cases, to prevent many common ailments. In this easy-to-use book, you'll find: 50 superstar foods-listed in a convenient A-Z format-along with inside tips on maximizing their dietary benefits as well as many tasty ways to include each of them into your daily diet. 50 common Ailments-everything from arthritis and high cholesterol to prostate cancer, all listed in an easy A-Z format-along with a specific food arsenal for each condition and delicious recipes that incorporate those healing foods. 100 tasty recipes-from appetizers and main courses to desserts-that make it easy to eat for good health.

Table of Contents


Eat to Beat Disease: An A-to-Z Guide to the Nutrients That Help Fight Disease     8
Foods that Fight Back: Super Foods-and the Nutrients in Them-That Keep You Healthy     30
What Ails You?: How to Manage or Prevent Common Ailments Through Diet     136
Recipe Rx: Delicious Dishes That Maximize the Fighting Power of Food     236
Index     340

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