Authors: Richard Huemer, Richard P. Huemer
ISBN-13: 9780671537647, ISBN-10: 0671537644
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Date Published: May 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)
THE NATURAL HEALTH GUIDE TO BEATING THE SUPERGERMS offers a clear explanation of safe, proven natural methods you can use to help prevent and fight infections and achieve optimum immunity. Compiled by the editors fo Natural Health Magazine -- the foremost journal on alternative and natural health -- and two leading experts in the field, this easy-to-use reference belongs in every home and doctor's office. Bacterial diseases, once easily cured with penicillin and other antibiotics, have now returned with a vengeance. Everywhere you look it seems viruses are lurking as well. Here is the up-to-date information you need on these medical crises, along with an invaluable guide to combating the supergerms in food, day-care centers, hospitals, and even in the air you breathe. It's easy to protect your well-being by making small adjustments to your lifestyle and diet; things as common as vitamins, nutrients, minerals and miracle foods will do wonders to boost your imune system. Empower yourself in the fight against disease with THE NATURAL HEALTH GUIDE TO BEATING THE SUPERGERMS, and improve your overall health.
Introduction | ||
Pt. I | Supergerms: The Deadly Threat | 1 |
1 | Microbial Mysteries | 5 |
2 | Old Germs, New Threats | 24 |
3 | The Making of Supergerms | 41 |
4 | Down and Dirty on the Farm | 58 |
5 | Strangers in Our Midst | 76 |
Pt. II | Immune Strengths and Weaknesses | 89 |
6 | Dietary Defenses Against Disease | 93 |
7 | The Decline of the American Diet | 112 |
8 | Immune System Attackers | 129 |
Pt. III | Defend Yourself Against Supergerms | 151 |
9 | Organics: The Way Food Used to Be | 157 |
10 | Probiotics: Good Bacteria that Fight the Bad | 172 |
11 | Garlic: A Natural Antibiotic | 185 |
12 | Vitamin C: Immune Booster Supreme | 197 |
13 | Vitamin A and the Carotenes: The "2-Cent Solution" | 217 |
14 | Selenium: Protection Against Viral Mutations | 231 |
15 | Coenzyme Q[subscript 10]: One More Key to Optimal Immunity | 242 |
16 | More Nutrients that Boost Immunity | 256 |
17 | A Rational Approach to Optimal Immunity | 278 |
Afterword | 295 | |
Appendix | 299 | |
Notes | 307 | |
Index | 343 |