Eating for Better Health

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Random House, Mar 31, 2012 - Cooking - 352 pages

This informative, accessible guide to eating for better health will help you regain control of your health whether you're fighting a chronic condition or want to prevent problems in the future. Bestselling author Jane Plant and dietician Gill Tidey show how eating the right foods can help you manage - and even prevent - a range of other common health problems, including:

-allergies
-heart disease
-high blood pressure
-digestive problems
-diabetes
-skin problems, and many more.

With clear advice on what to eat - and what to avoid - for each of the conditions, and featuring over 200 easy-to-make, delicious recipes to get you on the road to optimum well-being, this is a book for everyone who wants to live a healthier life.

Including a new foreword by Dr Michael Dixon, Medical Director of the Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health and Chair of the NHS Alliance.

 

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Contents

Cover
FOOD AS MEDICINE
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT WITH FOOD
Menopausal Symptoms
PRINCIPLES OF THE COOKBOOK
GOOD BEGINNINGS
MEALS ON THE
MEALS TO LIVE
DESSERTS
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Eating for Better Health: Help Fight and Prevent Many Common Health Problems ...
Jane A. Plant,Gill Tidey
No preview available - 2005

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2012)

Jane Plant (Author)
Professor Jane Plant is a widely respected scientist, who was awarded a CBE for her work in relation to human health and in 2005 was made a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine for her books on cancer. She contracted breast cancer in 1987 at the age of 42: the disease recurred a further four times. She adopted the diet and lifestyle changes she advocates in her book, and has now been clear of breast cancer for fifteen years.

Gillian Tidey (Author)
Professor Jane Plant is a widely respected scientist, who was awarded a CBE for her work in relation to human health and in 2005 was made a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine for her books on cancer. She contracted breast cancer in 1987 at the age of forty-two, and the disease recurred a further four times. She adopted the diet and lifestyle changes she advocates in this book, and has now been clear of breast cancer for over fifteen years. She is the author of several books, including the bestselling Your Life in Your Hands.

Bibliographic information

TitleEating for Better Health
AuthorsGillian Tidey, Jane Plant
PublisherRandom House, 2012
ISBN0753547597, 9780753547595
Length352 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Cooking / Health & Healing / General
Cooking / Specific Ingredients / Natural Foods
  
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