Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Fifth Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements

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Penguin, Oct 5, 2010 - Health & Fitness - 912 pages
Prescription for Nutritional Healing is the nation's #1 bestselling guide to natural remedies. The new fifth edition incorporates the most recent information on a variety of alternative healing and preventive therapies and unveils new science on vitamins, supplements, and herbs. With an A-to-Z reference to illnesses, updates include: How omega-3 and exercise may help those suffering from Alzheimer's Current information on the latest drug therapies for treating AIDs What you need to know about H1N1 virus Nutritional information for combating prostate cancer Leading research on menopause and bio identical hormones And much, much more In the twenty years since the first edition was released, the natural health movement has gone mainstream, and the quest for optimal nutrition is no longer relegated to speciality stores. With more than 800 pages of comprehensive facts about all aspects of alternative ways to wellness, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Fifth Edition, unites the best of age-old remedies with twenty-first- century science.
 

Contents

Nutrition Diet and Wellness
5
Vitamins
18
Minerals
32
Air
44
Troubleshooting for Disorders
140
Leg Ulcers
557
Lyme Disease
563
Measles
569
Pneumonia
641
PregnancyRelated Problems
647
Introduction 791
736
Part Three Remedies and Therapies
789
Blood Purification
795
Crystal and Gemstone Therapy
801
Glandular Therapy
807
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
813

Meningitis
575
Mercury Toxicity
583
Motion Sickness
590
Mumps
596
Narcolepsy
603
Oily Skin
618
Pagets Disease of Bone
625
Peptic Ulcer
633
TENS Unit Therapy
824
Yoga
830
Introduction
833
Manufacturer and Distributor Information
846
Health and Medical Organizations
855
Acupuncture 817
881
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About the author (2010)

Phyllis Balch was author of the bestselling Prescription for Nutritional Healing, as well as of Prescription for Nutritional Healing: The A-to-Z Guide to Supplements, and Prescription for Herbal Healing.

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