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Prescription for Nutritional Healing 4TH Edition

by Phyllis A Balch

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Natural health's number-one bestseller for more than twenty years, completely revised and updated.
With more than five million copies sold, "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" is the most trusted, comprehensive source on dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, and herbs. A pioneer in the field of nutritional healing, Phyllis Balch passionately and meticulously researched and compiled this groundbreaking book. Now, a generation later, her message has more relevance than ever: consume fresh foods, avoid processed foods and those high in saturated fat, and optimize your intake of essential nutrients with the right supplements. Today's well-stocked vitamin and natural-health stores can be confusing, and people need Balch's clear, concise, landmark guide.
To help them make sense of the mind-numbing array of choices that are available, readers of "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" will:
- learn the basics of good nutrition;
- find out how to balance vitamins and minerals so that the body can properly absorb both;
- determine how best to treat 250 problems-from abscesses to wrinkles-using herbs, nutrition, and supplements; and
- get the facts on other complementary therapies, like ayurveda, biofeedback, chiropractic care, and more. "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" is an essential resource for every health-minded consumer.
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About the Author

Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, was a leading nutritional counselor for more than two decades. Convinced that nutrition was, in many cases, the answer to regaining and maintaining health, Ms. Balch testified before Congress on the efficacy of natural healing.
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anonymous, February 25, 2009 (view all comments by anonymous)
Comprehensive

With over five million copies sold, this book is one of the most read texts on nutritional health. I say "text" because it measures in at a good inch and three-quarters thick. Written by a certified nutritionist and a bona-fide MD, it is neatly divided up into three parts.

Part I, a quarter-inch thick discusses the basic principles of health and nutrition. This section lists and explains the various kinds of nutrients and food supplements.

Part II, by far the biggest section of the book measuring in at an inch and a quarter, provides the reader with an A-Z listing of many common disorders (such as backache or diabetes) and what you can do about them from a nutritional point of view.

The book ends with Part III, the last quarter-inch of the book, which is devoted to traditional therapies and conventional treatments that can be used along with a nutritional support. Here you'll find info on treatments such as chiropractic, massage therapy, color therapy, and so on.

I have to say, I was pretty impressed with the amount of info contained in this book and I can definitely recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good nutritional reference book to put on their shelf when questions arise. Additionally, is also might give readers ideas of other types of therapies they could try for various medical problems. Other health titles I can recommend also include "The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution" for people who have trouble with chronic plantar fasciitis.

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weepingtreewillow, November 28, 2007 (view all comments by weepingtreewillow)
Excellent layout, just the right amount of information, I am constantly referring to it.
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ladyvio7, April 13, 2007 (view all comments by ladyvio7)
I guess this is the best thing for our generation to have books like that to give same hope to these without much hope when is about health.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781583332368
Subtitle:
A Practical A-To-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplemen
Author:
Balch, Phyllis A
Author:
Balch, Phyllis A.
Publisher:
Avery Publishing Group
Subject:
Herbs
Subject:
Nutrition
Subject:
Healing
Subject:
Herbs -- Therapeutic use.
Edition Number:
4
Series:
Prescription for Nutritional Healing: A Practical A-To-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies
Publication Date:
November 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
896
Dimensions:
10.84x8.52x1.68 in. 4.46 lbs.
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