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Basic
Macrobiotics
by Herman Aihara with Carl Ferré
Herman Aihara gives very concise
information, in an easy to understand format, as to how and why one might
want to eat a macrobiotic diet. He packs in a lot of statistical data and
facts and figures, yet this doesn't overwhelm. A must read for anyone who's
thinking about Macrobiotics. |
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Acid and Alkaline
Acid and Alkaline Meet Yin and Yang
by Herman Aihara with Carl Ferré
In this concise work, Herman Aihara
attempts to integrate the concepts and philosophies underlying Western and
Eastern health science. Together they make a unified and practical approach
which when applied to life leads to balance and health.
This book provides a detailed look
into the acid-alkaline principle, how to determine which foods are acid
forming and which are alkaline forming, charts for creating balanced meals,
sections on dietary treatments, plus recommendations to stop or prevent
cancer growth. |
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Sugar Blues
The Classic Bestseller that
Exploded the Sugar Myth and Inspired a Health Revolution
by William Dufty
This classic health best-seller
exploded the sugar myth and inspired a health revolution! Sugar is the prime
ingredient in countless substances that we eat and drink, from cereal to
soup. Consumed at the rate of one hundred pounds for every American every
year, it’s as addictive as nicotine or heroine—and as poisonous. It is
responsible for modern plagues ranging from depression to coronary
thrombosis. Learn how a sugar-free diet can not only change your life, but
quite possibly save it! |
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Macrobiotic Diet
by Michio Kushi and Aveline Kushi
From the Publisher
Since its original publication, Macrobiotic Diet has become
the bible for people interested in a healthy way of eating centered around
whole, grains, fresh vegetables, and other whole, unprocessed foods.
This completely revised and updated edition offers a basic, readable
presentation of the nutritional and ecological principles behind the
macrobiotic diet. |
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The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health
by Michio Kushi & Alex Jack
Food is the chief of all things, the
universal medicine. . . . Food transmutes directly into body, mind, and spirit .
. . creates our day-to-day health and happiness.—The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health
Even in medical schools, alternative
medicine is blossoming. Two thirds of them now offer courses in complementary
healing practices, including nutrition. At the heart of this revolution is
macrobiotics, a simple, elegant, and delicious way of eating whose health
benefits are being confirmed at an impressive rate by researchers around the
world.
Macrobiotics is based on the laws of yin and yang—the complementary energies
that flow throughout the universe and quicken every cell of our bodies and every
morsel of the food we eat. Michio Kushi and Alex Jack, distinguished educators
of the macrobiotic way, believe that almost every human ailment from the common
cold to cancer can be helped, and often cured, by balancing the flow of energy
(the ki) inside us. The most effective way to do this is to eat the right
foods, according to our individual day-to-day needs. Now in this marvelous
guide, they give us the basics of macrobiotic eating and living, and explain how
to use this powerful source of healing to become healthier and happier, to
prevent or relieve more than two hundred ailments, conditions, or disorders—both
physical and psychological.
This encyclopedic compendium of macrobiotic fundamentals, remedies, menus, and
recipes takes into account the newest thinking and evolving practices within the
macrobiotic community. The authors integrate all the information into a
remarkable A to Z guide to macrobiotic healing—from AIDS, allergies, and
arthritis, to cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. They also clearly explain
what we need to know to start eating a true macrobiotic diet that will provide
us with a complete balance of energy and nutrients.
Living as we all do in environmental and climactic circumstances that are
largely outside our personal control, it is vital that we follow a healthy
lifestyle, including a flexible diet that we can adjust to meet our own
individual needs. The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health gives us precisely
the tools and the understanding we need to achieve this goal. Use it to build a
strong, active body and a cheerful, resourceful mind.
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Controlling Crohn's Disease: The Natural Way
by Virginia Harper and Tom Monte
From a reviewer on Amazon.com
This book is a dramatic story of a
young woman who moves from Chile as a teen and very soon suffers symptoms of
an unknown health problem. Through years of ups and downs and and an
eventual diagnosis of Crohn's Disease, Virginia Harper must then suffer the
side effects of prednisone. After much weight gain and a great deal of
suffering Virginia finds hope. Her father discovers a health counselor who
guides Virginia on the path to total recovery, eventually freeing herself
from all drugs, and avoiding the need for surgery. The latter half of the
book gives the healing natural recipes that Virginia used
A powerful story of human triumph.
But the best news of all
is that this program of natural healing and food can be used
by anyone willing to learn and apply the knowledge. |
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Nature's Cancer-Fighting Foods
by Verne Varona
As more and more people realize that
allopathic medicine's slash, burn and poison treatment of choice offers little
hope and often greater suffering than disease itself, the search for a real
cancer-fighting alternative is growing fierce. Writing with insight, verve and
compassion, Verne Varona cuts to the chase in the jungle of cancer cures and
theories with this new book.
Numerous so-called alternative modalities promise pain relief and remission, but
usually fall short. Whatever healing modality we may choose, we are still eating
food, Varona argues. Why not use that food, as Hippocrates himself urged, as our
medicine?
Drawing on the ancient understanding of the
energetics of food honed through over three decades of nutritional counseling,
Varona presents a simple nutritional program that anyone with faith and the will
to heal can follow to turn any degenerative disease around. Rooted in the
understanding of how foods affect the interplay of body, mind and spirit, his
program does not demand adherence to a rigid one-size-fits-all diet, but rather
offers and overview of which foods and herbs enhance immunity. When he debunks a
theory, he tells us why in plain language. When he finds nutritional gospel
missing the mark, he shows us how and why, and what we can do about it.
Recently the
U.S. Government Cancer Advisory Panel on Complementary and Alternative Medicine has recommended
governmental funding be given to an institute that teaches the use of food in
the prevention and treatment of cancer. This exemplifies a growing awareness of
the power of daily food to effect big changes in our immunity and quality of
life.
Although the book's title, Nature's
Cancer-Fighting Foods, will attract people experiencing that particular disease,
this unique, easy to digest volume offers a new depth of understanding to
everyone—sick or healthy—on the power of food, our most intimate relationship.
Clearly organized chapters guide the reader gently through the challenge of junk
food, addiction and emotional hang-ups and provides practical strategies for
self-empowerment and sustainable change. Along the way, Varona clarifies modern
nutritional myths surrounding fat, carbohydrates and proteins, and shines a
common sense, often humorous light on our dietary bugaboos of sugar, fat and
overeating.
Anyone touched by this dread epidemic—and
that really comes down to everyone in our post-industrial society—should keep
this straight-talking self-healing primer close at hand.
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The Good Carbohydrate
Revolution
by Dr. Terry Shintani, MD, JD, MPH
In his breakthrough bestselling book The
Hawaii Diet, Dr. Terry Shintani showed readers how they could eat nearly
three times as much food as they usually do—and
still lose unprecedented amounts of weight and eliminate major health problems.
Now, as a much-needed voice of reason amid today's clamor of diet programs that
eliminate breads, pastas, and vegetables and encourage us to gorge on meat,
eggs, and butter, Dr. Shintani returns with a real revolution that promises to
stop all the high-cholesterol and heart-endangering diet madness once and for
all.
The Good Carbohydrate Revolution
introduces a groundbreaking way to control weight and blood sugar levels by
eating more of the right kinds of carbohydrates. Forget about strict calorie
counting or portion control. Designed to maximize your health and keep you lean
for life, Dr. Shintani's scientifically proven program centers on
good
carbohydrates such as whole-grain pasta, pita bread, corn, sweet potatoes, and
brown rice, as well as an array of vitamin-rich fruits and vegetables. Outlining
the benefits of good carbohydrates—and
alerting readers to the dangers of bad carbohydrates composed of white
flour and sugar—this
refreshingly straight-talking book offers the most surefire, sacrifice-free
method for controlling blood pressure, reversing diabetes, and—most
important—reducing
the overall health risks that are too often caused by today's popular and highly
touted diet programs.
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Don't Drink Your Milk
by Frank Osti, MD,
former Director of Pediatrics, John Hopkins University
From
a reviewer on Amazon.com:
At last someone has written an entire book dedicated to this subject! I started
finding out about the disadvantages of drinking pasteurized milk in 1999 from a
book called The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity by Daniel Reid. Reid
concluded that milk actually curdles in the stomach and makes other food
indigestible. Reid also explained that pasteurization destroys all enzymes and
nutrients in it. Since reading hat book, I have stopped drinking milk and my
complexion got better (the acne disappeared). Also I used to have stomach
problems (diarrhea after drinking milk), and that disappeared as well.
And now more and more doctors are coming out
with the same information. Dr Robert Young, a microbiologist (author of The
pH Miracle) says the biggest misconception of society is that milk will
provide our bodies with calcium. It has been demonstrated now that this is not
true. Milk actually leaches calcium from our bones. Dr Young explains that milk
contains lactose, a simple sugar. When sugar is absorbed into the bloodstream,
calcium from our calcium reserves (i.e. the bones and teeth) is harvested to
neutralize the acids created from the sugar. Dr Young does blood analysis, and
he says if you look at your red blood cells after drinking milk, you won't be
happy. Drinking milk makes the red blood cells stick together and fills them
with bacteria and toxins. He also cites studies done in the 1980's that showed
that people who drink milk each day have the weakest bones of all, while people
who drink less or avoid it altogether invariably have stronger bones. Anthony
Robbins in his first book Unlimited Power also cited the same results
from some research done in 1986.
The people who live in western countries
(where people drink a lot of milk) have the highest rates of osteoporosis (weak
bones) in the world, compared to Asian countries (where people who drink little
or nor milk) have very few instances of these problems. This should give you a
clue about drinking milk.
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The
Cancer Prevention Diet
Michio Kushi's Macrobiotic Blueprint for the
Prevention and Relief of Disease
by Michio Kushi
Drawing on the most up-to-date
cancer and heart research, Michio Kushi presents a ground-breaking dietary
programs that can be implemented safely and simply in the home at a fraction
of the cost of usual meals and medical care.
An updated and expanded edition of
a revolutionary, highly acclaimed program for fighting and preventing cancer
through diet. This edition presents new studies and case histories showing
the effectiveness of macrobiotics in fighting disease, alarming updates on
cancer stats, nearly 100 new recipes and menus, and more. |
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Food and Healing
How what you eat determines your health, your
well-being, and quality of life
by Annemarie Colbin
Ten years ago, Colbin's Food and
Healing stood at the forefront of the food revolution, exploring the link
between diet and health. In this anniversary edition, she provides updates
on recent dietary systems, including low-fat, food combining, and
alternative medicine.
This is an excellent summary of how
diet affects health, wellbeing, and quality of life. It examines a variety
of healing diets, analyzes them from a practical and knowledgeable
perspective, evaluates and compares them to each other. Readers are offered
valuable insight into how each dietary movement differs, how each offers
value, and how individuals can create a unique, individualized dietary
regime for their needs and goals. |
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Food and Our
Bones
The Natural Way to Prevent Osteoporosis
by Annemarie Colbin
Why take hormones and supplements
to ward off osteoporosis—the
bone-thinning disease that many postmenopausal women worry about—when
you can get calcium and other nutrients needed for healthy bones from eating
the right foods? That's the message from Annemarie Colbin, a food therapist
who authored a previous book, Food and Healing. While she acknowledges some
people would rather pop pills than go to the trouble of cooking healthy
foods, she argues her philosophy persuasively. First, Colbin describes foods
that studies suggest may weaken the bones, such as caffeine and tomatoes.
Then she presents evidence for bone-strengthening foods, going beyond the
conventional wisdom that dairy products are the best way to get dietary
calcium. In fact, she writes, the Chinese vegetable bok choy provides the
most calcium per calorie of any food—more
than double the amount per calorie in skim milk. The book includes more than
60 recipes to help put Colbin's philosophy into practice, although many of
the recipes call for ingredients such as seaweed. Detailed nutritional
analysis of the recipes takes up more than 60 pages, space that might have
been better spent, perhaps on recipes using more easily available
ingredients.
Even if you're not interested in
following Colbin's philosophy exactly, her book provides insight into how
what we eat affects our bones. |
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Glow
A Prescription for Radiant Health and Beauty
by Christina Pirello
The first of its kind, Glow is more
than a cookbook, more than a health-and-beauty guide—it
is a path to a healthy lifestyle. Using the healing properties of whole
foods, the author demonstrates how to use them in daily life to achieve an
overall, healthy glow.
It’s time to get gorgeous—from
the inside out. Christina Pirello shows you how to achieve clear skin,
lustrous hair, and even strong nails with a unique and holistic approach to
self-care. Inspired by traditional Chinese medicine, Glow outlines simple,
classic diagnostic techniques and therapies, a whole food diet, and active
lifestyle to realize balance and tranquility—the
keys to true beauty—and
undo what time and stress have done.
By combining ancient Eastern
practices for health you’ll discover the rejuvenating powers of food, more
than 150 recipes, healing home remedies, and simple topical applications as
well as basic massage and healing practices that will give you both an inner
and an outer glow. Forget about those chemical potions and commercial
powders—and
light up your life with real food, real beauty, and real health. |
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The
Macrobiotic Approach to Cancer
Towards Preventing and Controlling Cancer With Diet
and Lifestyle
by Michio Kushi with Edward Esko
Over the last 35 years, modern
medical science has mounted a tremendous attempt to solve the problem of
cancer and other degenerative illnesses. To date, however, this large-scale
effort has produced no lasting, comprehensive solution... To control cancer,
we need to see beyond the immediate symptoms....Cancer is not the result of
some factor over which we have no control. Rather, it is simply the product
of your own daily behavior, including our thinking, lifestyle and way of
eating....—Michio Kushi
This book is the revised and
expanded edition of the classic macrobiotic book on cancer prevention. Kushi
clearly outlines the essentials of the macrobiotic diet with a comprehensive
explanation of foods that promote health, foods to avoid, the Yin and Yang
categorization of certain foods, and a basic explanation of how to pursue a
holistic and balanced healthy lifestyle. |
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The
New Whole Foods Encyclopedia
A Comprehensive Resource to Healthy Eating
by Rebecca Wood
An A to Z of selection,
preparation, and storage for more than 1,000 common and uncommon fruits,
vegetables, grains, and herbs--including how to heal with Ayurveda, Western
nutrition, and traditional Chinese medicine.
To a large degree, the quality of
what we eat determines our health, and many cultures understand that food is
the best medicine for what ails us.
Arranged alphabetically, fully
cross-referenced and indexed, and illustrated with line drawings, The New
Whole Foods Encyclopedia provides information on how to select, prepare,
store, and use medicinally more than 1,000 common and uncommon whole foods,
from acorn to zucchini and aduki (a healthful Japanese bean) to zapote (a
tropical fruit). Sidebar anecdotes, unique recipes, historical background,
and a complete glossary of terms also contribute to the book's modern,
user-friendly format. For three decades, Rebecca Wood has conducted
workshops and seminars on whole foods cookery and the properties of foods
according to Western, Ayurvedic, and Chinese models. The New Whole Foods
Encyclopedia shares her wisdom with a new generation of readers at a time
when the benefits of holistic medicine are being recognized by the entire
medical community. |
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Natural Prozac
Learning to Release Your Body's Own Anti-depressant
by Dr. J. Robertson with T. Monte
Scientifically proven and easy to
follow, Dr Joel Robertson’s groundbreaking lifestyle program makes a
significant advance in treating and overcoming depression and its
debilitating effects without drugs. With more than 21 million people now
using Prozac and other anti-depressants worldwide, this book comprises an
enormous breakthrough: an all-natural method anyone can use to regain
control of their physical and emotional health. Robertson, an expert in
pharmacology and brain chemistry, has been using this method with remarkable
success for more than twenty years. His approach uses the body’s own natural
chemistry to restore the brain’s chemical balance and end the dangerous
cycle of negative thought patterns and behavior that cause depression to
recur. With detailed instructions on developing a tailored program of diet
and exercise, new techniques for understanding and breaking free of negative
habits, and targeted exercises for burning up self-destructive chemicals.
Natural Prozac gives every depression sufferer a new option. |
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The Cure
is in the Kitchen
A Guide To Healthy Eating
by Sherry A. Rogers, M.D.
This is the first book to ever
spell out in detail what all those people ate day to day who cleared their
incurable diseases, MS, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, lupus, chronic
fatigue, colitis, asthma, migraines, depression & hypertension.
Many people have healed themselves
from terminal cancer, AIDS, candida, and allergies using a macrobiotic diet.
What exactly did they do? What did they eat? Find out details of some
incredible case histories in this highly recommended book. Observing Michio
Kushi as the counseled people at the end of their medical ropes, Sherry
documented their journey back to total wellness. |
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