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Healing foods : eat your way to a healthier life / US editor, Constance Novis.

Summary:

Shows you which parts of ingredients are beneficial for you and how to optimise their super-food potential. This title features over 175 functional foods, from carrots to clementines, with notes to highlight the bits that are best for you and how to get to the goodness fast. Enjoy more than 150 delicious and nutritious recipes, designed for health and healing.

Record details

ISBN: 9781465408532 (hc.)
ISBN: 1465408533
Physical Description: 352 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes indexes.

"Explore the healing properties of more than 175 ingredients ... ; kick-start your food therapy with 'a day of--' eating plans tailored to target specific health concerns, such as heart health, joint care, and low energy; make food your medicine with more than 150 innovative, nutritious recipes designed to heal from within"--P. [4] of cover.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foods that heal. Fruits. Orchard fruits ; Vine fruits ; Berries and currants ; Citrus fruits ; Tropical fruits ; Vegetables. Brassicas ; Fruiting and flowering vegetables ; Leafy and salad vegetables ; Podded vegetables ; Bulbs and stems ; Roots, tubers, and rhizomes ; Fungi ; Nuts ; Seeds and sprouts ; Medicinal herbs Culinary herbs ; Cereals and grains ; Dried beans ; Spices ; Fats and oils ; Fermented foods ; Meats ; Oily fish ; Other foods -- Recipes that heal -- Recipe chooser -- Breakfast -- Snacks -- Soups -- Light meals and salads -- Main meals -- Sweet treats -- Drinks -- Oils, dressings, and extras -- Supplements.