PRESCRIPTION FOR NUTRITIONAL HEALING
Subtitle: A PRACTICAL A-TO-Z REFERENCE TO DRUG-FREE REMEDIES USING VITS., MIN., HERBS & FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
Publisher: AVERY, PENGUIN.COM
Published: 2000, 2010 5TH EDITION
Place of publication: NEW YORK, NY   10014
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 886
ISBN-13: 9781583334003
Description: THE PREMIER BIBLE OF NATURAL HEALTH, WITH CUTTING-EDGE FINDINGS IN ALTERNATIVE AND PREVENTATIVE THERAPIES----NOW THOROUGHLY REVISED AND UPDATED.  

THIS NEW 5TH EDITION INCORPORATES THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION ON A VARIETY OF ALTERNATIVE HEALING AND PREVENTIVE THERAPIES AND UNVEILS NEW SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS ON VITAMINS, SUPPLEMENTS AND HERBS.

IN THE A-TO-Z REFERENCE GUIDE TO ILLNESSES, YOU'LL FIND UPDATES INCLUDING:
HOW OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS AND EXERCISE MAY HELP THOSE SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER'S; STRATEGIES FOR COMBATING PROSTATE CANCER; THE LATEST INFORMATION ON GI PROBLEMS OFTEN ASSSOCIATED WITH AUTISM; CURRENT ADVICE ON THE MOST BENEFICIAL NUTRIENTS FOR RELIEVING ARTHRITIS; LEADING RESEARCH ON BREAST CANCER, MENOPAUSE, AND BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES; NEW GUIDELINES FOR DIAGNOSING AND BATTLING DIABETES; AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.
Table of contents: title: SEE WWW.PRESCRIPTIONFORNUTRITIONALHEALING.NET FOR FULL CONTENTS (DISORDERS); title: AUTHOR'S ACKNOWELDGMENTS FROM THE FOURTH EDITION, xi; title: PREFACE       xiii; title: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK        xv; title: PART ONE - UNDERSTANDING THE ELEMENTS OF HEALTH; title: INTRODUCTION    3; title: NUTRITION, DIET AND WELLNESS       5; title: VITAMINS       18; title: MINERALS        32; title: AIR         44; title: WATER        47; title: AMINO ACIDS       54; title: ANTIOXIDANTS      65; title: ENZYMES      72; title: NATURAL FOOD SUPPLEMENTS        76; title: HERBS         98; title: DRUG INTERACTIONS        133; title: PART TWO - THE DISORDERS; title: INTRODUCTION         139; title: TROUBLESHOOTING FOR DISORDERS        140; title: ABSCESS       143; title: WRINKLES        784; title: PART THREE - REMEDIES AND THERAPIES; title: INTRODUCTION        791; title: AROMATHERAPY AND ESSENTIAL OILS        792; title: ASCORBIC ACID FLUSH         794; title: AYURVEDIC REMEDIES       794; title: BLOOD PURIFICATION        795; title: CHELATION THERAPY       796; title: CHINESE MEDICINE         798; title: COLON CLEANSING         799; title: COLOR THERAPY (CHROMATHERAPY)      800; title: CRYSTAL AND GEMSTONE THERAPY       801; title: DHEA THERAPY        801; title: ENEMAS         802; title: EXERCISE        804; title: FASTING         805; title: GLANDULAR THERAPY         807; title: GROWTH HORMONE THERAPY         810; title: HAIR ANALYSIS        810; title: HOMEOPATHY         811; title: HYDROTHERAPY          812; title: HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY         813; title: JUICING        813; title: LIGHT THERAPY         815; title: MUSIC AND SOUND THERAPY       816; title: PAIN CONTROL        816; title: ACUPRESSURE         817; title: ACUPUNCTURE        817; title: AURICULAR THERAPY (AURICULOTHERAPY)       818; title: BIOFEEDBACK         818; title: BREATHING EXERCISES         818; title: CHIROPRACTIC         819; title: GUIDED IMAGERY        819; title: HEAT AND COLD THERAPY      819; title: HERBS       820; title: HYPNOTHERAPY        821; title: MAGNET THERAPY         821; title: MASSAGE       821; title: MEDICATION       822; title: MEDITATION         823; title: QI GONG        823; title: RELAXATION TECHNIQUES        823; title: TAI CHI          823; title: TENS UNIT THERAPY         824; title: USING A POULTICE         824; title: SITZ BATH          825; title: STEAM INHALATION          826; title: SURGERY:  PREPARING FOR AND RECOVERING FROM    826; title: THERAPEUTIC LIQUIDS         829; title: YOGA         830; title: APPENDIX; title: INTRODUCTION        833; title: GLOSSARY       835; title: MANUFACTURER AND DISTRIBUTOR INFORMATION      846; title: HEALTH AND MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS        855; title: SUGGESTED READING        865; title: INDEX        869