The empty medicine cabinet
Subtitle: the pharmacist's guide to the hidden danger of drugs and the healing powers of food
By: Dustin Rudolph, PharmD
Edition: First trade paperback edition.
Publisher: Pursue A Healthy You, LLC
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Tarpon Springs, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780991549016; 9780991549009
Subjects: Diet therapy; Nutrition; Alternative medicine; Popular Medicine
Description: While pharmaceutical companies rake in billions, the health of a nation continues to decline rapidly, leaving patients and physicians searching for answers in all the wrong places. The Empty Medicine Cabinet: The Pharmacist's Guide to the Hidden Danger of Drugs and the Healing Powers of Food wastes no time in explaining why this is so, offering solutions that target the cause of disease rather than the symptoms of poor health. Like most healthcare professionals, Dustin Rudolph, PharmD, entered the field of medicine with one goal in mind-to help his patients get healthy. As a pharmacist, Rudolph believed the best way to accomplish this was through pills, procedures, and surgeries. Boy, was he wrong! His story, life experiences, and professional expertise serve as the foundation for this book. The business model of a profit-based healthcare system is exposed, resulting in a steady stream of chronically sick, lifelong customers. Rudolph offers a cost-free, side-effect-free solution rooted in the discipline of lifestyle medicine and plant-based nutrition. Backed by an array of scientific studies, readers hear the truth in The Empty Medicine Cabinet. Heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, obesity, autoimmune diseases, and much more are discussed at length in part one. Part two presents the facts on using food as medicine. Many long-held beliefs in nutrition and health are called into question, answered emphatically and factually in simple, easy-to-understand layman's terms of the complex science behind it all. A surprising, yet accurate, review of the scientific literature is also undertaken on many popular, over-the-counter supplements taken by many in today's society. With a total of 50 mouthwatering, flavor-filled recipes included, The Empty Medicine Cabinet is one prescription you don't want to miss out on! It delivers the answers you've been looking for and the results to back it up.
Notes: "Includes 50 delicious plant-based recipes"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-262).
Table of contents: title: Paving the way to better overall health. Avoid the pill trap; title: Lose weight, gain health, eat as much as you want; title: Healthy hearts; title: Winning the battle against type 2 diabetes; title: A cancer-free life, is it possible?; title: Autoimmune diseases; title: The rest of the story : healthy skin, eyes, kidneys, and brain; title: A look behind the scenes of medicine, food, and politics; title: The food for health program. A healthful new menu; title: The facts on animal-based and processed foods; title: The gluten-free diet craze; title: Putting a healthy lifestyle into practice; title: A nation of addicts; title: But so-and-so said : debunking common beliefs; title: Move it or lose it : the benefits of exercising; title: Supplement wisely; title: Delicious eats and cool treats. Healthy plant-based recipes.