Foods That Harm, Foods That Heal: An A-Z Guide to Safe and Healthy Eating. - book reviews

Nutrition Health Review, Summer, 1996

Here is a book that should be found on everyone's bookshelf. Comprehensive, resourceful, informative, and educational, Foods That Harm, Foods That Heal provides an encyclopedic look at the tremendous link between food and wellness.

Arranged in an A to Z fashion with more than 400 entries, this reference book reveals the collaborated efforts of more than 300 nutrition experts. Each food entry provides information on the presence or absence of nutrients and the benefits and drawbacks of a particular food. Each ailment entry includes a list of foods and beverages that are safe, that should be reduced, or that should be eliminated from one's diet altogether.

Personalized case studies are woven between entries and provide a greater understanding of common ailments, such as osteoporosis, high blood pressure, epilepsy, mononucleosis, and urinary tract infections, just to name a few.

Also offered is information on how to properly prepare foods to achieve maximum nutritional benefits as well as special features on eating during different life stages, genetically altered foods, irradiation, pesticides, and pollution. Tables such as "Wise Salad Bar Choices" and "Foods and Drugs That Don't Mix" also grace the book's pages.

Foods That Harm, Foods That Heal can be found at bookstores or can be ordered by contacting Reader's Digest at 800-846-2100.