Dramatic New Evidence that Food is Your Best Medicine.
Onions as a heart drug? Broccoli to prevent cancer? Garlic to prevent blood clots? 'The Food Pharmacy' reveals how these and many other simple foods available in your local supermarket can be used in the fight against ill-health. Once considered to be the stuff of folklore, the exciting discoveries being pioneered by today's leading scientists are now proving that food is our largest and most complex pharmacy.
Jean Carper's essential reference guide to the healing properties of what we eat takes each food in turn, showing how it behaves as a drug and, more importantly, how it can be utilised in combating specific ailments and health problems. 'The Food Pharmacy' has helped thousands to take charge of their eating habits - its is indispensable reading for anybody interested in the food they eat and its effects on their health.