Publisher's Synopsis
This text explains how we can improve our health simply by re-educating ourselves into good eating habits. It shows how to provide the body with all the essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals it needs for optimum performance.
How to use this book. Part 1 The basic principles: what is nutrional healing?; nutritional healing and our food cultur; modern diet and its imbalances; our future is on our plate; diet and evolution; optimum nutrition and super nutrition; personal nutrition status; biochemical individuality; how nutritional imbalances lead to disease. Part 2 Optimum nutrition: what is a well-balanced diet?; the new food pyramid programme; understanding the food groups; vitamins and minerals; antioxidants. Part 3 Assessing your health and diet: where ailments originate; digestion and absorption; food allergy and intolerance; toxin levels; pollution; blood sugar balance; stress; thyroid function; metabolism; weight gain and health. Part 4 Nutritional healing for common ailments: self-help for common ailments; disorders of the heart, circulation, and blood; disorders of the immune system; disorders of the nervous system; disorders of the skeletal system; strengthening the muscular system; disorders of the endocrine system; disorders of the digestive system; disorders of the excretory system; disorders of the male reproductive system; disorders of the sensory system; disorders of the respiratory system; skin, hair, and nail problems. Part 5 Nutrition and female health: disorders of the female reproductive system; preconception nutritional considerations; optimum nutrition during pregnancy; optimum nutrition after the birth; optimum nutrition for babies and children; food allergies and hyperactivity in children; nutritional considerations during adolescence; nutritional considerations during the menopause. Part 6 Appendices and useful information: food combining; the hypoallergenic diet; the detoxification diet; the cyclical diet; recipes for the new pyramid diet; medicine chest.
