Publisher's Synopsis
A comprehensive guide to spices that can boost health and help beat disease, including 50 appealing recipes and an index of more than 150 health conditions that can be treated with these 50 healing spices.
This book is packed with information about how spices can be used therapeutically in our everyday diet and, most importantly, how they can treat more than 150 health conditions ranging in seriousness from acne to stroke. Spices are super-rich sources of plant compounds that fight oxidation and inflammation, the two processes that underlie most chronic disease. Breakthrough scientific research and studies of dietary patterns around the world confirm that spice-consuming populations have the lowest incidence of life-threatening illnesses, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's.
