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Foods That Heal: A Guide to Understanding and Using the Healing Powers of Natural Foods (Rev and Expanded)

✍️ Jensen, Bernard
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🏛 Penguin Publishing Group 📅 1988 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9780895295637

📝 Description: Foods That Heal: A Guide to Understanding and Using the Healing Powers of Natural Foods (Rev and Expanded)

The American Cancer Society recently recommended that Americans eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. Based upon the works of pioneering nutritionists, this well-researched, comprehensive guide reveals the restorative and healing properties of fruits and vegetables. A food analysis chart includes the length of time needed for digestion. Line drawings. 50 charts.

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This well-researched guide offers a wealth of structured data, including fifty informative charts and a detailed food analysis breakdown featuring digestion times. It is best suited for dedicated students of historical nutrition and natural health rather than casual home cooks seeking quick weeknight meals. Those expecting complex culinary narratives or modern gourmet applications will likely find the technical, chart-heavy focus dry and rigid.
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This well-researched guide offers a wealth of structured data, including fifty informative charts and a detailed food analysis breakdown featuring digestion times. It is best suited for dedicated students of historical nutrition and natural health rather than casual home cooks seeking quick weeknight meals. Those expecting complex culinary narratives or modern gourmet applications will likely find the technical, chart-heavy focus dry and rigid.

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