The Doctors Book of Food Remedies: The Latest Findings on the Power of Food to Treat and Prevent Health Problems--From Aging and Diabetes to Ulcers and Yeast Infections Paperback – May 27, 2008

My grandmother used to always say.. 'Food is Medicine!' I used to be a little snotty nosed sarcastic kid and say 'No grandma, medicine is medicine and food is food!' Yeah.. She was WISE. Many years later I know she is right. Many of our vitamins, phyto-nutrients, anti-oxidants and healing elements are derived from our FOOD.. Food IS medicine! Find out which foods are good for what ails you. Eat lots of raw, natural unprocessed foods. Not a tree-hugger. I am just a guy with a pot-belly learning to eat better at 35+. God provided a medicine cabinet full of nutrients in every meal we have with healthy foods. I am trying to do better!

This book is very helpful, I wanted to find out what foods I could eat to lower my blood pressure. I read that section, and I began eating the foods that was mentioned. My blood pressure was high and the medication helped very little, and I saw my doctor last month and he told me that if my blood pressure did not go lower, he was going to add another blood pressure medication. So, three days before I went back to see, I took the foods from the book and I made juice with them and I drank it for the three days. When they took my blood pressure the first time, it was 155/98. The nurse let me relax for five minutes, when she took it the second, it drop to 130/ 87, and they said that since it was going down, I could make an appointment in three to four months to see how it's doing. I'm glad I read this book and it prove to me that food could help improve your health and I will continue eating and making juice from the foods under high blood pressure, so when I make that next appointment I want to see if it has improved more. I have and I will recommend this book to anyone that wants the truth about food remedies.

Prior to purchasing this book I posted a couple of comments below M. Gouin's three star review (who knocked it because it promotes milk as a healthy food). Now that I have had a chance to look it over I thought I would review it.Over-all I like the book and would recommend it for just about everyone. Each easy to read chapter focuses on one specific food with a recipe at the end of each chapter. I haven't tried the recipes yet, but they look pretty good. There are a lot of health books available offering nutritional information that usually focus on supplements. And while I am a proponent of supplements, this book focuses on the specifics of food sources which should be our primary source of sound nutrition. Man will never be able to extract or create anything as perfectly as nature.That said, I could not give it five stars because it comes from a highly commercialized viewpoint, very typical of Prevention Magazine (the editors of this book). IE: some of the otherwise great-looking recipes promote the use of microwaving - a very poor way to cook foods and one that should be avoided. It lists ingredients such as wheat germ - an old-school 'health food' known to go rancid so quickly that it may cause more problems than it's worth. But this is easy to ignore. The chapter on milk is lacking in any substantive recent research and, while not as old-school as 'milk is the devil' is still quite behind the latest info. (Please see my 2nd post under the comments of M. Gouin's review for details.)Finally, the binding of the book I received was pretty cheap. The covers are thin and curl back away from the pages after only a short time of use. The inside is printed on cheap newsprint with uneven ink distribution (going from normal to very light, page-to-page). Although the ISBN's are identical, apparently I purchased a "discounted" copy (@ $8.99) so maybe the higher-priced version will be a better quality, and for that reason the number of stars I gave it did not reflect this. Also worth noting is the description says it was updated in 2008, but the copyright inside the book shows 2007 (and is also reflected on the copyright page of the "look inside" view on the Amazon website).Other than this, I still recommend it because it contains a lot of useful information. Another book, perhaps a bit better and with a similar food-focus, is 'Secrets of Longevity: Hundreds of Ways to Live to Be 100' by Dr. Maoshing Ni.Jan, 2011 Update: I returned the softcover edition I mentioned above and replaced it with the hardcover book. The hardcover is pretty good for the $15 price (Especially when you consider the size of the book!)

This is a really good book and I would say "a must" encyclopaedia for anyone responsible for preparing menus. For a given food, say cranberris, it gives the nutritional information, the research results on health benefits, as well as what to look for when buying the food, and tips on how this food is best cooked and stored. I have learned so much that I ordered two additional copies of the book to give to my son and daughter. Of all the health focussed books that I have read, this has been way and ahead the best.

It did not give me as much new info as I had hoped. But still a good book if you are not up to date on findings on what is good to eat and how food helps your body.

I had an earlier version of this book that I had picked up at a second-hand store and loved what I read but there was informaton on some foods and categories missing that I was sure was due to the age of the book. Found the updated version on Amazon and purchased it. It had the updated info the other book was lacking. I am very pleased with this book and would purchase it again.

This is a great resource book. It gives a lot of good ideas and recipes for a better, healthier life. Some of the information is fantastic and very easy to implement into your life without a lot of risk. Anytime you can improve your health by eating regular foods I feel that is great. I don't like taking a bunch of supplements.

This book is worth every cent. I purchased mine from the publisher and spend quite a bit more than what it is offered here. I found the book so informative, with suggestions and advice, that really work, and work well. I bought one for a close friend who is very much into natural healing. This is just what the doctor ordered. I plan to purchase more books, later on, as gifts for family members and friends.