Seven minerals have been known since antiquity, some going back since 6000 B.C. Many years passed before the concept of essential nutrients developed. It was more of a trial and error method that various peoples gradually learned that certain diseases were associated in some way with diet and that specific foods were helpful in their treatments. It was not until the last half of the 19th century there was a realization that food was made up of classes of nutrients, which included an ill-de...

The term "vitamine" was first used 101 years ago in 1912. What were later to be known as vitamin-deficiency diseases, such as scurvy, beriberi, night blindness, xeropthalmia, pellagra, pernicious anemia and rickets, had plagued the world since the existence of written records. The book contains 10 chapters and traces each vitamin from an unidentified factor to its discovery and synthesis

In the tradition of bestsellers like The Plant Paradox and The Keto Reset Diet, The Carnivore Code reveals the shocking truth about so-called healthy foods, and presents a complete program to reclaim your health with the true ancestral dietWe are living longer than ever before, but we aren’t living better—millions of people suffer from diseases like diabetes, depression, joint pain, heart disease, and autoimmune illnesses. Millions more h...

This “masterful piece of investigative reporting . . . [uncovers] the truth about what is making us allergic and sick”—demonstrating how we can balance immunity through nutrition and lifestyle to reverse allergies without drugs (Amy Myers, New York Times–bestselling author of The Autoimmune Solution)An epidemic of allergies is spreading around the world. One billion people suffer from allergic diseases such as asthma, hay fever, eczema, and food a...

Discover the latest research on the benefits of vitamin C, a proven antibiotic, nontoxic anticancer agent, and treatment for heart disease.

Why is it so easy to gain weight and yet so difficult to lose it?Why is extra weight so bad for your health if it is just a store of energy?Why is obesity higher among the rich in poor countries and among the poor in rich countries?Why is the prevalence of obesity particularly high in island nations?What can we all do immediately (whatever our size) to improve our health and prevent weight gain?The Origin of Overweight explores the link between vitam...

The Living Food Diet is not another fad diet. It is a diet we can easily incorporate into our lives. It is a delicious diet. It is a diet that requires little sacrifice. It is an easy to understand diet. It is a diet that will generate weight loss. It is a diet that we can have fun with, be creative with and share with our friends and family. The Living Food Diet comes with significant scientific research showing its efficacy for improving health. The Living Food Diet is not the same as the r...

Why is eating food in its natural state, unprocessed and unrefined, so vital to the maintenance of good health? What is lacking in our modern diet that makes us so susceptible to degenerative disease? What natural elements in food may play a key role in unlocking the secrets of life extension? These fascinating questions, and many more, are answered in Enzyme Nutrition.Written by one of America’s pioneering biochemists and nutrition researchers, Dr. Edward ...

This full-color reference offers practical, evidence-based guidance on using more than 120 medicinal plants, including how to formulate herbal remedies to treat common disease conditions. A body-systems based review explores herbal medicine in context, offering information on toxicology, drug interactions, quality control, and other key topics.More than 120 herbal monographs provide quick access to information on the historical use of the herb in humans and animals, supporting studies, and...

This book is designed for undergraduate pharmacy students and provides both contemporary and comprehensive information on herbal drugs. The first three chapters—herbal drug industry, patents and intellectual property rights, and standardization of herbal drugs—are new, and have been culled from diverse sources. The book provides current information, and is organized in a format that enables students to focus on the important aspects

Springtime is now dreaded by more people every year, and increasingly, throughout the year. Scientists and doctors are mystified by this rapid growth of allergies among the developed world - growing at nearly epidemic levels. Why are so many people suffering from allergies and hay fever - medically called allergic rhinitis - and why is the condition expanding so quickly? Furthermore, what causes allergies, and more importantly, can we do anything to reverse them? Drawing from hundreds of clin...

It would be nice to breathe optimally without thinking about it. Unfortunately, most of us have developed numerous bad breathing habits, which serve to deliver sub-optimal health. “Breathing To Heal” teaches us how to breathe optimally and efficiently. It also teaches us the physiology of breathing, various techniques for clearing our sinuses and airways, herbs that increase lung health, how to breathe around polluted environments, and how to breathe with different postures, positions and fra...