Dieting Books

The New Complete Book Of Herbs, Spices, & Condiments: A Nutritional, Medical, And Culinary Guide presents a new, unique, and comprehensive way of approaching herbs and condiments as individual health products. Included is specific information for each plant or item. The "reader friendly" format is one of a guide presented alphabetically and all entries are completely up-to-date. Each entry includes basic information abut the plant or item including its origins and what parts are used as food or drink; a nutritional profile; how it is used as flavoring; how it affect the body (including benefits, adverse effects, and plant/drug interactions); how to use the plant in preparing food, around the house, in the garden, or as a home remedy; and significant, new information for women who are pregnant or nursing. The text is enhanced with extensive appendices listing plans and condiments used only in medicine, as well as those hazardous to health. A comprehensive index enables quick and easy referencing. The New Complete Book Of Herbs, Spices, & Condiments is an important and core addition to any alternative medicine, personal, family, or community library reference collection.

Most Americans consume 8-12 grams per day of fiber because we prefer foods containing "fat, sugar, and salt." By increasing our fiber intake up to 25-30 grams per day, we can decrease our chances of heart disease, cancer, and stroke considerably. These are the three main causes of death in America. Increased fiber intake has many other health benefits that are reviewed here. Betty Kamen has taken an otherwise boring subject - "fiber" and made her text interesting, informative, and highly documented with medical literature. Everyone can benefit from the concepts presented here - everyone who wants to live longer and healthier. Armed with this knowledge and by taking a fiber supplement (Bios Life 2 by Rexall), I have personally lost 29 lbs. in 10 weeks, lowered my cholesterol from 228 down to 170 in the first 23 days, and lowered my blood pressure from 130/90 to 118/70. The facts presented here are truly life changing. I'm a physician, and I personally recommend this book to many people with health care concerns that fiber either prevents or potentially cures. "Fiber" - how could something so simple escape the modern medical world? Betty Kamen's book reminds us of our past dietary habits before the fast food industry and the processed foods came on the scene.

Maurice E. Graham,M.D.

Book was in ideal condition - just like I went to the local bookstore to purchase it!

I followed this diet for 3 months and as a result, lowered my triglycerides from 498 to 210! It's very easy to follow and certainly has improved my health.

I found this book and plan much easier to get in to than Dr Atkins. As a Brit, I like the no nonsense, no bragging approach to this diet. You don't have to go through all the pains, headeaches and strict regime of Atkins to still get great results! An excellent book .Also his carb counting book is great, as well as his cookbook.

These are great recipes. I love them. My family loves them. The recipes follow Cayce's suggestions of food combinations and food preparations espoused by his trance source.

I especially like that there's a lot of recipes for vegetables--because they're so healthy and recipes are so delicious--and soups because they can be made in double amounts and reheated the next day.

Cayce often recommended molded salads because gelatin in the diet helps the body to absorb nutrients. Not surprisingly, there are a number of molded salads.

The leg of lamb is a great family favorite. It also includes kelp, which is a wonderful source of many natural minerals. How could something so healthy taste so good!!! Cayce also recommended wild game and organ meats as preferable to other meats. Therefore, you'll find recipes for venison, rabbit, kidneys, and sautéed chicken livers.

Unbelievably, the kids love lettuce soup. If you keep a garden, this is the recipe to use when suddenly, after waiting forever for the lettuce to leaf out, you have way too much of the delicious greens and the plants are about the bolt. The leaves are cooked in a chicken stock. Yummy. There's also a recipe for vegetable stock if you prefer.

Even when the children were little, they were crazy about millet casserole--go figure. Little kids liking something that healthy? Anything's possible. Another super favorite in this household is Eggplant "Kiss of Wine."

You'll also find a recipe for Jerusalem Artichokes which Cayce recommended for diabetes tendencies and blood sugar stabilization.

Marceline Newton used to be the cook at the Marshall's Hotel where people used to stay who attended Cayce conferences. She took the suggestions in the Cayce readings for healthy foods and food combinations and created delicious meals out of them. These are the meals she served in their cafeteria.

If you want to know how to prepare the foods suggested in books such as An Edgar Cayce Encyclopedia of Foods for Health and Healing and Edgar Cayce on Healing Foods for Body, Mind, and Soul, this is the book for you.

Very highly recommended!!!

By Carol Chapman, award-winning photographer of the ONLY Edgar Cayce calendar Divine in Nature: With Quotes from Edgar Cayce and author of When We Were Gods: Insights on Atlantis, Past Lives, Angelic Beings of Light and Spiritual Awakening.

My husband and I lead hectic lives. Re-thinking our eating habits, planning and cooking balanced, nutritious meals is a firghtening chore. Finding the time to do it all is impossible! But I have found a friend! Ruth Spear's "Low Fat & Loving It" and "New Low Fat Favorites" are the friendliest and clearest cookbooks I've ever owned. The recipies are easy to fix and really delicious. I want to tell the busy world,"Ruth Spear is a very good friend"

richard passwater (the author) is explaining the logic roots behind the orthomolecular nutrition in various common diseases.first he explaines it in general terms, and after that he explains and shows sientific works from many types of researchers around the world about the effects of special diets & supplementations in various diseases such as:cancer,alzheimer,aging,cataracts,skin diseases,osteoporosis,heart diseases,arthritis,diabetes,and much more.in the cancer section as one of the top researchers in the world ,he talks about several kinds of cancers and their nutritional regimen.a recommandation in every section is very well organized and summarized. a very highly recommanded book that i as a orthomolecularist know that it work!

simple to follow directions, recipe food is delicious. the book itself is visually exciting, even picturing all the grains you can think of. a pleasure to use.

If you want to feel the power of determination, positive thinking, the energy of faith and self belief, read this book. Uri Geller. www.urigeller.com