Nutrition and Health Bible: Fifth Edition

Author: Deng En
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Food and nutrition, the relationship between plant active ingredients, herbs, and human health are topics of widespread concern worldwide. This translation is well-organized, easy to understand, convenient to reference, and authoritative. Its content offers many insights for the fields of healthcare and preventive medicine, making it a rare and practical reference book. This translation is the 2002 revised edition, divided into five chapters: Nutrients, Alternative Medicine, Diseases and Treatments, Food, Diets, and Food Components. From a professional perspective, the book has the following characteristics: 1. It emphasizes the latest views on food nutrition and health, offering new interpretations of the relationship between food and nutrients and diseases. 2. It systematically explains the content and essence of alternative medicine, and provides systematic discussions and summaries of alternative therapies for 62 common diseases, covering food, nutrients, herbs, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, spice therapy, physical therapy, and Tuina, as well as hot-cold therapy and psychological therapy. 3. It replaces lengthy textual descriptions with numerous charts and tables, providing a visual and intuitive presentation of food, herb names, and data, making it convenient for quick reference.