Food and Nutrition for a Healthy Life

Optimum nutrition is a revelation in health care. It means giving yourself the best possible intake of nutrients to allow your body to be as healthy as it possibly can. The Optimum Nutrition Bible shows you precisely how to achieve this, and also:

• What a well-balanced diet really means
• How to boost your immune system
• How to increase your energy and fitness levels
• How to prevent cancer and turn back the ageing clock
• How to avoid heart disease and lower your blood pressure without drugs
• Why the wrong fats can kill and the right fats can heal
• How to increase your IQ, memory and mental performance

Answer the unique questionnaires in The Optimum Nutrition Bible to discover exactly which nutrients you need to supplement, then follow the step-by-step plan to create your own personal supplement programme. The results will speak for themselves. Follow The Optimum Nutrition Bible and reach your maximum potential for health, vitality and longevity.

Contents

Part 1: What Is Optimum?

• Health - Who Wants to Be Average?
• Defining Optimum Nutrition
• From Monkeys to Man - Nutrition and Evolution
• You Are Unique
• Synergy - the Whole Is Greater
• Anti-nutrients - Avoiding the Vitamin Robbers

Part 2: Defining the Perfect Diet

• They Myth of the Well-balanced Diet
• The Protein Controversy
• The Fats of Life
• Sugar - The Sweet Tooth
• The Vitamin Scandal
• Elemental Health from Calcium to Zinc
• Antioxidants - the Power of Prevention
• Living Food - the Phytochemical Revolution
• Food Combining - the Facts and Fallacies

Part 3: The Wonderful World Within

• You Are What You Eat
• Improving Your Digestion
• Secrets for a Healthy Heart
• Boosting Your Immune System
• Balancing the Hormones Naturally
• Bone Health - a Skeleton in the Cupboard
• Skin Health - Eat Yourself Beautiful

Part 4: The Benefits of Optimum Nutrition

• Improving Intelligence and Memory
• Increasing Your Energy and Resistance to Stress
• Achieving Peak Physical Performance
• Turning Back the Clock
• Conquering Cancers
• Fighting Infections Naturally
• Breaking the Fat Barrier
• Solving the Riddle of Eating Disorders
• Mental Health - the Nutrition Connection

Part 5: Nutrition for All Ages

• Birthrights and Wrongs
• Superkids - Nourishing the Next Generation
• Puberty, PMS and the Menopause
• Preventing the Problems of Old Age

Part 6: Your Personal Nutrition Programme

• Working Out Your Optimum Nutrition
• Your Optimum Diet
• Your Optimum Supplement Programme
• Everything Your Need to Know about Supplements
• Building Your Own Supplement Programme
• Choosing the Best Supplements
• Vitamins and Minerals - How Much Is Safe?

Part 7: A to Z of Nutritional Healing

• Acne — Alcoholism — Allergies — Angina and Atherosclerosis — Arthritis — Asthma — Breast Cancer — Brochitis — Burns, Cuts and Bruises — Cancer — Candidiasis — Colds and Flu — Colitis — Constipation — Chronic Fatigue — Cytitus — Depression — Dermatitis — Diabetes — Diverticlitis — Ear Infections — Eczema — Gallstones — Gout — Hair Problems — Hangovers — Hay Fever — Headaches and Migraines — High Blood Pressure — Indigestion — Infections — Infertility — Inflammation — Irritable Bowel Syndrome — Menopausal Syptoms — Muscle Aches and Cramps — Obesity — Osteoporosis — PMS — Prostate Problems — Psoriasis — Schizophrenia — Senility — Sinusitis — Sleeping Problems — Thyroid Problems — Ulcers — Varicose Veins 

Part 8: Nutrient Fact File A to Z

• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Semi-Essential Nutrients

Part 9: Food Fact File

• Which Protein Foods
• Which Fats and Oils
• Which Carbohydrates
• How Much Fibre
• Balancing Acid/Alkaline