Judith Wills sees food as fuel and vital medicine. This book
is an extensive encyclopaedia of diet. With more and more people
taking an interest in their health, detailed but easy to
understand information on food and nutrition is needed. The Food
Bible is a mine of information to help keep you fit and healthy.
By looking at food in many different capacities - as medicine,
for health and pleasure and for weight loss, Judith Wills has
put together an ultimate reference book for food and your
health. With colourful photographs, meal plans and recipes, The
Food Bible is for anyone who cares about what they eat.
Which foods to avoid or use to treat over 80 common
ailments and health problems, such as high cholesterol, arthritis or heart
disease.
The fact and fiction behind GM and organic food explained
Easy-to-follow advice on weight control and an evaluation of
the most common weight-loss diets
Over 100 delicious and healthy recipes for all occasions and
diets
Over 200,000 copies sold worldwide
Incorporating the most up-to-the-minute research
from the world's top authorities on all aspects of nutrition and
diet, Judith Wills presents the essential facts in this ultimate
guide to all that's good and bad in the food we eat. With expert
advice on what to eat at every stage of your life, The Food
Bible guides you through the maze of sometimes contradictory
dietary advice with clear nutritional information. So whether
you are eating to slim, the manage an allergy or ailment or
simply for health, The Food Bible will help you maintain the
correct balanced diet.
Contents
Food for a balanced diet
The building blocks of a healthy diet
Putting it all together
Choosing a diet to suit your lifestyle
Food from farm to table
Food as medicine
Ailments and solutions
Diets for particular conditions
Food supplements
Herbs for health
Demystifying detoxification
Food for the time of your life
Childhood and teenage years
Adulthood
The middle years
Sixties plus
Food for weight control
Your top 20 questions on weight control
Four-week retraining course
Popular dieting methods evaluated
Weight gain
Food for health and pleasure
Starters, dips and spreads
Soups, lunches and light meals
Main courses
Side dishes and sauces
Desserts and drinks
Food at a glance
The food charts
Judith Wills
Judith Wills is one of the UK's best-known and
most knowledgeable nutrition and diet experts. Twenty years'
experience in the field of diet and healthy eating, coupled with
her own life as a wife and mother, gives her unique insight into
the average family's concern with diet and health.
