ARMCHAIR DOCTOR ON STANDBY !! (Foods That Harm, Foods That Heal - Reader's Digest)

Member Name: nayland

Product:	Foods That Harm, Foods That Heal - Reader's Digest
Date:	13/11/09 (29 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Could change your life if you have problems with certain foods !

Disadvantages: Convincing yourself that you have any of the problems!

When it came to me writing about this book I wasn't sure if it should be under the book title or if I should write about the Charity Shop that I bought it from as both are really great subjects. Knowing I would probaly be lynched for putting it under the wrong heading I decided to go under the book title to be on the safe side ( well I hope so!).

Now this isn't really the sort of book I would normally go for, as I love cookery books and could browse through them for hours looking for new meals to prepare. This isn't a cookery book, but an extremely helpful and very interesting book to read. It keeps you interested and fascinated about all sorts of different foods, illnesses, case studies of different people and lots lots more, I will try to explain as I go along.

This book is from Readers Digest who anyone will know produce the most interesting books on a vast amount of subjects. Now this particular one is an A-Z Guide to Safe and Healthy Eating, it comes in a large thick hardback version and has 400 pages with a blue ribbon attached to use as a bookmark.

The opening pages explain how to use the book and what the terms mean that are used throughout the book, for example if a food is described as;

~~~"Excellant" this means that this food provides the entire RNI ( Reference Nutrient Intake)~~~
~~~"Rich" means that this food provides three-quarters RNI~~~
~~~"Good" means that this food provides half RNI~~~
~~~"Useful" means that this food provides a quarter RNI~~~

When a food is described to "Contain" a nutrient this will provide at least one-eighth RNI,

You will see that as you flick through each page each letter either has a;

~~~Benefits & Drawbacks~~~
~~~Eat Plenty Of & Avoid~~~
~~~Take Plenty of & Cut Down On~~~

which are written below each of the subjects that is being discussed.

This covers such an assortment of illnesses, infections, cravings, as well as what certain foods can provide you with and help improve you life for the better. Just by changing your diet slightly could make some peoples life so much better. Amongst the different things disscussed there are pages on;


~~~Additives; Useful or Dangerous~~~
~~~Alcohol; Merit in Moderation~~~
~~~Bread; A Healthy Source of Energy~~
~~~Convalescing Diet~~~
~~~Fish; Food from River and Sea~~~
~~~Fruit; A Vital Source of Vitamins~~
~~~Heart Disease; How Diet Can Reduce The Risk~~~
~~~Old Age and Changing Needs~~~
~~~Pasta; A Healthy Base for Tasty Meals~~~
~~~Pregnancy; A Good Start~~~
~~~Stress; A Disease of Modern Living~~
~~~Vitamins; Cornerstones of Health~~~

This book also contains Case Studies of different people and what they did to change their problem and how it helped them. Also there are some lovely colourful pictures of an assortment of foods, flowers and different meals that have been put together to produce the right amount of goodness that you need to stay healthy. There are several charts as well that give you;

~~~Nutrients found in different shellfish~~~
~~~Nutrients found in different bread~~~
~~~Food for growing up (from 10 months-50 years)~~~
~~~How to balance convenience or fast foods with other meals~~~
~~~Calming a troublesome gut~~~
~~~Whats your poison(facts about food poisoning)~~

Plus lots more, to many to go through on a review. So as you can see this covers a whole load of very different subjects, making it a very interesting read ( as long as you don't think you have all the symptoms like Hubby does!).Starting with ACNE going through to Flatulence then on to Lupus Erythematosus continue on to Prostate Problems finishing towards the end with Viral & Bacterial Infections. As well as all the references to different foods and diets this is a really good book to own.

Well as I said at the start it is not the sort of book I would normally buy, but while out one day and passing one of the many charity shops, this one had a table outside with boxes and boxes of books all put into different sections. When browsing through I saw some great books and when I went inside to pay the lady told me that for that day only all books were 3 for £1. I really couldn't beleive what I had just heard, so I picked a couple more making a total of six and this was just one of them. I did give a small donation as well as these books look practically brand new. I have asked Dooyoo to put two of the others on so I'm waiting for those to appear as well.

So if you are looking for a interesting and fascinating read then this is the one, but I don't think unless you are lucky like me you will be paying 33p ( roughly!) for it!

I beleive this retails for around £25 in the shops and online so what a great bargain!!

5 stars as this book could change your life for the better!

Summary: A really interesting read with plenty of facts and information on certain foods!