Healing through Nutrition: The Essential Guide to 50 Plant-Based Nutritional Sources
Harness the healing power of plant-based foods

Natural medicine isn't just herbs and oils—what you eat every day has the power to support your health and well-being. Healing through Nutrition is your essential guide to 50 plant-based foods packed with vital nutrients like antioxidants and dietary fibers. With this nutrition reference at your fingertips, it's easy to integrate more plants into your diet—and invite their healing properties into your life.

Discover some of the greatest benefits of plant-based nutrition and learn the basics about food and beverage remedies. With details for a wide variety of superfoods—vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, herbs and spices, even coffee and tea—you'll find resources for many common health problems.

In Healing through Nutrition, you'll find:

  • 50 healing sources—Get acquainted with each food's restorative powers, the medical conditions it may benefit, and how you can use it in your everyday life.
  • 94 nourishing recipes—Integrate each nutrition source into your life with one or two accompanying recipes, like Apple Cinnamon Ginger Oats, Chickpea-Stuffed Acorn Squash, Grapefruit Avocado Salad, and more.
  • Food as medicine—Explore a short history of nutritional healing and get the rundown on adding medicinal foods to your diet for overall wellness.

Apply Mother Nature's helping hand to many possible health issues with Healing through Nutrition.

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Healing through Nutrition: The Essential Guide to 50 Plant-Based Nutritional Sources
Harness the healing power of plant-based foods

Natural medicine isn't just herbs and oils—what you eat every day has the power to support your health and well-being. Healing through Nutrition is your essential guide to 50 plant-based foods packed with vital nutrients like antioxidants and dietary fibers. With this nutrition reference at your fingertips, it's easy to integrate more plants into your diet—and invite their healing properties into your life.

Discover some of the greatest benefits of plant-based nutrition and learn the basics about food and beverage remedies. With details for a wide variety of superfoods—vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, herbs and spices, even coffee and tea—you'll find resources for many common health problems.

In Healing through Nutrition, you'll find:

  • 50 healing sources—Get acquainted with each food's restorative powers, the medical conditions it may benefit, and how you can use it in your everyday life.
  • 94 nourishing recipes—Integrate each nutrition source into your life with one or two accompanying recipes, like Apple Cinnamon Ginger Oats, Chickpea-Stuffed Acorn Squash, Grapefruit Avocado Salad, and more.
  • Food as medicine—Explore a short history of nutritional healing and get the rundown on adding medicinal foods to your diet for overall wellness.

Apply Mother Nature's helping hand to many possible health issues with Healing through Nutrition.

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Healing through Nutrition: The Essential Guide to 50 Plant-Based Nutritional Sources

Healing through Nutrition: The Essential Guide to 50 Plant-Based Nutritional Sources

by Eliza Savage MS, RD, CDN
Healing through Nutrition: The Essential Guide to 50 Plant-Based Nutritional Sources

Healing through Nutrition: The Essential Guide to 50 Plant-Based Nutritional Sources

by Eliza Savage MS, RD, CDN

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Harness the healing power of plant-based foods

Natural medicine isn't just herbs and oils—what you eat every day has the power to support your health and well-being. Healing through Nutrition is your essential guide to 50 plant-based foods packed with vital nutrients like antioxidants and dietary fibers. With this nutrition reference at your fingertips, it's easy to integrate more plants into your diet—and invite their healing properties into your life.

Discover some of the greatest benefits of plant-based nutrition and learn the basics about food and beverage remedies. With details for a wide variety of superfoods—vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, herbs and spices, even coffee and tea—you'll find resources for many common health problems.

In Healing through Nutrition, you'll find:

  • 50 healing sources—Get acquainted with each food's restorative powers, the medical conditions it may benefit, and how you can use it in your everyday life.
  • 94 nourishing recipes—Integrate each nutrition source into your life with one or two accompanying recipes, like Apple Cinnamon Ginger Oats, Chickpea-Stuffed Acorn Squash, Grapefruit Avocado Salad, and more.
  • Food as medicine—Explore a short history of nutritional healing and get the rundown on adding medicinal foods to your diet for overall wellness.

Apply Mother Nature's helping hand to many possible health issues with Healing through Nutrition.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781641528139
Publisher: Callisto Publishing
Publication date: 03/24/2020
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Eliza Savage, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian with extensive experience in private practice as well as NYC’s top hospitals. As a nutrition expert, she consults with brands and contributes to prominent media outlets like Women’s Health and Well+Good. Connect at elizasavagenutrition.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction viii

Part I Food as Medicine

1 History of Nutritional Healing 3

2 Plant Nutrition Basics 9

Part II 50 Powerhouse Healing Sources

3 Vegetables 17

Sweet Potatoes 18

Beets 21

Carrots 24

Parsnips 27

Cucumbers 31

Fennel 34

Spinach 37

Radicchio 40

Kale 43

Brussels Sprouts 46

Cauliflower 49

Broccoli 52

Acorn Squash 55

Pumpkins 59

Tomatoes 62

4 Fruits 67

Grapefruits 68

Oranges 71

Lemons 74

Apples 77

Pineapples 80

Avocados 83

Blueberries 86

Bananas 89

Watermelons 92

Pomegranates 95

5 Whole Grains, Legumes, and Nuts 101

Brown Rice 102

Oats 105

Quinoa 108

Corn 111

Farro 114

Lentils 119

Black Beans 122

Chickpeas 125

Almonds 128

Peas 131

6 Herbs and Spices 137

Mint 138

Basil 141

Garlic 143

Parsley 146

Lavender 150

Cinnamon 153

Turmeric 156

Ginger 159

Cumin 162

Cayenne 165

7 Coffee and Tea 171

Coffee 172

Green Tea 174

Oolong 176

Yerba Mate 178

Rooibos 180

Resources 185

References 187

Index 199

Health/Medical Condition Index 207

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