Meals That Heal: Over 175 Simple Everyday Recipes That Help Prevent and Treat Disease - Hardcover

The most comprehensive healing cookbook available, Meals That Heal helps you taste your way to great health. More than 175 mouthwatering recipes combine nutrient-dense foods available in any supermarket to show you how to cook for optimum health.

Eating right never tasted so good!

"Let food be thy medicine." These are the words of Hiippocrates, the father of medicine, spoken more than 2,000 years ago. With 95 percent of Americans agreeing that foods have health benefits beyond basic nutrition-- and that they may reduce the risk of disease-- these words still ring true in the 21st century.

Today, more and more medical research shows that eating a well-balanced diet of foods rich in important vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids, and phytochemicals may help prevent-- and even turn the tide against-- many common health problems, including arthritis, asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, and osteoporosis. In other words, good food equals good health.

That's what Meals that Heal is all about. Anne Egan and Regina Ragone, M.S., R.D., give you the tools you need to make this equation work for you. Here you'll find more than 175 tantalizing recipes that not only taste great but also help stave off or treat more than 50 specific health problems. Help give stress and fatigue the boot while you enjoy Mile-High Burgers, Potato Salad, and Apple Crumble. And you may help your body fight heart disease while feasting on Five-Alarm Shrimp, Spicy Oven Fries, and Carrot Cake. Eating right never tasted so good!

SPECIAL FEATURES
* Remedy Recipes help alleviate ailments such as colds, sore throat, heartburn, stress, and more.
* Each recipe tells you the top conditions that it may help prevent or treat and the top nutrients you get in each serving.
* More than 50 photos of finished dishes.
* Eat to Beat: The Healing Food Finder shows you the best foods to eat for most conditions, including osteoporosis, heart disease, and more.

Whether you're handling a health problem or just interested in eating better, Meals That Heal takes all the guesswork out of good nutrition. So sit down to a delicious helping of health. You'll love every bite-- and so will your body.

Anne Egan is the executive editor of Rodale and Prevention cookbooks. She is an accomplished cookbook editor, author, and member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals. She has spent the past 17 years developing more than 2,000 recipes for publications such as Good Housekeeping, Fitness, Prevention, Working Mother, and Woman's World magazines as well as for cookbooks and brochures for the Lipton Company and International Home Foods. She is the author of The New Classics Cookbook; Cookies, Brownies, Muffins, and More; Savory Soups and Stews; Decadent Desserts; Beat the Clock Chicken; and Mad About Macaroni. She cooks for her daughter in southeast Pennsylvania.

Regina Ragone, M.S., R.D., has been the food editor of Prevention magazine since 1999. She is a registered dietitian with more than 15 years of experience in food and nutrition. Ragone is the former food editor of Weight Watchers magazine and former test kitchen director for Ladies Homes Journal. She is the author of Win the Fat War Cookbook and has appeared on NBC's Weekend Today, the Television Food Network, and Good Day, New York. She lives in New York City.