Author: Tanushree Poddar
Publisher: UBS Publishers
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 292
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788174765222
Description
Food can heal most common ailments. It can improve our mood, activate our brain cells to perform better, retain information and help us to think sharp. It can cure insomnia and lull our agitated mind, make our Joints more Flesible, make us feel full of beans and youthful, improve our eyesight and retard the formation of cataract. It can increase hormone level, boost immunity, relax the taut nerves, soothe the pains and aches, and retard ageing.
A small amount of garlic taken every day can provided immunity against many kinds of cancer; onion can lower blood cholesterol and regulate blood sugar. The lycopene in tomatoes can ward off cancer. Green tea can improve memory and delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
Food affects no just our body but also the mind and the soul. The right food can bring peace to the mind and elevate the soul to a spiritual level. On the other hand, the wrong kind of food can trigger allergies, cause headaches and exacerbate the pain of rheumatoid arthritis. Wrong food is the main cause for heart disease.
If you are one of those who think of food as sustenance only, think again. This book will help in dispelling most of the myths connected with food and help you in using food as a potent healer. It will also help you in controlling most of the lifestyle diseasesw that have sprung up in the last two decades.
This book is meant to act as food for thought and activate the mind into selecting the right food for optimum benefit. It aims to help build an intelligent approach towards food selection and to equip you with food wisdom.
Contents
Preface
PART ONE – BODY
The Basics
The Body and its Needs
Insomnia-relieving Food
Menopausal Food
PMS-preventing food
Rejuvenating food
Immunity – building Food
Heart-saving Food
Sight-strengthening Food
Beauty-enhancing Food
Food that helps you Remain Young
Healing Food
Food as Painkiller
Sexy Food
Aphrodisiac Food
PART TWO – MIND
Mind Food
Mental Energy Food
Memory- Enhancing Food
Mood-elevating Food
PART THREE – SOUL
Soul Food
Food for Mental Relaxation
Stress-busting Food
Vegetarian Food for Spiritual Comfort
PART FOUR – NUTRITION
Some Nutritional Essentials
Enzyme Enlightenment
The Balancing Act
Fibre
Other Wonder Foods
Epilogue