The Wisdom and Healing Power of Whole Foods ─ The Ultimate Handbook for Using Whole Foods and Lifestyle Changes to Bolster Your Body's Ability to Repair and Regulate Itself

The Ultimate Handbook for Using Whole Foods and Lifestyle Changes to Bolster Your Body's Ability to Repair and Regulate Itself America is at the brink of a health care meltdown. Whole foods and harnessing nature's wisdom may provide the answers to many of our health challenges. In this landmark book, an internationally respected nutritionist and author tackles the complex subject of how foods can prevent and even reverse common health ailments. This book offers the best of science without complex terms, and conveys the simple message that whole foods contain an elegant array of known essential nutrients that can bring the body above surviving, through illness, and into thriving through wellness. Dr. Quillin uses case studies to explain how we can develop good judgment in choosing foods wisely. The book includes an alphabetic listing of the health benefits of whole foods, nutritious and delicious recipes, advice on general wellness, weight loss, and diabetes control, and how whole foods can dramatically reduce the risk for cancer.

Dr. Patrick Quillin is an internationally respected expert in the area of nutrition and cancer. For ten years he served as the Vice President of Nutrition for a major nationwide chain of cancer hospitals. He has several degrees in nutrition and is a registered and licensed dietitian (RD & LD) and Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) with the American College of Nutrition. In addition to his hundreds of media appearances and keynote presentations, he has been a consultant to the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Army Breast Cancer Research Group, Scripps Clinic, La Costa Spa, and United States Department of Agriculture. His sixteen health books have sold over 1.2 million copies. He edited the textbook Adjuvant Nutrition in Cancer Treatment, and organized the first three international symposia on the subject.