This volume is a guide to foods which can enhance health and promote longevity. It details 25 super-nutritious foods, incuding details of specific nutritional value and health benefits for each. Recipes are also provided with details of which antioxidants and immune boosters each contains.

Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat. "As the U.S. population made an unprecedented mad dash for the Sun Belt, one carload of us paddled against the tide, heading for the Promised Land where water falls from the sky and green stuff grows all around. We were about to begin the adventure of realigning our lives with our food chain. "Naturally, our first stop was to buy junk food and fossil fuel. . . ." Hang on for the ride: With characteristic poetry and pluck, Barbara Kingsolver and her family sweep readers along on their journey away from the industrial-food pipeline to a rural life in which they vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Their good-humored search yields surprising discoveries about turkey sex life and overly zealous zucchini plants, en route to a food culture that's better for the neighborhood and also better on the table. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life and diversified farms at the center of the American diet. "This is the story of a year in which we made every attempt to feed ourselves animals and vegetables whose provenance we really knew . . . and of how our family was changed by our first year of deliberately eating food produced from the same place where we worked, went to school, loved our neighbors, drank the water, and breathed the air." Includes an excerpt from Flight Behavior.

Discover the only book you need to eat better, live healthier, and fight back against the effects of aging. You'll learn about the 9 foods proven to ease joint pain; fat burning foods that flatten your belly; plus, the one essential nutrient your body needs to stay strong as you get older. And that's only the beginning. There are lots more secrets and solutions for everything from memory to hair loss to cholesterol, diabetes, and even cancer. Best of all, the foods that fuel these amazing and healthy benefits are available at your nearest grocery store.

An ever-growing body of scientific research demonstrates the importance of holistic treatments that focus on the mind-body connection for good health. In this regard, the folk remedies of the ancient peoples often prove astonishingly effective. This practical guide helps readers apply the remarkable healing power of many of the foods and herbs described in the Old and New Testaments to common ailments. From the use of red wine to cure bacteria and viruses, to the arthritis-easing and wrinkle-removing properties of olive oil, this treasury of practical and inspirational healing secrets includes: The sacred medicinal drink that prevents blood clots, relieves pain, and melts fat off artery walls Real-life examples that demonstrate the curative power of plant oils, figs, grapes, red wine The amazing health-giving power of a blessed grain Information on how doctors and patients have treated canker sores, high blood pressure, tuberculosis, cancer, and heart disease

"Between 1850 and 1950, experts and entrepreneurs in Britain and the United States forged new connections between the nutrition sciences and the commercial realm through their enthusiasm for new edible consumables. The resulting food products promised wondrous solutions for what seemed both individual and social ills. By examining products like Gail Borden's meat biscuit, Benger's Food, Kellogg's health foods, Fleischmann's yeast, and food yeast, Wonder Foods shows how new products dazzled with visions of modernity, efficiency, and scientific progress even as they perpetuated exclusionary views about who deserved to eat, thrive, and live. Drawing on extensive archival research, historian Lisa Haushofer reveals that the story of modern food and nutrition was not about innocuous technological advances or superior scientific insights but rather the powerful logic of exploitation and economization that undergirded colonial and industrial food projects. In the process, these wonder food products have shaped both modern food regimes and how we think about food"--

The Sproutman's guide to indoor organic gardening shows you step by step, how to grow these delicious baby greens and mini-vegetables in just one week from seed to salad. This guide can make anyone a self sufficient gardener of sprouts that are bursting with concentrated nutrition. Includes comprehensive nutrition charts, Questions and Answers, seed resources, illustrations, photo's & Charts.

Here, each recipe is naturally high in antioxidants (vitamins C and E and beta carotene) and phytochemicals, which are proven to help slow the aging process, deter cancer, heart disease, stroke, and a long list of other diseases -- as well as enhance your immune system and help you lose weight. Each of the mouth-watering recipes takes under 30 minutes to prepare and uses low-cost ingredients found in just about any grocery store.