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Reader's Digest Food Cures New Edition: Tasty Remedies to Treat Common Conditions

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Heal What Ails You with Delicious Superfoods!

Discover the incredible healing power of everyday food—treat the most common conditions naturally, safely, and deliciously—and live pain free, allergy free, disease free, and worry free.

Clean out your medicine cabinet and restock the shelves of your kitchen pantry with healing and appealing items from the grocery store. Rely less on pills and more on real food. How much? How often? In Food Cures , you’ll find all the answers, the research-validated treatments, and successful cures for dozens of common conditions. The past ten years have been filled with intriguing announcements from the world of medial research. Forget about wonder drugs; we’re living in a time of wonder foods. The foods described in this book are nutritional powerhouses bursting with compounds that have specific and well-defined health benefits.

Changing your diet won’t guarantee that you’ll never get sick or need drugs, but eating the right food can help heal what ails you and can bolster your body’s defenses against disease, treat disease directly, aid in weight loss, and even slow the aging process.

Healing foods section


Cures for common conditions

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

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The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global media and direct marketing company based in Chappaqua, New York, best known for its flagship publication founded in 1922, Reader's Digest. The company's headquarters are in New York City, where it moved from Pleasantville, New York.

The company was founded by DeWitt and Lila Wallace in 1922 with the first publication of Reader's Digest magazine, but has grown to include a diverse range of magazines, books, music, DVDs and online content.

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1,978 reviews15 followers
September 21, 2026
OH this is a great one.

Learning about what food is best for what. Helps with having a healthier life.
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15 reviews1 follower
February 16, 2017
Entertaining to read, easy to use, informational, recipe ideas and even full color photos make this reference book a must have. Not just a fad diet book, this will help educate you to a healthier lifestyle.
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1,508 reviews56 followers
December 28, 2015
This is the best resource I've found so far for anyone looking for natural and healthy ways to fight and prevent numerous health issues. As someone with four health issues that very much affect my everyday life, I'm always looking for books that touch on the nutrition factor of foods to fight disease or help with ailments, or, sometimes even more important, those foods that should be avoided depending on certain illnesses. This is the most comprehensive resource I've found so far on nutrition and the power of food to treat and prevent illnesses ranging from cancer to migraines to memory loss. I appreciated that this book had specifics on how much of each food we should aim for depending on our goal and ailment, along with a ton of helpful hints. It even included a chapter of healing recipes at the end as well.

Sarah M. / Marathon County Public Library
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Profile Image for Dan Stern.
952 reviews11 followers
April 2, 2019
This book provides some comprehensive information on some healthy foods. The first part is some general information on what's good or bad with some foods/ingredients we take everyday, which is especially useful if you care about what you eat and your well being. The second part of the book provides some detailed information on each or particular food group and their general curing capacity. It's an excellent book for those who want to live a health life. I bought this book after looking over some pages and find it contain some extremely useful information on healthy eating, and had to have it.
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94 reviews3 followers
October 30, 2025
Very interesting read, even made my son read a few pages on foods like almonds, broccoli, and spinach. It's amazing how much the right foods can make our day-to-day life healthier and a provide a shield against certain diseases and ailments.

Informative, and helpful book.
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1,433 reviews20 followers
August 27, 2009
I want to get my own copy of this book, it is really helpful and I want to remember all the great healthy foods it talks about.
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591 reviews
January 9, 2012
Lots of good information in this book. Have referred to it several times.
Profile Image for Dan Stern.
952 reviews11 followers
August 2, 2020
Very well-researched, well- organized book. Lots of good information at a low price.
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March 27, 2021
Wonderfully detailed and simplified information shared in this book and covers almost most ailments and cures,throws light on alternative lifestyle and may help n lifestyle changes.
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