The Food Pharmacy: Dramatic New Evidence That Food Is Your Best Medicine

by Jean Carper

Carper offers dramatic new evidence to support the concept of food as medicine. Features a pharmacopeia of more than 50 foods and their therapeutic uses, nutritional benefits, and adverse affects.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Reference, Food, Self Help, Science

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Jean Carper is a New York Times best-selling author, contributing editor to USA Weekend Magazine (700 newspapers nationwide and 50 million readers) and a leading authority on health and nutrition. She is the author of 24 books, including “Your Miracle Brain, Miracle Cures, Stop Aging Now!, Food-Your Miracle Medicine, The Food Pharmacy, Jean Carper’s Complete Healthy Cookbook”—and now, her latest–

“100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer’s and Age-Related Memory Loss,” which she wrote after discovering that she carries the major gene for Alzheimer’s.

Reviews

[Zachary Safford · Rating 3 out of 5]

6.5/10, Interesting introduction into the world of pharmacology including a food/medicine list for some common ailments. Dense content, but ultimately it is well-written, useful, and informative. Will most likely use it as a reference book rather than rereading it cover to cover again.

[Monica Willyard Moen · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this book, the author shares The results of hundreds of studies that prove that food is still very important in our fight against diseases and our quest for good health. The book covers in depth sections on several major foods, and recipes are given with each chapter. The final part of the book is a food pharmacopeia that covers dozens of foods and which diseases they may help to treat or cure.

[Dankwa Razak · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good content !

[M. Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is very readable and makes a whole lot of sense. Even though this topic has been covered countless times in all forms of media, from Prevention Magazine to Dr. Oz, the author manages to give it a unique slant, such as explaining why oats lower cholesterol, and why onions also have a positive impact.

Recommended to anyone who has less than perfect health and doesn't plan or want to end up relying on pharmaceuticals as aging sets in.

[Inggita · Rating 3 out of 5]

food as medicine

[Michelle]

natural medicines that can be found in our kitchen with amazing influence in our bodyhealth and mind.