The Smoothies Bible

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The Smoothies Bible by Pat Crocker

A companion reissue to The Juicing Bible with an additional 16 new photographs.
With more than 225,000 copies in print The Smoothies Bible continues to be one of the bestselling smoothies books today. In response to consumer demand, we've decided to reissue this successful seller with an additional 16 color photographs, which takes the total photo count up to 32. As always, smoothies are a fast, easy and great-tasting way to achieve good health.
Home cooks can now introduce even more antioxidant fruits and vegetables into their daily routine. The Smoothies Bible makes it easy.

• More than 400 healthy smoothie recipes that include fruit smoothies like flu fighter #1 and berry bonanza to mango madness and nectar of the gods.
• Get a daily dose of vegetables with peppered beet, squash special, zippy tomato or gazpacho smoothies.
• More than 100 fully illustrated profiles of fruits, vegetables and herbs.
• 80 common health concerns matched with healing smoothies.

In addition to the hundreds of recipes and practical health information, what really sets this book apart is its "The Healthy Body Systems" section, which features information on the seven major body systems as well as diet and lifestyle changes that will help keep these systems working as well as they can. (From Amazon.com product listing.)

Blended Medicine

Blended Medicine by Michael Castleman (Contains Affiliate Link)

This work profiles 21 mainstream and alternative therapies, including naturopathy, yoga, and biofeedback. Each method is explained and reasons for its use and level of success, are given. An A to Z reference of 106 health conditions, with the most effective complimentary remedies, is included. (From Amazon.com product listing.)

100 Tips for Parents Raising Healthy Eaters

100 Tips for Parents Raising Healthy Eaters by Henry Legere, M.D. (Contains Affiliate Link)

One of the most important steps that parents can take to prevent childhood obesity or simply to get their children to a healthier weight is to teach them good eating habits. Establishing such habits at an early age will contribute to lifelong health. Indeed, when kids learn that a snack should be an apple or carrots instead of chips or a candy bar-a deceptively difficult lesson to teach-they are better equipped to resist the temptation of junk food on a regular basic. In Raising Healthy Eaters, Dr. Legere offers 100 easy-to-follow and easy-to-implement tips for parents of children of all ages and eating preferences. He includes healthy, quick recipes that kids will actually like, as well as specific suggestions for parents who want to serve only organic foods or whose children have allergies or aversions. Raising Healthy Eaters is the essential resource for parents working to raise healthy kids in a fast-food world. (From Amazon.com product listing.)

You The Smart Patient

You The Smart Patient by Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. (Contains Affiliate Link)

America’s doctors, Mehmet Oz and Mike Roizen, show you how to become your own medical detective and get the best health care possible.

Everyone needs to become a smart patient. In fact, in the worst cases, your life may even depend on it. Number one bestselling authors and doctors Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz have written this indispensable handbook to help everyone to get the best health care possible—by making everyone into their own medical detective.

Witty, playful, at times offbeat, but always authoritative, You: The Smart Patient shows you how to become your own medical sleuth, tracing your medical family tree and wending your way through the pitfalls of any health care situation. Written in conjunction with the health care community's leading oversight group, The Joint Commission, the book shows readers in clear, easy steps how to take control of their own health care and deal with all matters that may come up when facing a medical case: from choosing the right doctor, hospital, and insurance company to navigating prescription drugs, specialists, treatment options, alternative medicine, pain management, or any problem that might arise.

Accessible, humorous, and filled with information that you need, You: The Smart Patient is a book for every patient and all those dealing with a loved one's medical issues. (From Amazon.com product listing)