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Summary: Excellent Reference
Review: This is an excellent reference with detailed information about vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbs, and other supplements, medicinals, and information. One of the best parts of this book is that it not only provides the nutritional facts regarding vitamins, minerals, etc... but also informs the reader of the best food sources for them so that you can make informed decisions about what you eat and how your body benefits from those foods. In other words, this book DOES NOT merely try to turn you into a nutritional supplement junky. While it does provide responsible supplementation information, it also provides the reader with the information needed so that you can eat responsibly and increase the levels of certain nutrients in your diet WITHOUT heavy supplementation.
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Summary: A "must have"
Review: This is the best nutritional book I've seen, and I've had many over the years. Every home should have one. The advise is sensible and safe...no mega-doses of vitamins and minerals like some resources recommend. Lots of good info on all types of disorders.
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Summary: Good Book
Review: The Balch's do a bang up job once again. Although this book is not one I would sit down and read from cover to cover, it is however a good book to read about specific ailments, if you are interested in natural healing. This book does not throw modern medicine to the side, but goes along with it. From astma to weight loss, you name it and it has it. I have crossed referenced some of the claims the book makes Re: vitamins and other supplements. The book is very accurate.
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Summary: Nutritional reference guide
Review: This is a practical and easy-to-read reference guide that provides natural remedies for common health problems. Each health problem is listed in alphabetical order so it is easy to locate throughout the book. I use it on a regular basis in addition to seeing my family medical doctor.You will find listings on topics such as Allergies, Anemia, Depression, Hypoglycemia, Insomnia and Irritable Bowel Syndrome just to name a few. Examples:
For Anemia, did you know that Blackstrap molasses is high in
iron and essential B vitamins? For Insomnia, did you know that foods such as turkey, bananas, figs, dates, yogurt, tuna or grapefruit help to promote sleep? Did you know that Chamomile is one of the herbs effective in the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome? You will find information like this and more......
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Summary: Needs to be on CD
Review: This book is very helpful, but it would be fantastic if it were on CD where it could be searched for key words. Also for people who travel a lot, it is a very large book, so it stays at home. A CD could come along or be put on one's hard drive where it would be readily accessible.
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Summary: Do You Pride Yourself On Good Health?
Review: This book is a must have for anyone who prides themselves on good health. Prescription for Nutritional Healing should be a part of your personal library. The information is organized in a easy to find and understand fashion. It has helped on numerous occasions and saved me many an unnecessary visit to the doctor (not meant to replace the doctor.)
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Summary: Overall a great book, but some remedies are questionable
Review: I have relied on the past and previous edition of this book for almost 10 years, so I have a lot of respect for it. However, lately I use it simply to look up symptoms, and not necessarily for nutritional advice. This is because some of the nutritional advice goes a bit overboard. I have no problems with people taking megadoses of vitamins (except B6). The problem I do have with certain parts of this book is the Authors' recommendations to take large amounts of minerals. A person can take 10, 100, or even 1000 times the U.S. R.D.A. of most vitamins and be fine. But if a person takes only 2-5 times the R.D.A. of certain minerals (ex. potassium, chromium, selenium, magnesium, manganese, zinc), they can suffer adverse reactions that more than cancel out any positive effect that the mineral may give. Some of the recommendations for minerals in this book are simply too high for the dosage. Also, they seem to recommend herbs along with vitamins and minerals without always checking to see if there have been documented interactions in the past between an herb and a vitamin/mineral. The public needs to realize that most herbs have many different active ingredients that can interact with many other ingested substances, especially pharmaceutical drugs, but not excluding vitamins and minerals. Some of these interactions are found in my book, The Failures of American Medicine, available at Amazon...
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Summary: Our Health Bible
Review: We LOVE this book. Answers to all our questions and concerns. The remedies really do work. Anyone who really cares about their health should consult this book FIRST. It'll tell you when you really should see a doctor and when you can take care of something yourself. We have rid ourselves of multiple ailments and conditions just by looking it up in our little health bible and following the suggestions.
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Summary: A Fantastic Resource
Review: Just received the book entitled "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" by Balch. It's one of the most thorough resources I've seen regarding alternative medicine approaches. The service I received from Amazon.com is excellent, along with the price. I highly encourage others to purchase this book. They can't go wrong.
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Summary: For the Well and the Not-so-Well!
Review: This is a magnificent and comprehensive work that belongs in every home. I own all three editions of this book, and I wish that an edition of this book had been available when my daughter (now 31) was diagnosed with diabetes at 11 months of age. What a help it would have been! Dr. Balch, a urologist, and his wife, a nutritionist, have accomplished a herculean task: putting together a well-organized, understandable work for those who want to take charge of their own well-being. They offer vitamin, mineral, herbal, and dietary regimens for just about every known ailment -- this from a traditionally trained physician (a plus in my book) who recognizes the value of nutritional supplements and diet in maintaining health. For each disease process, the Balches offer a protocol -- a listing of the essential, necessary, and helpful supplements likely to provide at least a boost in the direction of healing. If you are generally healthy to begin with, this book will help you maintain your current state of well-being. I have recommended this book in stress management programs I teach for businesses and members of the Fire Service, and the feedback for this work has always been very positive. If you want to take a giant step toward health and healing, buy this book and follow its recommendations. Many of us owe our better health over the last twelve years to the presence of this book in our lives!
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