Review of Enzymes for Digestive Health and Nutritional Wealth: The Practical Guide for Digestive Enzymes (Paperback)

About ten years ago, I read Enzyme Nutrition by Dr. Edward Howell, and found it to be interesting and informative.Unfortunately, much of the research and information was outdated, so I sought other enzyme related books.It took ten years before I found a book I could recommend, and this is it.Unlike nearly all of the other enzyme books out there, in which the authors promote a particular product or manufacturer that they have a vested interest in, Ms. Defelice gives a very refreshing unbiased approach to the subject of enzymes.Although she refers to one particular enzyme product in the book, this is likely because at the time of publication, it was the only product available capable of giving the results she described (in great detail).On her website, www.enzymestuff.com, she lists several other enzyme products that have since been found to be useful.
The author writes in a very friendly, easy to understand style...her detailed description of the human digestive system and its processes is one of the clearest I've ever read.She gives a sense of being an educated scientist, investigator, and concerned mother all in one.
If you or anyone you know has digestive problems, autism, autoimmune disorders, etc. then please read this book.And if you simply want to better understand enzymes and their use in human health, this is by far the best book on the subject!


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Enzyme therapy is one of the fastest emerging successful alternatives for digestive health. Reports of significant improvements in health, immune function, pain reduction, even moods, mental clarity, food and chemical tolerances, and gastrointestinal issues emerge daily. Drawing on long-standing scientific research and trials by a wide range of families, Karen DeFelice deals comprehensively with all the information on digestive enzymes that those new to enzymes need: how enzymes work, why the many benefits, what to expect, practical tested advice on selecting and introducing the right kind of enzymes, and how this can be combined with other approaches, therapies, and lifestyles.

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Review of Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies (Paperback)

We all loved the book "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" by James F. Balch and Phyllis A. Balch, and now comes its long awaited twin;The same winning format, the same width of knowledge, and this time - the best herbs to treat (almost) every ailment.Besides an overview of the principles of herbal healing, the first part of the book describes a long list of herbs that are mentioned throughout the book, the scientific evidence of their benefit, and various considerations for use, alone and/or with other herbs. However, this part is missing a listing of active constituents (future edition?). The second part excells in bringing an alphabetical listing of various health conditions and summarizing, in a clear-cut table, the herbs that can be used, the doses, some ready formulas, and a short comment on action. I loved this format in the first book, and find myself praising this format in the present book.Need to treat an ailment? - just open the right page, and the table of beneficial herbs is right in front of your eyes. The story goes on - "Herbs to Avoid", general "Recommendations" and "Considerations" - all written by a super-expert in the field. Amazon found a very strange way to show us the contents of a book ("look inside") but never exposed "real" pages.Just give a customer a chance to look at a page from the second part of this book and he will know what this book is all about.Inthe third part I found the information I needed to prepare my own herbal extracts.The tips are invaluable and the various techniques for herbal healing are very well discussed.Ms. Balch made our life much easier and healthier by introducing two superb books where in a glance one can match nutritional healing with herbal healing for a wide array of common health problems. It's time to go one further step - to move both books to the CD format...

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The popularity of herbal medicine has exploded during the past decade, with herbal remedies becoming increasingly available in such conventional outlets as drugstores and even supermarkets. Prescription for Herbal Healing brings to herbal medicine the same in-depth, easy-to-understand information and accessible style that Prescription for Nutritional Healing successfully brought to diet and nutritional supplements.

This book is divided into three parts for easy reference. Part I discusses the basic principles of herbal medicine and outlines the properties and characteristics of some one hundred sixty single herbs and sixty herbal combination formulas. Part II describes more than one hundred fifty common disorders, conveniently arranged in alphabetical order from acne to yeast infection, and names the herbal therapies that can be used in the treatment of those conditions. Part III is a guide to using various kinds of herbal and other alternative therapies. In addition, it includes self-diagnostic tests and boxed insets throughout, which offer detailed information on a wide variety of topics.

Complete coverage of Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs make this volume entirely comprehensive, and thorough scientific references lend it an authority not found in any other herbal book. Prescription for Herbal Healing is the definitive herbal resource and is a necessity for any health-conscious consumer.

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Review of Don't Get Duped : A Consumer's Guide to Health and Fitness (Paperback)

If you're into fitness, this book is a must.It provides a wonderful assessment of diet supplements, herbal supplements, weight loss systems, exercise machines, and other health and fitness industry boondoggles.Dr. Forness takes on the advertising and other claims including those in fine print of each of these aspects of the health and fitness industry.He has a wonderful sense of humor that he uses to great effect to devastate the claims of all of those newspaper ads, late night infomercials, and other attempts to make you part with your money in the pursuit of the perfect body.If you are thinking about buying any exercise machine or device from ab-crunchers to exercise machines READ THIS BOOK FIRST.This is probably the first book to take on the billion dollar fitness industry that seems to have gotten a free ride from consumers and consumer watch dogs in the past few years.It's not only a helpful book but it's funny and entertaining at the same time.



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