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• Airborne Effervescent Health Formula, Original Orange, 10 Tablets (Pack of 3)
• Tanita BC533 Glass Innerscan Body Composition Monitor
• RESPeRATE Blood Pressure Lowering Device

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com:
Used as a reference by students of acupuncture, this is a hefty, truly comprehensive guide to the theory and healing power of Chinese medicine. It’s also a primer on nutrition–including facts about green foods, such as spirulina and blue-green algae, and the “regeneration diets” used by cancer patients and arthritics–along with an inspiring cookbook with more than 300 mostly vegetarian, nutrient-packed recipes.

The information on Chinese medicine is useful for helping to diagnose health imbalances, especially nascent illnesses. It’s smartly paired with the whole-foods program because the Chinese have attributed various health-balancing properties to foods, so you can tailor your diet to help alleviate symptoms of illness. For example, Chinese medicine dictates that someone with low energy and a pale complexion (a yin deficiency) would benefit from avoiding bitter foods and increasing “sweet” foods such as soy, black sesame seeds, parsnips, rice, and oats. (Note that the Chinese definition of sweet foods is much different from the American one!)

Pitchford says in his dedication that he hopes the reader finds “healing, awareness, and peace” from following his program. The diet is certainly acetic by American standards (no alcohol, caffeine, white flour, fried foods, or sugar, and a minimum of eggs and dairy) but the reasons he gives for avoiding these “negative energy” foods are compelling. From the adrenal damage imparted by coffee to immune dysfunction brought on by excess refined sugar, Pitchford spurs you to rethink every dietary choice and its ultimate influence on your health. Without being alarmist, he adds dietary tips for protecting yourself against the dangers of modern life, including neutralizing damage from water fluoridation (thyroid and immune-system problems may result; fluoride is a carcinogen). There’s further reading on food combining, female health, heart disease, pregnancy, fasting, and weight loss. Overall, this is a wonderful book for anyone who’s serious about strengthening his or her body from the inside out. –Erica Jorgensen

Book Description:
Used as a reference by students of acupuncture, this is a hefty, truly comprehensive guide to the theory and healing power of Chinese medicine. It’s also a primer on nutrition—including facts about green foods, such as spirulina and blue-green algae, and the “regeneration diets” used by cancer patients and arthritics—along with an inspiring cookbook with more than 300 mostly vegetarian, nutrient-packed recipes.

The information on Chinese medicine is useful for helping to diagnose health imbalances, especially nascent illnesses. It’s smartly paired with the whole-foods program because the Chinese have attributed various health-balancing properties to foods, so you can tailor your diet to help alleviate symptoms of illness. For example, Chinese medicine dictates that someone with low energy and a pale complexion (a yin deficiency) would benefit from avoiding bitter foods and increasing “sweet” foods such as soy, black sesame seeds, parsnips, rice, and oats. (Note that the Chinese definition of sweet foods is much different from the American one!)

Pitchford says in his dedication that he hopes the reader finds “healing, awareness, and peace” from following his program. The diet is certainly acetic by American standards (no alcohol, caffeine, white flour, fried foods, or sugar, and a minimum of eggs and dairy) but the reasons he gives for avoiding these “negative energy” foods are compelling. From the adrenal damage imparted by coffee to immune dysfunction brought on by excess refined sugar, Pitchford spurs you to rethink every dietary choice and its ultimate influence on your health. Without being alarmist, he adds dietary tips for protecting yourself against the dangers of modern life, including neutralizing damage from water fluoridation (thyroid and immune-system problems may result; fluoride is a carcinogen). There’s further reading on food combining, female health, heart disease, pregnancy, fasting, and weight loss. Overall, this is a wonderful book for anyone who’s serious about strengthening his or her body from the inside out.

Customer Reviews

amazing book by vero dobo
this is the most amazing health book I’ve ever read, it is like a bible for healing and/or balancing your life throught food and good habits.

Very good, useful, and full of recipies by NYCNomad
A cheap book that introduces Chinese Nutrition very well and has an abundance of recipies. A very good deal.

Countless inaccuracies and biases by R. C. Roehrig
This book cannot be defined anywhere near the scope of scientific integrity in the field of nutrition. There are so many inaccuracies with the data presented, which, I might add, is rather well cherry picked to support biases throughout. He also cherry picks from specific research, but leaves findings out of that research in order to support his own agenda, a la Cordain and Enig. This all goes along with the matter of how the book is incredibly poorly cited, mixing study with opinion, but yet is not nearly objective enough for scientific scrutiny. There are HUGE gaps in his research, and for someone who claims to be a nutrition researcher, Pitchford does a horrendous job. Also, as another reviewer mentioned, there’s horrible contradiction in Chinese medicine, as well as even the book!

While large, and has quite a lot of good information, there’s too much that’s bad to pass off.

Fascinating by S. James
Out of all the books I’ve read, I have never been moved to review a book before

I picked up this 8×10, 700 page book and I can’t put it down

if you possibly have the room for it (in your home and in your schedule) I would highly recommend picking it up

I’m only on page 76 and I’ve learned a ton

It has an asian-based influence (sub title is ‘Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition’)

all ailments are either damp or dry, external or internal, warm or cold and this affects the approach to treatment

so far I’ve read about how to cleanse the liver and how people who weren’t breastfed (I wasn’t) may not have fully activated their liver functions (which goes with what my acupuncturist is saying- that my endometriosis is actually just a symptom of a liver problem)

it’s a spiritual, emotional, nutritional supplement and whole food guide all in one- I’ve never read anything like it before

One note to the author- I was so inspired by the content that I looked the website www.healingwithwholefoods.com and this ‘coming soon’ message on the website does NOT cut it my friend- you’ve got to pull this together ASAP

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