This exciting collection of over 100 health-giving recipes features tempting recipes for breakfasts and brunches; soups and light meals; main courses; tarts; pie and pizzas; salads; side dishes; desserts; and cakes, bakes and breads. A fascinating visual guide follows with information on every kind of natural whole food, from fruit and vegetables to grains, nuts and seeds, and from dairy products and tofu to herbs, spices and store-cupboard basics. It includes essential facts about key health benefits, traditional healing qualitites and nutritional value, with details about how each food boosts health and vitality. Find out which foods may help to lower chloresterol, reduce the risk of heart disease, dramatically lower your cancer risk and enjoy a much healthier way of eating. this volume belongs on the bookshelf of every health-conscious consumer.