Women's Health Solutions
Author: Gary Null
Women's Health Solutions is a resource for women based on holistic principles and featuring the most up-to-date research. The book discusses general health and wellness issues as well as specific topics including anemia, premenstrual syndrome, endometriosis, pregnancy and childbirth, breast cancer, menopause, eating disorders, and osteoporosis. Gary Null emphasizes such proven alternative treatments as acupuncture, biofeedback, herbal remedies, vitamin therapy, aromatherapy, reflexology, yoga, and stress management. Unconventional in its approach, this volume complements works based on traditional medical treatments, such as Our Bodies, Ourselves and Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, and empowers women to become full participants in their healthcare.
Publishers Weekly
Although much of the information in this encyclopedia of women's health is excerpted from Null's 1999 book, For Women Only! Your Guide to Health Empowerment (with Barbara Seaman), the renowned nutritionist does provide expanded sections on AIDS, digestive disorders, food allergies and Alzheimer's disease. As in the earlier work, Null's emphasis is on alternative medicine with a focus on boosting the immune system with proper diet, exercise and supplements. He briefly covers conventional medical treatment for conditions such as heart disease and cancer, but offers research showing that a combination of traditional and alternative responses to disease is more effective. Included also is a chapter called "Everyday Health" that details natural methods for maintaining dental hygiene, dietary solutions for avoiding colds and headaches, and items to include in a natural remedies medicine chest. Null's strong concern about environmental pollutants and the prevalence of chemicals in food is clear. He suggests a variety of ways to combat their toxic effects on the body. Anyone interested in alternative therapies will find this guide invaluable despite the occasional hectoring tone. For example, here's Null on antiaging diets: "Antiaging diets contain no animal proteins. Let me repeat that. Not a little bit, a moderate amount, but zero animal products." (Apr. 2) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Booknews
Feeding popular notions that you are what you eat, this substantial guide to women's health reports on the alternative treatments, especially nutrition, omitted by traditional medicine. Null (a nutritionist) summarizes the findings and advice of alternative health specialists (citing them conscientiously throughout), on health concerns and diseases that range from diabetes and heart disease to migraines and allergies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The Organic Foods SourceBook
Author: Elaine Marie Lipson
A must-have for every concerned consumer, this comprehensive reference explains the important health and environmental benefits of organic foods. It details where to find and buy them on a budget, and how "organic" differs from other "ecolabels." It also provides key information about current legislative activity as well as a complete resource guide.
What People Are Saying
Nell Newman
"An informative and fascinating read, great for any inquisitive mind."
—Nell Newman, Newman's Own Organics
Andrew Weil
"An excellent resource. . . . I will recommend this book to both doctors and patients."
—Andrew Weil, M.D., author, Eating Well for Optimum Health
Bob Scowcroft
"Want to change the world? Follow the directions in The Organic Foods Sourcebook."
—Bob Scowcroft, executive director, Organic Farming Research Foundation
Table of Contents:
| Foreword | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Ch. 1 | What Organic Really Means | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | "Pesticides Are Harmless" and Ten More Misconceptions About Organic Foods and Organic Farming | 7 |
| Ch. 3 | Eleven Reasons to Support Organic Foods and Farming | 17 |
| Ch. 4 | Principles of Organic Agriculture | 23 |
| Ch. 5 | From the Miracle of Pesticides to a New Agriculture | 33 |
| Ch. 6 | The National Organic Program and What It Means for Consumers | 43 |
| Ch. 7 | Label Stew: Making Sense of the Eco-labels | 51 |
| Ch. 8 | America's Disgrace: Small Farms in Crisis | 57 |
| Ch. 9 | More Than Fruits and Vegetables | 65 |
| Ch. 10 | Where to Buy Organic Foods | 75 |
| Ch. 11 | Is Organic Food More Nutritious? | 89 |
| Ch. 12 | Genetically Modified Foods and the Organic Alternative | 95 |
| Ch. 13 | Organic on a Budget | 107 |
| Ch. 14 | Feed Your Children Well: Organic Foods in Your Children's Diet | 115 |
| Conclusion | 131 | |
| Afterword: An Organic Farmer Looks at the Future | 135 | |
| Resources | 139 | |
| Notes | 191 | |
| Bibliography | 205 | |
| Index | 215 |
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