In Medicinal Cookery, Dale Pinnock explains how the healing power of foods stretches far beyond the realms of vitamins and minerals, and introduces us to a much more complex, beneficial and wondrous group of biological compounds - the phytochemicals. He shows how, when delivered via our diet in the right way, these compounds that are found in everyday foods such as herbs, spices, nuts, seeds, grains and fruit, can work in a very similar way to medicinal plants and even pharmaceutical drugs, minus the side-effects. He highlights the benefits of a broad range of phyto-rich foods and shows how to prepare and protect them in delicious dishes and recipes. These meals have medicinal properties that make them powerful additions to someone's overall disease treatment plan, be this orthodox medical treatment or natural therapies. He includes recipes for all common health disorders, including problems with digestion, the heart and circulation, the immune and nervous systems, joints and skin disorders.
186pp, 130mm x 196mm, softback, illus in colour, 2011