Fasting and Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor's Program for Conquering Disease

by Joel Fuhrman, Neal Barnard (Foreword by)

Overview

Fasting and Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor's Program for Conquering Disease offers precise diet and fasting programs to relieve headache, hypoglycemia, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, colitis, psoriasis, lupus, and uterine fibroids. You'll also learn:

- How to use fasting to lose weight

- How to start, what to expect, how to reintroduce food to maintain maximum benefits

- How to work with a physician for longer fasts (more than 3 days)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312187194
Publisher:	St. Martin's Press
Publication date:	04/15/1998
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	66,512
Product dimensions:	8.22(w) x 10.92(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

Joel Fuhrman, M.D., is a board-certified family physician in private practice in Belle Mead, New Jersey, who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional methods. He is an active staff member of Hunterdon Medical Center and provides nutritionally oriented medical care to patients as well as nutritional education to other physicians.

Table of Contents

	Foreword
	Introduction	1
1	Fasting for Physical Rejuvenation	7
2	Improper Nutrition: The Major Cause of Disease	24
3	Understanding Health and Disease	55
4	Headaches and Hypoglycemia: Two Misunderstood Conditions	76
5	The Road Back to a Healthy Heart - the Natural Way	101
6	Recovery from Diabetes Through Optimal Nutrition	127
7	Autoimmune Disease: A Superior Approach	143
8	Overweight and Other Chronic Medical Conditions Respond to Fasting	173
9	A Chapter for Physicians and for Readers Who Want More Technical information	194
10	What to Expect on Your First Fast	213
	Chapter Notes	227
	Index	245

Editorial Reviews

"Dr. Fuhrman's powerful and practical guidelines apply for conditions ranging from the common cold to serious heart problems. This program provides an alternative to the costly and all-to-common side effects of sugery and drugs."—Andrew Nicholson, M.D., Director of Preventive Medicine, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

"By individually tailoring nutrition plans based on a case-by-case basis, Fuhrman has treated hundreds of patients with rheumatoid arthritis successfully."—Vegetarian Times

"This is where the future of medicine should be heading."—Ronald Cridland, M.D.

"This is neither alternative medicine nor conservative medicine, but rather progressive medicine. Dr. Fuhrman's approach offers individuals suffering from [chronic] diseases the only real chance for a meaningful cure. I have been fortunate to observe many of these outcomes firsthand and can testify to the power of this approach for certain diseases."—James Craner, M.D., M.P.H.

"Dr. Fuhrman's book is revolutionary. It shows clearly and unmistakably the way to recover health, and could change the prevailing way of treating disease."—Theodore Coumentakis, M.D.

"If you are lucky, you will read Dr. Furhman's book before you have subjected yourself to medications and medical procedures. This book is for those who want to take charge over their health and well-being, and for those who want to embark on a journey toward a more satisfying life."—Don Jeret, M.D.

"I know that every health seeker in America will want to read this book. It provides a working knowledge of vital information that is currently known to relatively few people. Share it with those you love."—John Pilla, M.D.

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