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Over 2 000 years ago Hippocrates wrote: Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food. Each one of the substances in a man's diet, acts upon his body and changes it in some way, and upon these changes his whole life depends, whether he be in health, in sickness or convalescent. To be sure, there can be little knowledge more necessary. Now, as never before, we have to really reconsider these wise words for in our modern fast-paced, stressed, over-wrought and fear-filled lives, we are not coping and we are not glowing with abundant health and well-being. With Healing foods, prolific author Margaret Roberts brings nature's pharmacy into our homes and into our lives. Step by step, and easily accessible, she showcases the superfoods and warns of the danger foods, and lists the ailments we suffer from, offering comforting natural ways of correcting and rebuilding our health and regaining our vitality. More than 150 common and lesser-known vegetables, fruits, herbs, spices and other food plants that are the building blocks of good health are described in full, covering aspects such as: the plant's history and origin; instructions on how to grow the plant; medicinal uses and major nutrients; ideas on how to include the plant in the diet, along with recipes; cosmetic and household uses and other interesting facts and hints. The book concludes with an extensive A-Z list of ailments, with information on which danger foods to avoid and which superfoods, supplements and other therapies to consider to bring relief for each of the more than 100 common ailments discussed. This book is essential reading for each of us in our quest for health and energy in an increasingly stress-filled world.

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A book such as Healing Foods by Margaret Roberts could have the potential to overwhelm. However, it has been concisely set out with chapters such as Healing foods at a Glance, an A-Z Ailment Chart and of course Healing Plants, which devotes a page to each food plant and includes tips on how to grow and properly use them. The addition of recipes makes it easy to incorporate these vital food plants into daily living and thus allows us to attain a state of wellness so lacking in a time when many of us are plagued by stress, fatigue and over-exposure to pollutants.

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Margaret Roberts was probably one of the first organic farmers in Southern Africa. She imported the first herbs into South Africa over 40 years ago and has trialled and tested unusual medicinal and food plants at her Herbal Centre at De Wildt ever since. She is the author of more than 30 books, and Healing Foods is the culmination of her many years of dedication to building wellness naturally, a mammoth work that reflects this enduring passion.

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