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The comprehensive source of information on the health benefits of juicing.
This new edition of a beloved best-seller features 100 brand new recipes, now bringing the total number to 350. In addition, it offers new pages of health information, including a "healthy body systems" section that provides information on the critically important cardiovascular and immune systems. Any health-conscious person can now readily optimize the selections and combinations of prescriptive juices, which are thoroughly cross-referenced. Unchanged is the most popular section of the book, which addresses more than 80 common health conditions.
Some of the new juicing recipes from the "heart-healthy" section are:
- Deep orange heart -- a tantalizing combination of mango, cantaloupe, apricot and orange
- Strawberry sparkle -- a wonderful blend of strawberries, pomegranate, raspberries and cranberry juice
- Orange sunrise -- a mix of orange, kiwi, papaya and carrot... a glorious way to greet the day
- Melon mania -- a tasty blend of cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon and orange.
With health tips, preparation techniques, helpful sidebars and 16 pages of color photographs, this new edition of The Juicing Bible is packed with information that is essential for anyone who wants to explore all the nutritional benefits that natural foods can provide.
Karen Rallo
This book makes a good nutritional reference for anyone who is serious about his or her wellness.
KLIATT
For many years, nutritionists have urged people to eat more fruits and vegetables because they are low in fat and are important sources of vitamins and minerals. In this helpful book, you will find the nutritive values and healing properties of over 185 fruits, vegetables and herbs. There is also a special section that addresses over 80 common health conditions with prescriptive advice using specific juices, along with over 250 juicing recipes. These include both fruit and vegetable juices: for example, Cherry Sunrise, Watermelon Strawberry, Orange Zinger, Apple-Beet-Pear Spiced Carrot, and Tomato Tang. A special section includes "roughies," made with the pulp from juicing: e.g., Apple Rice Pudding, Papaya Marinade. A large section features recipes for smoothies: Cherries Jubilee, Frozen Fruit Slurry, Mango Madness, and Taste of the Tropics. Pat Crocker is a culinary herbalist who has written extensively in newspapers and magazines as well as producing an award-winning cookbook, also on herbs. Susan Eagles is a recognized expert in the field of medical herbalists. This book is an essential for anyone who wants to explore all the nutritional benefits that natural foods can provide. KLIATT Codes: JSARecommended for junior and senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2000, Firefly, 288p. illus. bibliog. index. 26cm., $18.95. Ages 13 to adult. Reviewer: Shirley Reis; IMC Dir., Lake Shore M.S., Mequon, WI , July 2001 (Vol. 35, No. 4)