Books published by Basic Health Publications

Eating the right food has been proven to boost IQ, improve mood and emotional stability, sharpen the memory, and keep the mind young. This book covers a wide range of important topics and should be of interest to anyone who wants to think and feel great.

The focus of this book is how we can get better using practical, effective and safe natural therapies. The effective use of nutritional supplements and natural diet saves money, pain and lives. This title provides information on: Nutritional therapy for more than 80 health conditions; How to improve one''s health through changes to diet and lifestyle; Practical tips on juicing and growing a vegetable garden; The latest scientifically validated supplement recommendations.

Alcoholics suffer from a nutrient deficiency, especially vitamin B3. This work outlines the nutritional factors proven successful in treating alcoholism. It can help those who suffer from alcohol addiction, their friends and loved-ones, and those in the relevant helping professions.

The B-complex vitamins are a family of nutrients that play multifaceted and essential roles in health and preventing disease. They are needed to make and repair DNA and increase energy levels-both key steps for slowing the aging process. Some B vitamins are needed to make mood-enhancing neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, and can have powerful antidepressant benefits. The B vitamin folic acid reduces blood levels of homocysteine, a known risk factor for heart disease, stroke, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease. Vitamin B12 is needed for normal mental function, and low levels can mimic senility. This book explores the remarkable benefits of these and the rest of the B-complex family of vitamins.

Why juice? You cannot buy freshly prepared vegetable juice in any store at any price - unless they literally juice the vegetables right in front of your eyes and you drink it down before they make you pay for it. Any juice in a carton, can or bottle has been heat treated and was certainly packaged at least a few days, if not weeks, months or even years ago. This applies to frozen juice, too. So you need to make your own. This book tells you how, and more especially, exactly why you want to juice.

This readable guidebook will assist anyone suffering from digestive problems or those who just want to make sure that they are providing optimal nutrition to their bodies. Straightforward, clear explanations on how and when to treat digestive issues with healthy, natural nutrition and vitamin therapies.

This title includes information on the proper safety and handling of oils, extraction methods, practical everyday uses, documented properties and methods of use. The chapters detail ancient historical to present-day uses from around the world for carrier oils, essential oils, Co2 extracts, absolutes, and infused oils.

Throughout the world, healing therapies using oxygen, ozone and hydrogen peroxide have been common for treating a wide array of diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, and arthritis. Dr Yutsis has been using these bio-oxidative techniques for years. Here he describes the four main types of oxygen therapy, accompanied by scientific research and anecdotal evidence.

This book shows readers how they can personally direct and monitor their own health and become proactive in optimizing their quality of life. Thanks to the latest advances in genetic science, one no longer has to be a victim of genetic inheritance.

Essential oils, known for their healing properties as far back as ancient Mesopotamia and Babylonia, have reached their zenith in Madagascar, says Dr. Georges M. Halpern, author of The Healing Trail: Essential Oils of Madagascar. This interesting, informative, and clearly written new book is well-documented, with entertaining historical stories sprinkled throughout, including how eighteenth-century botanists succeeded in making this land a garden for botanical study. Madagascar, the planet''s fourth largest island, has long been famous for the individuality of its flora and fauna, and for the essential oils that many consider the best in the world. This book explains why and tells us what makes these oils so potent and effective. It details their use in aromatherapy, a healing method almost as old as medicine itself, and their many benefits to the perfume, cosmetic, and food industries; it describes the successful efforts of villagers to create a sustainable economy around them without having to cut down the rainforest, and offers practical advice for people wishing to visit this lushly beautiful island, "the naturalist''s promised land." Dr. Halpern gives the history and the chemical and botanical makeup of eight essential oils (for example, tropical basil, cinnamon leaf and bark, geranium leaf, ginger, and vanilla) and tells how they are best used to promote physical and emotional health. We learn where they are grown on the island, how they are cultivated, what studies are being conducted, and what scientists believe might be future uses for them.The Healing Trail: Essential Oils of Madagascar is an essential resource for learning how the unique aspects of this island have coalescedto create superior essential oils like no others on earth, and how these oils can be put to use for maximum benefit.

This book looks at how hospital care got on the wrong track, from historical and economic perspectives. It then offers suggestions for minimizing the risks of a hospital stay and ways to improve your on experience. Good nutrition is the key - to boost your immune system, speed recovery from illness, and reduce your need for pharmaceuticals.

From the author of the best-seller Alzheimer''s Disease; What if There Was a Cure?, Mary T. Newport, M.D.,now presents this guide of how to integrate diet in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

"Revive, rejuvenate, and revitalize your heart"--Cover.

A useful and comprehensive resource for anyone who has fallen through the medical cracks, HEALING IS POSSIBLE provides readers with new hope for healing. Through direct, hands-on experience, Dr. Nathan has brought countless people relief from their long-term symptoms and illnesses. Like a top-notch medical detective, Dr. Nathan gathers the facts and uncovers the clues one by one to bring about a steady improvement in his patients'' health. Only when doctor and patient work as a team can they achieve the best possible results.In HEALING IS POSSIBLE, Dr. Nathan identifies the twelve major imbalances in the body that often contribute to chronic and/or complex illnesses, such as chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. Unfortunately, these imbalances are often overlooked or ignored by mainstream medicine. By identifying and treating these imbalances-which he calls the "Big Six" and "Little Six"-symptoms often improve or resolve completely. While further investigation is sometimes necessary for complete healing, when a well-informed and valiant effort is made on the patient''s behalf, Dr. Nathan assures readers that healing really is possible.Cutting-edge diagnostic tools and treatments are discussed in easy-to-understand language, arming the reader with information that may be vital for finally bringing them relief from their long-term health complaints, including chronic pain. Further, the importance of having an open mind and good attitude-on both the part of the physician and the patient-are on top of Dr. Nathan''s list. A caring and knowledgeable physician can make a world of difference, as illustrated by the case studies included throughout the book. Further reading concluding each chapter offers additional help and information.