The Food Pharmacy Author:Jean Carper Garlic to fight blood clots? Oats to lower cholesterol and curb constipation? A glass of water laced with Tabasco to battle bronchitis and emphysema? Carrots to ward of lung cancer? Legumes to aid in the control of diabetes? Exciting new medical and scientific evidence says a resounding "yes." Everyday foods have many of the same properties ... more »as pharmaceutical drugs. We have unlimited access to a food pharmacy of unimaginable versatility and complexity...Inside "The Food Pharmacy" you will discover new medical and scientific discoveries confirming food's pharmacological effects, twelve fascinating case studies of pioneering scientists who are on the frontiers of discovering new medical applications for common foods, a modern Pharmacopoetia listing more than fifty foods and their therapeutic uses, facts, and folklore, a guide to disease and the foods that can effectively alleviate them.« less