HEALTHY FOODS FROM A TO Z

A Comprehensive, Alphabetical Guide to Healing Foods

and Healthy Eating—Plus Recipes by Sheila Buff, the writer behind six national bestsellers and more than a dozen other highly successful trade titles

Even as Americans are increasingly aware of the need to eat better, the average American takes in more calories and gets less nutrition than ever. Healthy Foods A to Z is designed to help individuals and parents fight back against the onslaught

of fast food and junk food by helping them learn to eat real food.

Healthy Foods from A to Z takes the confusion out of

eating a better diet. It gives consumers the solid, fact-based information they need to choose and enjoy the healthy,

healing foods found in any supermarket.

Each of the 140 food entries includes:

    •Description of the food, including alternate names, ethnic origins, historic info, factoids, etc.

    •Complete nutritional breakdown for each food: calories,

fat, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, minerals, trace minerals

    •Thorough, honest discussion of the health and healing

value of the food and how it can help treat or prevent health problems. The discussion is based on the latest scientific research, with citation to the professional literature.

    •Buying, storage, and preparation tips

    •Warnings about excess consumption, dangerous food/drug combinations, etc., where necessary

    •Basic cooking advice

    •One to three simple, healthful, interesting recipes using

the food as the primary ingredient. Recipes will be chosen

from world cuisine but will avoid costly or unusual ingredients.             

    •Although many recipes will be meatless, this is not a

vegetarian cookbook. Full proposal, with market and competition assessments, is available by return email.

CLEAR YOUR INDOOR AIR WITH PLANTS: small-to-medium format, full color, 96 book pages by Anne Halpin (see author bio page). Concept and writing samples available.

Home How-to

CHAINSAW SAVVY: Cutting, Sharpening & Troubleshooting by Neil Soderstrom. Available for update

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DOING YOUR OWN FIREWOOD by Neil Soderstrom. Available for update and expansion.

HEATING YOUR HOME WITH WOOD by Neil Soderstrom Available for update and expansion. Here’s what reviewers said about the first edition:

UNINTENDED USES FOR EVERYDAY THINGS: Bicycle inner tubes, plastic food containers, steel electrical conduit, plastic plumbing pipe, 5-gallon plastic buckets, old broomsticks, old lamp shades, old paint brushes, old tooth brushes, etc. The bird feeder at right repurposes (top to bottom) a pie tin,  a

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