Chapter Number:
17
Pages From:
441
To:
475
Book Title:
Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine: Traditional System, Ethics, Safety, Efficacy, and Regulatory Issues
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons
Edition:
1
Date:
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Abstract:
Modern science is now rediscovering the power of food. Numerous scientific publications
and books are filled with information on functional foods, dietary fiber, vitamins, how to
detoxify the body by altering the diet, and books touting certain ways of eating such as
macrobiotic or vegan as a “cure all” for any disease. Other books give specific recipes or lists
of foods that cure various diseases. In reality, healing with food is one of the oldest methods
of healing known to man and is not a “new” concept in any way. It is also one of the most ...