Practical and heavily illustrated, Food is Medicine is the best guide on the market for explaining the healing properties of the foods we eat. With an understanding that specific foods prevent, and heal, certain medical conditions, the book is split into three parts. Part one is a directory to more than 140 healing foods; Part two is a coverage of 80 common ailments; Part three offers over 180 specially devised recipes for health and healing, followed by a four-week detox program.