cover image Meals That Heal: Over 175 Simple Everyday Recipes That Help Prevent and Treat Disease

Meals That Heal: Over 175 Simple Everyday Recipes That Help Prevent and Treat Disease

Anne Egan. Rodale Press, $29.95 (410pp) ISBN 978-1-57954-419-5

Prevention magazine examines the healing properties of foods in Meals That Heal: Over 150 Simple Everyday Recipes That Help Prevent & Treat Disease. Anne Egan and Regina Ragone have assembled nutrition-packed dishes that are both salutary and delicious. The easy-to-use format groups recipes by meal (including dessert) and type of food. Recipes include Pasta Salad with Shrimp and Broccoli, and Pan-Seared Red Snapper with Olive Crust. Each has a sidebar listing the health problems it helps and/or treats and its nutritional value, along with health warnings when applicable. The index lists recipes according to the health problems they ameliorate. To help stimulate the taste buds are 150 b&w photographs and 30 b&w illustrations. (Oct. 3)