Levin Buck - Staying healthy with nutrition: the complete guide to diet and nutritional medicine

Copyright 2006 by Elson M. Haas

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Celestial Arts, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York

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Cover by Betsy Stromberg
Cover art by Mohammad Rezaiian

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Watercress Salad with Pollution Solution Dressing from Airola Diet and Cookbook (Phoenix, AZ: Health Plus Publishers, 1981) 1981 by Paavo Airola. Reprinted with permission of the publisher.

Banana-Yogurt Freeze from Fast Vegetarian Feasts , rev. ed. (New York: Dolphin Books, 1986) 1986 by Martha Rose Shulman, Reprinted with permission of the publisher.

Tofu Mayonnaise and Tofu Sour Cream from New Laurels Kitchen , 2nd ed. (Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1986) 1976, 1986 by the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation, Inc. Reprinted with permission of the publisher.

Sesame Squash Butter, Sweet Carrot Butter, and Wheat-free Pie Crust from Self-Healing Cookbook (Grass Valley, CA: Earthtones Press, 1987) by Kristina Turner. Reprinted with permission of the publisher.

Low-fat, Low-salt Vinaigrette from Stress, Diet, and Your Health (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1982) 1982 by Dean Ornish, MD. Reprinted with permission of the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Haas, Elson M., 1947
Staying healthy with nutrition: the complete guide to diet & nutritional medicine / Elson M. Haas with Buck Levin. 21st century ed.
p.; cm.
Rev. and updated of Staying healthy with nutrition / Elson M. Haas. c1992.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN: 978-1-60774-507-5
1. Nutrition. 2. Diet therapy.
[DNLM: 1. NutritionUnited StatesPopular Works. 2. CookeryUnited StatesPopular Works. 3. DietUnited StatesPopular Works. 4. FoodUnited StatesPopular Works. 5. Health PromotionUnited StatesPopular Works. 6. Life StyleUnited StatesPopular Works. QU 145 H14s 2006] I. Levin, Buck. II. Title.

QP141.H183 2006
613.2dc22
2005037354

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To Mother Earth and our Earth Mothers:

To the awesome and amazingly durable Mother Earth for our precious food supply. We dedicate this book to a Staying Healthy awareness of the importance of wholesome foods, free of chemicals. We offer our prayers that industry, government, corporations, and consumers align with the Divine to protect the health of our planet and prevent further harm to the Earth and her People.

A Seed is a Miracle and our fresh foods are still a great Blessing!

To my Mother, Shirley Ellis Haas , my first nourisher and loving supporter. Thank you for your good health and love of good food. Stay Healthy.

To dear Sheila Spritzer , mother of associate and book partner, Bethany Argisle , for being the Queen of the sharp mind and being a dedicated server, qualities that you passed to your daughter.

To Bethany for being the Mother of my dreams and career. Your passion and diligence are truly appreciated.

And to my Children, Orion and Ishara ; Bucks son, Peyton ; and to all Children and their Children to comeMay we protect the Earth so that our resources and sustenance continue for millennium to come. Blessed Be!

First I want to truly acknowledge Bethany Argisle for her continued grand efforts and results on my behalf in the current run of 30 years of our blendship. Thank you, Bethany, for your inspiration and work as a creator and conceptual designer, supporter, and friend, and for your great guidance in my career as author and teacher, and reacher for good health through good nutrition. You have been there with all the books changes and updates, making them great. Thank you so much.

To Buck Levin , PhD, for your thorough review and useful additions to the original text, for your depth of knowledge in all things nutritional, and for the full references you have provided for the students using this book to understand more fully the concepts contained herein.

To Windy Ferges for your consistent and conscientious work in overseeing this immense project with all the people and timetables involved. Your editorial skills in this book project were invaluable. Thank you.

To Jo Ann Deck , Celestial Arts publisher, and the whole team at my longtime publishing supporter, especially Julie Bennett as chief editor and Betsy Stromberg as book designer.

To David Hinds the original guide at Celestial Artsfor supporting and bringing forth that original big baby book of Staying Healthy with Nutrition , and in keeping it all in one text. And to Hal Kramer , who first opened the door at Celestial Arts (the company you started) way back in 1979.

To Neil Murray for your brilliance and professionalism in overseeing the design and organi-zation of the first edition of Staying Healthy with Nutrition , and your clear insights and great design on my first book, Staying Healthy with the Seasons .

To Eleonora Manzolini for your writing and recipe ideas in , for your wonderful devotion to great natural cuisine. It is a real joy to work with you.

To Jeffrey H. Reinhardt , nutritional biochemist and mind of minds, for your in-depth work in reviewing my original manuscript for accuracy.

To Evelyn Brown for your amazing ability to read my writing, and for typing the original handwritten manuscript, which was years of work. Bless you!

To Dr. Ed Bauman for your review of the fasting and detoxification sections and your support of nutrition education at your school, Bauman College.

To Clayton College for Natural Health and all the devoted staff for your support and continued use of Staying Healthy with Nutrition as your course text.

To Mohammad Rezaiian for your incredible talent and the beautiful painting you did, which we used a part of for this books cover. You made all those fruits and vegetables come to life.

Elson

I would like to say that Ive never met a meal I didnt remember, although there have been a few I wouldnt mind forgetting. After digesting and assimilating the many thousands of cuisine concoctions consumed, I have metabolized them into the nearly 1,000 pages you have before you. I hope youll like the flavor of this book. Please though, dont try to eat it all in one meal. Take your time, chew well, let it digest and assimilatethen youll be able to use it for energy and health now and beyond.

I am quite proud of Staying Healthy with Nutrition . It was a labor of love and loads of work that took many years with my original book team of Bethany Argisle and Neil Murray, plus the supportive folks at Celestial Arts, led at that time by David Hinds. David believed the world was ready for a large nutrition text with the alternative and progressive slant to include the wide use of nutritional supplements and detoxification. Well, he was right!

Staying Healthy with Nutrition has been well received and widely used by individuals, health and medical practitioners, and schools that teach nutrition. As an example, Clayton College for Natural Health, Bauman College, and many others have used this book as part of their basic nutrition courses in providing degrees and certifications in nutrition. Taking this into accountalong with the great changes, studies, and new knowledge in nutritional medicineit was imperative to create an updated edition of this tome with the latest in research.