Jean Carper

May 28, 2025, 6:15 PM

Jean Carper's Total Nutrition Guide

From inside back cover:

"THE PIONEERS. jEAN cARPER RECOUNTS THE LANDMARK WORK OF TWELVE SCIENTISTS, INCLUDING dR. dALE hAMMERSCHMIDT'S INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE BLOOD-THINNING PROPERTIES OF cHINESE MUSHROOMS; dR. iRWIN zIMENT'S RESEARCH INTO THE USE OF CHILI PEPPERS AS A TONIC FOR PULMONARY DISORDERS; AND dR. aNTHONY sOBOTA'S STARTLING DISCOVERY THAT CRANBERRIES, a natural antibiotic, form a blockade so powerful that harmful bacteria can't stick to cells. These and other medical adventures herald the start of a wondrous new era in using diet to preserve health.

Ultimately, Jean Carper's THE FOOD PHARMACY is an upbeat, fascinating uide to understanding what folklore has proclaimed for centuries and science is now confirming: that food is powerful medicine, a special antidote against chronic disease, our gravest health threat. Using this dramatic new knowledge is the best prescription for a long and healthy life."

"Jean Carper is a well-known authority on health and nutrition. She is a former senior medical correspondent for CNN in Washington and a former radio and TV on-air reporter. She has written fifteen books, most recently "Jean Carper's Total Nutrition Guide. A Book-of-the-Month Club Selection."

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She has a website, find her contact info and add to cc because she was a reporter.