How can I learn more about healthy foods and herbs?

I’d like to rely on the food that I eat to maintain my health, but I don’t really know anything about natural health, or the best foods or herbs for health, and can’t make heads or tails of all the information on the Web. Are there any reliable resources that you can recommend?

— Jody Whitten
Dadeville, Alabama

James A. Duke’s book The Green Pharmacy is a well-regarded and long-standing guide to using herbs for health. The book has been in print for more than 10 years, and is available online and in bookstores.

Here are a couple of other recommended books from our friends at Herb Companion magazine:

Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Balch & Balch

Herbal Remedies for Dummies by Christopher Hobbs

The New Healing Herbs by Michael Castleman

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

You can also find a lot of great information on the Herb Companion website.

— Aubrey Vaughn, assistant editor

Comments

Pimmy Huisman 3/19/2009 3:47:46 PM

A very good source on healing (or maintaining health) with whole foods is: Healing with Whole Foods -Asian traditions and modern nutrition- by Paul Pitchford.
Very well written with tons of information. I consult the book several times a week. Just love it..........
DeniseP 2/12/2009 4:09:56 PM

I wish I had read your magazine yrs before! am a country grown girl and am loving all the articles you carry>

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