Win The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia by Rebecca Wood! Comment here to enter
Best books about healthy food? Win one of my favorites!
My family is over-run with educators. My parents are both teachers, my step-mom is a teacher, my aunt is a (now retired) public school librarian, my grandmother taught art, and I've been known to lead a class or two on food, health, and cooking. I guess we just think we're a bunch of smarty-pants! 
Maybe all this love for education is where I picked up this habit of acquiring reference books. I can't help myself when I see a cardboard box of books on the sidewalks of Brooklyn with a "FREE" sign written on the side. I've been known to head to the grocery store and come home with an armload of free books instead of kale and potatoes like I originally intended. I just love books. I grew up in Portland, Oregon, the home of Powell's Bookstore, a mecca for readers and bibliophiles. (I can't tell you how thrilled I am to have my first book signing scheduled for Powell's this coming November 30th!)All this being said, I love reference books. And one of my favorite food reference books is a well-known tome to those in the holistic health community. I actually had to buy the updated version recently because my old copy was falling apart from so much use! Rebecca Wood's The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia is a treasure of information on why whole foods are good for you, and exactly what they do for the body. Drawing on research from western science, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda, Wood has compiled the end-all, be-all book for anyone who likes adding nutrient rich foods to their menus.Need to create a menu to support liver or heart health? Simply turn to the well-organized, yet simple index in the back and find a whole list of foods used for those organs. Having inflammation problems, or been diagnosed with a damp condition? Look in the back and you'll find anti-inflammatory food lists as well as drying foods.Each whole food, including beans, grains, vegetables, fruits, herbs, spices, natural seasonings, sweeteners and more, is listed with a botanical description, medicinal benefits, use, and storage tips. In a word, it's fabulous. No matter how many books I read and lovingly give-away over the years, I'll never be without this book. 
Since I recommend it so often to clients and readers, I contacted Rebecca who was kind enough to offer a free copy to one lucky reader of my blog! Simply leave a comment here by Friday, October 15th, and you could be randomly chosen to win this book! (P.S. Share this post on Facebook or Twitter, and you'll be entered twice!
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@alexnutrition: Enter to win The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia by R Wood on my blog! Great book for healthy meal plans: http://bit.ly/aO5AWi
If you can't wait and want a copy now, go here and order it through my Amazon Store & save $6!You'll be so glad you did~Be well, Alex