natural foods

Step by step advice for eliminating the most common health problems facing teenagers today.

An introduction to the benefits of natural foods, discussing farmers' markets, organic crops, local ingredients, gardening, composting, and other topics and providing suggestions on how readers can be a part of the green movement.

A guide to organic living that explains simple strategies that can help people make small changes in their lives that will help them begin to create an organic lifestyle.

A comprehensive guide to using organic foods in cooking that describes the wide range of organic ingredients available and offers advice on how to choose, store, and prepare them.

Relates success stories about people who apply innovative techniques to produce natural foods and products which protect the environment and save money and energy.

Draws on articles, quotes, and anecdotes from the pages of "USA Today" to explore the organic movement, discussing its impact on the environment and human health, the benefits and drawbacks of an organic lifestyle, organic methods of raising livestock and food, and other related topics.

Presents a consumer guide to the organic food industry and the organic products available in today's supermarket. Explains the standards of organic products along with their labels and seals. Discusses the health benefits and quality improvements of organic products versus conventional products. Reveals the effects of commonly-used pesticides, hormones, toxins, bacteria and genetically-modified foods.