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Course reading list:

Anatomy and Physiology

Anatomy and Physiology, Ross and Wilson, 0443064687 £26.99 **

Pathophysiology for Health Professions, B Gould, 0721693849 £41.99 **

Pocket guide to Clinical Examination, Epstein et al, 0723432309, £13.95 *

Mosby's Medical Dictionary, Mosby, 0723432252, £24.95*

Pathology illustrated, Church, Livingstone, 044305956X, £36.99*

British National Formulary, Mehta, 0853696357, £17.95

Nutrition

Healing with Whole Foods, Paul Pitchford, 1556434715, £26.75*

The Tao of Healthy Eating, Bob Flaw, 0936185929, £12.30

Staying Healthy with Nutrition, Elson Haas, 0890874816, £32.25

Food Your Miracle Medicine, Jean Carper, 0671037358, £8.99

The Raw Gourmet, Nomi Shannon, 0920470483, £21.20

Other books I am reading at the moment:

Eating Alive: Prevention thru good digestion, Dr Jonn Matsen

Ute recommended his other book, which comes after this one I believe, 'The Secrets to Great Health, by your 9 Liver Dwarves', but upon looking on Amazon and reading reviews I thought it might be good to start with this one first.  12th May 2006: I have just finished reading this and it is excellent… a really readable and engaging book explaining the fascinating nature of our digestive system, how it relates to our health, and how to understand its processes in order that we can feed it well and allow it to function efficiently. 

'L' is for Labels, Amanda Ursell

One I picked up for £2 at the Works… seems like a useful little resource for understanding the jargon and laws of food labelling

Perfect Health: The complete mind/body guide, Deepak Chopra

Really interesting introduction to Ayurveda. 

Better Health Through Natural Healing, Ross Trattler

I've had this one for a few years, its a family medical sourcebook of Naturopathic Medicine.  Highly recommend it – every home should have a copy.  Copies can be picked up quite cheaply on Amazon.

The Dictionary of Nutritional Health, Adrienne Mayes

Another useful resource book for the shelf…

Food Combining for Health: A new look at the Hay System, Doris Grant and Jean Joice

I have just picked this one up, looks very interesting – its looks at the Hay system, which similarly to Dr Jonn Matsen's system of eating is worked around how your body digests certain foods, and eating in the right way to facilitate efficient digestion.  The beginning chapters give a brief history of the public and medical opinion of nutrition in relation to health and disease which is really interesting.