Avenca

“Exceptionally well written, organized and presented for the benefit of the non-specialist general reader with an interest in weight control … an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library Health/Medicine collections and Weight Control supplemental studies curriculums.”–Susan Bethany “Midwest Book Review (MBR)”“In a sophisticated yet very accessible manner, Dr. Taylor provides all the information about the little fern avenca that has the unique ability to block calories - fats, sugars, and starches - from absorption from the gut, thereby reducing weight. In addition to this benefit, avenca’s other benefits include anti-aging action, treatments of nephrolithiasis, UTIs, diabetes, hair loss, asthma, hypertension and heart disease, wound healing problems, antibacterial actions, hypothyroidism - quite an impressive list of benefits. This is a solid little book that brings attention to yet another excellent herbal remedy about which we should all be aware. Dr Taylor’s discussion is lucid, thorough, and illuminating.”– “Grady Harp, top book reviewer”

Leslie Taylor, ND, survived a rare form of leukemia by following alternative and herbal medicinal therapies. A practicing herbalist and naturopath, Dr. Taylor has been researching, studying, and documenting herbal medicine for more than twenty years. She is the founder of Raintree Nutrition Inc., a company dedicated to making rainforest botanicals available while preserving the forests from destruction. Dr. Taylor lectures and teaches classes worldwide in naturopathic medicine, herbal medicine, ethnobotany, and environmental and sustainability issues.