Download or read book Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs in Health Promotion written by Ronald Ross Watson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-09-11 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of dietary vegetables and medicinal herbs to improve health is a phenomenon that is taking society by storm. Herbal products are now a multi-billion dollar business. Even more important, this business is built upon extremely little research data. The FDA is pushing the industry-with Congress' help- to base their claims and products on scien