**Phyllis A. Balch, CNC *, was a certified nutritional consultant who came to the field as a result of experiencing directly the benefits of using diet and nutrition as remedies for sickness. She was the author of the bestselling Prescription for Nutritional Healing *, as well as Prescription for Nu...

**Phyllis A. Balch, CNC *, was a certified nutritional consultant who came to the field as a result of experiencing directly the benefits of using diet and nutrition as remedies for sickness. She was the author of the bestselling Prescription for Nutritional Healing *, as well as Prescription for Nutritional Healing: The A-to-Z Guide to Supplements and Prescription for Herbal Healing. In addition to revising the sixth edition of Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Stacey J. Bell, DSc , has been a registered dietitian and nutritionist for more than forty years. She received a doctorate in nutrition, with honors, from Boston University. Bell has served on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and published more than seventy peer-reviewed scientific articles.