Nonfiction Book Proposal
CHOCOLATE: Nature’s Gift of Health
www.chocolatehealthbook.com
Phillip Minton, M.D. Book Description Author: Phillip Minton, MD is a published author and physician with special expertise in cell biology, alternative medicine, and natural health. Title: Chocolate Nature’s Gift of Health Topic: Health benefits of consuming wholesome chocolate. Subject Areas: Current credible scientific evidence that healthy chocolate yields many health benefits. Weight loss and low-carb dieting with chocolate. Antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, preventing heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, dementia, and cancer. Thesis: Consumption of wholesome chocolate may yield substantial health benefits. Synopsis: All the most recent scientific evidence for the beneficial health effects of chocolate are reviewed in a manner that the average reader can understand. References to research are provided for the more scholarly readers. Significant portions of the book are devoted to helping the reader use chocolate to improve their own personal health. Many disease states are discussed along with hints on how to consume chocolate to obtain specific benefits. Preventive effects of chocolate on cancer, heart disease, strokes, brain disease, dementia, obesity, and diabetes are discussed in detail. Uniqueness: No other book provides an understandable overview of the current scientific information in this area. No other book about chocolate and health is written by a medical doctor and expert in biological science. Market: The topics of chocolate, healthy diet and lifestyle, and natural ways to treat and prevent common degenerative diseases are very popular today. There is a large potential market among average Americans for this type of informational and self-help book written by an expert who writes in a style that is easy to understand. Additionally, more scholarly readers can use this as a reference, since the scientific literature is heavily noted. Chocolate manufacturers and retailers may wish to utilize this book for sales, marketing, and public relations or education efforts. Work In Progress Table of Contents: Provided following. Sample Text: Provided following. Estimate of Size: The book is estimated to yield 200 standard pages of book print. Completion: The entire text of the book is completed and copyrighted. Copyright: USPTO registration # TXu1-232-668, April , 2005. Competition Books: There are no books devoted solely to a discussion of the health benefits of chocolate. Author Biography Text: Follows
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