Optimal Wellness: Where Mainstream and Alternative Medicine Meet
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (941 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0345358740 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly Prevention and self-care are the watchwords for this hefty health manual by a Seattle physician whose practice combines conventional and alternative medicine. Golan examines the underlying causes of chronic ailments, which he dubs the Ten Common Denominators of Illness. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. Dietary hazards and nutritional deficiencies receive the greatest attention; most of the other sources of illness he lists are also diet-related, e.g., toxic bowel, food allergies. In another section, he offers an alphabetical list of
Find a practical framework for identifying dietary hazards and creating your own optimal diet. If you fall into the gray zone between health and disease but your physician can't find anything wrong if you have an illness for which modern medicine can offer no cure if your medical treatments are "working," but you still don't feel healthy, then Optimal Wellness is just what the doctor ordered.This empowering self-care guide challenges the "crisis/disease" orientation of modern medicine -- prescription drugs, expensive surgery, and high-tech intervention -- and points the way to a more comprehensive system of health care that heals the whole person.Learn to identify and understand the "Ten Common D
Carol Mockridge said Optimal Wellness. The doctor can write! I finally understand the immune system, which vitamins to take and what's the big deal about free radicals and antioxidants. My friends constantly call me to look up what their doctors didn't explain clearly to them. The answers are always in Optimal Wellness. I tell them to buy the book. It's a real bargain.. wonderful resource to learn the holistic medicine I have read important issues of this book for three or four times and it really gives useful information as to how to view a disease from a holistic viewpoint. As an oriental medicine specialist in South Korea, I have been quite curious for what it is like for american alternative medical professionals to approach many kinds of disease, and as I read through this book I have been able to get a good picture of what the holistic medicine is like. As a result in these days comb. "Nutritional emphasis for healthier living" according to Lynn Harnett. After eight years of practicing conventional medicine, Ralph Golan, M.D., realized he would be happiest practicing "preventive and wellness medicine." Twelve years later this Seattle physician decided to share his approach - combining naturopathy and conventional medicine - in this convincing and inspirational health guide and reference work.The underpinnings of Golan's philosophy are nutritional, with an emphasis on natural foods, balance, and avoidance of sugar and process