8 Weeks to Optimum Health A Proven Program for Taking Full
Advantage of
Your Body's Natural Healing Power by Andrew Weil, M.D.
Book
Description
In Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, Dr. Andrew Weil translates the
brilliant insights and discoveries he outlined in his acclaimed
bestseller, Spontaneous Healing, into a practical plan of action: a
week-by-week, step-by-step program for enhancing and protecting
present and lifelong health. The Eight-Week Program sets up a
foundation for healthy living that will keep your body's natural
healing system in peak working order. With clearly defined and
authoritatively informed recommendations, Dr. Weil explains how to
¸ Build a lifestyle that protects you from premature
illness and disability
¸ Fine-tune your current eating habits so that your diet is more
nutritious
¸ Walk and stretch in regimens that satisfy weekly exercise
requirements
¸ Safeguard your healing system by adding four antioxidant
supplements--vitamin C and E, selenium, and mixed carotenes--to your
diet
¸ Incorporate five basic breathing exercises for greater relaxation
and energy
¸ Benefit from visualization, overcome sleeping problems, and test
and filter your water supply
¸ Make art, music, and the natural world more important parts of
your life
Cooked A
Natural History of Transformation By
Michael Pollan
InCooked,
Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen.
Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements—fire,
water, air, and earth—to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to
eat and drink. Apprenticing himself to a succession of culinary masters, Pollan
learns how to grill with fire, cook with liquid, bake bread, and ferment
everything from cheese to beer.
Each section ofCookedtracks
Pollan’s effort to master a single classic recipe using one of the four
elements. A North Carolina barbecue pit master tutors him in the primal magic of
fire; a Chez Panisse–trained cook schools him in the art of braising; a
celebrated baker teaches him how air transforms grain and water into a fragrant
loaf of bread; and finally, several mad-genius “fermentos” (a tribe that
includes brewers, cheese makers, and all kinds of picklers) reveal how fungi and
bacteria can perform the most amazing alchemies of all. The reader learns
alongside Pollan, but the lessons move beyond the practical to become an
investigation of how cooking involves us in a web of social and ecological
relationships. Cooking, above all, connects us.
The effects of not cooking are similarly far reaching. Relying upon corporations
to process our food means we consume large quantities of fat, sugar, and salt;
disrupt an essential link to the natural world; and weaken our relationships
with family and friends. In fact,Cookedargues,
taking back control of cooking may be the single most important step anyone can
take to help make the American food system healthier and more sustainable.
Reclaiming cooking as an act of enjoyment and self-reliance, learning to perform
the magic of these everyday transformations, opens the door to a more nourishing
life.
Disconnected
The
Truth about
Cell Phone Radiation, what the industry has done to hide it, and how
to protect your family. by
Devra Davis
Foreward by David Servan-Schreiber
Devra Davis presents an array of recent and long suppressed research
in this timely bombshell. Cell phone radiation is a national
emergency. Stunningly, the most popular gadget of our age has now
been shown to damage DNA, break down the brain's defenses, and
reduce sperm count while increasing memory loss, the risk of
Alzheimer's disease, and even cancer. The growing brains of children
make them especially vulnerable. And half of the world's four
billion cell phone used by people under twenty.
Davis, the founding director of the toxicology and environmental
studies board at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, takes
readers through the dark side of this trillion-dollar industry.
Health experts have long been frozen out of policy-making decisions
about cell phones; federal regulatory standards are set by the cell
phone industry itself. Cell phone manufacturers have borrowed the
playbook of the tobacco industry. One secret memo reveals their war
plan against reports of cell phone dangers.
Among a host of fascinating characters, Davis introduces Om P.
Gandhi, a world expert on how cell phone radiation penetrates the
human brain. Once a consultant to major cell phone companies, Gandhi
now refuses to work with them. Franz Adlkofer led the multi-lab
study that showed once and for all that brain cell DNA is unraveled
by cell phone microwave radiation-and, as Davis dramatically
portrays, it nearly cost him his career.
As this eye-opening call to action shows, we can make safer cell
phones now. Why would we put our children at risk of a devastating
epidemic of brain illness in the years to come?.
In this Briefing Robin Stott proposes
solutions to the key problems that beset our
present health system. He argues that if we
are to develop a true public health service
rather than a 'disease service', we must
make radical changes to the decision-making
processes.
Enduring Seeds Native
American Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation by
Gary Paul Nabhan (Author)
In
this collection of seven essays, Reid, a mountaineer for 25 yearsfor
25 years, or he's 25 years old? , aims high: it is the soul of the
climber at timberline that holds his interest. Reid believes we can
find our way "home," back to our roots, by visiting mountains and
wilderness. Blending facts and his emotions,, the author beautifully
and passionately describes his experiences on the slopes and the
residue from each. In the Tetons, he glimpsed the affinity between
love and death. Atop the sacred Navaho peak Tsoodzi, he underwent
spiritual reawakening. In the Catskills, mountain became educator.
Retracing part of the 1833 trail of ol' Joe Walker's party in the
Sierras, Reid discovered the joy of perseverance, which the group
found on "gazing at last on the great blue dream of the Pacific." A
better guide than Reid would be hard to find. (May)per MS, but May
on drop sheet/should have changed date on mss; sorry; may it is
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.d
Energy
Medicine
The Scientific Basis of Bioenergy Therapies
Forward by Candace, Ph.D. Pert Book Description
There is growing interest world wide in the field of mind-body
medicine and the effect which the natural "energy forces" within the
body play in the maintenance of normal health and wellbeing. This in
turn has led to interest in how these energies or forces may be
channelled to assist in healing and restoration to health. This
book, written by a well known scientist with a degree in biophysics
and a PhD in biology, brings together for the first time evidence
from a wide range of disciplines which is beginning to provide an
acceptable explanation for the energetic exchanges that take place
in all therapies.
The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help
Save Your Life And Our World
by John Robbins
In
1987, John Robbins published Diet for a New America, which was an
early version of this book, and he started the food revolution. He
continues to work tirelessly to promote conscious food choices more
than 20 years later.
First published in 2001, The Food Revolution is still one of the
most frequently cited and talked about books of the food-politics
revolution. It was one of the very first books to discuss the
negative health effects of eating genetically modified foods and
animal products of all kinds, to expose the dangers inherent in our
factory farming system, and to advocate a complete plant-based diet.
The book garnered endorsements by everyone from Paul Hawken to Neal
Donald Walsch, Marianne Williamson to Julia Butterfly Hill. After
ten years in print, The Food Revolution is timelier than ever--and a
very compelling read. The 10th anniversary edition has an updated,
new contemporary look and a new introduction by the author.
Hope's Edge The Next Diet for a
Small Planet
by Frances Moore Lappe, Anna Lappe
Amazon.com Review
Thirty years after Frances Lappe's
Diet for a Small Planet changed eating habits
around the world, she and her daughter Anna bring us
a new round of iconoclastic recommendations that
break overwhelming issues down to a simple matter of
personal choice. Hope's Edge presents many of the
same issues of the original title, but it also
provides a wealth of new discoveries and
possibilities in this era of genetically engineered
foods, worldwide famine, and growing rates of
obesity-related health issues.
Beyond discussing a wide range of reasons to become
a vegetarian (and that means no fish or chicken
either, folks), the authors introduce you to a
number of individual reasons for hope--Bob, the
Wisconsin cheese maker; Jean-Yves, the farmer from
Brittany who created the Sustainable Agriculture
Network; and Muhammad Yunas, who has changed the
lives of countless living in poverty with his
remarkable microcredit programs. Along with these
stories and the theories they're based on, you'll
also find luscious recipes calling for grains,
fruits, vegetables, and a handful of dairy products
that will delight your taste buds and your
conscience.
The Lappes firmly believe that the choices of
low-level consumers have the potential to make
positive changes, both in the world economy and in
our physical health. By eating a vegetarian diet,
shopping with care, and cooking with love, we might
all brighten our future tremendously. --Jill
Lightner
How
to Grow Fresh Air 50 House Plants that
Purify Your Home or Office
by Dr. B.C. Wolverton
Plants are the lungs of the earth: they produce the oxygen that
makes life possible, add precious moisture, and filter toxins.
Houseplants can perform these essential functions in your home or
office with the same efficiency as a rainforest in our biosphere.
In
research designed to create a breathable environment for a NASA
lunar habitat, noted scientist Dr. B.C. Wolverton discovered that
houseplants are the best filters of common pollutants such as
ammonia, formaldehyde, and benzene. Hundreds of these poisonous
chemicals can be released by furniture, carpets, and building
material, and then trapped by closed ventilation systems, leading to
the host of respiratory and allergic reactions now called Sick
Building Syndrome. In this full-color, easy-to-follow guide, Dr.
Wolverton shows you how to grow and nurture 50 plants as accessible
and trouble-free as the tulip and the Boston fern, and includes many
beautiful but commonly found varieties not generally thought of as
indoor plants. He also rates each plant for its effectiveness in
removing pollutants, and its ease of growth and maintenance.
Studies show that Americans spend ninety percent of their lives
indoors, which means that good indoor air quality is vital for good
health. How to Grow Fresh Air will show you how to purify the
environment that has the most impact on you.
Molecules
of Emotion The Science Behind
Mind-Body Medicine by Candace, Ph.D. Pert
Book Description
There is growing interest world wide in the field of mind-body
medicine and the effect which the natural "energy forces" within the
body play in the maintenance of normal health and wellbeing. This in
turn has led to interest in how these energies or forces may be
channelled to assist in healing and restoration to health. This
book, written by a well known scientist with a degree in biophysics
and a PhD in biology, brings together for the first time evidence
from a wide range of disciplines which is beginning to provide an
acceptable explanation for the energetic exchanges that take place
in all therapies.
Plants Why You
Can't Live Without Them by
B.C. Wolverton and Kozaburo Takenaka
Though essential to our existance, plants get sidelined in the
hustle and bustle of city life. The revolutionary concept of
'eco-landscaping' heralds the effort to bring greenery back into the
concrete jungle we inhabit. Plants: Why You Can't Live Without Them
explores how our homes and offices can be made healthier and more
cheerful with plants.
Air-conditioned rooms, synthetic building materials and inadequate
ventilation cause numerous respiratory and nervous disorders. The
mere presence of plants has been proved to lessen enviornmental
pollution, increase labour productivity and reduce the cost of
healthcare.Plants also provide medical herbs and nutritious food
that go a very long in extending our lifespan.From the refreshening
up of indoor space, to creating a variety of gardens, and to natural
methods of waste recycling, Plants elaborates the diverse means by
which to enhance our living.
Produced after many years of scientific research and data
collection, this book is a comprehensive study of the amazing
benefits of plants, which are nature's gift to us and provide us
sustenance.
Precautionary
Tools For Reshaping Environmental Policy Edited by Nacy J. Myers and Carolyn Raffensperger
Product Description
The precautionary principle calls for taking action against
threatened harm to people and ecosystems even in the absence of full
scientific certainty. The rationale is that modern technologies and
human activities can inflict long-term, global-scale environmental
damage and that conclusive scientific evidence of such damage may be
available too late to avert it. The precautionary principle asks
whether harm can be prevented instead of assessing degrees of
"acceptable" risk. This book provides a toolkit for applying
precautionary concepts to reshape environmental policies at all
levels. Its compendium of regulatory options, detailed examples,
wide-ranging case studies, and theoretical background provides both
citizens and policymakers with the basis for acting on any issue in
any situation—whether it's pesticide use at local schools or a new
international regulatory system for chemicals.
Precautionary Tools for Reshaping Environmental Policy describes
the analytical and ethical bases of the precautionary principle as
well as practical options for implementing it. It provides a
"precautionary checklist" that can serve as a springboard for
discussion and decisions. And it offers a variety of case studies
that show the precautionary principle in action—from elk and cattle
farming to marine fisheries, from the protection of indigenous
cultures against bioprospecting to the restoration of the federal
court system as a safety net for people harmed by products and
chemicals. A hands-on interdisciplinary guide, the book demonstrates
the advantages of a precautionary approach and addresses criticisms
that have been leveled against it.
Roots
of Health, The Realizing
the Potential of Complementary Medicine by
Romy Fraser and Sandra Hill
The advances of modern biomedicine have
provided a sophisticated but somewhat
mechanistic approach to health. It is an
approach which is able to function well in
emergencies, but which has fallen down in
the more basic areas of maintaining and
creating health. Dazzled by the progress of
science, we have lost touch with the simple
remedies and body wisdom that were once a
part of every household. This Briefing
suggests that Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (CAM) has a central part to play in
the future of health care. Both by looking
into the past and reclaiming some of the
more traditional views of disease, and by
looking into the future and encouraging the
application of appropriate research into the
body and its energy systems, we can begin to
reintroduce balance into our lives.
Seeds of
Deception Exposing Industry
and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered
Foods You're Eating by
Jeffrey M. Smith From Publishers Weekly
Recent news headlines have focused on the disagreement between the
U.S. and Europe over genetically modified foods: the U.S. exports
them, but the European Union doesn't want to import them, believing
their safety remains unproven. Are genetically modified foods safe?
Longtime anti-GM foods campaigner Smith presents the "opposing"
case. He offers cases where GM produced results that were at best
unexpected (increased starch content in potatoes), at worst
grotesque (pigs without genitals). He describes how one corporation
reportedly tried to bribe Canadian government scientists into
approving genetically engineered bovine growth hormones they deemed
unsafe; how some scientists have reported their careers were
threatened as a result of their refusal to approve certain GM
products in the U.S.; and how "conflicts of interest, sloppy
science, and industry influence" can distort the approval process.
The cases Smith presents are scary and timely, but he explores only
one side of the story. Readers looking for a balance consideration
of genetically modified foods will want to look elsewhere.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover
edition
With Soil Not Oil, Vandana Shiva brilliantly reveals what connects
humanity’s most urgent crises—food insecurity, peak oil, and climate
change—and why any attempt to solve one without addressing the
others will get us nowhere.
Condemning industrial biofuels and agriculture as recipes for
ecological and economic disaster, Shiva champions the small
independent farm instead. With millions hungry and the earth’s
future at peril, only sustainable, biologically diverse farms that
are more resistant to disease, drought, and flood can both feed and
safeguard the world for generations to come. Bold and
visionary, Soil Not Oil calls for a return to sound agricultural
principles—and a world based on self-organization, community, and
environmental justice.
Spontaneous
Healing
How to Discover and Enhance
Your Body's Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself By
Andrew Weil, M.D.
From the Publisher
In this book, Dr. Andrew Weil, one of the most authoritative, and
important voices in the field of health and healing, makes clear the
reality of spontaneous healing. He illuminates the mechanisms and
processes of the body's healing system, delineates the ways in which
an individual can optimize the functioning of his or her own system,
and outlines the alternative medicines and treatments available to
aid the healing system, not only in the remission of
life-threatening diseases but also in response to everyday illnesses
and in day-to-day upkeep of basic health. In clear, concise
language, Dr. Weil explains how the healing system operates, its
interactions with the mind, its biological organization, its systems
of self-diagnosis, self-repair, and regeneration.
When
Smoke Ran Like Water Tales of
Environment Deception and the Battle Against Pollution By
Devra Davis
Foreward by Mitchell Gaynor, M.D.
From Publishers Weekly
Davis, one of the world's leading epidemiologists and
researchers on environmentally linked illness, writes about her
lifelong battle against environmental pollution in strong prose,
underlined with some horrifying stories. With a special emphasis
on air pollution and its long-term effects, Davis anecdotally
talks about some of the most infamous smogs and fogs of all
time, including the Donora Fog (October 26, 1948) that left a
small zinc-factory town in Pennsylvania blanketed in a thick,
toxic fog for over a week. "Within days, nearly half the town
would fall ill" and within one 24-hour period 18 people had
died. She argues that these incidents are underreported because
the industries responsible for the pollutants are often powerful
corporations or the major employer in these small towns.
Research into the long-term effects of pollution, such as breast
and testicular cancer, reveals that people in the Northeast
(including Long Island and Connecticut) and in California have a
higher incidence of serious illnesses. Most importantly, Davis
brings to the fore the long-lasting effects of growing up and
living in a polluted atmosphere, clearly demonstrating that
"people living in areas with the dirtiest air had the highest
risk of dying." She sounds the warning bell loud and clear: the
threat to public health is real. This is an enlightening,
engrossing read (with an intro by Gaynor, a leading oncologist
at the Weill-Cornell Medical College in New York City), which
should be on the shelf of anyone who cares about the environment
and wants to learn more about policy, health and politics; Davis
weaves all of these together with grace.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
The Wisdom of Menopause Creating Physical and
Emotional Health and Healing During the Change By Christiane Northrup, M.D.
Publishers Weekly
Northrup (Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom), cofounder of the Women to
Women health-care center in Maine, offers a celebratory, "psychospiritual"
approach in her comprehensive guide to menopausal health and
well-being. Beginning with the premise that, though difficult, the
"hormone-driven changes that affect the brain... give a woman a
sharper eye for inequity... and a voice that insists on speaking
up," Northrup details hormonal imbalances, mood swings, serious
illnesses, treatment options and all the other symptoms, side
effects and decisions women face in midlife. Middle-aged herself,
Northrup writes from experience and, more important, from her
professional expertise as a physician who has treated many women and
researched menopause. While much of the health-care material here is
available in other sources, Northrup's approach a description of
symptoms, followed by both traditional and alternative treatment
options along with some anecdotes is particularly useful.
Occasionally she veers off into New Age jargon, but she is a firm
believer in the relevance of tangential influences on physical
health, including emotional and financial well-being. The specific
medical advice on sleep, diet, breast health and the empowerment
motif will bring insight, comfort and confidence to women embarked
on "the change." Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
Creating Physical and Emotional
Health and Healing By Christiane Northrup, M.D. From the Publisher Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom powerfully demonstrates that when women change the basic
conditions of their lives that lead to health problems, they heal
faster, more completely, and with far fewer medical interventions.
Now Dr. Northrup brings us vital new information about the best
techniques of Western medicine and the best alternative therapies,
showing how to incorporate both into a complementary whole. She
guides readers through the entire range of women's health problems,
and offers strikingly new, positive perspectives on normal
processes, such as menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause.
Worldly Wonder Religions Enter Their Ecological
Phase (Master Hsuan Hua Memorial Lecture)
by Mary
Evelyn Tucker (Author), Judith Berling (Commentary)
Earthlight, Vol. 14 No. 3,
Spring 2005
Would recommend for a thorough, insightful, inspiring discussion of
the role religions are beginning to play in the ecological crisis.
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