Review of Don't Swallow Your Gum!: Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health (Paperback)

As a medical doctor I am very pleased with this book. The authors have done something very unlikely -- they wrote an fun, entertaining book that is also scientifically and medically excellent. Well researched, well-referenced and easy to use. Quite a public service!

CEC

Product Description

The truth behind all those weird and worrisome things you think about your body---EXPOSED!

Face it---you have more access to medical information than ever before, and yet you still believe "facts" about your body and health that are just plain wrong. Don't Swallow Your Gum! takes on these myths and misconceptions and exposes them for what they are. Inside these pages, the following myths (and many more!) are dispelled:

You need to drink eight glasses of water a day
Chewing gum stays in your stomach for seven years
A dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's

Dr. Carroll and Dr. Vreeman blend authoritative research with a breezy sense of humor, providing the ultimate myth-busting collection of more than eighty enlightening, practical, and quirky facts about your health and well-being.

About the Author
Dr. Aaron E, Carroll is an associate professor of Pediatrics and the director of the Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Dr. Rachel C. Vreeman is an assistant professor of Pediatrics in Children's Health Services Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine and co-director of Pediatric Research for the Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS (AMPATH).

Aaron and Rachel's research has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, Newsweek, and many other national publications. They have appeared on Good Morning America, CBS Evening News, and ABC News NOW.

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Review of A Woman's Best Medicine for Menopause: Your Personal Guide to Radiant Good Health Using Maharishi Ayurveda (Hardcover)

This book is heaven-sent for any woman who wants to approach her menopause years in a positive spirit and a natural way.Dr. Lonsdorf clarifies the pitfalls of approaches which often erroneously pass as "natural" and provides deep insight and realistic advice as to what is truly natural.If you want to find out why menopause is a very good thing to have happen to you and how to make a symptom-free transition through perimenopause into postmenopause, read this book.

Product Description
A respected Western physician offers the first complete Ayurvedic approach to a healthy and comfortable menopause

A Woman's Best Medicine for Menopause is the first menopause guide based on the Ayurvedic approach to good health, recently popularized in the West by Depak Chopra. In it, Dr. Lonsdorf--who is both a Western-trained physician and a leading voice in Ayurveda approaches to women's health--acquaints you with the basic principles of Ayurvedic medicine. She provides quizzes and checklists that help you to determine which risk factors you should be most concerned about and for understanding why you are experiencing specific symptoms.

Dr. Lonsdorf shows you how to develop comprehensive personalized programs based on differing risk factors and symptoms. She even describes proven natural methods developed and refined by women over the course of 3,000 years to keep looking beautiful. Includes a foreword by Dr. Rama Kant Mishra.



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Review of Macrobiotic Home Remedies [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

I live by this book. Every remedy that I have tried has worked! I can't stress enough the importance of the information within this books pages. Micho Kushi and his wife are very very wise people. Every household should have a copy of this book!



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