A Whole Living Integrated Guideline
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I appreciate the philosophy of the monks regards relationship between dog and human. I have a hard time with cognitive thinking, so I am jumping around and back and forth in Kindle. I bought the book right when I adopted two nine week old littermates. I am trying to mate the training techniques to the twins. Looks good, so far.
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A well organized and enjoyable read with great principles. It arrived when I was home sick from work and I read it in one day. I'm now working my way through it a second time and implementing items from the great bullet points at the end of each chapter. I highly recommend reading and implementing this book!
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READING AND APPLYING "EAT BY COLOR" TO YOUR LIFE WILL GIVE YOU A RELIABLE, ATTAINABLE SOLUTION FOR A GET HEALTHY/FIT, STAY HEALTHY/FIT LIFESTYLE. I READ THIS BOOK 3 YEARS AGO AND AM STILL FOLLOWING THE SIMPLE GUIDELINES LAID OUT BY RAY B. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE SEARCHING FOR A NEW DESIGN FOR HEALTHY LIVING.
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I have found THE guidebook for catalyzing systemic change in Charlotte. I have so much gratitude for the time and experience that Wayne Roberts has invested in this book. I am challenging our Food Policy Council's board and panel of experts to read this together and follow his lead around advocacy and engaging local government entities. One of my favorite quotes from the book that resonates with my own vision:

"Instead of food being locked into a nutrition and disease prevention straightjacket, I dreamed food could be positioned at the centre of a city agenda for health-producing job creation, multicultural inclusion, neighborhood revitalization, poverty reduction and dynamic urbanism."

Amen.
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Easy to read and understand. Well researched and documented. EVERYONE who reads and follows the guidelines found in this book should experience dramatic differences in their overall health.
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Michael has captured a world, literally, of information in an easy-to-follow, common sense approach to a natural way of living. This will have a positive affect on our life journey, if followed, and then, all else is possible. I have been in healthcare 38 yrs and have always added the natural, holistic side to my practice. I have shopped at Whole Foods since its conception and before it was fashionable. I was raised by a very smart, organic and whole health mother. My grandmother was an herbal healer and midwife for a small town in Germany before coming to America. This book has become my standard-of-care. Happy eating and good health!!
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More of a comprehensive guide than a handbook. Jo Ann Simons has delivered book that should be read by every parent of a child with Down Syndrome, as well as social workers, teachers, and health care professionals. Ms. Simon is an authority on transition, but is able to deliver a treasure trove of information with a clear, engaging, and non-directive tone. Full of illustrative examples and a wealth of engaging photographs, this book is uplifting--it makes the difficult seem possible and the daunting, achievable.
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Susan Kitson has laid out a comprehensive plan for good health for us all. Her common sense approach is an inspiration, and I began adopting her suggestions before I finished the second chapter.

Continued good health to you Susan!
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This is an excellent guideline to follow for anyone looking for optimal health and wellness.
Removing toxins and detoxifying is crucial when your immune system is compromised and the author gives very detailed instructions and explanations for how to detoxify safely and effectively.
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"Whole Scale Change: Unleashing the Magic in Organizations" and "Whole Scale Change Toolkit" introduce straightforward, systematic, and applicable approaches to successfully achieving effective change in human organizations.  While most people acknowledge that changes are necessary and also recognize that changes are often resisted, based on the low success rate of effective change, few people appear to understand the dynamics of achieving progressive change.  In the context of human organizations as functioning systems, Dannemiller Tyson Associates: define the dynamics of organization al change, acknowledge to forces for and against change, recommend constitutes whose collaboration and support must be earned, and describe practical processes for planning, executing, and institutionalizing organizational changes.  To earn the reader's confidence, the authors use real world examples that demonstrate how "whole scale change" has worked in everyday organizations.

I highly recommended "Whole Scale Change: Unleashing the Magic in Organizations" and "Whole Scale Change Toolkit" for everyone working to achieve change in their organizations.
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What a great compilation of what it takes to live a healthy life in 50 concise chapters focusing on things like "Strive for Variety," "Cook More," and "Let it Go."  There's nothing preachy about this book.  Instead, there is good information layered with personal experience and encouragement to allow for consideration in making the changes discussed.  Although I will never agree 100% with what any one source says about what is good for my overall health and well-being (I have considered but will never go grain free), I think this book does a good job of condensing quite a bit and making it understandable and approachable.  If you have someone you care about you'd like to nudge, this would be a lovely gift to consider.  The recipes that accompany many of the chapters are a plus.
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A helpul book with useful guidelines for making decisions in our day to day lives (good even for those of us who are not S.S.A.).
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I've been reading the newly released Digestive Health with Real Food by registered dietitian Agla&eacute;e Jacob, a copy which was sent to me for an honest review. Here's my take on it:

Firstly, it's a beautifully designed book, chock full of charts by the author detailing several digestive issues such as IBS, Crohn's disease, Celiac disease, GERD and more. Author Jacob explains the basics of digestion in the most complete manner I've ever read. Quotes such as this one by Hippocrates ("All diseases start in the gut") and this one by Heather Morgan, M.S., N.L.C. ("Every time you eat or drink, you are either feeding disease or fighting it.") explain the purpose of the book. Jacobs, who has dealt with digestive issues speaks from personal experience and strives to show the basics of digestion--what goes on in the gut--and what happens when digestion goes wrong. Charts showing food allergies and intolerances, a description of short-chain fermentable carbohydrates (FODMAPS)--what they are and why to avoid, along with descriptions of small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and the foods that can cause a reaction are all shown in comprehensive yet simple-to-understand text and charts. Almost every digestive issue can be found with details of the why it occurs and how to minimize the problem through diet and restriction is given.

Chapter 4 is devoted to nourishing foods with tables to measure and monitor your own health. Here, Jacob explains the micro-nutrient balance between fats, carbohydrates and protein and gives a list of safe vegetables and which to buy organic. You will learn about probiotics, safe natural seasonings, and which fluids to enjoy and which ones to avoid. For many digestive issues, healing is accomplished by discovering the allergens, eliminating them from the diet and finally, slowly reintroducing them.

Ms. Jacob convinces the reader that a paleo diet is preferable to others to combat each digestive issue and then offers real food solutions. A troubleshooting chapter covers cravings, fatigue and what to do if the symptoms return. I was interested to see she gives recommendations for that nasty distress constipation, often a companion to other digestive issues. Her recommendations in a nutshell: eat more fat, be patient, avoid trigger foods, take probiotics, get enough water and exercise. And if these don't help, she offers info on managing stress, abdominal massage, taking magnesium, sipping ginger tea and more. In short, everything you can do to help yourself naturally is listed.

Chapter 10 gives some wonderful basic recipes for digestive health such as making ghee, bone broth, basic soups and stews, all-in-one salads and some snack foods. Each is accompanied by a full page, full color photo to get the digestive juices flowing. It's not a complete cookbook but offers enough recipes to fuel your body and your imagination. If you are eliminating foods, there's a section offering a weekly meal plan to reintroduce foods back into the diet.

In conclusion, this book should be the bible for anyone suffering from digestive disease who wants a step-by-step manual for a holistic therapy. Jacob did it using her methods and so can you. Highly recommended.
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A very practical and easily digestible description of planning for, and setting up, an integrated competency centre (ICC).  The authors address all the important aspects (processes, people and technology) for differing ICC contexts and levels of maturity which help to determine whether, and also where, to start on the journey of implementing an ICC, as well as where to stop in terms of a sensible setup for various circumstances. Applying the authors' methodology would seem a logical way to help increase the possibility of successful ICC operation that is efficient, reliable and and cost effective.
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I really like how this book has divided the information within into different areas from which you can pick and choose.  This means if I'm more interested in brain health and better skin, I'll look at that information sections first.

Better yet are the easy living tips on how to apply the information to our lives.  Using the easy living tips should make it much easier to do a step by step integration into how we live each day.  Adding just one technique a week would greatly improve our health.  Being anti aging is just an added benefit to many of these techniques.

Love the skincare recipes and the added smoothie recipes are nice too.
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Mari Craig's book gives a guidance to a structured process of change and achieving any goal we may have. The book is helpful and well organized. Universal in a sense that provides a useful approach to any life situation, via Intentional Living.
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There are countless books out there on the topic of getting healthy and fit, but this is the most complete and practical entry I have yet seen.  Disease Proof is a step-by-step guide for overcoming the barriers that stand between us and a healthier, higher-quality and, quite probably, longer life.  Its innovation is a detailed explanation of  how to spark and sustain lifestyle change until it becomes the new normal.  Dr. Katz makes his case by employing a newly minted word, "Skillpower", which refers to the specifics of change, and breaks down the process of remaking one's life into discrete skills to be learned and practiced, whether related to food, physical activity, motivation or even happiness.

Quick story.  Some years ago, my wife, sons and I were daily drinkers of whole milk.  We wanted to cut out that fat, so one day we decided to try skim milk.  Well, of course it was dreadful.  More like semi-gloss latex rinsewater than a dairy product.  So we started instead with 2% lowfat milk.  A little thin at first but, after a month or so, we no longer noticed.  Then to 1%.  Same process, same result.  Then to .5% (hard to find anymore) and finally to skim.  In six months we had permanently reprogrammed our taste buds to accept skim milk as whole milk.  So I should not have been surprised to find this exact plan described in Disease Proof, along with other examples to rehab our tasters away from the sweet and salty flavors that, the author says, drive appetite.  There are also eye-openers here on how best to eat on the run, decoding restaurant menus and the hidden spin food manufacturers put on those objective-looking product ingredient labels at the supermarket.  (Note, the book contains a handy list of common food items and their nutritional grades from NuVal, a helpful 1 to 100 scoring system developed by the author and his colleagues at Yale.)

It is good to hear a doctor declare that doctors can't fix us, any more than our high school guidance counselors could have taken trigonometry for us.  As Dr. Katz points out, the power to dramatically reduce our risk of chronic disease, and perhaps even recover from them, resides within us all.  Like Dorothy with those ruby pumps.  Quite a breath of fresh air amid the cultural headwinds that would have us all believe there is a pill for everything.

In sum, Disease Proof is a heavily researched and reassuring pep talk that breaks down the problem of fundamental change into manageable pieces.  Science and logic strongly suggest that those who commit to this book's curriculum can reasonably expect a personal sea change, all the way down to the genetic level -- which just might be the hidden lead story here.  Talk about motivation.