Listen to Your Gut and Read this Book
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If anyone has hurt you emotionally, physically or mentally on a continued basis and you're trying to decide whether to leave or not, then this book is for you. If you have left an abusive person, then this book is for you. If you have or had controlling parents, boyfriend, girlfriends or boss, then this book is for you.  This book could also be helpful if you are or have been involved with an alcoholic or addict. The author does an excellent job at the describing these abusive people, how to let go of them and how to rebuild your life.

A bonus is that the author clearly defines what to look for in a healthy relationship. The following is my summary, but the author's ideas.

A real relationship is based on each person giving the other approximately the same amount of energy as the other receives. Whether this energy is in the form of attention, invitations, gifts, advice, help, or understanding does not matter. This is called reciprocity.

A healthy relationship is

* One that is nurturing to one another,
* Fulfills the relational needs of each person and
* Attends to the interests and desires of each other.

In addition, a healthy relationship

* Does not drain the other, but gives the other energy,
* Helps each other feel relaxed and
* Makes the other feel wanted and cared for.
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Consider this:  everything you thought you knew about nutrition just might be wrong.  After years of watching my weight and my cholesterol creep ever higher (despite my low fat diet!) I began reading The Schwarzbein  Principle with a great deal of skepticism.  Gradually the book won me over  with its straightforward explanations of biochemical pathways, metabolism,  insulin levels, and food cravings.  Quite simply, it made a lot of sense.  I've been on the diet for about a month now and I no longer crave sugar  or carbohydrates.  I've lost a few pounds, but more importantly, I'm losing  inches and it's a pleasure to see my "insulin meter" tummy  disappearing.  Best of all, I have incredible energy and a delicious sense  of wellbeing, which I attribute to a healthy supply of seretonin.  The  healing plan menu at the end of the book is especially useful.  My  regular physician would probably have a fit if he knew I was on this diet.  I may have to fire him.
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Robyn's book has it all: a smart, practical, sassy and simple guide to better gut health and overall radiance. If you've ever met Robyn in person, you'll see that she just GLOWS! And as an active consumer of her social media, I was thrilled to finally get all her insider tips in one place. Let me tell you, it works. I attended Robyn's book launch party and consumed :: several servings of sauerkraut, a bottle of kombucha, a couple "shots" of a ginger juice and two or three of her "jello probiotics" (all recipes in her book!) and, the next day, I felt the best I had in YEARS. I had a crazy, busy Friday, and then found myself at the gym after work, rocking a killer workout with a massive smile. There is something to this folks and I can't wait for the rest of the world to catch on! Do yourself a favor, and read Robyn's book. It's a game changer.
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Came across this book recently at my local Chapters store and I couldn't put it down. The book makes sense and echoes what I have come to believe: you cannot fight your body. It's futile. Your cravings will always beat your egoistic strategies. I am fed up of fighting my body, disliking it and finding ways to 'trim down' only to find out that it was never sustainable. This book makes it clear that only by LISTENING and honouring our inner whispers can we make any kind of progress with our health and vitality. I love that she presents sensible options to fulfill our cravings instead of being militant about it. Once you understand what your cravings are telling you, you will learn some very important things about yourself. This is a spiritual journey.
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Great book that helps you understand the mindset of a criminal, and how your "gut" can be a good indicator even before your mind recognizes a threat. It also covers things like stalking (e.g., why restraining orders are usually bad) and abduction - providing useful context and advice.
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Everyone should read this book. It has a lot of wonderful insight to eating right. I don't believe in "diets". What I believe in is eating healthy. Watching the amount you eat, how often you eat and what time of day you eat. Making good decision. Exercise. This book basically reiterates that with some helpful hints.

It's been several years since I read thIS book  so I don't recall a lot of details. What I do remember, what I got out of it the most is to pay attention when you're eating. Have no distractions. I totally believe in this process though I don't follow it. I have kids that often interrupt meals, and when they aren't around I'm I like to get in a little reading. But I am more aware of what I'm putting ino my mouth as I eat since reading the book.

The other thing I got out of this book is that dark chocolate is good for you...so to speak. And I LOVE dark chocolate so I now have a stash in my refrigerator, and have a VERY small piece of it everyday. I truly believe this helps satisfy any possible craving for "junk" as much as living by the rule, you should be able to indulge in some good things that aren't necessarily good for you. It's all about quantity and moderation, and you must make great choices the rest of the time, along with exercising.

So all in all, I felt there were several things in this book that were good enough that to this day I still incorporate into my life. Therefore, I deem this book well worth the money I paid, and the time I spent reading it.
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This is one of those "I wish I'd read this sooner" books. If you are feeling frustrated, at work or at home, with the quality of your relationships and level of your effectiveness get this book. Read one chapter a day, and sleep on it. In two weeks you'll have a new view of things and some very useful tools to work with.

Chapters 1 thru 10 lay the foundation. Chapters 11 thru 14 pull it all together and provide some concrete steps to start the process of your process of unravelling the complexity and clarifying the ambiguity of your marriage, office politics, and global conflict.

The chapters are fairly short. Most can be read in less than half an hour. The conversational style may be a bit frustrating if you are an (E) type, but trust me, it will be worth it. If you are a committed atheist Adizes' references to spiritual matters may put you off, but don't let that stop you. The underlying principles about how humans act and interact are true regardless of your beliefs about cosmic consciousnesses.
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I found John's Gut Health Protocol facebook group back in its infancy.  John was impressive back then, offering up more reliable information than anyone else in the field..  John's has been studying research articles for a long time now and the information he presents is all evidence based.  As far as health books are concerned, this is among the most important you'll ever read.  Lots of practical info about supplements and how to treat gut issues.  Kudos to John for putting this together.
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On point, forget diets, eat real food and read this book.
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The gut and food issues are explained so well that I now use it as a Gut Bible. :) While the diet recommended is not something Ive done, Ive made other changes that have made a huge difference. The best part is that now I feel comfortable talking about food choices and explaining why someone should eat fermented food or cut on carbs. Great book for sure!
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For almost every known problem, there is a proposed therapy. After the reading of "fix your good" I have also a basic understanding of the causes and contexts and I feel more confident and qualified when talking to doctors. I am very optimistic that the proposed advice will help me and recommend the book to anyone who wants to better his gut issues.
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I thought I knew a lot about health but didn't realised our gut microbes affects our brain.  So, I am now looking after my gut more than ever. Everybody should read this book which is easy to read. Dr David Perlmutter explain all in a simple way. It is so interesting and so fascinating. I read this book in two days, I couldn't put it down. Thank you Dr. Perlmutter for helping me to improve my health.
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I liked the historical aspects of this book the best. No question that using your "gut" (intuition) for decision making is an iffy proposition. A lot of good insight into how the last few decades of info tech are going to keep adding relevance to data mining. I had a bit of a time keeping the standard deviation statistics stuff interesting but I think Ayres has rekindled my respect for that in spite of myself.
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Don't let the title of Gut Check: Confronting Love, Work, and Manhood fool you into thinking that former reality television star Tarek Saab's debut book is only for men or twenty year olds. On the contrary, this 44-year-old wife and mom can't recommend Gut Check highly enough. I started off reading the book from the vantage point of a mother of two sons, hoping that my study of Tarek's journey to manhood might shed a glimmer of light on the precarious path of parenting two sons in today's world. But in the process, I found myself truly connecting with the book not only from that perspective, but also more completely as a spiritual seeker. Although Saab's book relates experiences during his formative post-college years, his concepts of seeking real truth in this life are relevant to anyone, at any age, who struggles to make the most of every moment of this time on earth as a voyage to our ultimate goal - eternal life with God.

In today's society, we find ourselves surrounded by media-obsessed, instant gratification, celebrity driven lifestyles. Our children are growing up in a world where one's tally of unmet "friends" in a virtual world trumps real life relationships. We emulate the rich, the impossibly skinny, the overnight sensations - and these action messages trickle down to our kids and speak to them more effectually than the words we speak. So, in reading Gut Check I did learn a thing or two about the type of mom and role model I want to be for my sons. But more significantly, I learned about the importance of "focusing on death" to achieve a true measure of personal success in this life. This book reads almost like a novel, in "can't put it down" fashion, but also has a depth that will make you want to go back and truly study and meditate upon many passages. Tarek Saab's sharing of his own conversion journey has truly touched my life, which will in turn hopefully make me a better wife and mother.

I'm pleased to give Gut Check by Tarek Saab my highest recommendation.
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If you are considering whether or not to buy this book, I would urge you to just go ahead and do it. I have read it twice and will likely read it again. The mechanisms governing fat accumulation are not a mystery. The ample evidence presented here should suffice to end the debate over the efficacy of carbohydrate restriction in the treatment of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type-2 diabetes. Anyone with an open mind, the ability to digest the science, and perhaps 30 pounds of excess midriff would be wise to spend a weekend learning the alternate hypothesis (a.k.a the one that actually works). Some day we'll all look back on the last 30 years of advice from goose-stepping "experts" with the appropriate degree of horror. I can only hope the tide is really turning. This tome will almost certainly play a major role.
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Get this book and read it! If there is ANYPLACE in your life when you feel stuck or dissatisfied, then Steve Chandler can help you to a new place. If life is good but you would like it to be better, this book can take you there too. If you feel the world crushing in around you, "Reinventing Yourself" can help you build support walls and dig out. If you are looking for a "feel good" read though, then this won't help. Steve Chandler, in another of the great books that he has either authored or co-authored, can, if you wish, perform laser surgery on your mental and emotional eyes and help you see life as an "owner" or "victor" and not a "victim." It is so interesting that the words 'victim' and 'victor' are spelled so similarly but their meanings so different. The greatest differences often exist in our lives depending from which perspective we choose to see, and it is our choice, and from which paradigm we elect to exercise our judgments and decisions. Dr Dennis Deaton has done pioneering work in the field of 'visioneering' and "owner" versus "victim" studies and writings. Steve Chandler, a student of Dr Deaton, has taken these studies to new heights. Too many of us live, far too often, in a world of fear and self-pity. Steve Chandler's book can help you move from fear to action (where all good work is done) and from self-pity to confidence. A quote early in the book sets the tone for what is in store. He writes, "Owners of the spirit are beautiful losers. They risk all. They are losers because they have lost all fear of embarrassment. They have lost all inhibition. They have lost all concern for what other people might think." The far contrast of that is where too many of us live our lives. We are losers in many ways, because we have lost the ability to act, almost always out of fear, fear of what others think, and even fear of success. We don't feel like doing something so we wait for the moment when the "feel like" will arrive, not understanding that action will create that feeling. We can't figure out what do do with our lives, so we wait to discover that great "purpose" for why we are on the earth, missing the point that the discovery of purpose lies in action, in doing what needs to be done and not just what we think that we want to do. Inspiration comes as we act,or after we act, or as I like to say, "Inspiration; The other side of action." Even our language betrays us as we struggle in the land of "can't and should" rather than prospering in the land of "can and do."

So "reader beware." If you are happy where you are, wherever that may be, then don't get and read this book. But if there is even a small part of your life that you feel needs to change, then you must read "Reinventing Yourself" by Steve Chandler. But don't be surprised if one morning as you read that you find yourself emotionally and mentally stripped bare, the cocoon of comfort, even miserable comfort, removed waiting for the beauty of the butterfly to emerge. It can happen.
A profound thanks to @stevechandler and @drdennisdeaton for their great work in this area of personal growth and development and mind management.
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Another amazing book by Dr. Fuhrman that gets to the heart of a matter and it's a big matter; it's what we're eating. Only now, he's taken the gloves off on this one because we're facing a genocide today that is happening right underneath our noses. It's so right-in-front-of-our-noses that most of us won't even think it's abnormal, let alone a "genocide," (aptly titled) and will literally reward others, including our kids, with foodstuff that are killing us slowly but assuredly, prematurely.

I mean, at some point you just must lay it out there and that's what Dr. Fuhrman is doing. He doesn't want you to be one of those people who end up fighting against not only your self-interest, but due to the addiction to refined foods, one of the very core aspects of living that will help you and your family lead long, healthy and disease-free lives that you can genuinely enjoy in ways you probably cant imagine right now, and throughout your now longer life!

With so many other food influences, produced by people who may have good intentions but aren't in tune with what's natural or healthy, and focused more on what's convenient and tasty alone; the truth about eating nutrient-rich healthy foods, for the vast majority of us, is simply not understood beyond "making sure you eat your veggies." Even many in the know, don't fully understand what it means to eat healthily and how. DrFuhrman does.

I can already hear the vested interests gearing up to win you over to their fake foodstuffs and rage war against this book. I/we know how this goes, this book is sure to have at least as many detractors as it will champions because, as a protege of Dr. Fuhrman's for more than 25 years with an objective and comprehensive understanding of the nutritional field; and as a performance, lifestyle trainer and coach with an eye on the impact our lifestyle choices have on our energy and health, performance and well-being; I can tell you, the more refined a message is (one of the few things you actually want refined, unlike your food) and the closer to the truth is actually gets, the more detractors it will have. It simply steps on economic toes; those who've pitched their tent and built their habits around a narrower awareness, smaller ideas, or worse, nutritional tactics that produce predictable and even desirable results in the short term while selling your health short in the no-so-longer term.

Look, I get it, food is a huge part of our economy, our culture, and our lives; everything that's edible in our world or conceivably manufacturable is available to us right now or coming soon, and in ways that are so tasty (and addicting) people would, literally, rather die than face the truth that a nutrient-rich way of eating is what you need and will soon want to be eating after you read this book.

I'm glad you're here and reading this. Youre about to wake up to the certain reality that is both shocking in one sense, but also joyous as you discover the healthy needle in that big haystack of bad dietary influences that most of us are lost in.

Its time to get off the path of fast food genocide and on the path to what is going to help you not only live healthily but help you perform better to become more successful. ~ JAM