Ultraprevention: The 6-Week Plan That Will Make You Healthy for Life - Hardcover

Mark Hyman; Mark Liponis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743227115 ISBN 13: 9780743227117

Publisher: Scribner, 2003

Synopsis

A six-week health-bolstering program identifies such contributors to poor health as malnutrition and an impaired metabolism, counseling readers on how to remove toxins from the body, implement healthy nutrition and supplement regimes, and incorporate stress, sleep, and exercise practices. 75,000 first printing.

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Review:

Any program promising better health is only as good as the work you put into it, but Ultraprevention authors Mark Liponis and Mark Hyman, co-directors of medicine at Canyon Ranch, have designed their program so that not everyone must follow every little detail to the letter. Their six-week program is divided into three stages, but you can decide which suggestions will help speed you towards your goals. They begin by simplifying illness and reducing the various causes to five possible categories: Burnout (metabolism), Heat (inflammation), Rust (presence of free radicals or absence of antioxidants), Sludge (nutrition), and Waste (poor detoxification). These five categories are individually complex, but it's not at all difficult to find a few simple steps to take in the direction of healthier living. Some choices--filtering drinking water via reverse osmosis, improving your sleeping habits, or choosing specific supplements to add to your daily regimen--are quick and painless. Others, such as weaning yourself off prescription medications (like anti-inflammatories) and replacing the drugs with micronutrients, are best done in consultation with your own physician. Balancing general suggestions with a deep understanding that people vary greatly in their habits, Liponis and Hyman present a range of possibilities for every age and level of fitness while simultaneously addressing the specific needs of particular illnesses. While the terminology is potentially overwhelming to total novices in complimentary medicine, the book offers clear and excellent possibilities for those who are willing to look outside the box for improved health. --Jill Lightner

About the Author:

Mark Hyman, M.D., is the editor in chief of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, the most prestigious journal in the field of integrative medicine. After ten years as co-medical director at Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, he is now in private practice in Lenox, Massachusetts. He is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Ultraprevention. His websites are www.drhyman.com and www.ultrametabolism.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0743227115
• ISBN 13: 9780743227117
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 342