Dr. A's Habits of Health: The path to permanent Weight Control and Optimal Health [Paperback]

Dr. Wayne Scott Andersen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 15, 2010

Go from surviving to thriving! If you've ever tried to lose weight only to gain it back, Dr. A's Habits of Health offers a life-changing breakthrough that shows you not only how to reach and maintain your healthy weight, but how to create a life of renewed vibrancy, health, and spirit all under the easy-to-follow guidance of one of America s most esteemed and compassionate practitioners of weight loss and optimal health. Join thousands of people worldwide who've gone from discouragement to confidence, from depletion to unimaginable vitality and discover how you can live better, happier, and healthier into your eighties, nineties, and beyond

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About the Author

One of the nation's foremost physicians in nutritional intervention and best-selling author, Dr. Wayne Scott Andersen has devoted his career to forging new territory in the realm of creating optimal health through a comprehensive approach that addresses and breaks through logistical and psychological barriers. One of the nation's top critical care doctors and co-founder of Take Shape for Life.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Habits of Health Press; First edition (May 15, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981914608
• ISBN-13: 978-0981914602
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From Fat and Frumpy to Fabulous, March 13, 2009

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Nancy Pettit "Consultant & Creator of Health" (Vancouver , WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dr. A's Habits of Health: The path to permanent Weight Control and Optimal Health (Paperback)

After years of yo-yo dieting and the emotional trauma that comes with recurrent diet failure, I managed to `diet' myself up to morbid obesity. Through a caring friend, I found Dr. Wayne Scott Andersen and began his program in 2002. Since I was out of control with food, I needed the structure it provided, it was easy to follow and I safely lost 135 pounds in seven months. The best part is that I have maintained a healthy weight for over six years by incorporating the teachings of Dr. Andersen and changing the way I live.

Over the years, I've spent thousands of dollars on national weight loss programs, I went to fat camps when I was in middle school and high school, tried numerous diets, took nutrition classes and enrolled in gym memberships trying desperately to lose weight; I always gave up because I was hungry or was unable to stick to the diet long-term. Dr. Andersen taught me how to create a new lifestyle with healthy shopping and eating strategies; I am confident I will continue to permanently maintain a healthy weight and am convinced that I have actually improved the quality of my life. Now I know that nothing tastes as good as thin feels!

Dr. A's book incorporates stories of real people that have successfully lost weight - what a motivator! We found the charts to be especially helpful regarding how to increase our activity level - progressive movement is needful and his book is comprehensive - there are pictures in the index showing simple exercises that the average person can do at home.

I really like the learning keys along the margins with the caption, "Dr. A Says..." it serves to emphasize the important points that Dr. Andersen wants readers to remember and incorporate into their daily lifestyle. It's kind of like having a friend pop right up out of the textbook and whisper something really juicy in your ear; his writing is easy to understand and it seems like it is personally written to the reader.

In Dr. A's Habits Of Health is an assessment each reader can complete to determine their risk of inflammation and heart disease and he teaches us how to progressively incorporate his easy habits that help us to create a lifetime of health. I want to be healthy - not just for a month or two - but for the remainder of my days. His book provides a better understanding of how to choose nutrient-dense foods and to develop a solid eating strategy for each day. I highly recommend Dr. A's Habits of Health to others who are serious about reaching and maintaining a healthy weight. It changed my life from being fat and frumpy to fabulous!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the book you want, April 26, 2009

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S. L. Young "S L Young" (WI, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dr. A's Habits of Health: The path to permanent Weight Control and Optimal Health (Paperback)

As another reviewer said, the author is an employee of Medifast - but very, very little of the book is actually about weight loss. Yes, he recommends his products (and so do I, BTW, because they work), but the majority of the book is about how to think like a healthy person - how to change the way you think and run your life, and how to make those changes stick.

It works. It's good science, and common sense, and stuff you never thought of, rolled up into a book that you can actually read and do something about.

I HATE diet books. I hate the magic wand school of weight loss and life change. But there's nothing mushy or pseudo-science or wishful thinking here. It's about changing your mind, changing your life, and thinking like a healthy person, and THAT's what it takes to maintain a healthy weight.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate AND easy to understand, September 4, 2009

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Deanna Griffith "Dee Koss Griffith" (USA) - See all my reviews
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I am a public health major at a major university (I am also 48 years old). I read this book, and its companion workbook, as part of my goal to understand better how to live a healthier life. I did not want to lose a lot of weight, but I did want more energy and I wanted to get off the up's and down's associated with a heavy sugar intake. I enrolled in Medifast and at the same time bought this and it's companion workbook. I have been living this program now for 13 weeks and the change in my appearance and overall health is beyond words. Along with that I, unknowningly, had a chance to 'check' the studies and other scientific facts cited in Dr. A's book and found them to be accurate and worthy of quoting in papers I have to do for my classes (all papers have to be what is called peer review quality). If you want to just feel better and have a ton more energy, I highly suggest you purchase this book. If you want to take it a step further, I suggest you purchase the companion workbook as well. You will not be sorry. This is not an overnight 'fix,' rather it is a longterm commitment to yourself. One you will NOT be sorry you made.