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Dr. Whitaker's Guide to Natural Healing : America's Leading Wellness Doctor Shares His Secrets for Lifelong Health!

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great non-traditional remedies that have worked for my family and I. I would categorize the book as being in between naturopathy and traditional medicine. This book will make you question (but not distrust) the medical society and its ingrained, tunnel visioned methods. An overall long term health and maintenance guide. Categorized by ailments makes for easy reference. I highly recommend this book for everyone.

The view of orthodox medicine is that one is well if one is not overtly sick. However, in truth, most Americans who are not overtly sick are not really healthy -- they're just not overtly sick for the time being. Over the past few decades a new paradigm has developed whose goal is the prevention of disease and the achievement of true health, as well the extension of lifespan with minimal symptoms of aging. This new paradigm -- which has been shown conclusively to work -- is called "alternative" or "holistic" medicine. Dr. Julian Whitaker is one of the leading experts of this new paradigm of health. In this book he explains in simple terms how you can get and stay healthy and live a long healthy life by (1) eating a genuinely healthy diet (not the government's overly simplistic food pyramid), and taking certain nutritional supplements, (2) getting moderate (but regular) excercise, and (3) weaning one's self from most pharmaceutical drugs (most of which has harmful side effects) which truly healthy people rarely need. Sadly, Dr. Whitaker's prescription for health has not yet won over most othodox physicians but it is supported by thousands of scientific studies and has been experienced by hundreds of thousands of people who have had the courage to try it. I can't recommend this book too highly.

This review is being written by a patient of Whitaker Wellnes
Institute, a subscriber, and a customer. Dr. Whitaker has revised most of his books except for this one. After Tens in print this book is ready for Revision and Expansion. Buy it used if you must have a copy. Then wait for the revision.

Book was well written & some of the supplements he advised using made sense to take, but he also appeared to recommend ephedra for weight loss/ weight management & that advice is currently way out of date.

(This is the book before Natural Cures)

I like this book because Dr. Julian Whitaker explains everything you need to be healthy. Most other books address on some of the problems and even then give you generalies on what to do. Dr. Whitaker give you the specifics for everything from what should be in you Multi Suppliment to what specific product with help you with high blood pressure. This the first on only book on natural healing.

All good health books should tell you to involve you health care provider on all descion regarding you your health weather it be drugs, surgeries, or natural paths. This is great advice and Dr. Whitaker is no different, giving you four warnis to check with you doctor and decuss thing with them before you get off you medication or start his program. You have to respect that. Your health is a partnership between doctor and patient.

Dr. Whitaker is a medical doctor who for years wondered why the path the most people took to health (drugs and surgery) we not getting patients well, they seemed to be better. This idea lead the good Doctor to leard and develop natural plans for for getting healthy and staying that way. He want long term result, not short term.

Understanding this, Dr Whitaker is on the for front of this movement toward health.

The book is separated into three separate parts.

Part 1 Real Healthcare Reform- theis discribes the problem with our healthcare system in the US (with our the parania) giving its problems, pitfall, and failings. Here he also gives his wellness program completing it in seven steps, which include;
Step 1: Adopt a healthy life style
Step 2: Become More Active
Step 3: Take a Muliple Supliment- Mineral Formula (he actually gives
you the formula that works best)
Step 4: Take extra antioxident Nutrients
Step 5: Take Magnesium and Potassium
Step 6: Take Omega 3 Oil Supplement
Step 7: Eat low fat, High complex carbohydrate diet.

Besides just giveing you the recomindations for this, he give you plenty of information as to what to take, how much, and why it is so go for you. This is a plus in my book.

Part 2 Building Optimal Health- Dr. Whitaker give practical advice on:
1. Enhancincing digestion and Elimination
2. Enhancing Detoxification
3. Enhancing Brain Power
4. Enhancing Adrenal Function
5. Enhancing Imune Function
6. Enhancing Weight Loss

Each are need for improving you health. I personally have not been sick and my health has been good since my first reading of the book.

Part 3 Specific Health Concerns- These are very specific down to product name and the proper dosages.

He explains the most popular deseases from Acne to Varicose Veins
in detail. This is my most used part of the book.

This book is great for any one who wants to get health, be healthy or stay healthy in a strait forward and concise manor. He explains everything including why somethings are bad and others are good with specific information. He does this with out being an alarmist or out of paranoia. Great for Beginner, expert, health care provider, student or patient.

This book remains planted on my desk, not my bookshelf for easy use. It is an invaluable tool in my health care needs from reducing Cholestrol to maintain good blood pressure, and reducing sugar level. I even give some of its information to friends and family.

Everyone should read this book BEFORE they see the doctor.

Definately worth the $15.00

I have several of Dr. Whitaker's books, but think that this is the best one, because it gives a more complete overview of his medical philosophy. Very Useful.

while I have not read the book, I do subscribe to his newsletters for $80 a year. I wonder if most or all of the same info. is in the book as the newsletters. In the newsletters he tells you to buy his vitamins and herbs with a strange name, from his store, at elevated prices such as nicain which he names Niasafe and charges a lot more than regular niacin at the drug store or vitamin store. He never mentions regular brand names of supplements that are probably totally acceptable and a lot cheaper. so while I have not read the book, the info. in the newsletters is ok but there is a lot of info. that I know about that he never mentioned. If I have to subscribe for another year to get more info. that I have not yet gotten, I wonder if it is in this book.

Dr. Whitaker is nothing but a quack! My mother has been following his regimen for years to help treat her rhuematoid arthritis and other ailments, but we discovered that the vitamins that he produces are dangerous! My mother took a daily dose (her first one) of the vision-helping vitamins and proceeding to throw up blood for several hours! I don't know who this guy thinks he is, but he is certainly not one to be trusted!