Empowering Your Health [BARGAIN PRICE] (Hardcover)

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Asa Andrew says there is only one step necessary to revitalize your life and regain your personal health: Change your health by changing your choices.

Andrew has learned that most people "lifestyle themselves into sickness" and can, with determination, "lifestyle themselves back to health." Once readers make that choice-to be well-Andrew provides all the guidance they will need to completely change their lives for the better.

Challenging, engaging, encouraging, and informative, Asa Andrew answers the hard questions and provides real solutions; addressing a wide variety of topics: digestion and proper food choices, how to avoid and rid the body of toxins, the dually important roles of rest and exercise, and the delicate balance of the endocrine system and how to improve and maintain it. Like Dave Ramsey's approach to getting out of debt, Asa Andrew is challenging people to take responsibility for their own health and giving them the tools to do just that.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson; 1 edition (October 16, 2007)
• ISBN-10: 1401603726
• ASIN: B0029LHWV8
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #37,948 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but some soggy science in places, July 9, 2008

By	Charles White (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Empowering Your Health (Hardcover)

My wife and I are fifty-somethings in need of more HDL and less of everything else. We get regular check-ups, eat reasonably well, don't smoke, don't drink, etc. However, we find that our relationship with the doctor is usually symptom-fixing, not prevention. So we bought this book. It's a good book, full of good information on nutrition and health, based in the idea that the body is constantly replacing itself so you want to provide the best materials with which to do it. It collects many of the more recent studies and research findings. Dr. Andrew also pays attention to the important but oft overlooked effects of mind health on bodily health.

BUT, then I find a tip about wearing a magnet to ward off the effects of electromagnetic radiation from your microwave and to increase your energy by "50%". I'm no doctor but I am an electrical engineer with more than a passing knowledge of E-M fields. I read this tip and my heart sank. "Oh great,another New Age quack." (Hint: blood is not magnetic, and even if your microwave was leaking, a magnet wouldn't stop it from shining radio waves on you any more than it would stop a lamp's light.) There are other conclusions, such as the alleged production of trans-fats during cooking with olive oil, that are vigorously disputed by other authorities. In short, Dr. Andrew seems to have assembled a rather mixed bag of the good with the strange, good science with bad science. Would I recommend the book? Yes, because it will lead you to study many things you might have otherwise overlooked and I believe that your health would be much better off by following the advice inside. But do your homework before applying some of it.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Powerful Question!, November 4, 2007

By	Sandra Wimpelberg "empowered1" (Nashville, TN. United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Empowering Your Health (Hardcover)

It is only six words - "Do you want to get well?" but the power in those words pervades the entire book. Written in a clear and easy to understand format, Dr. Asa moves you through the steps to health. It is practical, but not just a surface 'get well quick' kind of a book. Methodical health steps guide you through a transformational process. Bringing to light some of the good things that common sense would tell us (but which we tend to ignore) and backed up by helpful scientific and medical learning, the book opens up a clear path to empowering your health. The passion that Asa Andrew has to see people get well and live healthy lives is evident throughout the book. The writer is not just one who has written a book on the theory of wellness (there are enough of those) but is a daily practitioner and coach to those he sees in his wellness center. He devotes three hours each week to callers on his powerful talk show (check his web site for details - www.asaandrew.com)and gives freely of his knowledge in answering an incredible variety of health related questions. "Do YOU want to get well?" This book resonates with the question and provides a transformational answer. Be well!!

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, January 19, 2008

By	Web "silkie500" (Wilmington, DE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Empowering Your Health (Hardcover)

I have read or gone through at least 500 health books written in the last 5 years. This is simply one of the best and clearly written ones I have come across. I'd never heard of Asa before and I saw this book in the library, so I checked it out. I was just expecting the same rehash of health information that's generally out there with probably an emphasis on something or other that would distinguish this book and the author. Boy, was I surprised. After years of reading about health and applying what I thought useful to my own diet and routine, I finished this book knowing at least 30% more than I had known. In other words, I changed 30% of what I was doing. And it was easy. Rarely has a book made such a difference to my routine. Most of what he suggests makes total sense to me and and is explained quite clearly. I found out he has a radio show available on itunes and have been listening ever since. Asa is a gifted writer and speaker. I can't recommend this book enough, and I can't wait for his next one.