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The Nutraceutical Revolution

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This is a highly readable book, chock full of the latest research on a large range of neutraceuticals, and includes numerous anecdotes of Dr. Firshein's patients' firsthand experiences with the curative aspects of these nutraceuticals. Read this book if you have any interest in herbs and/or vitamins and nutritional therapies. THE NUTRACEUTICAL REVOLUTION contains fascinating accounts of the healing and restorative impact of many substances -- glutamine, milk thistle, quercetin, lutein, flaxseed, ginko --- just to name a few!

If you think you will always have to suffer with PMS - read this book. If you have been unable to lose weight - read this book. If exhaustion has become part of your everyday life - read this book. If your family has a history of heart disease, eye disease, diabetes, cancer or osteoporosis (to name a few), and your worried that you will eventually be next - read this book. The amazing information in this book details how Dr. Richard Firshein applies nutraceuticals to the vast range of conditions that he encounters every day in his practice. He explains how the systems in the body work, and how by matching specific nutrients to the needs of the body, also impacting on the mind and the emotions, we can achieve new levels of health, regain our health and prevent disease. Many of these nutrients are available in the foods that we eat, but if we become sick, the nutriceutical (concentrated) form can be the best way to regain health, since the quantities of food required would be taxing on our digestive systems.(That's just one of the reasons.) In addition, there are herbs that are not part of our daily diet that have a wide range of healing properties for specific illnesses. This book is a great way to become truly informed and knowledgeable about the multi-faceted, powerful, healing world of nutraceuticals, and how they can help you and those you love achieve good, and even great, health.

I can not say enough great things about this book! I have recommended it to several doctors and to many of my patients.

I only wish that it was one of the rec'd reading texts at school. Any new doctor would benefit from reading this info, and because it limits it's scope to the 20 things you most commonly see in practice, it is both pertinant and memorable. The info can easily be assimilated into practice, and does not require excessive patient compliance.

For the layman, this is worth having in your library. Many of your chief complaints are not treated well wih traditional medicine, and this book gives you the info you need to treat yourself.

As an osteopathic physician easing into the arena of nutritional medicine Dr. Firshein (another D.O.) gives some great guidelines for me to follow. I have started some of my more difficult patients on some of the nutrients that he wrote about and I have had some good results. Nutritional medicine is a complex and developing field that Dr. Firshein does an excellent job of clarifying his top 20 hits. I have not come across a better book in this field...including Dr. Weil's work.

It will take a while to get through this tome, but the information thus far
is enlightening and well written.

Other reviewers have pointed out the positives, and I agree. This book is full of valuable insights and well worth reading, even 10 years after publication, especially at the prices it goes for these days. But I didn't enjoy the author's writing style. Too much of it was first person narrative, and honestly he comes across as fairly egocentric. Also, WAY too much space was devoted to anecdotes from his practice. I could see the value of having even two per nutrient discussed but I'd estimate that more than half the book is anecdotal, and little would be lost by skimming these. And it is full of more spelling and grammar errors than I've ever seen. Recommended in spite of these flaws. If you haven't read Life Extension - APSA, pick that up first.

This book is very well written , with lots of examples in it. One can figure out what diet needs to stick to.

This is a very good reference for nutrition freaks like me. It does contain a lot of practical examples, so it's much better than Dr. Atkins' book in that aspect.

Nutraceuticals have changed my life! This book is for people of all ages. It explains the dynamics of true healing and longevity, and shows how within reach it is to everyone. The information in this book should be taught in every medical school worldwide so that doctors and health educators of the future can have this invaluable and essential information to help their patients acheive optimum health. Whatever your condition, the chances are a program including Nutraceuticals can turn it around. This book is about the A-Z's of great health that everyone should know. Check it out - if you don't know what's in this book you're doing yourself a disservice. Read it -it will change your life and how you think about the possibility of life - forever! God bless you Dr. Firshein!

The following are the quotes sent in to the publisher:"An excellent resource, easy to read, and informative." Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of "Love, Medicine and Miracles" and "Prescriptions for Living.""An excellent introduction to some of the most exciting therapies for achieving optimal health. Dr. Firshein writes with the authority of experience." Julian Whitaker, M.D., author of "Shed 10 Years in 10 Weeks.""The Nutraceutical Revolution" is the single most valuable medical source book of the past three decades. It should be a fixture on bookshelves of everyone interested in achieving maximum health." Joseph T. Martorano, M.D., author of "Unmasking P.M.S." and "Beyond Negative Thinking."