The Remedy: The Five-Week Power Plan to Detox Your System, Combat the Fat, and Rebuild Your Mind and Body [Paperback]

Supa Nova Slom (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 7, 2010

In this two-part health guide, Supa Nova Slom shares his cleansing program that revitalizes as it cleanses and restores balance by flushing and feeding your body. The second half of the book focuses on The Five Week Power Plan that provides amazing energy and the pathway to real weight-loss through healthy living and a green diet. With tasty recipes and lifestyle secrets from stars such as Erykah Badu, Chuck D, Hype Williams, Melyssa Ford, Tyson Beckford, and Dr. Benjamin Chavis, The Remedy will change your body and your life.

Editorial Reviews

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Supa Nova is truly one of the most powerful Brothers I have ever met. He is a living example of health consciousness, always teaching, always giving knowledge, a walking inspiration. The Remedy is the truth! --Sticman of Dead Prez and author of The Art of Emcee-ing

The Remedy is an important fundamental step in the path of wellness for our youth. I endorse it enthusiastically, with my professional imprimatur, and look forward to its implementation within my own practice in Brooklyn. --Dr. Bernadette L. Sheridan

This is the book that will transform your body and ultimately change your life. --Erykah Badu, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter --This text refers to the MP3 CD edition.

About the Author

Supa Nova Slom is a hip-hop performer and holistic practitioner who works with young people on health and empowerment issues through the Hip-Hop Meditation Cipher. He also created and produced the documentary film Holistic Wellness for the Hip-Hop Generation.

Supa Nova Slom has recently partnered with Bill Cosby on his music CD and anti violence campaign. Below are links to sites that have posted information on the Cosby State of Emergency press release. http://hiphopwired.com/12246/bill-cosby-to-drop-more-knowledge-with-new-cd-town-hall-meeting/, http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2009/10/12/21977129.aspx, http://www.brandnewz.com/?p=3241, http://www.worldwideconnected.com/, http://www.blurt-online.com/news/view/2888/, http://www.kickmag.net/?p=6634

Supa Nova lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Life & Style; 1 edition (April 7, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446563226
• ISBN-13: 978-0446563222
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #353,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A unique guide to cleansing, healing, staying youthful, March 30, 2010

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Susan Schenck "award-winng author of two books" (Cuenca, Ecuador) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Remedy: The Five-Week Power Plan to Detox Your System, Combat the Fat, and Rebuild Your Mind and Body (Paperback)

The Remedy is not just another book about getting super healthy through cleansing and healthful eating. (I should know, since I have read nearly all raw food and cleansing book, and wrote one myself.) The health activist author, Supa Nova Slom, has the distinction of being known as hip-hop's Medicine Man who has helped some of music's biggest names on their road to health. While most African Americans were "the guinea pigs for the processed food industry," Supa Nova was blessed to have had a mother that raised him on wheat grass, sprouts, vegetarianism and detoxing. Raised in the hood, Supa Nova observed that "gansta life is as high-stress as any corner-office corporate gig." He and his mother educated people about health, first in the gangsta circles, then hip-hop circles, and finally in outreach education and speaking engagements. WOW. I can't imagine how being raised like that. What an edge this guy must have over those of us raised on what he calls "the Toxitarian diet"! Hi mother, Queen Afua, also writes the foreword.

Part 1 presents the remedy, a four-day cleanse. It's simple: anyone can do a four day cleanse of green drinks without medical supervision. (Nonetheless, the author advises that you seek medical advice if certain symptoms appear--probably mentioning this for legal protection since there is really nothing the doctor can do since these are detox symptoms: your body is just trying to get rid of the toxins).

Supa Nova describes how he moved beyond vegetarian or vegan and became a "cholorophyllian." I usually just chug my green drinks down since the bitter taste is not pleasant. But to hear Supa Nova describe the green elixir he devised for the four-day cleanse, I found my mouth watering. I couldn't wait to get home and try it. This will definitely be this year's "spring cleaning" method for my body. It is better than water or juice fasting because you are giving the body the nutrition and alkalyzing it needs. "My whole life I've done juice fast, the Master Cleanse, water fast--almost every kind of fast and cleanse that there is--and I can personally attest to the fact that The Remedy cleanse program is the greatest, quickest and easiest mental, physical, emotional and spiritual natural reboot I've found to date," he tells us. He makes us forgo TV during the four days, so this is a fast for the mind as well!

Part 2 outlines the 5-week cleanse for those serious about changing their lifestyle. Week one is flexitarian, eating some meat but forgoing red meat and sugar. Week two you become a vegetarian, with 50-75% of the food raw or lightly steamed. Week three you are a "supa raw food vegan." Week four is a juice fast. Week five you find your own rhythm, find what works for you from you four-week experience. No dogma--I like that. Everyone is different and we can't all be vegans, vegetarians, or 100% raw. We must listen to our own bodies.

The book also has testimonies and advice sprinkled throughout from some of the big and influential names behind the scenes and on stage in hip-hop. It includes motivational principles, history and facts behind the steps to be taken, physical exercises, and recipes (vegan, both raw and cooked). It also has recipes for juices aimed at cleansing specific organs and tissues: kidney cleanser, liver cleanser, blood builder, lymphatic flush juice, respiratory cleanser, immune booster, and colon cleanser. These refined and perfected recipes alone are worth the price of the book. They also made my mouth water and I can't wait to try them out.

The author discusses how it is hard to communicate with today's youth, and that he is a "translator." So I was expecting someone to be at least 30 or 35. But when I saw his photo, I was astounded by his radiant youth. Judging by his life experience, he probably IS at least 30 to 35--proof that all that cleansing, chlorophyll-ating and eating raw has sure kept him youthful!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Blueprint for Wellness!, July 19, 2010

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Daphni Reals Brooke - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Remedy: The Five-Week Power Plan to Detox Your System, Combat the Fat, and Rebuild Your Mind and Body (Paperback)

First of all, I refuse to give you a break down on the book, because if you're anything like me, you've already done your research on it and you're just trying to find out if this book really works. It does. This is a blueprint to wellness. The ingredients are inexpensive and easy to find. The program is detailed without being too cumbersome. And the results are amazing. I lost 11 pounds using just "The Remedy" 4-day cleanse. After that, I went on to do the 5-Week Program, and lost an additional 24 pounds. My skin is so clear that I don't have to wear make-up anymore. My hair has grown out to almost past my shoulders (which for a black woman is a big deal). My body is tight and toned and my skin is soft and even. My nails are longer. My eyelashes are longer too. I have so much energy. Plus, I lost 10 inches around my waist and I finally have a flat stomach. But more than that, I have peace of mind. I believe in myself and I'm fighting for my health now. I will live 'The Remedy' life forever. Wellness Salute!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly well written and a concrete plan..., May 16, 2010

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This review is from: The Remedy: The Five-Week Power Plan to Detox Your System, Combat the Fat, and Rebuild Your Mind and Body (Paperback)

Supa Nova Slom presents a concrete plan for dietary and lifestyle changes in a surprisingly well-written and easy to read format. I've taken the book with me to the natural food market and used it like a grocery list to help me purchase the items I needed to implement the plan. I recommend The Remedy to anyone who has been struggling with implementing these types of lifestyle and dietary changes.