Total Renewal: 7 Key Steps to Resilience, Vitality, and Long-term Health [Hardcover]

Frank Lipman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 24, 2003

Named one of "The New Healers" on the cover of New York magazine, holistic physician Frank Lipman presents his seven-step program for cultivating habits that naturally strengthen the body's resilience.

Dr. Lipman's Seven Steps are:

Step 1: Take Responsibility for Your Health and Well-Being
Step 2: Remove Toxins and Decrease Your Total Load
Step 3: Recognize Your Unique Diet
Step 4: Replenish Nutrients and Balance Hormones
Step 5: Release Tension and Relieve Stress
Step 6: Revitalize with a Detox
Step 7: Reconnect to Yourself, Others, and Nature


In terms of health, most of us live at 50 percent of our capacity. Total Renewal takes us the rest of the way there.

Many people suffer from digestive disorders, low-grade toxicity, or fluctuating blood sugar levels. While not ballooning into full-fledged diseases, these conditions hamper our enjoyment of life and prefigure illnesses that loom in our future. Comprised of seven key steps, Dr. Frank Lipman's Total Renewalprogram reverses the unhealthy habits and poor functioning that we slowly develop and take for granted over the course of our lives, replacing them with new behaviors that leave us stronger, healthier, and more durable.

A prominent clinician on the leading edge of new concepts in complementary medicine, Dr. Lipman brings a vital, fresh voice to the literature of self-care and holistic health.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Lipman, a Manhattan-based doctor versed in both Chinese Western medicine, and co-author Gunning present a sensible seven-step program to renew health. According to Lipman, modern medicine is currently a disease-care rather than a health-care system, which treats the symptoms (often with unnecessary drugs) rather than getting to the root of the illness itself. In his 25 years as a physician, Lipman has found that a combination of Western and holistic approaches (such as acupuncture and yoga) can best serve patients who suffer from modern malaise and such problems as chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome and acid reflux. His program involves taking responsibility for one's own health, establishing a more open, communicative relationship with a doctor, and spring-cleaning the body's system to repair damage from exposure to toxins in food and the environment. His seven steps (take responsibility for your health and well being; remove toxins and decrease your total load; recognize your unique diet; replenish nutrients and balance hormones; release tension and relieve stress; revitalize with a detox; and reconnect to yourself, others and nature) are described in distinct chapters with specific instructions on foods to eat, toxins to avoid, and ways to live more healthfully. According to Lipman, toxicity is the biggest challenge to being healthy today; his integrative approach provides practical methods for revitalizing the body and spirit.
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About the Author

Frank Lipman, M.D., is a board-certified internist specializing in Integrative Medicine and acupuncture.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Tarcher (April 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585422290
• ISBN-13: 978-1585422296
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #891,285 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a tremendous resource!, August 12, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Total Renewal: 7 Key Steps to Resilience, Vitality, and Long-term Health (Hardcover)

As the mom of a toddler, wife of a competitive athlete, daughter of octogenarian parents, and owner of a small business, I feel like a lot of people depend on me. And the only way I can be that dependable person is to be vigilant about my own health.

This book has become an invaluable partner in my ongoing quest for more energy, vitality and a better quality of life. Information is presented in a straightforward, easy-to-grasp format and Dr. Lipman doesn't preach or nag. He gives you the tools the improve your health ... you can pick and choose what makes sense to you and take it from there.

By the way, one of the best features of the book is the "resources" listing at the back. Twelve pages of websites list everything from green products to children's health to nutrition. These resources help me make better choices.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable guide to your body and life, August 7, 2003

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"cdoylema" (Vineyard Haven, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Total Renewal: 7 Key Steps to Resilience, Vitality, and Long-term Health (Hardcover)

I must confess that I bought Total Renewal because of the jacket quotes from Dr. Lipman's celebrity clients -- Donna Karan, David Letterman and Kevin Bacon. But then I began reading and following his seven steps. It hasn't been long, but I have found his advice to be incredibly practical and effective. It's helped my daughter's allergies and his chapters on diet have given me the soundest, sanest advice for how to eat that I've ever read.

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TOTAL RENEWAL, July 29, 2003

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JACKIE QUALEY (HAWTHORNE, NEW JERSEY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Total Renewal: 7 Key Steps to Resilience, Vitality, and Long-term Health (Hardcover)

DEAR AMAZON.COM:

DR. LIPMAN'S BOOK GOES DIRECTLY THE HEART OF LIVING A HEALTHY PRODUCTIVE LIFE. I'VE SUFFERED FROM FIBROMYALGIA AND CHRONIC FATIGUE FOR OVER 8 YEARS. MY HUSBAND HAPPENED TO SEE AND ARTICLE WRITTEN BY JOSEPH HOOPER IN MY MAY 2003 ISUE OF OPRAH MAGAZINE. HE WAS TOTALLY AMAZED BY DR.LIPMAN'S THEORIES AND ADVICE. WHEN HE CALLED DR. LIPMAN'S OFFICE DIRECTLY AND FRANK ANSWERED THE PHONE HIMSELF WE KNEW WE HAD FOUND SOMEONE SPECIAL.
AFTER EXPLAINING MY CONDITION TO DR. LIPMAN HE SUGGESTED WE GET A COPY OF HIS BOOK. WE IMMEDIATELY BOUGHT A COPY AND READ IT FROM COVER TO COVER. WE CAME AWAY FEELING THAT WE HAD FOUND AN ANSWER TO OUR PRAYERS. WE DECIDED TO SEEK HIS PROFESSIONAL ADVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DR. LIPMAN IS KNOWLEDGEABLE, KIND AND A TRUE HUMANITARIAN. HE CARES ABOUT EVERYONE OF OF HIS PATIENTS AS IF THEY WERE HIS FAMILY AND HIS GOAL IN LIFE IS TO HELP PEOPLE BECOME WELL AND TO LEAD A FULFILLING LIFE. HE ADMITS THAT IT TAKES ALOT OF WORK AND GETTING ADJUSTED TO, BUT HE DOES NOT PREACH OR MAKE IMPOSSIBLE DEMANDS. YOU EITHER WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH OR WELL BEING OR YOU DON'T. MEETING AND SPEAKING WITH DR.LIPMAN IS TRULY A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO TRAVEL TO HIS OFFICE OR JUST WANT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE READING TOTAL RENEWAL WILL SEND YOU DOWN THE PATH TO BETTER HEALTH. I ONLY WISH I HAD READ THIS BOOK A FEW YEARS AGO, I KNOW MY QUALITY OF LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER PERSON FOR KNOWING DR. LIPMAN. WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF FOLLOWING HIS RECOMMENDATIONS I HAVE BEGUN TO FEEL BETTER THAN I HAVE IN MANY YEARS. I ONLY WISH I HAD READ THIS BOOK A FEW YEARS AGO, I KNOW MY QUALITY OF LIFE OULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETER ABD I WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER PERSON FOR HAVING KNOWN DR. FRANK LIPMAN.

YOURS TRULY,
CHRIS & JACKIE QUALEY
HAWTHORNE, NEW JERSEY 07506