Asthma: The Complete Guide to Integrative Therapies (Paperback)

by Jonathan Brostoff M.D. (Author), Linda Gamlin (Author), Jonathan, M.D. Brostoff (Author) "Most asthmatics could feel substantially better, need fewer drugs, and enjoy life more - it is just a question of tackling asthma from several different..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

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. . . an absolutely riveting read. . . . An excellent investment for both doctor and patient. -- The Inside-Story

Asthma is a highly informative and well-written book . . . and looks set to become THE guide to asthma. -- Healthy Eating

Asthma: The Complete Guide To Integrative Therapies is simply the best guide currently available to asthmatics and their families. -- The Bookwatch, March 2001

Everyone who breathes-or would like to breath without wheezing-should have Asthma on his bookshelf. This is a lifesaving book. -- Barbara Ardinger, Ph.D., Whole Life Times, January 2002

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"You might find it difficult to believe that a seriously thick, large format paperback called Asthma was hard to put down--but the latest result of Professor Jonathan Brostoff's co-authorship with Linda Gamlin is an absolutely riveting read. . . . An excellent investment for both doctor and patient."
(The Inside-Story )

"Asthma is a highly informative and well-written book . . . and looks set to become THE guide to asthma, not just for professionals, but for sufferers and their families too."

(Healthy Eating )

"Asthma: The Complete Guide To Integrative Therapies is simply the best guide currently available to asthmatics and their families."
(The Bookwatch, March 2001 )

"Everyone who breathes-or would like to breath without wheezing-should have Asthma on his bookshelf.  This is a lifesaving book. . . . if you want your children to grow up without wheezing, then this is the book to help you deal with this underrated disease." 

(Barbara Ardinger, Ph.D., Whole Life Times, January 2002 )

"A useful guide for anyone who needs to come to grips with and treat asthma. Well-researched and written so that the lay person can easily understand asthma. . . . A must for asthma sufferers."
(Nancy Pearlman, The Compendium Newsletter, May-June 2002 )

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Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Healing Arts Press (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892819324
• ISBN-13: 978-0892819324
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #628,999 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a life saver!!, April 7, 2001

By	Desteany - See all my reviews

I am an allergy sufferer who recently developed asthma and anaphalyxis (a severe life threatening condition where your airway may be come obstructed and your blood pressure dramatically drops). After suffering 7 anaphalactic episodes in a week and a half (which required calling 911 and one hospital admission) I decided to pick up this book. My doctors couldn't figure out the trigger for these episodes, but this book had the answers. After reading the chapter that deals with food allergies that trigger asthma and anaphalyxis, we discovered that some of the foods I had eaten had sulfur dioxide as a preservative. I knew I was allergic to sulfa drugs, but it never occurred to me to look for sulfur in foods. I have become an avid label reader since. This book also offers insight on avoiding and removing asthma triggers, as well as how to recognize and treat an on-set of an asthma attack. I can't say enough good things for this book. Do yourself and your doctor a favor--get this book!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surveys and evaluates all manner of asthma therapies, March 12, 2001

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Jonathan Brostoff, M.D. and biochemist Linda Gamlin bring together their extensive expertise on evolutionary biology, the immune system, integrative medicine, and allergies therapies to present the non-specialist general reader with a clear, accessible, comprehensive guide to all aspects of on of today's most common and widespread health problems in Asthma: The Complete Guide To Integrative Therapies. This exhaustive tome surveys and evaluates all manner of asthma therapies ranging from common pharmaceuticals to alternative medicine approaches. The authors include a step-by-step program to help asthma sufferers identify triggers and make healthful changes. Special advice is provided parents with asthmatic children for the purpose of helping families insure those children live happier, healthier lives. Of special note is the information provided expectant parents with asthma to reduce their risk of their unborn child in acquiring this respiratory affliction. Asthma: The Complete Guide To Integrative Therapies is simply the best guide currently available to asthmatics and their families.