Can We Live 150 Years? : Your Body Maintenance Handbook [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

~ (Author) "According to the principles of ancient Chinese medicine (confirmed by recent scientific research), our body is a big energy system with cells and organs closely..." (more)
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"a straightforward, 'reader friendly' guide to adopting healthy practices"

Product Description

Mikhail Tombak, Ph.D., the author of the Body Maintenance Handbook (the book’s subtitle), applies a no-nonsense approach to dieting, exercising, disease treating, and other aspects of everyday life. He points out that our looks, longevity, as well as our everyday physical and mental conditions result from the way we eat, breathe, and take care of all our physical and psychological needs. The question is not limited to nutrition only, as is the case with many dieting programs. The most interesting conclusion from reading this book is contained in a known idea: Our health is in our own hands.

The author earns the readers’ trust through his non-commercial, commonsense approach to all aspects of health and overall wellbeing. Simple language and clear structure explain the book popularity.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 271 pages
• Publisher: Healthy Life Press, Inc.; illustrated edition edition (March 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972732802
• ISBN-13: 978-0972732802
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #321,017 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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71 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost 5 Stars, October 26, 2007

By	M. Caruso - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Can We Live 150 Years?: Your Body Maintenance Handbook (Paperback)

This book probably deserves 4.5 stars, but there is no such choice so I opted for 4. There is something for everyone in this book. It is packed with information about body cleansing, treatment of obesity and other common ailments, proper nutrition, proper breathing techniques, taking care of your back, and much more. It is very comprehensive and compact. In fact a little too compact for my eyes - it would be easier to read if the letters were bigger. I wouldn't mind if it was published in four or five hundred pages, or even in two different volumes.

You will find in the book many good alternatives to visiting your physician with a small disorder or inconvenience as we often tend to do. An example -- drink a raspberry tea, instead of taking aspirin. Among all the plentiful advice you will also come across some that you might want to take with a grain of salt, but if you approach it with an open mind you will certainly find a lot of useful recommendations.

I happen to disagree with the author on some issues. Specifically, in my opinion the calculation of life expectancy seems to be based on some wrong assumption, but my goal is not to live 150 years anyway... As some of other reviewers mentioned, I wouldn't make my own toothpaste, either. However, after you separate the grain from chaff and ignore all the elements that you consider too difficult or impractical, you will still be left with a lot of useful guidance that will help you lead healthier life.

The liver cleansing routine does require two full days of total devotion to your own self. It is not pleasant, either, as you first need to fasten for over a day, and then you need to drink alternatively olive oil and lemon juice. It is not easy, but it is very rewarding. I felt very much rejuvenated after cleansing of my liver. The good news is that you do not need to do it more often than twice a year.

The author also suggests fasting at least a few days a month. Not as a means to losing weight, but as a self-cleansing routine. Alternatively, if you prefer the easy way, take sauna each few days... By the way, the author also suggest an alternative, easy way of liver cleansing with the help of apple juice, but my experience tells me that "the easy solutions" most of the time don't bring about as good results as "doing it the hard way". And so on, and so forth...

To summarize: It is a good book, just pick up what you find useful and ignore the stuff that does not suit you. There is something for everyone. It's a very much recommended title.

41 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended reading, June 10, 2006

By	M. Grabulosa - See all my reviews

This review is from: Can We Live 150 Years?: Your Body Maintenance Handbook (Paperback)

I wasn't particularly interested in this kind of reading. However, since I received this book as a gift, I felt I had a duty to at least have a quick look at it. So I flipped through some pages... Surprisingly, I immediately found a few chapters that caught my attention... After jumping from one chapter to another, eventually I decided that this volume definitely deserves my full attention. So I read it from the beginning to the end, and since then I often use it as my reference book to healthy living. The book does not bog down the reader with sophisticated terminology as a genuine medical book might. It simply offers straightforward advice that is designed to help the reader in a variety of areas from maintaining a well-balanced diet to getting the right kinds of exercise to ameliorating illnesses. Interesting how this book changed my life! It is only a surprise that it is not at Amazon's Bestseller list. Unless it is still undiscovered...

59 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is a STEAL!, March 9, 2006

By	Dave - See all my reviews

This review is from: Can We Live 150 Years?: Your Body Maintenance Handbook (Paperback)

This book should be a part of each household! It is a "stop the insanity, go back to basics" kind of book. It is full of practical information that will certainly be useful for everyone in some point of his or her life. When you compare it with all kind of other, mass-produced titles with practically no content, you will only wonder why it is so cheep.

It is full of old remedies and information that might not be very popular with the profit-oriented mainstream medicine. It provides simple solutions to some common health problems without the need of visiting a doctor.