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The Wellness Project - A Rocket Scientist's Blueprint for Health by [Roy Mankovitz]

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The author, a Columbia University graduate who designed spacecraft for NASA and is also an inventor, lawyer, entrepreneur, and holistic health practitioner, embarked on a twenty year research project to determine how the human body could remain healthy for the longest possible time. If you are interested in learning the results, read The Wellness Project: A Rocket Scientist’s Blueprint for Health. You do not need a background in science to understand this book because it is based on a principle that is rarely found in the health community: common sense. The results of his research are quite startling, and look nothing like what the health community would have us believe. He uses nature as a guide, with more than 350 references. The diet portion of the book is a real eye-opener, and does not resemble any diet in print, yet is backed by the largest “clinical study” in the history of humanity. You will learn about the one diet that works for all human beings and is nature’s solution to an omnivore’s dilemma. The detoxification section of the book (how to get the poisons out of our body), is another eye-opener. For example, find out why eating three kinds of “dirt” can be important to maintain your health, and how certain types of emotional detoxification can speed up the removal of physical toxins from our body. This book also includes sections on lifestyle and our environment, proving that staying healthy is not rocket science!

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001OI1W18
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Montecito Wellness LLC (November 1, 2008)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 1, 2008
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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With an undergraduate degree from Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, and a Juris Doctorate in law, Roy Mankovitz has pursued diverse career paths as a rocket scientist, lawyer, inventor, entrepreneur and, most recently, researcher and author in the field of nature-based illness prevention.

In the field of rocket science, Mr. Mankovitz designed unmanned spacecraft control systems for lunar and Mars soft landing spacecraft and deep space probes, was a member of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Advanced Technical Studies group, and authored several NASA publications in the field.

As an inventor, Mr. Mankovitz is named in more than 60 patents, including many in the field of consumer electronics, as well as in the field of health. His inventions include on-screen television program guides used to search and select television programs, parental control features, and interactive television. Upcoming technology includes radio television innovations designed to making radio and television an interactive experience.

In the field of law, Mr. Mankovitz has had a rewarding career as an intellectual property attorney specializing in patent, trademark copyright and licensing matters. He implemented very successful programs to protect and monetize the intellectual property rights of companies and individuals, spawning an entire industry devoted to doing just that.

As an entrepreneur, Mr. Mankovitz has been the founder, co-founder, officer, and director of a diverse group of successful companies, some which are now publicly traded. He is on the advisory board of many organizations and nonprofits in the field of health, and has been the benefactor and moving force behind university research in the area of illness prevention.

In the field of health, Mr. Mankovitz is the founder and director of Montecito Wellness, devoted to research in the area of human wellness using nature as the template. He has published several books in the field, including The Wellness Project, The Original Diet - The Omnivore's Solution, and Nature's Detox Plan - A Program for Physical and Emotional Detoxification. His inventions in the field include a non-toxic plant-based sunscreen (Berrynol), and he has funded successful research at UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Cellular Biology in support of his theory that plant cyanins provide protection against skin cancer.

At present, Mr. Mankovitz is co-authoring additional books in the field of health, including a novel, and has co-founded a technology company whose mission is to revolutionize the future of television.

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AlphaTravels

The Best Place to Start Your Health Research

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 4, 2013

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This book is an excellent place to start for someone who is interested in improving their overall health. It stands out in this respect because:

1. Roy Mankowitz didn't have an agenda: With most health books the author unavoidably has an agenda. They are leading you into a particular perspective on health which they have adopted and they are motivated by career success and other rewards. If their book does well, they will benefit from it considerably. This could lead them to embellish certain points or eliminate negative information that gives a counter argument to what they are proposing. Roy Mankowitz had none of these issues, as this book is a summary of everything he researched, none of his own design. He also has nothing much to gain from 'book success' as he already had made his money as a rocket scientist/ inventor.
2. Very broad coverage: Roy takes us through a very wide variety of health topics and navigates some of the areas which you will find a lot of conflictual information about. He doesn't get tied into any one area, he's more interested in providing a complete toolkit for improving health.

If you are looking for an exact template of what you need to do to improve your health, this isn't really suitable for you. Roy gives you many ideas and pushes the edges to find things that can improve health from a variety of sources and historic research. So it's ideal for someone who is actively researching themselves with an analytical and open mind. It's not for someone who wants a simple health solution that they can implement without doing further research.

Unfortunately Roy died in 2011 of a sudden heart attack aged 70. Some would say that this undermines the value and information presented in the book. I do think we need to keep that data point in mind, because there are topics that Roy didn't tackle in his book that are developing very fast (e.g. genetics, methylation, biome). It's possible that it was one of these or another unknown that ultimately undermined his heart. I don't think it takes away from any of the information in the book, and anecdotally his wife has noted that he was in excellent spirits and energy levels right up to his death.

Because this book is very broad it gives you an objective introduction into most of the topics you will come across in your quest for recovering your health or health optimization. Since I first read this book I've come back to it many times when I entered a new phase and focus area to work on my health. Roy Mankowitz's book has been a good goto book to start each new topic from a basis of reasoned information (without any hype, which unfortunately taints many books).

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Steve

I first bought this book for a Kindle...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 29, 2013

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...but have since ordered a print version for reference and further study.
I like the author's logical approach, his clearly-stated conclusions (his is careful to label them as opinion and not facts), and his use of scientific references (versus other authors who tend to cite other authors, who in turn cite others...and on and on, with no actual research or studies being cited).
There is, to me, much to be said about some "paleo" books only going back to "recent" hunter/gathers ( the Innuit and Australian aborigines, for instance, or Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons) while ignoring the previous couple of million years. I'd like to hear Dr. Cordain - whom I admire and respect as an original researcher and "truth-teller" - address that topic in a paper or future book.
Too bad this author has died recently. I'd have contacted him and asked that he research and write a comprehensive book on the risks/benefits of all the foods we eat - one based on the natural nutrients and anti-nutrients each food contains and his conclusions on each.... I think he'd have been the perfect person to do this.

Anyway, Roy, wherever you are now, thanks for the book!

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Marly Harris

Hate the word Wellness but loved the book...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 7, 2009

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To me, the word wellness is in a league with the word parenting and other annoying uses of the English language; I didn't let that keep me away from this excellent book.

Mankovitz's research impressed me plus he has a very straightforward way of presenting his ideas. He backs up everything he recommends with solid facts.

As a born-again low-carber, I will not follow his dietary recommendations because I know from life experience that fresh organic sweet fruit leads to cravings and binges for me.

He is also a very generous correspondent. I sent him some questions in a post and he answered promptly with wit and charm.

He'll hate me for this but one of the most important things I learned from this book is using inexpensive old-fashioned milk-of-magnesia as a deodorant. It is gentle, works perfectly (even through multi-hour sweaty workouts at the gym) and, in addition to preventing odor, it makes the skin smooth and silky.

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Thomasina R

Save your money for a better book!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 17, 2008

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This is one of the most un-scientific books every written on
the subject of wellness and nutrition!

Be prepared to read a great deal about detox. And clay; specifically
eating clay and using it from everything from soap, toothpaste, detox,
and de-worming.

This is a person who does not believe humans should floss their teeth.
Or for that matter we should not eat anything our Paleo-ancestors
(referred to as PA, mother nature is MA) could not reach barefoot.
No acknowledgement that fruits and nuts fall from trees and that
barefoot paleo's could surely climb anyway. Indeed eating plants,
ie. vegetables is not advised only meat, fat, and non bitter fruit.
No nuts, no vegetables.

He gives a recommended macronutrient ratio of 20/10/70 being protein/
carb/fat. And that is animal fat.

This book ignores mountains of research showing benefits of plants
and nuts in the diet. This author did not live in the paleo world
but writes as though he can use his rocket science logic to deduce
what any paleozoic era humanid would have consumed and why.

Basically it is a thinly (if even that) disguised promotion of
Weston Price with plenty of name dropping on where to get those
edible clays and dirt products.

Using the title 'rocket scientist' to sell the cover - what is
inside is not science. Much of this information has been disproved
decades ago.

Spend your money on something that actually will add to health
and longevity - like 'Blue Zones'.

I wish I had my money back.

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