New Book - Apple a Day

An Apple a Day: How to feel better by taking care of fundamentals,

using what works in alternative therapies and avoiding prescription drugs.

This book is the fruition of over thirty years of clinical experience combining

conventional and alternative medicines. I have learned that simple interventions,

including diet, exercise, lifestyle changes and choosing safer alternative therapies

instead of side-effect laden prescription drugs, have a dramatically positive effect

on people’s health and vitality. People are not only healthier, they feel better.

We all make mistakes with our health decisions. Trying to do the right thing, even

informed individuals are led astray by an uncritical media spotlighting relatively

unimportant information or the findings of the latest study, ignoring the fact that

the findings are contradicted by a mountain of previous data or the reality of

clinical experience. Research findings are important, but what really works is far

more important.

With this overload of information, how can people figure out what they should be

doing? Good health habits can be very simple to create and maintain. We tend to

get too fancy as we search for the right things to do and take for our health. A few

general principles and habits of thinking about health can put us on the right path

and keep us going in the right direction almost all of the time.

A lack of healthy self-criticism too often keeps physicians stuck in old habits

and ignorant about therapeutic options beyond conventional medicine. This

unfortunate tendency prevents us from providing optimal care to our patients.

Also, physicians are seldom taught how to help patients implement the

recommendations we do make. When the patients then fail to make changes,

everyone gets frustrated and stops trying.

This book is based on my experience, as well as medical research on the most

important health concerns. An Apple A Day will help you make better decisions

by learning what is important, what works and how to critically evaluate the latest

health buzz. It also provides specific steps to take, as well as how to successfully

make changes. It is a map towards feeling better and becoming stronger.

Book Outline

INTRODUCTION - MY STORY

HOW TO THINK ABOUT HEALTH

• Considerations of what is important and how to think critically about what you

read

ESSENTIAL HEALTH HABITS

• Discussion of the simple but irreplaceable things you can do to live healthier

CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVES

• An introduction to alternative medicine and some thoughts about how and when

to use treatments your doctor probably does not offer

LIFE CYCLE SPECIFICS

• Health habits, diseases and concerns as they pertain to specific phases of our

lives.

HOW TO LEARN MORE

APPENDICES

• Drug company advertising, you and your doctor
• Questions to ask your doctor
• Simple homeopathic self care