Author: Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM Publisher: Flatiron Books ISBN: 1250066123 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 352
Book Description
From the physician behind the wildly popular NutritionFacts website, How Not to Die reveals the groundbreaking scientific evidence behind the only diet that can prevent and reverse many of the causes of disease-related death. The vast majority of premature deaths can be prevented through simple changes in diet and lifestyle. In How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts.org, examines the fifteen top causes of premature death in America-heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson's, high blood pressure, and more-and explains how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes trump prescription pills and other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches, freeing us to live healthier lives. The simple truth is that most doctors are good at treating acute illnesses but bad at preventing chronic disease. The fifteen leading causes of death claim the lives of 1.6 million Americans annually. This doesn't have to be the case. By following Dr. Greger's advice, all of it backed up by strong scientific evidence, you will learn which foods to eat and which lifestyle changes to make to live longer. History of prostate cancer in your family? Put down that glass of milk and add flaxseed to your diet whenever you can. Have high blood pressure? Hibiscus tea can work better than a leading hypertensive drug-and without the side effects. Fighting off liver disease? Drinking coffee can reduce liver inflammation. Battling breast cancer? Consuming soy is associated with prolonged survival. Worried about heart disease (the number 1 killer in the United States)? Switch to a whole-food, plant-based diet, which has been repeatedly shown not just to prevent the disease but often stop it in its tracks. In addition to showing what to eat to help treat the top fifteen causes of death, How Not to Die includes Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen -a checklist of the twelve foods we should consume every day.Full of practical, actionable advice and surprising, cutting edge nutritional science, these doctor's orders are just what we need to live longer, healthier lives.
Author: Robert E Pettit, PhD Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595531628 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 346
Book Description
There is a place you can go that is free from sickness, crime, and war. That place is not here on this Earth. Instead, it is on the "New Earth." And you can choose to obtain a new body and go there. Drawing upon thirty-three years of University research and fifteen years of "Subtle Energy" manipulations Dr. Pettit discusses relationships between life sciences and spirituality. By understanding the concept "ask and you can receive" he outlines the questions to ask and your responsibilities to create a new body for ascending to the "New Earth" around 2012. Ascension is available for those who choose to move out of duality consciousness with suffering and pain into a new reality of Unity Consciousness with unfathomed joy and peace. Dr. Pettit explains how you can achieve this incredible gift with the following concepts. * Making a choice to ascend with your physical body * Knowing who you are and why you are on Earth * Shifting your dimensional state of consciousness * Avoiding fear, accept change, understand time-space * Releasing false beliefs, sickness, and pain * Understand your Mer-Ka-Ba Energy Field * Universal Laws related to your spirituality * The End Times, "The Shift," and Photon Belt
Author: Epifanio G Sandoval Jr M D Publisher: ISBN: 9781654698300 Category : Languages : en Pages : 150
Book Description
This book discusses the ten most common causes of death, as compiled by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the WHO (World Health Organization). It intends to help the reader learn how to prevent these diseases. This book can also empower the reader to learn these diseases at their level enough to have the knowledge to ask appropriate questions and discuss their condition with their medical providers. The Chronic illnesses that happen to people as they age are related to lifestyle behaviors - overeating processed foods full of fats, salt and sugar, being sedentary (not exercising), and neglecting their sleep needs. The reader will discover that changes in lifestyle are the key to these vital prevention measures. Prevention is more effective if the reader periodically/regularly has medical check-ups. The risk factors for every disease are elaborated together with the things people can do to help take care of them. Although at this time, some are difficult to prevent like cancers, learning the risk factors, and taking care of them is a good first step. As more research comes out with positive and proven ways of prevention, the next editions will update all those facts and knowledge. The reader is encouraged to realize the things he/she can do to be successful in the prevention and reap the rewards - a long, healthy, and happy life; and that they have a responsibility as there is no shortcut to achieving health and fitness; and an incidental benefit-the reduction of their health care expenses.
Author: Epifanio G. Sandoval Publisher: ISBN: 9781087859200 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 150
Book Description
This book discusses the ten most common causes of death, as compiled by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the WHO (World Health Organization). It intends to help the reader learn how to prevent these diseases. This book can also empower the reader to learn these diseases at their level enough to have the knowledge to ask appropriate questions and discuss their condition with their medical providers. The Chronic illnesses that happen to people as they age are related to lifestyle behaviors - overeating processed foods full of fats, salt and sugar, being sedentary (not exercising), and neglecting their sleep needs. The reader will discover that changes in lifestyle are the key to these vital prevention measures. Prevention is more effective if the reader periodically/regularly has medical check-ups. The risk factors for every disease are elaborated together with the things people can do to help take care of them. Although at this time, some are difficult to prevent like cancers, learning the risk factors, and taking care of them is a good first step. As more research comes out with positive and proven ways of prevention, the next editions will update all those facts and knowledge. The reader is encouraged to realize the things he/she can do to be successful in the prevention and reap the rewards - a long, healthy, and happy life; and that they have a responsibility as there is no shortcut to achieving health and fitness; and an incidental benefit-the reduction of their health care expenses.
Author: Committee on Care at the End of Life Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309518253 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 457
Book Description
When the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving. Yet too many dying people suffer unnecessarily. While an "overtreated" dying is feared, untreated pain or emotional abandonment are equally frightening. Approaching Death reflects a wide-ranging effort to understand what we know about care at the end of life, what we have yet to learn, and what we know but do not adequately apply. It seeks to build understanding of what constitutes good care for the dying and offers recommendations to decisionmakers that address specific barriers to achieving good care. This volume offers a profile of when, where, and how Americans die. It examines the dimensions of caring at the end of life: Determining diagnosis and prognosis and communicating these to patient and family. Establishing clinical and personal goals. Matching physical, psychological, spiritual, and practical care strategies to the patient's values and circumstances. Approaching Death considers the dying experience in hospitals, nursing homes, and other settings and the role of interdisciplinary teams and managed care. It offers perspectives on quality measurement and improvement, the role of practice guidelines, cost concerns, and legal issues such as assisted suicide. The book proposes how health professionals can become better prepared to care well for those who are dying and to understand that these are not patients for whom "nothing can be done."
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources Publisher: ISBN: Category : Child abuse Languages : en Pages : 164
Author: James M. Humber Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1592594484 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 159
Book Description
Physician-Assisted Death is the eleventh volume of Biomedical Ethics Reviews. We, the editors, are pleased with the response to the series over the years and, as a result, are happy to continue into a second decade with the same general purpose and zeal. As in the past, contributors to projected volumes have been asked to summarize the nature of the literature, the prevailing attitudes and arguments, and then to advance the discussion in some way by staking out and arguing forcefully for some basic position on the topic targeted for discussion. For the present volume on Physician-Assisted Death, we felt it wise to enlist the services of a guest editor, Dr. Gregg A. Kasting, a practicing physician with extensive clinical knowledge of the various problems and issues encountered in discussing physician assisted death. Dr. Kasting is also our student and just completing a graduate degree in philosophy with a specialty in biomedical ethics here at Georgia State University. Apart from a keen interest in the topic, Dr. Kasting has published good work in the area and has, in our opinion, done an excellent job in taking on the lion's share of editing this well-balanced and probing set of essays. We hope you will agree that this volume significantly advances the level of discussion on physician-assisted euthanasia. Incidentally, we wish to note that the essays in this volume were all finished and committed to press by January 1993.
Author: Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources
Author: James M. Humber
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