Bøger udgivet af Choices Unlimited for Health and Wellness

Your immune system is incredibly complex, involving numerous interactive components. It protects you from the pathogens and toxins in the air, water, foods, on your skin and more.The inflammatory system is also a part of your immune system. Today, many claim that inflammation is responsible for most disorders, dysfunctions, diseases. With a little knowledge you can learn to identify when your immune system is working for you or against you. If it is working against you, you can learn how to bring it back into balance.

The heart is an incredible organ that works non-stop. This book attempts to uncover the science and truth behind the myths and misconceptions concerning drugs, toxins, foods, and exercise. For example, did you know that drugs that attempt to stop our bodies from making a vital compound end up putting the heart at even greater risk by blocking the very nutrients it needs for fuel? Many diets and foods also challenge this incredible organ, the heart. Learn how you can have a healthier heart and a live a better life.

Current research recognizes that there is a two-way communication between the gut and the brain. The gut is the primary entry system through which nutrients travel to support all the neural requirements of the body. Consequently, health problems in the gut can be a factor in diverse conditions ranging from depression to Parkinson's, to obesity and diabetes, to immune and inflammatory issues, to menopausal problems plus a host of other disorders.

Dr. Holly Fourchalk practiced as a Registered Psychologist for twenty years. During that time she kept questioning the fact the brain requires nutrients to create neurons, neurotransmitters, transport systems, and fuel. If the brain doesn't have the nutrients to function, then surely that would impact our capacity to think, feel and be healthy. Transferring from Naturopathic Medicine to Doctor of Natural Medicine, finishing another PhD in nutrition, and another MA in Herbal Medicine, she then went to India to study Ayurvedic Medicine, and followed it by the study of German Homeopathy. In Naturopathic College, Dr. Holly learned about the conventional understanding of glutathione as a major redox mechanism in the cell and even further, to acknowledging it as a major anti-oxidant. as a major anti-oxidant. Since, then Holly has studied how glutathione is involved in almost every process in the human body, from anti-oxidant to inflammation, from respiratory system to immune system, from cardiovascular to neurological to hormonal processes. It is abundantly important, yet we lose it faster and faster each year. Dr. Holly has explained in simple and effective ways the various roles of glutathione and how to increase glutathione in your body. Dr. Holly continues to expand her knowledge of ways to help people heal from today's common health issues that allopathic medicine tends to simply manage.

Dr. Holly grew up in a traditional Baptist Church, the only one in the family who attended church. By the age of twelve she had read the Bible numerous times. She frequently stopped by to visit the Pastor, with questions he could not always answer. At fourteen, she read the biography of Edgar Cayce, which answered a lot of questions the church could but opened up a lot more questions. At eighteen, she read Autobiography of a Yogi, with similar results. In Grade Twelve, she created a course on world religions with the intent of studying religions around the world. In university, while she studied math and physics and then psychology, she continued to explore religions and philosophy. By the time she was twenty-five years old, she had lost fifteen people who had been close to her, which provoked her to ask the question: So what's the point? As a psychologist, she dealt with clients going through despair, hurt, anger, and frustration who repeatedly asked, "So what's the point?" During her years practicing as a Dr. of Natural Medicine, clients with challenging health issues asked the same question. In this book, Dr Holly explores why we ask the question and how we might explore possible answers. If you are a philosopher, you enjoy exploring concepts and ideas, or if you have ever asked the question, so what's the point? then this is a must read.

Inflammation can be a factor in diverse conditions ranging from depression, obesity and diabetes, to immune and inflammatory issues, to menopausal problems and a host of other conditions.