Newly revised and updated, this electrifying guide has been praised by doctors, health experts, and readers who have taken their own self-health challenge. Describing himself as “an ordinary guy who discovered an extraordinary secret,” which he now feels compelled to share with everyone, J. Michael Zenn completely changed his own life when he began a quest to get healthy. With some simple but profound improvements to his diet and everyday habits, Zenn lost fifty pounds and six inches off his waist and—within just a few months—felt and looked younger than he had in two decades. So he quit his job and spent a year reading 200 books and interviewing experts in order to write about the powerful message he calls “the self-health revolution.” In this inspiring book, Zenn reveals: • The hidden ingredient in our food that makes us fat • The Tsunami of Diabesity (obesity + diabetes) that threatens our health, our health-care system, and our economy • Three simple things you can do to get fit and stay thin • A forgotten remedy that can get rid of your aches and pains • One thing you can do now to help extend your life • The little-known reason most people feel tired and run down • How unhappiness and stress can take years off your life • The Number 3 killer that nobody wants to talk about • A cure that your doctor may not know about or can’t tell you Now you can join the revolution of self-health throughout America. Take the 10-day challenge. You’ll lose weight, keep it off, feel better, and have more energy than you thought possible.

Examines the philosophical and clinical history of scientific medicine, and critiques the movements in psychoneuroimmunology and holistic and environmental medicine.

Abstract: Eighteen authoritative essays prepared by experts in their respective fields of study for professional educators and community psychologists emphasizes the development of community psychology groups, methods, theories, and principles stemming from actual community research and practice. The essays are grouped among 3 principle themes: specific self-help, mutual-aid community groups reflecting various mental-health needs (including women, gays, drug abusers, abusing parents, the overweight, the physically disabled, and those who care for the aged); the role of professionals in self-help programs; and evaluations and assessments of self-help programs; and evaluations and assessments of self-help group needs. A closing essay discusses self-help groups from an international perspective. (wz).

Malkmus and Dye base natural healing on the premise that a diet rich in raw fruits and vegetables, and the elimination of processed "dead" foods, will result in the ultimate health.