Cure

My copy of the book has not arrived yet, but I have read a few sample chapters that were emailed to me by the author.

I met Diana DeLonzor when she was teaching a class on this subject in San Francisco. I found it highly enjoyable and informative. It was more than just a lecture on punctuality tips because we discussed the underlying *reasons* people become chronically late and how they are not necessarily the same for everyone. There was enough information for an all-day workshop and no one wanted to leave when the class was scheduled to end.

Diana was a delightful instructor with an unpretentious style that put everyone at ease. By the end of the class we all felt we were among friends and were laughing together. I appreciated how she shared her own experiences with us about overcoming tardiness and it made us feel like we could relate to her because she had "been there".

If the sample chapters are any indication, this will be a terrific book that will help a lot of "punctually challenged" people.

I've read several time management books, but "Never Be Late Again" is by far the best. I really gained some valuable insights. It not only deals with how to overcome lateness and procrastination, but explaihs the research behind the techniques. The book was intelligent, humorous, and has helped me immensely in my daily business practices. It really drove home the fact that, with the right tools, effective time management can be easy.

This book will tell you what your doctor will not. For instance I got kidney stones. I asked my doctor how I could keep my kidneys from hurting, since the kidney stones are still in there and make my kidneys hurt every once in a while. This book will tell you what foods or drinks to stay away from if you have kidney pain.

This book is an A-Z on telling you how to avoid certain foods that trigger pain or what foods to eat to prevent certain problems. It also tells you which foods have which vitamins, in case you are deficent in certain vitamins. I love this book. I am going to give it away to a few people for Christmas.

This book will tell what foods to eat to prevent cancer, why should we eat fiber, how to boost immunity and much much more. I would recommend every household to have a copy of this book.

This book tells you lots of information about the food we can get from the supermarket and help us to prevent cancer and why. With every food it lists, it teachs you how to get the most of that food and give you one or two receipt. Don't get me wrong, this is not a receipt book. The little receipt is just for example how to use that food. This book is very informative and also very fun to read. Anybody who looks at health as an important issue can use this book as a reference book.

This book is, indeed, the second edition of the book originally entitled 'The Four Pillars of Healing'. If you read that book, then you have read this one: the only differences (besides the lurid cover) seem to be a couple of new appendices and a change to an existing one, and an extensive questionnaire to discover one's mediators, antecedents, triggers, and effects (terms explained in the book). But, since the first edition came out in 1997 and this one in 1998, the references are still quite current.

Basically, Dr. Galland is making the point that modern medicine has lost its way, and is now doing much damage in some cases, and little good in many others. Of course, this is a point rather stridently made by many authors advancing alternatives to the offerings of the medical establishment, such as meditation, acupuncture, herbal therapies, dietary supplements, and so on. Dr. Galland is sympathetic to many of these alternatives, but what is different about his approach is that he wishes to bring them into the fold, as it were, rather than break from the flock. He was trained as a physician in the usual way, a way he now feels is wrong, that modern medicine is expending much effort to solve the wrong problems.

Healing sick people by observing them, interacting with them, and restoring their balance is the foundation of medical art, but somewhere in the 19th century that approach got displaced when microorganisms began to be associated with disease. It was a short step to claim that these microorganisms "caused" the disease - one germ, one disease. Before long a new type of doctor began to dominate medical care, the "specialist". Specialists were trained to think of a disease as an entity with characteristics that were independent of the person it happened to be afflicting. They specifically rejected the view that individual differences mattered, except in a very superficial way. They were emotionally and intellectually ill-equipped to deal with the messiness of real people whose internal ecologies and external circumstances actually determined whether they got sick, and how it showed up. Many people are infected with the TB bacillus, but only a few get TB. And so for so many other diseases.

Dr. Galland believes that one's diet, exercise, habits, emotional life, physical environment, as well as one's intrinsic makeup and history (even one's developmental history in the womb!) should all be factored into any diagnosis, to interpret symptoms and suggest treatment. This he calls "patient-centered" diagnosis, to distinguish is from current practice, which might be called "disease-centered" diagnosis. He believes that many problems that are today attacked with a variety of over-the-counter and prescription drugs, or, more radically, with surgery, are really the result of imbalances in a person's life. Some of these, such as diet, are rather easily correctable, and simple changes in eating habits, perhaps with a course of diet supplements, can reverse the course of what had been tenacious maladies. Other problems, such as stress or loneliness, can impair immune function, but may sometimes be difficult to correct, intertwined as they are with a person's entire way of life. This book has many case studies that bring home the reality of all these issues, and form an entertaining narrative backbone to the discussion.

In general, the author favors the restoration of balance over bringing in the big medical guns. But sometimes the guns are necessary. It may happen, for example, that a person has allergies or nagging illness that result from an undetected (because unchecked-for) parasite, acquired years earlier. In this case, the doctor might prescribe a course of antibiotics to kill the parasite, along with dietary supplements such as live lactobacillus to restore the intestinal flora the antibiotic will also decimate.

This book gives good guidance in eating, in particular, and suggests methods to avoid the health hazards and toxins endemic to modern life. And for issues he does not discuss in detail he often refers to a book that does, so a reader can learn more if he or she is interested. Dr. Galland has no answers, really, to the social and emotional barrenness that afflicts many of us. (How could he?) But he observes that our health is as much a effect of our emotional well-being as it is of anything physical that happens to us.

What made this book so impressive to me was the references that backed up virtually everything the author said. And these were multiple references in the scientific literature to controlled studies. So the meta-message of this book is that you do not have to check your critical faculties at the door when you go in for an holistic approach to health.

This book is the exactly the same as his previous book "The Four Pillars of Healing", just in paperback and with a new cover. You save a few bucks by getting this paperback edition.

This is a terrific book on nutrition, it has everything you could want to know about various foods and vitamins. It has great recipes scattered throughout that pertain to the section as well as bad, good and better sources of each vitamin etc. I think you will enjoy this book as much as I have.

The best nutrition book I've ever owed. No gimicks, no short cuts. The basics on food, nutrition and vitamins and how they interact with your body. Easy to read and very staightforward. Perfect for someone who is trying to eat healthier and change to a more nutritional way of life. It's like an encyclopedia for food and nutrition. Even contains a 6 week program to better overall health. This book is not a diet plan, but a nutritional lifestyle guide.

It IS a tragedy that this book went out of print. I was suffering from bulimia before it was a commonly known disorder. It helped me to understand it and deal with it. I loaned it and lost it. I know so many young girls, now 20 years later, that could benefit from it.

This nearly-lost book is a winner when it describes the weight-loss/weight-gain seesaw. As a therapist I frequently loan my single, tattered copy to clients who insist that restricting their intake to starvation levels is "the only way."

This is a "readable book." Squire doesn't try to cover every aspect about eating disorders. The only disappointment is its out-of-print status and the fact that it has not been updated since 1983

Ok, so I'll admit..I have not read this book. That said, I have been taking St. Johns Wort now for about three months and it's so AWESOME! I am a huge advocate of herbal remedies and have been for years. However, for some weird reason I never tried SJW for my severe depression and wretched PMS symptoms. Did I say they were severe and wretched?! JUST AWFUL barely scratches the surface! I've had them for years and years and it was really taking a huge toll on my parenting and my marriage. I mean this truly. It was just so awful. I refused to go on prozac or one of those prescription anti depressants because of their weird side effects they seem to have had on EVERYONE i've known that has gone on them ( like really bad mood swings till they take their "drugs"!) and decided to tried SJW. I went to my local co-op and bought loose SJW and some blank capsules. All totalled about $3.00! The herbs I bought have been enough to last probably 5 months ( I bought about 1 1/2 ounces ) I fill my own capsules and do not pay those terribly high prices at the stores for already prefilled capsules.
I take on average about 3 - 4 per day. And I've been amazingly calm and have absolutely no spiked mood swings or depression. It's been so cool!!!
I suffered with PMS and depression I'd guess about 20 years or more, so this has been wonderful.
The other cool thing I've noticed is if I forget and skip for a few days, I'm still fine, unlike the incidences I've seen friends on who have missed or skipped their one prozac dose! Much beyond that I do need to take them again however. No biggie, I take another dose and I'm good to go.

For anyone whos considering going on a prescription anti depressant, I say go for the SJW first & try it for two weeks. I think, nay guarantee, you'll be so amazed with the results.
It's truly been a life saver for me.
peace to you,
A very happy!!!!!
Green mountain gal!

This book is a much needed INFO booster for people suffering with depression, as well as for individuals interested in herbal medicine. Plus it's an interesting read! Ambitiously researched and creatively presented, Dr. Rosenthal has a talent for drawing from sources such as classic literature, music, poetry, medical research, and philosophy, to pen interesting highlights throughout the book. In this remarkably comprehensive book, the history, mythology, past and current medical research, case studies, experience of physicians, and even the politics of St. John's Wort are smoothly chronicled. The reader is also given crucial information on the self-monitoring of mood, the diagnosis of depression, and specifics on how to use St. Johns Wort and when to consult with a physician. The appendix includes helpful logs that the reader can use to monitor their daily mood and sleep. A special bonus is the chapter on how to develop an anti-depressant lifestyle by making simple behavioral and environmental changes. St. John's Wort: The Herbal Way to Feeling Good, is an important, timely, and superbly written book. Thanks Dr. Rosenthal, we needed that!

I am still thankful for being led to this book in a time when I could not make sense of anything going on in my life. It gave me the tools to recognize what I had been experiencing, that I was *not* crazy, that I could understand what was happening, and heal. It presents surprising little-known information in a straightforward way, challenging us to consider, open our eyes, and accept the reality of extreme abuse and its consequences which is so often hidden and denied in our society.

I own this book and lend it out frequently to others when I try to explain my condition, or when I meet others facing the same challenges (though we tend to hide it, there are many more of us than most people think).

This book dispells many of the myths surrounding this confusing disorder that is so badly repressented in the media, and offers great hope. Though this is not a disorder that anyone would chose to have, this book helps those with MPD/DID to see the strengths and skills they have within, while offering great hope for change and recovery. I only wish I had found it sooner -- it would have saved me a lot of pain, depression, and confusion.

I would also highly recommend "The Truth About False Memory Syndrome" by the same author, for a more in-depth look at scientific understanding of repression, dissociation, and the way memory works. Together, these books literally saved my life when I thought there was no hope, and have put me on a empowered journey to healing, and wholeness.

As a writer, accurate research material is essential. Upon researching Multiple Personality Disorder, now called DID(Dissociative Identity Disorder), I came across this book, and read it cover to cover. It was clear, concise, intriguing.

Friesen clearly describes the concepts of what he notes as level 1 and level 2 alters, and the process of integration, and the fact that this disorder is not a disease, but an expression of the power of the mind as it raises its defenses to protect itself from the effects of mental trauma at a young age.

Would you please send me your email address to send somethig to your wionderful magazine thanks so much. Glenda Jones Gjones@iclub.org

This diet worked wonders for my husband with a very resistant cholesterol. He's been on every cholesterol medicine, even 2 kinds at one time and it never brought it down below about 250. When he followed this diet to the letter, it came down to 163. He feels great and hopes to go off the cholesterol pills soon.The author explains 3 principles: decreasing the production of cholesterol, getting rid of what is already built up, and decreasing intake of fat. Easy reading.

This book is an excellent beginning book on the theory (and some practice) of acupuncture. The concepts are very easy to grasp, but you don't get the feeling that you are being "spoon-fed". Dr. Mann has a real talent for taking complicated (for most Westerners) concepts and putting them into a frame of reference where we can easily understand them. It's very easy to read, and I highly recommend it.