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Book cover image of Empowering Your Health: A Proven 8-Week Program for Optimal Health by Asa Andrew

Authors: Asa Andrew, Thomas Nelson Publishers (Manufactured by), Dave Ramsey
ISBN-13: 9781401603724, ISBN-10: 1401603726
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Date Published: October 2007
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Asa Andrew

Book Synopsis

Asa Andrew says there is only one step necessary to revitalize your life and regain your personal health: Change your health by changing your choices.

Andrew has learned that most people "lifestyle themselves into sickness" and can, with determination, "lifestyle themselves back to health." Once readers make that choice-to be well-Andrew provides all the guidance they will need to completely change their lives for the better.

Challenging, engaging, encouraging, and informative, Asa Andrew answers the hard questions and provides real solutions; addressing a wide variety of topics: digestion and proper food choices, how to avoid and rid the body of toxins, the dually important roles of rest and exercise, and the delicate balance of the endocrine system and how to improve and maintain it. Like Dave Ramsey's approach to getting out of debt, Asa Andrew is challenging people to take responsibility for their own health and giving them the tools to do just that.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments     vii
Foreword   Dave Ramsey     ix
My Story-The Power to Change     1
What is Natural Medicine?
In Search of a New Medicine-The Quest for Extraordinary Health     9
Do You Want to Get Well?-Taking Responsibility for Your Health     17
Natural Medicine-The Health Triangle     29
Mental Health
Attitude-We Are What We Think About     41
Lifestyle Choices-You Decide How Healthy You Will Be     49
The Subconscious Mind-The Mind-Body Connection     57
Chemical Health
Building a Great Foundation-The Tree of Life     73
Food Choices-You Are What You Eat     97
Supplements-The Foundational Four and Other Essentials     113
Eliminating Toxins-Restoring Our Internal Environment     131
The Body's Balancing Act-Hormone Systems     145
Unlimited Energy-The pH Scale     155
Hitting the Reset Button-Food and the Anti-Inflammatory Diet     163
There's Power in the Blood-Diagnostic Blood Work     177
Structural Health
Our Framework-The Structure of the Body     191
Is Your Power On?-The Nervous System     197
More Than Looking Fit-The Muscular System     203
Keeping the Structure Strong-The SkeletalSystem     207
The Body's First Line of Defense-The Lymphatic System     213
Putting it All Together
Avoiding the Top Diseases-Beating the Odds     223
Designed to Move-Exercise     249
Losing Weight the Healthy Way-The Prescription for Weight Management     261
No Rest for the Weary-The Rest Principle     267
Getting Well-Staying Well     279
Asa's Home Remedies-A Quick Reference Guide     283
Asa's Healthy Top 40 Countdown     290
Asa's Top 10 Things to Avoid     294
Asa's Natural Medicine Resource Guide     296
Supplements and Nutritional Products     298
Notes     301

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