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Doctor Murray's Total Body Tune-Up: Slow Down the Aging Process, Keep Your System Running Smoothly, Help Your Body Heal Itself--for Life! - Softcover

Murray, Michael

 
9780553379525: Doctor Murray's Total Body Tune-Up: Slow Down the Aging Process, Keep Your System Running Smoothly, Help Your Body Heal Itself--for Life!
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ISBN 10: 0553379526 ISBN 13: 9780553379525
Verlag: Bantam, 2001

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By the co-author of the bestselling Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine


Does your body need a tune-up?

In this remarkable new approach to holistic medicine, Michael Murray, N.D., one of the nation’s leading naturopathic doctors, shows you how to use the latest information in natural medicine to customize a program that will have every system in your body running like new.

Take Dr. Murray’s self-tests to pinpoint your health priorities. Then go on this fascinating guided tour to better health.

Circulatory system: lower your blood pressure without pills • keep your cholesterol in check with a vitamin derivative • stop varicose veins with a treatment that’s better than surgery

Immune system: foods that bolster your defenses against cancer and other life-threatening illnesses • herbs to stop a cold ... fast!

Digestive system: discover Germany’s number one natural remedy for digestive problems • what’s dangerous about antacids • how to stop heartburn with DGL

Brain and nervous system: natural remedies for memory loss and depression • brain-boosting vitamins and herbs

Detoxification system: cleanse your liver with an ancient herb • revitalize your system through safe fasting

Endocrine system: a no-cost way to burn fat • new ways to achieve crucial hormonal balance and reduce stress

Skeletal system: how to prevent — even reverse — osteoporosis with these simple natural supplements • new approaches to arthritis and chronic fatigue

Sexual system: how to bring more energy to your love life without dangerous drugs • ease menopausal hot flashes, and much more!

Here are the tools — and the knowledge — you need to put yourself in the best shape of your life.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Michael T. Murray, N.D., is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on natural medicine. He is a graduate and faculty member of Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington, and the co-author of the Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, the definitive consumer guide to naturopathic medicine. In addition to more than twenty other books, Dr. Murray has written numerous articles for major publications, appeared frequently on radio and TV programs, and lectured to hundreds of thousands of people nationwide.

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Do You Need a Tune-Up?

Nature is doing her best each moment to make us well. She exists for no other end. Do not resist. With the least inclination to be well, we should not be sick.
— Henry David Thoreau

Of all nature’s miracles, the human body is most amazing. As Thoreau realized, nature works constantly to ensure that your body functions well. Health is our natural state. But the body is complex and intricate — a collection of interwoven systems, each dependent on the others. Through one system we take in food and break it down into tiny nutrients that the body can use. Another system carries those nutrients to the cells, which use them as fuel. Meanwhile there’s a system that carries away waste, recycling when possible and removing the rest. All this activity — and much more — is regulated by constant streams of chemical and electric signals under the control of the brain.

Although we sometimes talk about the “parts” of our bodies, we are closer to the truth when we think of the body as a whole. All those different systems must work as one to achieve their common goal: to keep us alive.

In some ways your body is like a car. Both require fuel, fluids, pumps, valves, lubricants, and an electric spark to run. Both filter and remove wastes. All these systems need to operate with split-second timing.

But there’s another similarity that we often overlook. To run at its best, every vehicle requires periodic maintenance. The simplest steps — changing the oil, replacing spark plugs, tightening connections, cleaning out the sludge — make all the difference in how the car performs. We’re not talking here about major overhauls, just a few routine steps to keep things humming. A tune-up.

Many people treat their cars better than their bodies. They wouldn’t dream of missing the three-thousand-mile oil change. They winterize their vehicle at the first sign of cold weather, rotate the tires, and use fuel additives to keep the engine purring. From experience, they know that routine upkeep will prevent major disasters. A timely tankful of high-octane gasoline, a buck’s worth of oil, or a bottle of transmission fluid will avoid a $2,000 engine burnout down the road. As the mechanic in the TV ad says, “You can pay me now ... or you can pay me later.”

A car is designed to last maybe a dozen years at most, and it’s pretty easy to replace worn-out parts or repair major damage. But you get only one body in your lifetime. That precious body needs careful attention if you want it to last as long as possible and function at its best. Usually it doesn’t take much to produce results. As Thoreau realized, if we have the least inclination to be well, we can avoid serious trouble. Yet many of us neglect to take the basic steps that would keep our organs and tissues working at their peak.

At each moment, the body tries to maintain the ideal conditions needed to carry out its many tasks. The technical term for this is homeostasis, which means “same standing.” If the temperature rises too high, special systems kick in to cool things back down to normal. If a poisonous substance enters the body, the cells try to destroy or eliminate it before it can cause permanent damage. Every organism on the planet, from the simplest single-celled amoeba to the human being, relies on this internal mechanism, homeostasis, to sustain life.

Often, though, we subject our bodies to severe stress. If the homeostatic mechanism cannot overcome the forces that threaten it, then the system falls out of balance. In the worst cases, it fails completely. The result is disease — a disruption in the ability of a body system or part to carry out its normal function. By keeping our systems finely tuned, we can protect ourselves against disease and enjoy the benefits of health.

No matter how old you are or what your current state of health is, you can take steps to help your body function better. You can work better, feel better, look better — all by taking some basic steps to help your body maintain its optimal homeostasis.

In the chapters to follow, I’ll outline a program that will help you do just that. I call it the Total Body Tune-Up.


Time for a Tune-Up?

For starters, read through the following set of questions. The more yes answers you give, the greater your need for a tune-up.

· Do you feel that you are not as healthy and vibrant as other people your age?

· Do you want to have more energy?

· Do you want greater mental clarity?

· Do you often feel blue or depressed?

· Do you get more than one or two colds a year?

· Do you struggle with your weight?

· Do you suffer from lack of libido or impotence?

· Do you have digestive disturbances?

· Do you have weak, brittle, or cracked nails?

· Is your hair dry and lifeless?

· Do you have dark circles under your eyes?

· Are you constantly hungry?

· Do you have trouble getting to sleep, or do you want to sleep all of the time?

· Do you have high cholesterol levels or high blood pressure?

· Do you feel anxious or stressed out most of the time?

· Do you suffer from premenstrual syndrome, fibrocystic breast disease, or uterine fibroids?

· Do you crave sweets?

· Do you suffer from allergies?

· Do you lose your temper easily?

· Do you have bad breath or body odor?

· Do you suffer from chronic postnasal drip or hay fever–like symptoms?


What You Can Expect From Your Tune-Up

Can a tune-up really help with all of these symptoms? Absolutely. These symptoms often indicate nothing more than a squeaky wheel in need of maintenance. Taking the appropriate tune-up step can pay huge dividends in clearing up the immediate symptom. Even more important, a tune-up can ensure better long-term health and avoid the progression of minor problems to more serious conditions. Here are some specific benefits your tune-up can offer.

Increased energy. The quality of your life is often directly related to your energy level. The greatest improvement most people notice with a tune-up is a higher energy level. A tune-up can give you the power to live with more passion and joy.

Improved protection against disease. Everyone wants to be well and stay well. Your body does its best to fight illness. But you must provide the nutrients your body needs to build strong tissues and vigorous immune cells.

Rejuvenation and slower aging. No one can live forever, but everyone wants to live as long as possible. Just as important as the quantity of your years is their quality. No matter how old you get, you want your body always to function at its best. The human body is naturally programmed to make that happen. Most cells in the body reproduce many times during your lifespan. By tuning up, you can make sure that each new generation of cells is as fit and robust as its ancestors. You’ll slow down the aging process and start to feel “young before your time.”

Better moods and mental function. When you feel better physically, you feel better emotionally too. The body and mind are interconnected. When one is affected, so is the other. After a tune-up you will find your mood elevated and your mind enhanced. You will think more clearly, with more focus.

Better appearance. It’s not vain to want to look your best. It’s a sign of self-respect. The same strategies for keeping your internal systems humming also work on the external ones — skin, hair, nails.

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Verlag
Bantam
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0553379526
ISBN 13 
9780553379525
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
432
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