Invitation to Holistic Health: A Guide to Living a Balanced Life
| Author | : Charlotte Eliopoulos |
| Publisher | : Jones & Bartlett Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 498 |
| Release | : 2010-08-24 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781449658168 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1449658164 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Invitation to Holistic Health: A Guide to Living a Balanced Life provides solid principles and proven measures to promote optimal health and well-being using a holistic approach. Divided into three parts: Strengthening Your Inner Resources, Developing Health Lifestyle Practices, and Taking Charge of Challenges to the Mind, Body, and Spirit, this easy-to-read guide it provides how-to information when dealing with a variety of health-related issues that includes, but is not limited to, nutrition, exercise, herbal remedies, and homeopathic remedies. The Second Edition as been completely revised and includes current research on the effectiveness and safety of herbs and other complementary and alternative medicine therapies. The chapter on Menopause has been updated to reflect current thinking about the safe use of estrogen replacement, soy products, and other approaches to manage symptoms and new suggested readings and resources have been provided for further exploration into topics.
