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In this title the author introduces a new approach to well-being that integrates the holistic and high-tech methods of treatment. Divided into numerous sections that deal with each system of the body, the author explains what can go wrong as one ages and offers advice for preventing trouble.
| Size | | Length: | 513 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 20.0 oz |
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Hoffman, a baby boomer and a holistic physician, combines the best of conventional medicine with the natural systems of healing to provide advice on everything from nutrition to acupuncture. His three-part guide contrasts with Isadore Rosenfeld's Dr. Rosenfeld's Guide to Alternative Medicine (LJ 12/96), which was designed to evaluate 26 different therapies. Instead, Hoffman begins with an overview of the "baby-boomer health legacy of sustaining health while minimizing decline." He then addresses the body's systems and targets specific health problems created by factors ranging from neglect to pollution. This work promotes an impressive array of treatment modalities. Excellent reference notes and a resource list for each body system cite books and periodicals, professional and support organizations, web sites, and health products. Highly recommended. Rebecca Cress-Ingebo, Fordham Health Sciences Lib., Wright State Univ., Dayton, Ohio
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The host of the popular New York City radio "Health Talk" on WOR and operator of a Manhattan health-food store offers counsel to aging baby boomers whose bodies are just now beginning to let them down. To the holistic Hoffman, the practice of "intelligent medicine" means selecting the best from both alternative and high-tech medicine. To help readers understand the workings of their bodies, he describes each physical system (e.g., cardiovascular, reproductive, gastrointestinal) and offers dos and don'ts for keeping it in working order. Among his recommended strategies are use of herbal remedies and food supplements, dietary and behavioral modifications as well as alternative therapies such as acupuncture. Trendy topics such as Syndrome X (sugar disease or hyperinsulinism), allergies and environmental pollution get serious coverage. Hoffman's notion that fighting off the flu naturally is a good way to keep the immune system in peak condition may seem odd to advocates of annual flu shots, and his promotion of chelation therapy for atherosclerosis will raise conventional eyebrows. Less controversial and quite sensible is his advice on selecting doctors and hospitals, working with one's doctor and taking charge of one's own health. (Aug.)
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