Author : David Steinman
Publisher : Perigee Trade
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,68 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Health
ISBN : 9780399522062
Low-level exposures to pollution can have detrimental effects on the body, lowering immunity, mental performance and causing life-threatening cancer. This book provides simple, every day steps for improving health by showing how to identify and learn about hazardous products, and use less of them.
Author : Eugene Bolognese
Publisher : Center Path Pub
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 13,86 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781933889054
Most people don't realize how much their health is impacted by toxins in their environment, stress, lack of exercise and poor diet. In this book, you will learn a simple plan to stay healthy in a toxic world.
Author : Rodi Alexander Friedman
Publisher : Thomas P. Brew
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,39 MB
Release : 2019-06-19
Category :
ISBN : 9781949616064
In a world that is forever changing, we need to be better informed and stay updated on properly caring for our individual health needs and well-being. Health expert Rodi Alexander Friedman shares that knowledge in a book of crucial information you can apply to your everyday life.
Author : Cynthia E. Fincher
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 10,50 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780891099789
Dr. Cynthia Fincher provides readers with a framework to understand chemicals and their effects, as well as the regulatory and political forces that allow their dangers to perpetuate. She then explains how people can reduce their use of chemicals--thus reducing the risk of damaging effects.200 pp.
Author : Aly Cohen
Publisher : Dr Weil's Healthy Living Guides
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 27,99 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Environmental health
ISBN : 0190082356
"Non-Toxic gives insightful, even-handed, evidence-based discussion about the environment in which we now find ourselves living, the environmental hazards and ways in which we may better protect ourselves and our families from increased risk of illness and disease due to harmful chemical and radiation exposure. Espousing the principles developed by famed physician and author, Dr. Andrew Weil, and making them accessible for the general reader, the book takes account of the whole person, including all aspects of lifestyle, in offering guidance to living healthy in a chemical world"--
Author : Bill Gottlieb
Publisher : Rodale Books
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 40,59 MB
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1609615182
Environmental toxins are a secret cause of many diseases, including cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease, infertility, asthma, hearing loss, and hypothyroidism. By easily minimizing or eliminating your exposure to these toxins, you can protect yourself against these diseases! That’s what Health-Defense is all about—self-defense. In Health-Defense, you’ll find: • How to avoid common toxins found in groceries, personal care products, and household items • The Health-Defense 7-Day Detox—a simple, easy (and delicious) week of environmentally smart eating • How to defend yourself from air pollution and wireless and medical radiation • Tips for preventing and treating the diseases most closely linked to environmental toxins • Other practical steps you can take to reduce your exposure to toxins As you clean up your personal environment, you’ll lose weight more easily, have more energy, achieve better mental clarity, develop fewer infections, sleep better, and enjoy a more vibrantly healthy life!
Author : McKay Jenkins
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,96 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Environmental health
ISBN : 9781400068036
What's Gotten into Us? is a deep, remarkable, and empowering investigation into the threats--biological and environmental--that chemicals now present in our daily lives. Do you know what chemicals are in your shampoo? How about your cosmetics? Do you know what's in the plastic water bottles you drink from, or the weed killer in your garage, or your children's pajamas? If you're like most of us, the answer is probably no. But you also probably figured that most of these products were safe, and that someone--the manufacturers, the government--was looking out for you. The truth might surprise you. After experiencing a health scare of his own, journalist McKay Jenkins set out to discover the truth about toxic chemicals, our alarming levels of exposure, and our government's utter failure to regulate them effectively. What's Gotten into Us? reveals how dangerous, and how common, toxins are in the most ordinary things, and in the most familiar of places: * Our water: Thanks to suburban sprawl and agricultural runoff, 97 percent of our nation's rivers and streams are now contaminated with everything from herbicides to pharmaceutical drugs. * Our bodies: High levels of hormone-disrupting chemicals from cosmetics, flame-retardants from clothing and furniture, even long-banned substances like DDT and lead, are consistently showing up in human blood samples. * Our homes: Many toxins lurk beneath our sinks and in our basements, of course, but did you know that they're also found in wall-to-wall carpeting, plywood, and fabric softeners? * Our yards: Pesticides, fungicides, even common fertilizers--there are enormous, unseen costs to our national obsession with green, weed-free lawns. What's Gotten Into Us? is much more than a wake-up call. It offers numerous practical ways for us to regain some control over our lives, to make our own personal worlds a little less toxic. Inside, you'll find ideas to help you make informed decisions about the products you buy, and to disentangle yourself from unhealthy products you don't need--so that you and your family can start living healthier lives now, and in the years to come. Because, as this book shows, what you don't know can hurt you.
Author : Gay Browne
Publisher : Citadel
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 39,47 MB
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0806539003
“If you want one of the shortest, fastest routes to getting toxic chemicals out of your life, get behind the wheel of Gay Browne’s Living with a Green Heart and you’ll get there in no time flat.” —Ken Cook, President, Environmental Working Group In an increasingly toxic world, the paths to environmental health and personal well-being run parallel. The journey begins with a few small steps. Is the damage we’re doing to our planet literally leaving you sick, sore, and gasping for air? Want to take back our inalienable rights to clean air, clean water, and healthy food? In this quietly revolutionary book, environmental pioneer and founder of Greenopia, Gay Browne, shares a roadmap for making incremental changes that will not only transform your life, but heal the world we share. From the home to the office, from the foods we eat to the clothes we wear, here are actions you can take today that will improve your Personal Environmental Health, and help you stop feeling overwhelmed, reduce illness, improve sleep, mood, and focus, and start making a difference, including: *Make conscious choices when shopping, and support companies with good environmental stewardship and healthy products. *Test your water for harmful chemicals, install an affordable water filtration system, and reduce your water use by utilizing water more efficiently. *Work with your doctor to create a personal plan for detoxing your body. *Use only non-toxic and organic household products, and choose organic, eco-friendly fabrics made by sustainable and fair trade certified companies. *Choose the method of transportation that makes the lightest carbon footprint. With these and many other actions, Gay Browne’s work has taught her that even the smallest change for the better, faithfully practiced, can have an immense positive impact on our minds, bodies, and spirits—not to mention the planet.
Author : Christopher Gavigan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 28,76 MB
Release : 2008-04-17
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1440632162
Learn how to create a cleaner, greener, safer home with Christopher Gavigan and the trusted experts at Healthy Child Healthy World. Healthy Child Healthy World is the essential guide for parents! All parents want a happy and healthy child in a safe home, but where do they start? It starts with the small steps to creating a healthier, less toxic, and more environmentally sound home, and this is the definitive book to get you there. Unfortunately, tens of millions of Americans, overwhelmingly children, now face chronic disease and illnesses including cancer, autism, asthma, allergies, birth defects, ADD/ADHD, obesity/diabetes, and learning and developmental disabilities. The number gets higher each year and more parents ask WHY? Scientific evidence increasingly finds chemicals in everyday products like cleaning supplies, beauty care and cosmetics, home furnishings, plastics, food, and even toys that are contributors to these ailments. The good news is that you can something to protect your children with a few simple changes! Inside, you'll find practical, inexpensive, and easy lifestyle advice for every stage of parenting including: *Advice on preparing a nontoxic nursery for a new baby *What every expectant mom needs to do to have a safer pregnancy *Clarifying which plastics and baby products to avoid and the healthier solutions *Tips to take to the grocery store, including the most and least pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables and the best healthy kid-approved snacks *Which beauty care / cosmetic products pose the biggest risk to health *The best recipes for healthy snacks, low-cost and safe homemade cleaners, and non-toxic art supplies *How to easily minimize allergens, dust, and lead *A greener garden, yard, and outdoor spaces *Tips to keep your pets healthy, and the unwanted pests out naturally *Renovation ideas, naturally fresher indoor air, and safer sleeping options, *An 27 page extensive shopper's guide to most trusted and best products every home needs Inside is also packed with over 40 featured contributions from renowned doctors, environmental scientists, and public-health experts like Dr. Harvey Karp, Dr Philip Landrigan, and William McDonough, as well as many celebrity parents like Gwyneth Paltrow, Tobey Maguire, Sheryl Crow, Erin Brockovich and Tom Hanks. A special featured contribution from First Lady Michelle Obama on her best ways of coping with her daughter's asthma.
Author : Whitney Goodman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 17,43 MB
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0593542754
A powerful guide to owning our emotions—even the difficult ones—in order to show up authentically in the world, from the popular therapist behind the Instagram account @sitwithwhit. Every day, we’re bombarded with pressure to be positive. From “good vibes only” and “life is good” memes, to endless reminders to “look on the bright side,” we’re constantly told that the key to happiness is silencing negativity wherever it crops up—in ourselves and in others. Even when faced with illness, loss, breakups, and other challenges, there’s little space for talking about our real feelings—and processing them so that we can feel better and move forward. But if non-stop positivity is the answer, why are so many of us anxious, depressed, and burned out? In this refreshingly honest guide, sought-after therapist Whitney Goodman shares the latest research along with everyday examples and client stories that reveal how damaging toxic positivity is to ourselves and our relationships, and presents simple ways to experience and work through difficult emotions. The result is more authenticity, connection, and growth—and ultimately, a path to showing up as you truly are.
