The Six Week Plan that will make you healthy for Life!

Mark Hyman, M.D. and Mark Liponis, M.D.

2003

http://www.drhyman.com/
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Hyman and Liponis are products of the medical system who both discovered that what they learned in medical school was useless for actually keeping them healthy. Each survived a health crises that turned their interest toward alternative methods of healing, where at the time of this book they were both practicing at Canyon Ranch Spa.

Here they focus on all the substances and habits that interfere with good health from a primarily physical point of view malnutrition, impaired metabolism, inflammation, impaired detoxification. The first half of the book debunks many of the common health myths which are promoted by conventional medicine and appear regularly in the media. Your doctor knows best; If you have a diagnosis, you know what’s best for you; Drugs cure disease; Your genes determine your fate, etc. . .

This book provides an excellent discussion of the problems with conventional medicine which give you another angle from which to hear the culturally accepted “truths,” and a comprehensive list of steps you can take to address your current health habits. It’s  definitely worth reading. However, don’t expect to be able to read the book and put all this into practice immediately.

In fact, the truth about the toxic environmental threats which surround us and the dangerous substances corporations use to create substitute food can be so overwhelming that you might feel like just putting the book down and forgetting about it. It’s like starting therapy and first thing getting a computer print-out of the 50 character traits and behavioral habits you are going to have to overcome in order to resolve your difficulties. Appealing, right? If you are already concerned, this approach could stress you out even more. To change habits, we need to take things one at a time and build on our successes. So, when you get to the last section that contains the action steps, don’t rush through it. If you are serious about applying these ideas (and everyone needs to be), just do one little step at a time.

Hyman has been busy since the publication of this book and now has a slew of books and programs available on his website.