Ultraprevention: Ultraprevention

Everyone needs to read this book! It is amazing and will change your life. You will finish the book and will understand how the body works. It is very easy to understand so you won't need a medical degree to understand it. It is written in a way that you feel like the authors are talking to you. There are lots of stories which helps your remember and understand what they are explaining. They stress the importance of different levels of vitamins, minerals and enzymes in the body need to be at appropriate levels in order for the body to work well. If one thing is off it can cause a chain reaction and cause other things to go wrong. Many doctors will prescribe medicines to fix the symptoms instead of going to the source of the problem. I know it's helped me figure out things and I am healthier because of this book. I want everyone I care about to read it so they can live the healthiest life possible.

My first Ultraprevention book was given to my by my daughter. I usually don't read these type of books, but my wife slipped it into my carryon bag when I went on a trip to Portland. With nothing else to read in the airport, I opened it up. Incredible, a health book that made sense. I read the whole book on that short trip. I had my wife read the book. We both went on the 6 week plan and had great results. I've lost weight, I feel really healthy and look younger.

Must read for people who want to live healthier... I am only at my early 40s, my friend just died from metastatic breast cancer last week after two years of chemo; my husband has high cholestoral, I have mild anxiety disorder, mild ADD and mild depression and lack of energy... It is time to change our lifestyle and the way we eat-- TAKE AWAY THE BAD STUFF, PUT IN THE GOOD STUFF into our body... I find his book very informational and helpful...I also enjoy Dr. Hyman's website...

This is truly a great book that I think just about everybody should read. However, like another review said, it's nothing new. The advice for healthy living has been around for decades in the natural healing (read books by Norman Walker, Dr. Richard Schulze, Bernard Jensen) community and probably for thousands of years for practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It's funny how the medical community acts as if nothing is real until a doctor or scientist claims to have discovered it. Which leads me to my number one criticism of this book (which you could argue is not really a fault of the book at all). What in the world do they teach people in med school? I'm dumbfounded by how completely clueless some of the doctors are in the anecdotal stories in the book. Don't get me wrong, for trauma surgery and other such emergencies the modern medical profession is truly amazing. However, for degenerative disease they are worse than useless. The book states that the 3rd leading cause of death in the US is medical treatment. I would also say this is a little unfair to the medical profession because most people who get to the point of needing such treatment have already dug 90% of their own grave through poor lifestyle choices. Having said all that, I think this is a great book because it describes in detail what's wrong with the current mostly drug based approach to treating disease and also tells you what to do about it. It also has a message of recommending that YOU take responsibility for your own health instead of just handing all your power over to your doctor, preacher, favorite health guru, etc. and expecting to magically get well. The authors of this book are doing a great thing with their practice and also by spreading the word about healthy living and for this I am grateful. I'll probably even buy a couple more copies of this book to give as gifts to people I know who need it.

If you believe that medicines cure people, don't waste you time or money with this book. If you know better, and realize that what you put into your body or withhold from your body is more likely the cause of health or illness, then this book is for you!!! Now, don't let THIS statement scare you: you'll learn about your body from the cellular level and up. HOWEVER-- it's neither written over anyone's head, nor is it too simplistic as to lose your interest! It gives you the "whys" and the "hows" of making healthy decisions, and you'll not regret making them. The plan is easy to understand, and easy to apply-- definately "do-able" as a LIFEstyle. I HIGHLY recommend this book if you want to be well.

Lots of easy to implement ideas for better health. I also thoroughly enjoyed the suggested book "A Touch of Life". Thank you for help to become healthier.

Lots of sensible if familiar advice--eliminate sugar, white flour, processed foods, saturated fats. At times a bit extreme--install a reverse osmosis water filter, keep pets out of the bedroom, take your shoes off before tracking lead into the living room, be suspicious of the mercury all around you, be careful of all the toxins on golf courses. What's disappointing is the so-called "plan," which is more of an encyclopedic, overwhelming listing of do's, don't's, and cautionaries at the end of the book, about as specific and focused as the U.S. plan to get in and out of Iraq. If you're looking to take your marching orders from a program that's clear, focused, and systematic, look elsewhere.

Over the past few years, I have experienced health issues. I went to several doctors and still felt lousy. I found this book to be very eye-opening. I now realize that many of my habits were making me sick. The first part of the book is filled with facts and anecdotal information about health conditions and causes. It gave me the tools to take responsibility for my health. The second part of the book provides more step by step information on how to make changes and remove toxic elements like stress and poor diet from your life. I have been on the program for over a month and I am noticing improvement in my overall well-being. The best part of the book is that I feel more in control of my health.