Publisher's Synopsis
The Whole-Body Health Guide is a valuable, highly informative guide to the only body you'll ever have. It will teach you how to care for yourself while you are well, and help your physician understand what is wrong when you are ill. You'll learn how your many organs work, how to keep them healthy, what can go wrong, and how to make the best use of your visits with health-care providers. Find strategies for long-term maintenance of the amazing, self-regulating, self-repairing body you live in every day. This wellness guide offers tips on eating nutritiously, exercising adequately, avoiding accidents, preventing disease, decreasing stress, and minimizing exposure to environmental toxins. The body's systems are viewed both "locally and globally." The writing is accessible, informative, and reader-friendly.
