People are becoming interested in educating themselves about prevention, staying healthy and being responsible for their state of well-being. In his first book, An Apple a Day, A Holistic Health Primer, Dr. Borins introduces the concept of Holistic Health. He describes health as the state of being, where the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual aspects of a person are in balance or harmony. This book is about prevention, taking care and healing, and becoming whole. He addresses the areas of nutrition, sexuality, exercise, relationships, emotions and the environment. Medical research that supports self-awareness, and teaching how to maximize the amazing healing powers of the body, is the basis of his easy-to-apply approach to health care. Dr. Borins discusses alternative approaches to healing like acupuncture, biofeedback, hypnosis, and new psychotherapies that have emerged. He supports alternative approaches that have the potential to do a great deal of good, with few harmful side effects. Learn how to apply these concepts to daily living and how to use the experience of sickness to promote a positive outlook in life. This book provides self-directed exercises and encouraging ways to make lifestyle changes, stop self-destructive habits, and find a new direction in life. Reviews: “It is an excellent primer for patients and it’s one that I can recommend with confidence…” —C. Norman Shealy M.D., PhD., Author, Past President, American Holistic Medical Association "Simple enough for a beginning high school student to digest. Attractively laid out with large type on expensive stock, the book can be read in a couple of hours and solicits reader involvement with continual questions for self-examination and practical suggestions for living a healthy life." —The Medical Post Table of Contents: Foreword 06 INTRODUCTION
Part 1. Awareness Chapter ONE. What is Health 11 Chapter TWO. Signs & Symptoms or Your Body Never Lies 15 Chapter THREE. Prevention – An Apple A Day 21 Chapter FOUR. Eating 29 Chapter FIVE. Sexuality & Love 43 Chapter SIX. Peak Experiences 49 Chapter SEVEN. The Environment 53 Chapter EIGHT. Why Sickness? Being Sick 57 Chapter NINE. Are you Healthy? Self Evaluation 61
Part 2. Self-Help Exercises Chapter TEN. Nutrition 69 Chapter ELEVEN. Exercise 71 Chapter TWELVE. Sexuality 75 Chapter THIRTEEN . Creating 77 Chapter FOURTEEN. Relaxation 81 Chapter FIFTEEN. Keeping a Journal 87 Chapter SIXTEEN. Physician Heal Thyself 89
THE END 91 Acknowledgements 92 Bibliography 94 About the Author: Dr. Mel Borins is a Family Physician in private practice, and is on active staff at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto, Canada. He is a Fellow of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, and Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
|