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OVERVIEW OF OPTIMAL WELLNESS

From over 20 years of clinical experience, Ralph Golan, MD has synthesized the best of alternative and conventional medicine in Optimal Wellness. He has written this 500 plus page work as both an authoritative, well-documented reference/text as well as an extremely user-friendly how-to self-care guidebook. It is for this reason that it has been acclaimed by health seekers and health providers alike. It is as common to see it in your neighbor's home library as it is on the suggested reading list for doctors studying for the board certification exam in holistic medicine.

Golan weaves compelling case histories of his patients' quest for health in chapters that are each dedicated to understanding ten underlying causes of chronic and recurring illnesses, what Golan refers to as the "Ten Common Denominators of Illness". He presents scored symptom surveys to assess your likelihood of having any of these conditions, and self-care measures (as well as physician assisted methods) of overcoming and preventing these conditions. The importance of this work cannot be overstated because these very conditions are often responsible for why conventional medicine may find nothing wrong with you when you feel so bad. Golan takes you by the hand in this "greyzone" between health and disease and shows you the ways back to health.

Optimal Wellness includes chapters on the foundations of health, and also features:

• An A to Z compendium of over 100 common ailments and natural treatment approaches.
• Diet hazards and a framework for creating one's own optimal diet
• The use of nutritional supplements
• Specific recommendations on herbal medicine, homeopathy, fasting and detoxification
• Guidelines to choosing and working more effectively with health professionals.

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WHO WILL FIND THIS BOOK HELPFUL?

• People who have a diagnosed illness or condition for which modern medicine offers no treatment (or treatment that is ineffective).
• People whose medical treatments are apparently "working" but who still do not feel healthy.
• People who are in the gray zone between health and disease, who do not feel or function very well but whose physical examinations and standard laboratory tests are usually "normal".
• People who want to safely reduce or discontinue their use of medications, either because of undesirable side effects or a preference for nonpharmaceutical or "natural" approaches.
• People who believe that health is far more than the lack of disease and who want guidelines to enhance their immune function and build a health reserve.
• People who are healthy and want to stay that way, especially those who have a family history of significant illness.
• People who are interested in longevity and healthy ageing.
• Health professionals and educators interested in developing or furthering preventive, wellness, integrative, holistic, and/or naturopathic approaches in their practices and curricula.

OPTIMAL WELLNESS TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1

PART I: THE SELF-CARE IMPERATIVE

Chapter 1    Transformation	7
Chapter 2    Master Symptom Survey	16

PART II: DIET AND HEALTH

Chapter 3    Dietary Hazards and Excesses	43
Chapter 4    Finding Your Optimal Diet	94
Chapter 5    All-Star Foods	103

PART III: THE TEN COMMON DENOMINATORS OF ILLNESS

Chapter 6   Nutritional Deficiencies	119
Chapter 7    Poor Digestion and Assimilation	142
Chapter 8   The Toxic Bowel	154
Chapter 9   The Sluggish Liver	170
Chapter 10  Hypoglycemia	183
Chapter 11  Adrenal Exhaustion	197
Chapter 12  Yeast Overgrowth	208
Chapter 13  Food Allergies	233
Chapter 14  Environmental Illness: Chemical Hypersensitivity and Heavy Metal Toxicity	264
Chapter 15  Psychoneuroimmunology: The Body-Mind Connection	286
Chapter 16  The Ten Common Denominators of Illness and the Immune System	306

PART IV: COMMON AILMENTS, NATURAL REMEDIES
AND PREVENTIVE APPROACHES

Chapter 17  Common Ailments A to Z

323

Chapter 18  Fasting, Cleansing and Rejuvenation	500
Chapter 19  Herbs and Their Medicinal Uses	445
Chapter 20  More Natural Therapeutics	463
Chapter 21  Energy Medicine:  Acupuncture and Homeopathy	472

PART VI: YOU AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

Chapter 22  Choosing & Relating to Your Doctor

485

Notes/References	493
Index	511

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