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How to Implement a High Security Shelter in the Home

I bought this book to learn about fallout, radiation, and preparations that

can save lives. The scope of this book is very broad and I have been able

to educate others using this. I was disappointed that he had no source

listed for renewable power for the fallout shelter light. But I have found

that from other sources. I like the way he gives one the opportunity to

be secure through knowledge and refer to the manual often, especially

to the part about water preservation with a healthy oxygen droplet instead

of using household bleach. He reveals the downside of bleach on one's

health and the fact that it does not last as long as oxygen drops. His

sources are expired on some things but I usually find my own sources

anyway once I know the name of what will work for the long-term.

I was hoping to find a technical book on constructing a reinforced underground room. This book is mainly aimed towards those who want to add a secure room in an existing home. The construction techniques described are unusual from the conventional view point, but coming from Mr Skousen, I'm sure they are dependable. The book includes easy to read technical drawings and step by step instructions for the homeowner that wishes to do the work himself.

Hopefully another manual will come out that will have what I'm looking for.

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As an architectural designer, I was looking for information for building shelters and safe rooms for clients. I would say that this book is a thorough and well written, and covers a broad range of incidentals that would need to be considered in the design and use of such shelters. I disagree with one of the other reviewers in reference to the architectural drawings in the book. While the drawings have a definite early 1990's feel, and could benefit from newer CAD technology, I found the drawings to be to standard construction drawing specifications and gave the reader a better understanding of the topics that the author was detailing in the text. Much of the book's information is provided more from the standpoint of trying to provide ideas to be applied to each individual situation, rather than a one size fits all design. There are also diagrams provided within the text to simply illustrate the general idea of a layout being described by the text. These Items include trap door escapes, plumbing, battery storage, and off-grid solar, to name a few. These diagrams merely provide an overview of a general set-up as each system is typically different based upon the manufacturer's specifications. That being said, they all seem to provide enough information to help those who are not familiar with the building industry make better, educated decisions on what they need. This also helps the homeowner to have a better conversation with their architect, contractor and building official, if need be.

Overall, I would say this book would be great for anyone from those concerned with their personal safety at home, to the DIYer that wants to build a shelter, as well as architects and contractors. Not only does the book provide the details that need to be considered, but it also provides a step by step construction overview and also sources to contact for materials and additional information.

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The written content of the book may be helpful, and the author is certainly known to have a reputation for skills and experience with the subject matter, however, the drawings, which are somewhat important in a book about structures look like something drawn on a early-1980's computer. They're of almost no use for those whom are accustomed to reading any sort of plans or drawings. I'm a handy person with above-average spatial abilities and can conceptualize 3d spaces pretty easily. Despite such, these drawing were more confusing than non-english instructions in cheap products. It's worth about $5 at best.

For the price of this book, I found this to be utterly disappointing.

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The Beauty Experiment: How I Skipped Lipstick, Ditched Fashion, Faced the World without Concealer, a

This is a hilarious and courageous book about one individuals authentic battle to find her self worth in the midst of all the inner and outer messages, subtle to blatant, sacred to profane, that assure us of our failure to be good enough, worthy enough, attractive enough, etc. That fear of rejection lies so deep in our hearts and minds that we seem endlessly vulnerable to any variety of fear monger from playground bully to the political scold, to advertising promisers of making us better if we just buy that thing. This author has the toughness and determination to take a hard look at where all the manipulation is coming from as she also discovers her own goodness, strength and yes, beauty that always has been hers. I love that she took a stand, held her ground and through that stubbornness and fight learned so much about where those scary voices come from. The challenge to become authentic is universal and timeless for men and women, whether it's over the matter of make-up, or about carrying weapons, what to do with ones life, or how to serve the country, none of us escapes this gauntlet of life. Thank you Ms. Baker for giving us such a crisp, funny and honest look at how you managed. Bravo!

We've all struggled with image maintenance, but hardly anyone will admit it. This brave book is better than any dozen "How Not to Look (Old, Fat, Otherwise Bad) Books."

If you ever checked yourself out in a store window's reflection or tried on 15 coats only to leave the store empty-handed, you've finally found a sympathetic soul and a great read. Now in the AARP zone, I can tell you that the issues really don't go away ... because now you get to worry about being fat AND old AND invisible.

Unless, like Phoebe, you just pull the plug on the ridiculous beauty treadmill and start living instead. Reasonable maintenance and hygiene, of course, but then ... you look how you look? What a revolution!

She also shines in this book with her take on being an expat trailing spouse. Her experience is exactly how it really is to be the wife/appendage in an alien place. Again, no one is supposed to admit that what appears to be an "adventure" is actually often a bleak, lonely, depersonalizing domestic struggle, but it is, even if you don't have new-baby stress, as Phoebe also does.

I could hardly resist reading this book straight through, because I wanted it to last.

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This book really isn't just about the no-makeup, no-fashion experiment; it's about the struggles of an exhausted young wife/mother living in Hong Kong with a husband who's frequently away. She writes really well and I enjoyed the book a lot, but it seemed to me that she got off-topic. I sort of got the impression that she originally wrote it as a general memoir, but maybe the publishers decided that the beauty/fashion boycott idea was a good marketing hook. SPOILER ALERT: In the end, she goes back to using makeup and shopping again, and I didn't get the sense that the big "experiment" had really changed anything for her.

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Had the author not jumped back and forth between time zones, but detailed her beauty experiment more chronologically, this book may have sustained my interest a little better, because the basic premise--forcing oneself to eliminate make-up for a year--is interesting.

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It's one thing to sit down after New Year's begrudgingly with a book that looks like it might be a list of to-do's or a "guide to a better you". But surprisingly, The Beauty Experiment is not that. It's a beautifully woven tale about a woman confronting her demons, and they just happen to be the same ones that many of the rest of us also have lurking in our closets. What makes this book so powerful is that while it is a thoughtful expose of ideas that are hard to buck, and perceptions in society that are powerful windmills (even if they are just windmills), it is also a fascinating story. Almost immediately I found myself thinking about how I see myself (beautiful? plain? old? flawed?) alongside a sense of wonder at the vivid descriptions of streets and life in Hong Kong. Perhaps what this book does best, through its exquisite writing, is allow the reader to confront big ideas while sinking into the kinds of characters and places that make reading so worthwhile.

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The Essential Stay-at-Home Mom Manual: How to Have a Wondrous Life Amidst Kids and Chaos

I'm surprised how few reviews there are here, and how few are actual reviews. This book is one of the most negative takes on parenthood that I've read.

I was really disappointed with this book. I have read her blog a little bit, and although I don't always identify with her on her blog, she has pumped this book so much I thought I'd give it a read. I wish I'd skipped it. If you are really finding stay-at-home parenting terribly difficult, then check out her blog, especially the archives. I went back to it and checked some things just to see if I could figure out why this book seems so negative. If you like what you see, give this book a read, perhaps something in there will strike you as helpful, but don't fall victim to the "whoa is me" mentality. Childhood is too short, and parents need to stay positive to get through the rough spots. (Do keep in mind that she asked her blog readers to review this book on Amazon, so the initial reviews may be slanted toward those who already identify with her world-view.)

I did find the organization of the self-care chapters week-by-week to be a good idea, although completely underdeveloped on most topics. I kept thinking "that's it?", but that may be a consequence of her working to knock out the book on a strict time schedule, as she describes in her blog.

Bottom line, I really just can't get behind her worldview. Sure, all parents, SAH and otherwise, have tough days like she describes, but the days are not all like that. She really over-emphasizes the negative. We all hit some very, VERY difficult periods during our parenting years, but her writing suggests she still has trouble seeing past those hard parts. I can see talking a bit about challenges, but it is a chronic thing in this book, there is very little positive. (She does recommend taking note of your blessings at the very end of a chapter, but again, that seems underdeveloped.) In a book like this, an editor might have suggested she step back and give it another edit after not looking at it at all for a few months, because as it is, I have trouble seeing the "wondrous" for her readers through all the negative.

Parenting is truly the toughest job you'll ever love, but you do have to stay positive. Lamenting what you don't have is definitely not the best way to do that. In one chapter on creating a group of friends, she recommends avoiding the envy of the "mansion on the hill", but in the very next paragraph, she says to stick with people of similar "circumstances, houses, cars, clothes, activities, and values." And a few pages later when discussing the benefits of a smaller home, she says of a house in her small town, "Take that, big mansion on the hill!" She is specific about the neighborhood she speaks of, and I find that, in and of itself, disparaging and mean. How is this avoiding envy, as she recommends? So to paraphrase she is saying is: if you have a good friend in your life, but you find yourself envious of them due to their "circumstances", don't keep them in your core circle of friends, you'll be happier that way. REALLY? You can't just take some time to work on your own values to figure out why you are so bothered by envy? Why can't you be happy for what you have, and be happy your friends are happy too? She's a psychologist, and her solution is to stay away from people who make you feel too envious. This is upsetting, to say the least. If you are suffering greatly from envy because you are struggling with any number of issues we all struggle with, financial, spousal help, body image, lack of support from the extended family, etc., then consider speaking to a therapist or your pastor for support! I highly doubt most would tell you to avoid any people whom you envy!

She talks at length about how hard it is when they are babies, and how little free time you have, but she really over-dramatizes this. It is true, but it is of course worse at first, and then gradually gets easier as the kids grow, although each phase brings new challenges. Her SAHM experiences do not seem unusual, yet no one I know views it as harshly as she does. Her family continues to call one difficult period, "the Summer Genevieve Screamed All the Time and Mama's Hair Fell Out." She says the girls don't really remember it, but they still talk about it. Now first of all, she mentions more than one period of hair loss on her blog, so I doubt blaming the two year old will be useful for this one. Secondly, how damaging is it to keep reminding the now five-ish child (and her sister) that she screamed all that summer and her mom's hair fell out? Thirdly, is it wise to be so specific, so publicly, about difficult periods your children went through? How will that child feel when someone asks her, at age 14 in front of friends, "Oh, are you the one who screamed for the whole summer and caused your mom's hair to fall out?" I think the author may need to work on her own stress relieving mechanisms, so I'm not sure she's in a position to tell us how to relieve stress. Not only that, she appears to have significantly more help from her spouse than many SAHMs I know, yet she seems to feel she has been burdened with an unusual amount of stress, and that other people will be able to scare up a lot more help than she had (My spouse doesn't have time to "take over" every evening so I can workout or paint my nails, he works a long day and sometimes odd hours. I did not intend to be a SAHM, but his odd hours preclude me from most jobs. And like many Americans, we do not live near our extended family, so my days are always completely dependent on my ability to stick with it, whether I'm extremely sick or stressed or otherwise. Ultimately, even on my worse days, after a little whining to my mom over the phone, I manage just fine and come out feeling fulfilled, if a bit tired. But keep in mind, my mom had it far tougher than I or the author, so I only get to whine for a moment or two, then it's time to cheer up and get back to it.

The chapter on fitness seems to assume that the average person would define leftover baby weight as being a little "soft around the middle," and with some regular movement we'll all "rock those skinny jeans in the preschool pick up line." I find that a bit unrealistic and quite unsympathetic to the rest of us. Between the book and her blog, we learn that she has suffered numerous exercise-related injuries from overdoing it, so again, she is probably not the best choice for advising us. We all know we need to move more, and any magazine at the supermarket checkout can give us the "tips" she shares, but the practical advice is lacking, and the overall chapter is disjointed.

Unfortunately, all of this fits very well in her list of types of "friends" to avoid: those who are "competitive, unsympathetic, superior, unsupportive, or have a divergent world-view." Yet she asks readers to join her "tribe" at the end of the book. I don't think so, I'd rather not take self-care advice from a "friend" like that, thank you. All this negative energy really puts her in several of the categories she lists for types of "friends" to avoid. I get the impression this book was more therapy for her than help for us, which was not worth my $15. I have had little help from my spouse or extended family, and kept to a tight budget, but I truly appreciate what I have. Sure it is hard some days, REALLY hard other days, but there are people who leave their little kids and go halfway across the world to protect our freedoms, and earn far less than the worth of those efforts. If they, and their families at home, can get through their day, I can get through mine. And I can do it without overwhelming envy and whining. People have been doing this parenting thing for thousands of years, only the circumstances change, and whether you enjoy it or just get through it is all about attitude. I'd rather enjoy it, and this book didn't help me with that. In fact, I think if I were earlier in my SAHM journey, it would have made me rather depressed. I really, really wanted to like this book, the title was very promising, who doesn't want their life to be more "wondrous"? But I'm sorry to say, her negative world-view just isn't very relatable for the average person with a vaguely optimistic outlook. If people start following her example and advice, I'm afraid optimism and positivity will be completely lost in their homes.

Not only am I bummed I wasted money on this book, I found it depressing that there are people out there this negative on parenthood, and they are trying to give advice to the rest of us. If you want something more positive on SAHMotherhood, consider "Steady Days: A Journey Toward Intentional Professional Motherhood", and if you are transitioning to SAHMotherhood and could use some positive guidance there, Sanders and Bullen's "Staying Home" would be a good choice.

I wish this book was around when I first became a SAHM 8 years ago. Had I read this book back then, my first year of being home wouldn't have been so isolating, confusing, and overwhelming. I could relate to so many situations that Shannon Hyland Tassava describes throughout the book that sometimes I felt she was in my own house witnessing one of my days as a SAHM. Shannon Tassava writes with such honestly, vulnerability, and insightfulness. She really captures the essence of modern day mothering and offers many helpful and practical tips on how to fully enjoy and embrace being a mom. This is a must have for ANY new mom whether you stay home, work part-time, or work full-time. Just like Shannon states in the book...."If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." So if you are searching for ways to be a happier mama, then this is the book for you!

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This was a huge disappointment. I'm not sure why the tone of the book came across as forced and disingenuous. I then checked out this blog about this book and found out why. This author so wants you to believe she has these values and makes these sacrifices, but really, she wants to live in the McMansions all her well-to-do friends can afford and she can't in her "sacrifice" to be a SAHM. She reminds her daughters constantly about this and is pretty harsh. Don't let her fool you, if she could, she would drive a huge Escalade and live up on the hill. It's just misleading to write something you don't fully believe, we can see right through it! How can we feel good about her message if she herself does not believe it? I'm very sad this book ended up being such a sham, because I was really looking for a good manual. It's also too bad she posts so many good reviews about herself. I confirmed this by going to her blog and found she distorts comments and is very dishonest. I have lost respect for this author as a woman and as a writer. It's misleading and very fake.

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I have read this book on a NOOK app and now am SO excited to be able to get it in hard copy! I've already given several copies to mom-friends who have new babies or young children -I think it's the PERFECT new-mom gift (or birthday gift for a mom, or anytime gift for a mom!). The information offered is both down-to-earth/practical and professional/insightful, offering ideas and perspectives I had never thought about myself before. I esp. appreciate how the author looks at mothering *as* a job -I mean, we all know it's a *job*, but how she draws analogies between mothering and the realities of a job outside the home. If I had been thinking along those lines when I was a 100% stay-at-home mom with pre-preschoolers, I'd have likely had an easier time of things. As it is, now that I'm a *work*-at-home mom (as in, my professional work *and* my mothering work coexist under the same roof), I am confident that putting into practice some of the insights in this book will truly be beneficial to all in my family.

This book is very well-written, broken down into very useful and user-friendly sections, and I'm anxious to see the hard-copy layout because e-books, though I love them, only go so far. I've done some online searches and there really seems to be no other book like this "out there." Whether you're a full-time SAHM or a part-time at-home mom *or dad*, this book has something in it for you!

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This book is very beneficial for a new stay at home mom like me or even a veteran.... This book help us mothers to never forget about us while taking care of our family...

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The Speed Bag Bible

The speedbag has always been the most technically baffling devices for boxing for me. I could never figure out how to hit the bag, the timing, and how to control it. But after reading this book, I have alot more confidence in my speedbag training. Alan definitely breaks down the do's and dont's to speedbag training right down from equipment to proper punching technique. He gives little tips on the advantages/disadvantes of wall speedbag platforms and freestanding platforms, s-hook/chain link swivels, speedbag covers, etc. He also deals quite a bit on proper safety and common injuries associated with speed bag training. Definitely answers alot of questions for those wanting to buy their first speedbag set. In his techniques section, he goes over all the basic punch/elbow combinations, their rhythms, and how to flow from one technique to the next. Let me tell you, the first four chapters deal mostly with basics but the later chapters are filled with different punch combinations that everyone from beginner to advanced people will be challenged. And he really does create an interesting technique of blending music like reading to his speedbag sets. At first it might seem daunting, but if you really do spend time in his techniques section, which he recommends, you'll be able to read and follow his routines like second nature. Near the end of his book, he'll also include some applications for the martial artist as well as setups on different workout devices like a stationary bike to include speedbag training. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it as a must buy for the basic boxing fan to the regular fitness enthusiast.

Alan Kahn was a drummer, as in musician, and he has figured out a way to write speed-bag-hitting techniques in something akin to musical notation -but infinitely simpler! For example, FCP means "front circle punch." And he lays out the combinations with easy to follow notations like FCP, FSP....and takes the speed bag out of boxing-only applications and puts it into the realm of rhythm eye-hand coordination mastery. And by implication makes it relevant to everything from swinging a golf club to hitting a tennis ball. No, he does not mention these things per se, but the implication is that master the mind and the rhythm and relax and you'll learn the secret of excelling at sports because all sports are played in the head. And working out with the bag is simply great fun. One of the best how-to books I've ever used.

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I read the book and bought the video, the video is very effective at demonstrating the various techniques, but I couldn't take the video to the gym, so I used the book at the gym and studied the video at home. I recommend the video

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I bought the book and the DVD and I am thoroughly impressed with the level of detail Alan goes to in both. Anyone who has seen a demo of Alan hitting the speed bag knows he is exceptional at this skill, but what became clear to me after reading the book and watching the DVD is that he is equally skilled at teaching novices how to master the techniques and nuances of the speed bag.

I would recommend that you buy both book and DVD, as they support one another quite effectively. Watching the DVD took the mystery out of several techniques that I had been struggling with for a long time. I can honestly say that after watching the DVD once, my skill level at a couple of the more difficult techniques improved greatly.

One of the best benefits of buying this training course is that you can ask Alan questions on a forum he set up specifically for speed bag enthusiasts;

speedbagforum.com

Alan and others will answer all of your questions and I learned a lot simply by reading the older threads that contained many of the same questions or discussed some of the same problems I was having.

I think the combination of the book, DVD and the coaching you can get on the forum is superb and I commend all three to anyone who desires to become a highly skilled user of the speed bag.

Semper Fi,

Mike

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Now this is the way that any book proclaiming to the "Bible" on any subject should be written. This book is literally the definitive book to have concerning the subject of the speed bag.

I initially picked up this book a bit reluctantly simply because of the title. However, I relented and picked it up, and I am sure glad that I did. This book is simply the best book I have ever seen on the use of the speed bag. It is very well written and the layout for this book is superb. The only small drawback was the photographs, which were a bit blurry and quite dark for the most part, but don't let this small factor even enter into your decision to buy this book. The unique "code" (for lack of a better term) that the author uses to relay the striking sequences on the speed bag is very well done, and like a previous reviewer mentioned, it is like a series of musical notes, only easier to read and understand.

The author even included a small section on how to use kicks on the speed bag, and as an individual who likes kicking, I found this to be an added bonus.

If you are looking to improve your skills on the speed bag, then this is the book that you need to own. I can not recommend this book highly enough!

I would also highly recommend that you pick up this book as well.

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Modern Pilates: The Step-by-Step at Home Guide to a Stronger Body

Penny Latey is clearly an expert in her field and the essence of the Pilates Method in the modern Pilates arena. In her book 'Modern Pilates' she has successfully taken the reader on an informative and stimulating journey from the original ideas and teachings of Joseph Pilates to the present day methods of the modern Pilates world.

The Pilates Method has often attracted captions such as 'the smart persons exercise' and the 'exercise for the mind and body'. This book clearly reveals why the Pilates Method is not just another set of exercisers but rather a method which explains and requires the relationship of the mind and body to be in full connectivity with one another.

In 'Modern Pilates' Penny has successfully conveyed the essence and practical application of the Pilates Method in this modern day climate. She has indeed answered many frequently asked questions regarding the Pilates Method.

I ordered this book for my daughter for her college coursework. Great price, product was in great shape and shipping was fast. Thanks!

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Penny Latey is clearly an expert in her field and undeniably the essence of the Pilates Method in todays modern pilates arena. In her book 'Modern Pilates' she has successfully taken the reader on an informative and stimulating journey from the original ideas and teachings of Joseph Pilates to the present day methods of the modern Pilates world.

The Pilates Method has often been tagged with captions such as 'the smart persons exercise' and 'exercise for the mind and body'. This book clearly reveals why the Pilates Method is not just another set of exercisers but rather a method which explains and requires the relationship of the mind and body to be in full connectivity with one another.

In 'Modern Pilates' Penny has successfully conveyed the essence and practical application of the Pilates Method in this modern day climate. She has indeed answered todays most frequently asked Pilates questions.

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Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing - A Practical Guide

This book covers the fundamentals of holistic health / Ayurveda. This book helped me to understand the baics of our human body, why we get disease. It gave a positive perspective about health/life. So, Ayurveda not just treating the disease superficially. It's holistic healing with no side-effects (unlike alopathy).

Following book by the same author is also recommended:

~ The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies by Vasant Lad [If you want only one book,this is it! Every home who wants to be happy and naturally healthy should have this and follow it! ]

Ayurveda will save your money and health! :) Be healthy and happy!

"Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing," is a succinct, wonderfully illustraded practical opus-guide to parts of the body related to the "tridoshas," (the three doshas body-types we all possess that must be in delicate balance for whole-health." Dr. Lad informs the reader-student of the connections of body-types with the elements of the zodiac, (fire, earth-water, air-ether), which are the ancient foundations of all spiritual tradtions. The illustrated body parts of body-types, and the foods relative for whole health and irritation which creates imbalances, is of immense assistance in illustrating to the self-healer, and/or those who simply want to be more greatly informed about natural healing methods.

Thank you Dr. Vasant Lad for this greatly information text!!!!!!!

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This is a great introduction to Ayurveda. Great information and very easy to understand... I enjoyed the book and my only two complaints were 1. As someone already mentioned there was not as much emphasis on constitutional types and the subject didn't get as in depth as I would have liked. 2. The style of writing was not as engaging as I would've liked.

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This was my first introduction to Ayurveda despite studying yoga for several years. I cannot judge how faithful the instructions in this book are to true Ayurvedic medicine; regardless of that, this book makes some strange and potentially hazardous medical recommendations. Pages 143-144 recommend taking the heavy metal mercury to "enkindle the enzyme system...and regenerate the tissues." Page 143 recommends lead as a cure for several disorders including skin diseases and venereal disease. Neither of these recommendations are accompanied by a warning that modern medicine has clearly identified these two metals as being toxic to humans. While these metals are promoted without warnings about their toxicity, the author warns readers about the dangers of vitamin intake. On page 87, the author claims that overpresciption of vitamins to patients by Western physicians may cause them to suffer from "hypervitaminosis." Page 140 makes great claims about the curative powers of onions. It claims that when used as a nasal inhalant or as eye drops they will relieve acute epileptic seizures, reduce cholesterol, and serve as a heart tonic. Ouch...that stings even just thinking about it. If the preceeding prescriptions haven't deterred you from subscribing to this book's recommendations, then the following might. Pages 42-44 suggest drinking a cup of your own urine each morning in order to cleanse and detoxify your large colon.

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While this book covers enough amount of information for an introductory book... the writing style is terse and information is not detailed enough. This book was written in 1984.

I would highly recommond Lad's more recent book (Ayurvedic Remedies) that is written in 1998. It covers everything that is already in this book plus you get remedies for common ailments. That book is written in a more friendly manner and relatable. He addresses some western aspects (for example he touches on how westerners are averse to vaman/vomiting therapy). Its just $3 more, I would get that.

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In Full Bloom: A Brain Education Guide for Successful Aging

This is a short story about a `friend'. My `friend' spent most of his adult life as an unhappy individual. This `friend' hated the work he was doing but stayed with the same employer for 25 years. He didn't particularly care for his neighbors but is living in the same house for 17 years. He didn't want to keep in touch with friends or relatives unless he absolutely had to.

During his 30's and 40's, he was always complaining about his health and the aches and pains that conveniently kept him home from work and was also a good excuse to avoid keeping in touch with friends and family. He spent too many days going from doctor to doctor and hospital to hospital, throughout his life, only to get the same answers to all the tests he subjected himself to. The tests were all negative, but this `friend' was not convinced that there was nothing wrong with him.

This `friend' was living a self-fulfilling prophecy. He had used his failing health as an excuse for so long that he had convinced himself that he was really sick. Instead of being happy that all the test results were negative, he complained that the doctors could not find the problems, which made him feel sicker.

Finally at age 58, this 'friend' went to see a doctor who happened to be of Korean origin. After another round of tests with still negative results, this doctor told this 'friend' that he was in good health, in fact, he was in very good health. The doctor recommended that he should get into an exercise and diet program before long or his health would start to deteriorate. The doctor suggested that he should look into a Yoga program which is both physical as well as educational.

So this `friend' found a Dahn Yoga Center only a few blocks from his home. He gathered enough courage to go upstairs and speak with the Instructor. After a 20 minute initial exam, the instructor was describing all the ailments this 'friend' was experiencing, and he was right on. After an introduction to the Yoga exercise routine, this 'friend' attended his first Yoga class the same evening. Although he was always skeptical and doubting everything in his life, something about the Yoga class made him feel different. He continued with the classes and participated in educational programs called B.E.S.T.

The instructor recommended the he read a book named; In Full Bloom: A brain Education Guide For Successful Aging, by Ilchi Lee and Doctor Jessie Jones. This book helped this `friend' to understand how he was creating his own problems and how to start to correct his physical and mental balance back to a healthy body and mind.

If you didn't guess by now this `friend' is really me. At age 58, I am now able to realize that my negative outlook was causing my aches and pains. It all took place in my head. For over 25 years my constant complaining and whining brought myself and everybody around me down.

Just to be able to write this story shows how much I have changed. In one year I lost 14 lbs., my aches and pains have gone away, and my attitude has changed from negative to positive.

But writing this story serves another purpose. If anybody reading this story has the same or similar attitude, I urge you, I'll even beg you, don't wait for your life to pass by without changing how you feel. Get a copy of: In Full Bloom, and / or visit a Yoga center near you. You owe it to yourself to enjoy the rest of your life. It's never to late to change.

My dad is going to turn 70 this year (wow). So despite the fact that his health and mental clarity are currently great, the aura of fear around aging in our culture especially regarding mental decline has caused him and the rest of our family to become increasingly more concerned about ensuring his continued good health throughout his latter years. Yet when I read this book, it really helped me see that aging can actually be a very positive, empowering process. Ilchi Lee and Jessie Jones are a perfect match for this book: combining Lee's wisdom and spiritual know-how with Jones' years of expertise on the aging process. Together they've managed to create a compelling (and even reverent) case for a person's final years to be their very best, while maintaining a sense of light-hearted simplicity throughout. By presenting the latest scientific discoveries about aging (which challenge many preconceptions we've all had about aging and mental decline), providing helpful holistic exercises for body and brain, and delivering a powerful spiritual message about being in charge of your own health and wellness as you age, this book is sure to make its mark as an essential guidebook for anyone who wants to be at the top of their game until their last moments on this earth.

If you want another great read by Lee, check out this book: Human Technology: A Toolkit For Authentic Living

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I'm still in my 30s, but I found this book very inspiring. It presents an overall approach to health and explains how the brain is the basis for our health and our overall quality of life. It really puts the responsibility on each person to take charge of their life and create a life and a world that they want. But the book doesn't just confer responsibility, it gives step-by-step directions on how to do it.

In Full Bloom's approach to health is very holistic, offering methods that anyone can use without taking medication. As part of the whole picture it explains some scientific basis, as far as it exists, for the concepts and techniques it teaches. It also debunks common myths about aging that makes getting older seem full of possibility and hope.

I am already taking advantage of everything I learned in this comprehensive and useful book.

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As someone who is always looking for new ways to create health and find ways to age gracefully this book is a treasure. It clearly explains some of the concepts and uses of meditation, showing how simple it can really be. I particularly enjoyed the smiling meditation. I felt a little silly, and that helped me relax and enjoy the experience. After only about five minutes of smiling, I really felt better!

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This book is a whole lot more than your typical brain development book. It really looks at your whole brain in relation to your whole life. Like the title suggests, it is all about living a fully realized life, right through to the end of your life. This one by Ilchi Lee is a good companion: Principles of Brain Management: A Practical Approach to Making the Most of Your Brain.

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