I highly recommend the following books:

“The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health” – T. Colin Campbell, 2006

• Written by someone raised on a dairy farm, the surprising conclusions from years of scientific research on diet and chronic disease include: the less food you eat from animal sources, the better your long-term health.

“Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making us Sicker, Fatter and Poorer – And What You Can Do About It” – Karl Weber and Participant Productions, eds., 2008

“Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure” – Caldwell B. Esselstyn, 2008

• Compelling information about the power of dietary change alone to reverse known heart disease and promote optimal health.

“How Doctors Think” – Jerome Groopman, 2008

• Similar information to “Overtreated”, this time from a doctor’s perspective; no less disturbing for the medical consumer/patient.

“Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs” – Melody Petersen, 2008.

• The title speaks for itself! Required reading for anyone who’s ever taken a prescription drug, or knows someone who has.

“Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer” – Shannon Brownlee, 2008

• Eye-opening information about the market forces behind decision-making in American medical practices.

“In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto” – Michael Pollan, 2008

• The sad transformation of our grocery shelves from food to foodlike substances, and how the new focus on nutrients rather than real/whole foods is impacting our health.

“Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal” – Eric Schlosser, 2001

• A riveting and disturbing account of how and why the fast-food industry is destroying our health.

1. Provide your body with proper hydration by drinking 8 glasses of water daily.
2. Reduce bad stress in your life by daily meditation and relaxation.
3. Your body needs to sleep to repair cells and rejuvenate your body.
4. If you are not able to eat the appropriate allotment of fruits and vegetables try supplementation, this can help you provide valuable nutrients to your body.
5. By taking preventions to keep your body strong and healthy now you can avoid illness and injury later on.
6. Strive to live a long, healthy life even in your later years.
7. Proper nutrition can keep your body strong!