Reversing Asthma: Breathe Easier with This Revolutionary New Program ANNOTATION
"...presents a program that allows asthma sufferers to change their lifestyles and boost their energy levels... teaches how to 'asthma-proof' a home or office...includes information on alternative medicine."
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Reversing Asthma asks you the key questions that will help you detect contributing causes of your asthma, from food allergies to stress and even the medication you are already using. It then draws on the latest research to show you how to deal directly with those causes, rather than simply treating symptoms. With this revolutionary program, you will find out how changing - and often eliminating - medication can reduce asthma symptoms; how your diet may be aggravating an asthma condition, and how new allergy tests can help you change it; how to asthma-proof your home and office environment; how to choose the best therapies for children; when to try alternative methods such as acupuncture, meditation, hypnosis, and biofeedback; the benefits and importance of a thorough nutritional analysis; and when supplements can help - everything from vitamin C and magnesium to ginkgo and garlic.
FROM THE CRITICS
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Claiming to "approach asthma in a revolutionary fashion," Firshein mainly promotes here his Comprehensive Asthma Prevention Program (CAPP). The CAPP aims to reduce or eliminate reliance on drugs alone so that asthma can be managed through "a lifestyle revolution that will restore vitality and healthnot just help you breathe." It is unlikely that asthmatics will find any of the information in this book completely new. Chapters on diagnosis, medications and their side effects, environmental triggers, diet and food allergies, exercise-induced asthma, breathing exercises, and stress management using a variety of methods from biofeedback to yoga are common to other books on asthma and allergies. The lack of a bibliography is a major drawback, especially because the text makes numerous references to articles or studies supposedly published in major medical journals. Firshein is a doctor of osteopathy and a radio show host and has a private practice in New York City. An optional purchase.Kate Kelly, Treadwell Lib., Massachusetts General Hosp., Boston
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