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Take Control of Your Health, Your Proven Guide to Peak Wellness and Ideal Weight

Tap into your unique body chemistry to achieve peak wellness and perfect weight! Recharge your health. Optimize your weight. Boost your energy. Look and feel younger. Love your life.

333 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

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Joseph Mercola

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Dr. Joseph Mercola is a natural health expert based in Illinois. He believes that people are capable of taking control of their health – they can harness their body’s ability to stay optimally healthy. He shares his recommendations through his website, Mercola.com. It is one of the leading natural health websites today, with over one million subscribers worldwide.

Dr. Mercola has authored three New York Times best sellers, "The Great Bird Flu Hoax", "The No Grain Diet", and his latest book, “Effortless Healing”, which he has written as an easy-to-read guide that can help you avoid the many pitfalls of the conventional approach to health through nine simple steps or healing principles.

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1,009 reviews7 followers
February 18, 2011
A lot of good information on a wide range of health topics, focusing on a nutritious healthy eating plan. Not your conventional Western medicine dogma- he presents solid research and evidence that there has to be a better way to control our health than through prescription drugs. I also subscribe to his website www.mercola.com and appreciate the informative articles.
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22 reviews2 followers
December 11, 2007
enjoyed reading Dr. Mercola is a very good author and knowledgeable writer.
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9 reviews1 follower
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June 2, 2008
my brother bought me this book and told me that it will change my life. why haven't i read it yet??
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44 reviews2 followers
September 30, 2008
If you are new to natural health or nutrition as medicine, this is the book for you - it is a great overview - giving you a lot of principles you can build on.
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February 7, 2009
FAB collection of the usual Mercola information! I would rec as a good primmer to healthy living :)
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5 reviews8 followers
June 20, 2008
This is a great start point for learning about genuine health and wellness.
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67 reviews3 followers
March 30, 2017
I've had a desire to become healthier and decided on doing some research to figure out how to go about doing so. I only read about 3/4 of the chapters within the book because they were all that I needed. However, Dr. Mercola was rather confusing when talking about Melanoma, I often had to go to my mom (who has recently suffered from it) to clear some things up. She agrees the what he does say about contradicts just about everything else he's said about it, but did agree with him on the chapter about vaccines. I'm takin what I HAVE read from this book and hopefully use it in the near future. However, when it comes to melanoma topics, I would really just contact a dermatologist, most of what he said was so contradictory that it sounded like crud.
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