The Ultimate Body Detox Plan
May 4, 2010 by admin
Filed under Body Detox Book
Product Description: This book will give you guide how to get rid of toxic in your body and live healthier with comprehensive 4 weeks plan. Accumalation of toxin inside your body make you heavy, and get tired everytime. Now, with the 4 week ultimate body detox plan you will get rid of all them and live healthier. More >>
I have spent the last decade passionatly researching many issues regarding health, nutrition, and well-being. The 4 Week Body Detox Plan by Michelle Schaffro Cook is an excellent resource as it provides information about many different types of health issues in one powerful book. The book tells you where many toxins come from, how to replace those items with less toxic ones, and how to rid your body of toxins already within. She provides many very simple strategies, such as drinking hot lemon water every morning and using a body brush before showering, to assist in detoxifying on a daily basis. Michelle also goes into great depth about herbs and explains clearly the power that each one has to assist your body in its attempt to detoxify. In addition to that the book goes on to explain many different types of healing therapies that can also be of assistance and gives you practical tips on applying them at home. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone.
Rating: 5 / 5
I purchased this book about a week ago and have been unable to put it down as well. The author touches on several aspects regarding detoxification, not just the physical but the emotional and psychological as well. For anyone looking to better understand how our lifestyles contribute to our ailments and how these problems can be overcome through these same means it’s well worth the read.
Rating: 5 / 5
I enjoyed reading many parts of this book and appreciated the author’s depth of information. But, I wouldn’t recommend this book for purchase over other detoxification titles. My reasons are: the author mentions many studies and researchers in her book and when you turn to her references for citations, instead of listing the actual study, she actually tends to use the same books over and over. This method of research may not bother some but I prefer to know that the author I’m reading has actually read the actual studies she quotes rather than just citing a handful of books. I do appreciate the amount of information in the book – her chapters about the amount of toxins in our foods and environments are noteworthy – but once again, I’d just feel more comfortable if she’d shared with me the specific scientific studies so I could note the periodical and perhaps read the study myself; or, at least determine if it was a valid research study. She quotes Harvey Diamond’s Fit for Life book and The Detox Solution book numerous times. I’m not familiar with The Detox Solution (but will now read it) but I was under the impression that the Fit for Life book was discredited by many nutritional and medical experts as being unsafe and unfounded in its principles. There seemed to be duplication of information as well – the book didn’t flow as smoothly as I hoped. Again, as Ms. Cook is a Doctor of Natural Medicine, I expected a more professional book with real research studies backing up her words. It’s not impossible, there are other authors (i. e. Dr. James Duke and Dr. Terry Willard – both with PhDs. ) who create books, offer help and manage to support their advice with real research rather than using a handful of books written I hope by people who did find and cite the real studies.
The other thing I didn’t like about this book is Ms. Cook’s “voice”. At first, I found the book engaging and interesting. But, as I read more, I found her style grating. She would often make critical comments, referring, for instance, to “whining” people. She makes a few comments that made me scratch my head and wonder who she thought her audience was? She talked, at times, as if everyone eats poorly and whines about eating and exercising properly would be reading that book. I sensed she was frustrated about the general public and the traditional medical field but why include those remarks in a book intended for people who want to detoxify their bodies? She was very negative at times and made comments that I don’t really think were thought out clearly. She seemed to disagree that genes are responsible for any of our major illnesses. I just don’t agree that a person’s genetic makeup is not partially responsible for disease – and certainly genetic researchers would disagree. She talks about quitting smoking and you get the feeling she has no idea how addictive nicotine is. I quit smoking 10 years ago and as many people know, it’s more than a habit one simply drops – it is a drug addiction. I wondered too if she really thought we imagined most of our stress in our lives. Sure, I can make a positive spin on a 2 hour traffic jam but every day there ARE very stressful events that occur in people’s lives, some of them tragic, and a few paragraphs telling us how to change our thoughts to positive will not suffice. I think there must be other detox books on the market that might have more empathetic style along with more solid research based instructions. At times, I found it hard to understand exactly what her “plan” was.
I guess I was surprised when I read this book. I’ve never felt this strongly, and negatively, about an author’s voice but I read this book but I found this one’s particularly patronizing. In fact, I know I sound negative just writing this review but her voice really bothered me and I had to offer this opinion. I know these are only my personal thoughts but I really felt this book did not deserve a 5 star rating. I give 3 stars because I thought if someone was new to the study of toxins in our environment and food, she shares a lot of valuable information. But in terms of an actual plan to detoxify, I’d like a bit more precise and empathetic guidance.
Rating: 3 / 5