Cracking the Metabolic Code

Doctors traditionally prescribe a pill for every ill. But for most people, these single solutions don't work. The truth is, most chronic health problems, including stubborn weight gain, unbeatable fatigue, intestinal distress, high blood pressure, creeping cholesterol, and high blood sugar, are not found in simply one organ, but in several parts of the body (oftentimes in twos and threes). This is the result of years of slow, subtle challenges to your metabolism, which is as unique as you are. Your diet, lifestyle habits, stress level, prescription drug use, and relationships, as well as the genes you inherit and the environment in which you live -- in effect, the sum total of your life experience up to this day -- determine your personal metabolism and, in turn, your current state of health. Using a step-by-step, easy-to-implement system of diet, lifestyle strategies, and state-of-the-art nutrients and supplements, Dr. James LaValle will help you create an individualized program for reclaiming your metabolism and health. At long last, this book provides readers with the information and tools that have been used successfully by thousands of Dr. LaValle's patients over the last twenty years to help them take charge of their diets, their health, and their lives. Book jacket.

James B. LaValle, R.Ph., C.C.N., N.D., is a nationally recognized pharmacist, author, educator, industry consultant, and clinical practitioner in the field of natural therapeutics. He is cofounder of the Living Longer Institute. Dr. LaValle also serves as an adjunct associate professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy