Living Dangerously: Are Everyday Toxins Making You Sick? - Softcover

Thomas, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0717136000 ISBN 13: 9780717136001

Publisher: Newleaf, 2003

Synopsis

`There's something going around'. `It must be stress.' These are the things we tell ourselves when we feel ill but can't figure out why. In today's world, lifestyle and environment are the two biggest threats to human health. They are also the most dangerous because, unlike the germs that give you a cold or `flu, they take years to build up in the body before producing symptoms. 'Living Dangerously' is a different kind of health book. Aimed at anyone concerned about the vague feelings of unwellness that are all too prevalent in modern life, it mixes recent quality research with practical advice about how to prevent environmental hazards from making you ill. It speaks to readers directly about chronic health symptoms which are all too common - headaches, joint problems, vague feelings of depression - and of the environmental hazards we encounter in our everyday lives and encourages us to take symptoms seriously. Bestselling author Pat Thomas presents a comprehensive picture of what really makes us ill - toxins in the environment, not germs. She explains what the symptoms and sources of toxic overload are, as well as positive suggestions about what we can all do to avoid them. It is destined to become an important sourcebook for health promotion for all the family.

About this title

From the Author:

This book is the culmination of several years’ work and my firm belief that there is more to ill health than germs and genetics. Environmental health problems are a silent epidemic sweeping across the so-called civilised world. Living Dangerously focuses on five major environmental threats to health - volatile organic chemicals in indoor air, EMFs, pesticides, environmental hormones and heavy metals - providing full information on their sources as well as on their potential effects, and advice about how to minimise your exposure.

I have been blessed with the support of colleagues in the field who have already read and praised my book.

For instance Lynne McTaggart, author of What Doctors Don't Tell You and The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe, says: "Part stunning expose, part essential handbook, Living Dangerously offers irresistible proof that the accoutrements of modern living, from the chemicals in our environment to the electromagnetic gadgetry of modern life are killing us in slow motion. It is destined to become a health classic, one of your most well-thumbed-through health books, reached for at the first sign of any illness without a likely cause. Pat Thomas has firmly established herself as the Rachel Carson of the 21st Century."

Keith Scott-Mumby, the UK’s Number One Allergy Detective and author of Virtual Medicine, writes: "Not just a book, an agenda (or should be). If you want the shattering truth about how our environment is overloading us to the point of real danger, Pat Thomas has documented it all, meticulously researched fact by fact, with a torrent of compelling references. The advice section is the best I have ever seen."

I welcome any readers’ comments and hope that this book serves to raise the bar on our awareness of environmental health issues.

About the Author:

Pat Thomas is Editor of the newsletter Proof!, Contributing Editor of What Doctors Don't Tell You and author of the bestselling Cleaning Yourself to Death. A psychotherapist and counsellor, she has also written Pregnancy - The CommonSense Approach and Headaches - The CommonSense Approach and What Works, What Doesn't. She is a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers and appears regularly on TV and radio.

About this edition

• Publisher: Newleaf
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0717136000
• ISBN 13: 9780717136001
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 356