The Optimal Health Revolution: How Inflammation Is the Root Cause of the Biggest Killers and How the Cutting-Edge Science of Nutrigenomics Can ... Can Transform Your Long-term Health - Softcover

Duke Johnson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933771828 ISBN 13: 9781933771823

Publisher: BenBella Books, 2009

Synopsis

Cutting-edge science is coming to a startling realization. The bulk of our most lethal diseases have a common underlying cause: persistent inflammation, an over-active reaction of our natural immune system function resulting in cell and tissue destruction. This persistent inflammation is triggered by our industrial lifestyles, including exposure to chemicals, synthetic food ingredients, pollution and processed foods. "Researchers are linking inflammation to an ever-wider array of chronic illnesses," reports Newsweek's Anne Underwood. "Suddenly medical puzzles seem to be fitting together, such as why hypertension puts patients at increased risk of Alzheimer's, or why rheumatoid-arthritis sufferers have higher rates of sudden cardiac death. They're all connected on some fundamental level."

But inflammation, and the risks of chronic diseases it brings, can be managed. Lifestyle and nutritional change is part of the answer. But the other part of the answer lies with ground-breaking information from the newest field of science—nutrigenomics. Nutrigenomics is the science of how your genes interact with nutrients. It is the study of how DNA and the genetic code affect a person's need for certain nutrients and help maintain optimal health throughout life.

The Optimal Health Revolution combines leading-edge science — including 600 scientific references — with an easy to read, conversational writing style that make this critical information accessible to every reader. Relevant to both the researcher and medical doctor interested in the latest science and the casual reader looking to improve his or her health, The Optimal Health Revolution makes a critical contribution to our understanding of health.

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About the Author

Dr. Duke Johnson has dedicated over 20 years of his life stopping the epidemic spread of chronic diseases around the world. He is an expert on the different medical traditions practiced globally and on the state of world health with patients living in over 30 different countries. Through the multibillion dollar corporation Nutrilite, his preventive health teaching regularly reaches over 3 million people in 55 countries.

Dr. Johnson is Medical Director of the 30,000 square foot, $14 million Nutrilite Health Institute Center for Optimal Health in Southern California and is a highly-requested lecturer; having spoken to hundreds of thousands of people in 30 different countries on 5 continents. He has been filmed and recorded on numerous DVDs and CDs with countless duplications made of these recordings. He has significant media experience with articles in Elle, Success at Home magazine, Inspiration magazine, and many large international newspapers.

Dr. Johnson graduated from UCLA's School of Medicine and was awarded the Gladys M. Shea Award in Anatomical Sciences. He also has a Master's of Science Degree in Kinesiology from UCLA where his research focused on helping patients who have had spinal cord damage. His master's thesis was published in the book Spinal Cord Reconstruction and in the Journal of Experimental Neurology.

As Medical Director of Nutrilite Health Institute Center for Optimal Health, Dr. Johnson has dramatically changed the lives and reduced the risk of chronic disease in thousands of lives on every inhabitable continent on earth. With his unique understanding and knowledge of world health, command of the scientific literature, cutting-edge preventive medical care, passion and warm nature, he is highly respected by over 1 million people in the US and millions more globally.

Edition details

• Publisher: BenBella Books
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933771828
• ISBN 13: 9781933771823
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376