The Natural Medicine Handbook
- Publisher: Revell (Baker Publishing Group)
- Published: 2021
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Publisher's Description
When it comes to natural medicines, such as herbs, vitamins, and dietary supplements, you want to make sure you're getting the truth about what works, what is safe, and what is a waste of money. You need evidence-based, trustworthy, unbiased sources and studies so that you can make wise decisions for yourself and your family. In consultation with the experts at ConsumerLab.com and Natural MedicinesTM, Dr. Walt Larimore has combed the available research from around the globe to evaluate about 1300 natural medicines or interventions for more than 500 conditions or indications summarized in helpful charts and tables. This highly readable and reliable guide will tell you what natural medicines have proven to be both safe and effective while suggesting the best-value "Top Picks" for health issues such as- brain and heart health- digestive and immune health- energy and fatigue- losing weight- keeping hair, skin, and nails young- increasing the quality and length of your life- and many moreArranged topically so you can go directly to the information you need, this comprehensive, trustworthy guide is a resource you'll return to again and again. Praise for The Natural Medicine Handbook"I highly recommend this informative book. In it you will find reliable, independent evidence that will help inform your health-related decisions."--Dónal O'Mathúna, PhD"A much-needed and intensely evidence-based resource. . . . Anyone reading this book will gain the skills needed to ask and answer the right questions about whether to and how to incorporate natural medicines as part of their healthy lifestyle."--Reid B. Blackwelder, MD, FAAFP"An entirely digestible and ultimately useful guide for patients and practitioners alike."--Matthew A. Ciorba, MD"Navigating the landscape of herbs, vitamins, and supplements can be particularly complex and treacherous. Dr. Larimore's approach is direct and comprehensive and will certainly help numerous patients and their families make informed and safe decisions."--Jacob N. Hall, MD
Endorsements (13)
“In our current age of overwhelming information regarding our health, Dr. Larimore’s book cuts through the chaos. He uses scientific evidence paired with his expertise as a medical doctor to make this a comprehensive and reliable guide. Highly recommended!”
“As a busy family physician, I am always searching for high-yield information that is easy to read and provides meaningful value to my practice and my patients. This latest book by Dr. Larimore hits all of those marks and gives me the confidence I need to practice holistic evidence-based medicine.”
“An outstanding compendium outlining the clinical data associated with a large number of supplements. Dr. Larimore, as a physician who has been involved in the natural medicine marketplace for decades, brings a scientific and objective perspective to the field, carefully showing us what we know and don’t know about each supplement.”
“The world of natural medicines is a jungle of misinformation and confusion. Dr. Larimore has dissected that confusion to provide reliable, independent information that will help you find the safest path forward to discern what is truly safe and effective.”
“Due to all the hype and sheer volume of advertisements, internet searches, and word-of-mouth recommendations touting the ‘amazing’ benefits of any number of vitamins, supplements, and natural remedies, not a day goes by without my being asked about at least one of these topics. Thank you, Dr. Larimore, for creating this much-needed resource, which so clearly lays out what has been backed up by sound studies, what has been shown to have little or no positive effect on a particular medical condition, and what is frankly dangerous to patients. You have made my life a bit easier and my medical advice to patients inquiring about such supplements much better informed!”
“from the foreword by Dónal O’Mathúna, PhD, associate professor, Ohio State University College of Nursing; and associate professor, School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Ireland “I strongly recommend Dr. Larimore’s new book as a much-needed and intensely evidence-based resource on natural medicines. . . . Anyone reading this book will gain the skills needed to ask and answer the right questions about whether to and how to incorporate natural medicines as part of their healthy lifestyle.”
“Dr. Larimore undertakes a heroic effort to assemble and synthesize a vast amount of data on commonly used natural medicines. The result is an entirely digestible and ultimately useful guide for patients and practitioners alike.”
“A terrific handbook that sheds light on an exceedingly opaque topic. In the world of brain health, navigating the landscape of herbs, vitamins, and supplements can be particularly complex and treacherous. Dr. Larimore’s approach is direct and comprehensive and will certainly help numerous patients and their families make informed and safe decisions.”
“Dr. Larimore presents a truly practical approach in his Natural Medicine Handbook. The book defines wellness- and disease-related natural medication advice while also emphasizing the importance of a healthy lifestyle. This book provides extensive information and data that can be easily translated into excellent advice for patients.”
“I would recommend this well-researched, concise book to all my patients, especially in an age when more and more people are seeking out and using natural medicines.”
“Walt Larimore helps us understand that diet, exercise, and moderate habits are the foundations for our health, and he also empowers us to use nonprescription remedies without a doctor’s order when they are safe and effective. . . . If you are open to the best available information for a healthy lifestyle, this handbook can help you. If you want the best information about nonprescription remedies for the minor problems that affect us all, this handbook can help you. If you, your family, and your friends are confused by clever marketers who take your money for fake products or even for reliable pills that simply don’t work, this handbook can help you.”
“This book takes the guesswork out of natural supplements. Dr Larimore does a great job laying out the positives and the negatives of natural medicines.”
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