16 Wholesome Books To Learn About Health

Ignore it at your peril, but, bar accidents, health is definitively the one thing affects your whole life. It’s entirely in your hands to manage it effectively. And it’s better to take care of it now!

Here are the best books to learn about health

#1 The Healing Power of Humor by Allen Klein

Science is finally proving that humor is one of our best medicines. It reduces stress, promotes physical healing, is essential for mental health and can add years to one’s life. But how do we learn to lighten up and take the first step toward finding the humorous side to our troubles?

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#2 Exercises for Cancer Survivors by Carol Michaels

Exercising during and after cancer surgery and treatments is helpful for one’s physical and mental well-being. This book will show you how to improve your recovery. It has important information that will be helpful to cancer patients in an easy to read style.

You will learn how to strength train without getting injured. The exercises are for all fitness levels. Exercises for Cancer Survivors includes specific exercises for the different reconstructions and how to exercise if you have lymph nodes removed. In addition, there are photos with descriptions of the exercises that are appropriate for different cancers.

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#3 The Vaccine Debate (Health and Medical Issues Today) by Tish Davidson

At a time when vaccine-preventable diseases, especially measles, are on the rise worldwide, this book looks at how people form their opinions about vaccines and takes an even-handed look at seven major vaccine controversies. It challenges readers to think deeply about what they believe about vaccines and why they hold these beliefs.

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#4 The Journey Continues by Daniel Nicewonger

Cancer has a way of upending every area of one’s life and the lives of those around you. Pastor Daniel Nicewonger shares with honesty and vulnerability his journey following a diagnosis of stage IV colon cancer.

He writes with openness, sharing the joys and struggles of learning to truly live with cancer. Daniel shares of learning to walk with his oncology team, how the journey affected the caregivers in his life, the disruption to family and work life. The Journey Continues is Daniel’s witness that one can find joy, peace and comfort amidst the storms of life.

While everyone’s journey is different there are lessons to be learned as Daniel shares the realties of learning to live with his “new normal.” Come join with Daniel and find “Joy Amidst Life’s Struggles.”

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#5 You Can Do It: Tools to Better Manage Your Healthcare by Catherine Callahan

This book is an incredibly useful guide to getting the best healthcare possible. Written for patients by an author with over 25 years of personal experience with the healthcare system, it contains effective and practical time-tested strategies. The book’s thesis is that an informed patient is an empowered patient and gets better care.

It sets forth what to expect and how to get better care in situations ranging from an office visit to the Emergency Department. Contents include items such as what not to say, what to say, a table on Who Are the Healthcare Professionals and templates for some of the tools discussed in the book. Well-organized and beautifully laid out, the book has been well-reviewed by doctors, nurses, psychologists, and patients. The common reaction? Patients need this book!

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#6 How Not to Die by Michael Greger

It’s an engaging and eye-opening book that breaks down how to use real food to nourish yourself, rather than eating food-like chemicals that can slowly eat away at your health. Since it’s broken down by different health condition it really easy for you to tailor its contents to your own life.

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#7 In Defense Of Food by Michael Pollan

The author of this book shares how the world has become diet-obsessed that we’ve lost all the enjoyment of eating. Everything piece of food we put into our mouth has to be some big decision. He teaches how to eat healthy while also enjoying your food. No stress allowed.

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#8 Run Fast. Eat Slow by Elyse Kopecky and Shalane Flanagan

This cookbook is the perfect cookbook to boost your metabolism. It was written by a whole foods chef and an Olympic marathoner. It was written specifically for a runner, but anyone who wants to live a healthy life can benefit from it. They tell you the foods you should be eating and how you shouldn’t be counting calories.

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#9 Outsmarting Overeating by Karen R. Koenig

Outsmarting Overeating teaches readers the life skills they need to forge a better relationship with food, including managing emotions, self-regulation, effective problem-solving, and balancing work and play. When we improve our skills to live a meaningful, conscious, joyous, balanced life we’re less likely to turn to food to make us happy or calm us down. By learning and practicing these skills, we eat more healthfully and enjoy life more.

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#10 Beating Sugar Addiction For Dummies by Dan DeFigio

The flagship book on how to stop abusing sugar for energy, comfort, or convenience.

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#11 The Two Week Transformation by Dan DeFigio

The Two Week Transformation is a simple, straightforward system that will change your body in just two weeks. A simple guide that tells you exactly what to do for the next two weeks — what you should (and shouldn’t) eat, recommended supplements, exercise tips, and some extra credit options too, if you want to really get serious.

If you follow this two-week plan exactly, you’re guaranteed to lose at least one pants size, and you will feel fantastic!

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#12 How to UnBreak Your Health by Alan E. Smith

Trying to figure out where you are with your health problems, where you need to go and the best way to get there? You need a map to find your way around the amazing world of complementary or alternative therapies!

Which therapies are right for you and your health problems? Find out in this easy-to-read guide to all of the therapies available outside the drugs-and-surgery world of mainstream medicine. Uncover the latest scientific research that’s opening the door to therapies both ancient and modern that are available to help you improve your health.

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#13 ADD/ADHD: A Guide for Teachers and Parents

A guidebook for parents and teachers who deal with children on an everyday basis who have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Dr. Marlow does not attempt to trace the history of the Attention Deficit Disorders, as that has been done in other, far more scholarly works. Rather, this book addresses symptoms and solutions, ideas and results, situations and practical applications.

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#14 Behavior Disorders: A Guide for Teachers and Parents

Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder create havoc in families and classrooms in our society today. In this book, Dr. Marlow addresses these problems in a case study format, outlining therapy techniques and problem solutions for children, teachers and parents. The case studies are taken from real-life situations, though names and other identifying characteristics have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the people involved.

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#15 Beyond the Blues: Understanding and Treating Prenatal & Postpartum Depression

Beyond the Blues contains the most up-to-date information about risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mood and anxiety disorders in pregnancy and postpartum. Straightforward yet compassionate, it is required reading for all who work with pregnant and postpartum women, as well as for those suffering before or after the baby is born.

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#16 The Parents’ Guide to Perthes: Understanding Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease

Written in everyday language, this book explains the stages of Perthes, including how the age of the child affects the course of the disease. Illustrations and x-ray examples show the effects of Perthes in the hip joint for different children.

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