Product Description

What if someone promised you he could offer a system sure to produce better health and all-around wellness? And what if he further dared to say he could do this in just one minute a day? You'd say that person was crazy, right?

But Dr. Ben Lerner has done just that. This best-selling author of Body by God is offering a ground-breaking approach to wellness while reorientating the way you look at life and health. And here's the bonus: it's actually two books in one. On the left-hand side of each page is a fictional tale (based in reality) of a chiropractor running a God-centered office, assisting patients who have been disappointed or left behind by the "traditional" health care system. On the other side are the explanations of the technology, lifestyle methods, treatments, and action steps that can take readers to wellness. Once considered "alternative" medicine, chiropractic treatment is now considered part of a balanced approach to health.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #356305 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 272 pages

Customer Reviews

yes, Yes, and YES !!!
FINALLY somebody wrote a book to fairly and accurately contrast the dominant models of health care in our country. The Mechanistic Model vs. the Vitalistic Model.

Having been employed in Big Pharma for years and seeing the inner workings of an industry that HEAVILY influences doctors prescribing habits, I can say this book has hit the nail right on the head. Not only does it expose the fallacy that "drugs cure", but it also documents the devastation on health care in America through medical error and adverse drug reactions. Justly it properly positions the mechanistic model where it was INTENDED to be used.... Crisis and Trauma.... not healthcare.

Most importantly, however, this book, eloquently and clearly gives the roadmap to outrageous health: spiritually, emotionally, and physically. As a Doctor, "One Minute Wellness", is on my MUST read list for my patients, my family and my friends.

Kudos, Dr. Ben and Dr. Loman

Right on target on some issues, .but there is ...
A well written book using a unique style that tells a tale outlining problems on the left pages and a protocol of solutions on the right. At times, this proved to be somewhat distracting. My interest in this book was twofold: health care considerations because of my background as a general and plastic surgeon, and a passion to understand cultural issues that impact our lives.

The content is based on alternative health care that mainly incorporates chiropractic teachings inclusive of spinal adjustments, and dietery, physical, emotional, spiritual, environmental, and cultural issues. Dr. Ben Lerner is a chiropractic physician, and is well known for his work in the Olympics. Many of his ideas, modalities, and suggestions are not new. He has, however, put together a summary of wellness protocol that includes: self-help, "Undiet" composed more of God's food and less of man's food, exercise (thinner is not healthier), peace of mind and great relationships ( to avoid negative stress), maximizing living, and a list of God's foods.

The case made against modern medicine has some merits, but it would be too simplistic to trash centuries of progress, considering the necessity for modifications that cannot take place without a change in socio-cultural attitudes.

And, so, his point about our culture and how it affects behavior is right on target...and in full agreement with the title: Precious Souls: A Culture Unraveling. Indeed, the case against pharmaceutical companies advertising prescription drugs with a set of symptoms, is quite troubling. He calls it " ...holy alliance with the doctors..." Admittedly, we are as a nation, overtreated, overmedicated, and perhaps overoperated.

I recommend it for its helpful outline in self-help, alternative health care, and cultural issues, but these measures should be part of, and not a substitute to modern medicine; not withstanding the point that the system (the culture actually) needs fixing.

The "Inconvenient Truth" about our 'sick care' system!
I work in the wellness industry and my patients have read this book and formed a love/hate relationship with it. The info that this book brings to light is shocking. Everyone needs to be educated on this material, it will save your life! I have changed the way my clinic helps people my saving from our system that kills people, yikes!