Product Description

The second edition of this comprehensive Alternative Medicine guide outlines seven reasons people can't sleep: toxic overload, poor diet, stress, disrupted body clock, electromagnetic fields, and hormonal or structural imbalances. It then provides an alternative program to reverse sleep problems, which includes treatments such as detoxification, dietary change, and more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #835798 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-01
• Released on: 2007-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Review
"In our sleep-deprived, caffeinated, overmedicated, and exhausted society, this book is the first and only comprehensive overview of the real reasons we can'¬?t sleep. If you are struggling to sleep better, this groundbreaking guide details effective and novel strategies that you will see nowhere else. It is the first and last place you'¬?ll need to search for answers."-Mark Hyman, MD, editor in chief of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine and coauthor of Ultraprevention"This book'¬?s gold mine of invaluable information, used in conjunction with good medical advice from an accredited sleep disorders center, will help you get a good night's rest. Physicians would be asleep at the switch if they did not add this book to their library."-James B. Maas, Ph.D., Weiss, presidential fellow and professor at Cornell University, and author of Power Sleep

From the Publisher
* Alternative Medicine magazine's fully updated guide to natural therapies for 14 common sleep disorders, including insomnia, restless legs syndrome, sleep apnea, and more. * Updates include recent research linking obesity and sleep disorders, as well as a new introduction outlining a bedtime and wake-up plan to ensure success. * Addresses why sleeping pills don't work--and why an integrative approach provides a healthier cure.

About the Author
HERBERT ROSS, DC, is an authority on alternative solutions to sleep disorders and founder of the Aspen Sleep Institute, in Colorado. He is also a certified acupuncturist and a neuro-emotional therapist. He lives in Miami Beach, Florida.

KERI BRENNER, LAC, is a licensed acupuncturist and writer who holds a master's degree from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. She lives in Fairfax, California.

Customer Reviews

Probably hooey
If you trust and believe in feng shui, colon cleansers, and theraputic magnets, this book may put it all together for you. As for me, I have been trying to adopt some of her more rational approaches, such as nutritional supplements and exercise, but with no luck so far.