Tapestry of Health: Weaving Wellness into Your Life Through the New Science of Integrative Medicine

by Daniel A. Monti M.D., Anthony J. Bazzan M.D., Sara Gottfried MD (Foreword by)

Overview

Tapestry of Health artfully synthesizes the complex world of healthy living into a set of clear principles in guiding you to feel your best and thrive at your highest potential through evidence-based integrative medicine treatment of body, mind and spirit.

Transforming the way you feel, think, look and thrive requires a health care approach that integrates all aspects of your well-being, including the physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, social, and nutritional. Doctors Monti and Bazzan lay out, step-by-step, how to gain and maintain long-term vitality by integrating a broad range of restorative medicine, nutritional science, and healthy lifestyle practices. This convergence of time-honored approaches and cutting-edge technologies offers new preventions and cures while maintaining the fundamental principle that the parts cannot be well unless the whole is well.

As clinical and academic leaders in the emerging medical specialty of integrative medicine, Drs. Monti and Bazzan have devoted their careers to developing wellness strategies that can transform the way you feel, think, function, and thrive. Their methods have become increasingly more profound as evidence mounts for the need for a new multi-faceted healthcare approach. One that integrates all aspects of wellbeing—the physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, social, nutritional, and more. We are at the start of an incredible convergence of time-honored treatments and leading edge technologies to take us into the next era for healthy lifestyles, and Tapestry of Health offers a pathway towards them. Integrative medicine is preventive and also curative. Rooted and also futuristic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780979845697
Publisher:	Kales Press
Publication date:	08/25/2020
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	484,123
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Daniel A. Monti, MD, MBA is Founding Director and CEO of the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health and founding Chair of the Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences, the first medical school department in the nation devoted to the field of Integrative Medicine, at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. He also is Professor in the departments of Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine. Dr. Monti's extensive research has focused on assessing promising mind-body interventions, understanding brain mechanisms of stress and emotional regulation, and testing natural molecules for therapeutic efficacy in nervous system diseases and cancer. He is author of dozens of scholarly papers and one popular press book, and editor of three textbooks.

Dr. Anthony J. Bazzan, MD, FACN & ABIHM, is the Medical Director of the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health in charge of clinical programs. He is Assistant Clinical Professor in the Departments of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences, Medicine and Emergency Medicine at Jefferson Sidney Kimmel Medical College. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Integrative and Holistic Medicine, an Associate Clinical member of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. Dr. Bazzan is a renowned authority in treating hormone imbalances, cognition and bone health. As an innovator and pioneer in the field of integrative health, he has developed intravenous therapies designed to restore general health and support treatment for cancer and other diseases

Table of Contents

Foreword Sara Gottfried, MD xiii

Introduction Stephen K. Klasko, MD xvii

1 Weaving a Health Tapestry: Reclaim Your Body, Mind and Vitality 1

2 Weaving in Optimal Nutrition 7

3 Health Tapestry Meal Plan 25

4 Weaving in Wellness with Nutritional Supplements 39

5 Weaving in Mind-Body Transformation 55

6 Weaving in Sleep Hygiene 77

7 Health Tapestry Sleep Plan 87

8 Weaving in Exercise 97

9 Health Tapestry Weight Loss Plan: Part I: Insights and Mechanisms 121

10 Health Tapestry Weight Loss Plan: Part II: Your Weight is a Relationship 125

11 Health Tapestry Hormone Balancing Plan 133

12 Weaving in Intimacy 151

Case Studies 165

Conclusion 179

Index 181

Acknowledgments 187

Editorial Reviews

"“This book is so incredibly timely and important because it helps you understand this new paradigm of health—a massive shift that affects healthcare providers and patients alike… Drs. Monti and Bazzan’s cogent plan, based on proven dietary and lifestyle interventions integrated with modern medicine, is just what the doctor ordered.”"

Sara Gottfried

"“The time has come for a message of wellness which emphasizes the science of nutrition, a core component of any effort to practice medicine. For too long this message has been left out of medical practice.”"

T. Colin Campbell

"Fantastic book on how to reclaim and maintain your health from top to bottom. The most up-to-date research is woven with highly practical approaches in an easy to read format. Everyone will benefit, doctors and patients alike, from using the information in this book to change their health and well being.”"

Andrew Newberg

"Perfection isn't possible, but transformation is. Tapestry of Health offers a direct path for all of us to have the chance to change, to learn and to grow no matter our circumstances. Through the synergistic qualities of Integrative Medicine, you will not only have a vehicle to a happier and healthier life, you will also inspire those you love to follow your example and do the same for themselves."

Shauna Shapiro