Optimize Your Immune System
by Marie Ruggles RD, CN
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| Publisher | Emerald Lake Books |
| Publication | Sep 27, 2020 |
| Format | Paperback/Softback |
| ISBN | 978-1945847301 |
| Pages | 180 |
| Age | 18 - 99 |
| Price | $14.24 |
Optimize Your Immune System
2021 Award-winning Book
- Nonfiction Book Awards - Gold winner
- Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Book Award winner - Silver, Health
- Readers' Favorite Award winner - Bronze, Non-fiction - Health - Medical
- Independent Publishers of New England - Finalist, Informational Non-Fiction
Create Your Own Kitchen Pharmacy
Many people think that it’s normal to come down with an illness each year and, for some, two or three times a year. Yet researchers have proven that nutrition and lifestyle factors can boost your immune system.
Learn how to build a kitchen pharmacy of whole foods, superfoods and nutrients to provide a stable foundation for your health. And when you’re at an increased risk of infection, know what to do to derail a virus before it takes hold.
Follow this immune-boosting roadmap to a healthier diet, making you less prone to viral infections and more resilient after an illness.
In Optimize Your Immune System, you’ll read about the three phases of immune support.
- Phase I: Everyday immune strengthening and care
- Phase II: After exposure to an unhealthy person or environment
- Phase III: Immune-boosting support to prevent an illness when you feel like you're coming down with something
For each of these phases, Marie Ruggles, MS, RD, CN, CDE, draws upon over forty years of experience within the wellness arena.
The book begins with her explaining how the immune system works and what it does. From there, she discusses the foods that help and hinder our immunity. She even gives a whole foods quick start guide for those who aren’t too certain where to start.
She also shares the concept of juice bathing, and how to use that to minimize the fuss and mess of juicing while maximizing its benefit.
Optimize Your Immune System makes specific recommendations for how to fortify and stimulate your body’s natural defenses using a simple kitchen pharmacy, no matter which phase of immune support you are facing.
Diving deep, the book looks closely at whole foods, superfoods, nutrients and supplements, even giving specific product recommendations for those brands and products the author personally loves most.
The final chapter of the book pulls every...
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Optimize Your Immune System can be kept in the kitchen as a reference guide and gives hope and encouragement to readers while guiding them to take preventive measures. Her writing style is neat, simple, and elegant,and she makes it easy for readers to understand complex information too.
"5 Start Readers" Favorite Review by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite
A treasure trove of practical information arriving at such a time of global urgency to strengthen our immune systems. The strong message throughout the book is the power of nutrition with various foods, nutrients and dietary supplements that are proven to be involved in preventing different diseases and minimizing pathophysiology of the disease. We can all have knowledge of the first-line-of-defense for early interventions for our family's health, and reduce risk of more serious disease.
Diana Noland, MPH, RD, CCN, IFMCP, LD, founder of Noland Nutrition and Co-Editor, Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy
It is with great pleasure that I endorse and highly recommend Marie Ruggles' Optimize Your Immune System. It's an excellent, comprehensive guide to maximizing one's immune potential through nutrition and lifestyle modifications. Rarely do I review books with this level of guidance and step-by-step recommendations that can help individuals at every stage of readiness-for-change.John Bagnulo MPH, PhD
A nourishing read for all of us concerned about nutrition and immunity! This beautifully written book is a clear, actionable guide that delivers practical food-as-medicine and lifestyle strategies to bolster your immune defense. This is a wonderful and timely book!Kathie Swift, MS, RDN, Co-Founder, Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy and Author, The Swift Diet
If you want to take back control of your health, read this book. The chapter Immunity on a Budget is a holy grail guide to an easy and affordable path to a stronger immune system.Sabina Fasano, Founder, Solutions for Women
Optimize Your Immune System is chock full of great information! The author, Marie Ruggles, masterfully wrote in a way that can be appreciated by those who already have some knowledge of the topic but want to take it to the next level, while also being easily understood by those who are just entering into this new way to approach wellness. The extensive detail is wonderful without being intimidating. A real "go...