The Alternative Medicine Cabinet: Your Reference Guide to All- Natural Self Care

By Dr. David Leader

The Alternative Medicine Cabinet is not just another book about diet or nutritional supplements. Instead, this is a reference book written in a way that will build a foundation of healthy understanding of basic dietary, nutritional and exercise principles. From this foundation, specific nutritional approaches and products will be outlined to empower you, the naturally health-minded individual, to restore and maintain the health and wellness of yourself and your loved ones. The Alternative Medicine Cabinet will prove to be your go-to source for natural self-care answers. It is your Alternative Medicine Cabinet.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Jul 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9781483432588

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THE ALTERNATIVE

MEDICINE

CABINET

Your Reference Guide to All-Natural Self Care

DR. DAVID LEADER

Copyright © 2015 David Alan Leader.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted by any means—whether auditory, graphic, mechanical, or electronic—without written permission of both publisher and author, except in the case of brief excerpts used in critical articles and reviews. Unauthorized reproduction of any part of this work is illegal and is punishable by law.

ISBN: 978-1-4834-3257-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4834-3258-8 (e)

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Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 6/12/2015

Contents

Introduction … You Have Options

Chapter 1   Diet

(Eating Made Simple)

Chapter 2   Detoxification

(Importance & Common Sources Of Toxicity)

Chapter 3   Vitamins

(Best Forms Of B-Vitamins And Antioxidants)

Chapter 4   Minerals

(Best Forms For Absorption And Usage)

Chapter 5   Essential Oils & Other Extracts

(Common Oils With Multiple Uses)

Chapter 6   Lifestyle Of Motion

(Exercise Simplicity)

Chapter 7   Gut Health

(Intestinal Health Equals Body Health)

Chapter 8   Water

(Importance & Clean Sources)

Chapter 9   Muscle And Joint Injuries & Burns

(Assessing Injuries & Burns)

Chapter 10   Your Alternative Medicine Cabinet Contents

(Listing Of Common Ailments & Their Natural Remedies)

Chapter 11   What To Keep In Your Alternative Medicine Cabinet

(Logically Fulfill Your Individual Needs)

Introduction

Not another book about natural health and diet! How many different ways can there be to eat?!

This book was not written to be an exhaustive study into diet, exercise or natural health products, but rather, it was written to give you options. Options beyond what your medical doctor, the mainstream media or big pharmaceutical companies tell you are the only answers.

My name is Dr. David Leader. Since I was a young boy, the human body and health have fascinated me. From the age of 18, I have been involved in the healthcare profession. Initially, I was trained in the U.S. Air Force as a field medic, Respiratory Therapist and Cardiovascular Technician; working with ventilator patients, breathing function testing, emergency room procedures, performing stress tests, cardiac catheterizations and ultrasound tests on the heart. After my time in the military, I continued to work in these same fields in the private sector, while finishing my undergraduate studies with the intention of matriculating into medical school. To my surprise, after eight long years working in critical care environments, I realized that medicine- while quite good at interceding for folks who were in life threatening situations, had limited answers for helping people who suffered with chronic, degenerative diseases. It was at this point that I realized I needed to look outside the medical paradigm (or way of thinking) and study a more natural approach in order to find the answers for which I was looking.

After earning my doctor of chiropractic degree and studying to become a Certified Clinical Nutritionist, I worked in private practice and continued studying research and scientific findings concerning plant extracts, diets, exercise, toxicity, vitamins and minerals.

To my amazement, I found that there is actually a mountain of reputable scientific data supporting the benefits of many nutritional products, plant extracts and other natural modalities as well as evidence of many manmade dangers that surround us which receive very little, if any attention from the traditional medical community. Not only was there science to back up these not-so-mainstream ideas, but as I quickly began to find in my practice, they actually worked clinically; helping people with a multitude of health issues when applied correctly and in concert with other healthy habits. This led me to design a line of targeted nutritional supplements for use with my patients. Since then, I have been teaching Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology and Chemistry at the college level while furthering my understanding of the origins of disease and natural means of restoring health.

This book is meant to coalesce the accumulated knowledge and clinical experiences of myself and many other natural health practitioners and researchers whose approaches differ from the mainstream, allopathic (medical) paradigm.

I have written this book in a way that will build a foundation of healthy understanding of basic dietary, nutritional and