Your Personal Life: Measuring What Your Specific Body Needs to Live Lean, Long Strong & Better

by Greg Tefft and Gregory H. Tefft

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972986626
• ISBN13: 9780972986625
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Angel Mind
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Your Personal Life

Every week yet another diet or health fad comes on the market. One says that we should become strict vegetarians while another says high protein is the trick. The only thing these programs seem to have in common is that they suggest that this simple program will work on everyone (and doesn't) and that the creator of the fad makes a lot of money off of us. The end result is more confusion about what kind of nutrition is actually healthy. Your Personal Life immediately takes a different approach, a more scientific approach. At the onset of this book, the author states we aren't what we eat but what we retain from what we eat and drink. This actual amount that each of us retains is individual depending upon not only our genetics, our body type, the amount of exercise we do, etc but also depends upon our unique body chemistry. In other words, we may have deficiencies or excesses of particular minerals, vitamins, and contaminants that affect how our bodies work. Thus, our diet must reflect these important requirements. Your Personal Life is definitely not a simplistic one size fits all cure for health. I have to admit that I sometimes found the material in this book quite heavy and somewhat overwhelming. However, as I gain more understanding of the concepts, I gained a good deal of information. I particularly liked that the author set out the various tests (complete with explanations about what the results actually mean) that can be done to scientifically figure out the right diet for each of us.

***** The 'Two' Wisemen Write the Bible on Body-Mind-Spirit Wellness *****

An incredible book sharing the lessons-learned in body-mind-spirit wellness promotion. For me, the key insight was that I had been using what I call a "vitamin buffet" approach to supplements, picking and choosing from the health food store smorgasboard. I'd load up on the sale items and shovel them down every day as if that would help me boost my immune system? Instead I became toxic and felt like I was aging faster than the speed-of-light. Then I followed the advice in this bible on nutrition and exercise and became a minimalist -- taking a high-quality organic multiple vit/min, and others that are discussed in the text, cut back my food intake as well, and recovered that "glow" from my youth. Now I am fed and fit optimally and I love my new life. Buy this book and begin your journey into well-being too! Dr. John Jay Harper is a clinical hypnotherapist, and author of Tranceformers: Shamans of the 21st Century.

An articulate guide to personalized nutrition based upon over sixty years of medical nutrition resea

Your Personal Life: Measuring What Your Specific Body Needs To Live Lean, Long, Strong & Better by clinical bionutritionist, wellness practitioner, author, speaker, and bodybuilder Greg Tefft (with the assistance of author, songwriter, parenting expert, and president of the Angel Mind media company) is an articulate guide to personalized nutrition based upon over sixty years of medical nutrition research. Chapters explore why most touted diet systems are ineffective for long-term weight loss (for one thing, far too many diets come in a false one-size-fits-all concept), techniques for making positive and beneficial changes in lifestyle and eating habits, how to apply nutrition therapy and toxin elimination therapy, how to determine one's own nutritional prognosis and take control of one's health, and much more. Written for lay readers, Your Personal Life translates advanced health professional wisdom and technical concepts into solid, easy-to-follow guidelines for improving quality of life. Highly recommended.

Live lean, long, strong & better

Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (5/06) Dr. Tefft has written an excellent book on how to deal with the issues that are affecting our health as a result of changes in our lifestyles. These changes have caused our environment to be altered from being a natural and wholesome one to a fast paced, stressed out, toxic one. "Your Personal Life" empowers you to take charge of your own wellness. You learn about what your body needs and then make a plan based upon meeting those needs. This is not a typical diet book that offers a generic plan for you to follow. I have been following plans like that for years and I find that they haven't worked for me. The latest health craze that I am trying is costing me over $200 a month in supplements. After reading this book, I realized that I am probably taking supplements that I don't need, since I haven't been tested to see if I have a deficiency. I am excited to see that Dr. Tefft recognizes the importance of each individual following a nutrition/lifestyle plan based upon their personal needs. These needs are determined by some basic tests to check for food sensitivities and toxic accumulations. Personalized nutrition is also referred to as orthomolecular nutritional medicine. Dr. Tefft defines it as "the science of what each unique body actually retains from what is directly consumed by that body." In this plan, an individual is tested to see what nutrients and toxins are in their body. Next, a medically proven, customized plan is developed from this information. This includes diet and supplements. Each individual is able to take back control of their life. They can overcome food sensitivities and toxic accumulation by detoxification and following a food rotation plan. Orthomolecular nutritional medicine allows the body to heal itself. Its number one goal is "to create more energy from less food and drink." This is accomplished by learning how the body can operate at peak efficiency. This plan is scientifically based and with the health benefits achieved it will really pay off for the individual. I highly recommend it for individuals who are serious about taking responsibility for their health.