Description:
Our biology is no longer our destiny. In this newly expanded book, world-renowned integrative medicine pioneer and bestselling author Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier reveals the new frontier of truly personalized medicine.
Brief description: Dr. Pelletier is a Clinical Professor of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine; Dept. of Family and Community Medicine; and Dept. of Psychiatry at the University of California School of Medicine (UCSF) in San Francisco. At UCSF Med, he is the Director of the Corporate Health Improvement Program (CHIP) a collaborative research program between CHIP and fifteen Fortune 500 corporations including Ford, Oracle, Prudential, Dow, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Pepsico, IBM, Cummins, Steelcase, and the Mayo Clinic. He is also Chairman of the AHA and a Vice President with American Specialty Health (ASH).Dr. Pelletier is a medical and business consultant to the USDHHS, the WHO, the NBGH, the Federation of State Medical Boards, and major corporations including Cisco, IBM, American Airlines, Prudential, Dow, Disney, Ford, Mercer, Merck, Pepsico, Ford, Pfizer, Walgreens, NASA, Microsoft ENCARTA, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, United Healthcare, Health Net, the Pasteur Institute of Lille, France, the Alpha Group of Mexico, and the Singapore Ministry of Health.He has or currently serves serves on the boards of Rancho la Puerta (Mexico), Fries Foundation, American Institute of Stress (AIS), American Journal of Health Promotion (AJHP), is a Founding Board Member of the American Board of Integrative Medicine (ABOIM), and as a peer reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM), Annals of Internal Medicine, Health Affairs, and webMD.
Review Quotes:
"Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier's intent has always been to lead us to discover what more each of us can do to make healthier choices. While the right equation may not be "mind over matter," it is profoundly true, as Ken likes to say, that our mind matters!" - DR. ANDREW WEIL
"If you have every worried that the genetic hand you have been dealt determines your destiny, worry no more. If you want to be empowered to be the expression of yourself, read this book." - MARK HYMAN, MD
"The future of healthcare will be preventable, personalized, predictable, and participatory. Read this book to find out how." - DEEPAK CHOPRA
"This extraordinary guidebook distills cutting-edge science and is beautifully written with practical tools for achieving optimal health. A must read for consumers and clinicians." -WOODSON MERRELL, MD, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, MT. SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CHAIRMAN, INTEGRATIVE HEALTHCARE SYMPOSIUM
"The book distills the complexities of genetics and metabolism into easy-to-understand concepts, metaphors, and examples that make these often arcane topics accessible and applicable to practical health improvement solutions." - DAVID S. SOBEL, MD, MPH, ADJUNCT LECTURER, STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
"So you think health is all in your genes? Think again. It in your epigenes! Dr. Pelletier once again shows he is a master translator of this complex science into the simple and useable. Read it. Use it." - WAYNE JONAS, MD
"Dr. Pelletier has taken this information and broken it down into an interesting, informative read complete with advice on optimizing our own health." - K. ANDREW CRIGHTON, MD, PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE HEALTH ENHANCEMENT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
"Dr. Pelletier has integrated decades of experience and research - on how our genes truly respond to our lifestyle, on the role of stress, consciousness and gut health - and he offers us our own dashboard of markers, guidance systems and practices to fulfill our potential as radiant, thriving beings." - FOSTER GAMBLE, CO-CREATOR, THRIVE MOVIE AND MOVEMENT
"I have always found the pioneering research and writings of my longtime friend Ken Pelletier to be invaluable. I highly recommend this book to anyone hoping to lead a healthy long life."- KEN DYCHTWALD, PH.D.
"Dr. Pelletier unravels the mystery of your genes and the epigenetic inputs throughout life that continue to program your genes. Reading this book is an essential epigenetic input that will help you optimize your gene expression." - RICHARD CARMONA, MD, MPH, FACS, SEVENTEENTH SURGEON GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
"Not only does this book provides a scientific basis for our ability to shape our health trajectories through belief and lifestyle choices, but it also outlines the emerging power of personalized medicine." - EMERAN A. MAYER, MD, PHD,
"I found genetics to be the most complex subject in medical school. Now, fifty years later, the field is one hundred times more complicated. But leave it to Kenneth Pelletier to once again not only tackle the importance of this rapidly evolving field but, as with his other timely books, to make the practical application of these breakthroughs easy to understand for most readers. No one does it better." - STEVEN E. LOCKE, MD, ASSOCIATE CLINICAL, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, DISTINGUISHED LIFE FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, IHOPE NETWORK