How to Have a Rich, Healthy Life - Without the Sacrifice

Die Healthy: Pursuing the Dream of Wellness and Longevity

There are numerous diet and fad health books that come out these days. Ranging from the South Beach Diet to Atkins to the Perricone Prescription and beyond. Each of these "health" based plans focus primarily on the diet of the individual and methods for rapidly losing weight or reducing cholesterol. Not much else. It's too bad, since diet is really only one component of a healthy individual - behavior, environment, breathing, exercise, and family bonds all play a role in the overall health of an individual. It is with this background that I cautiously approached the book Die Healthy by Canadian Lorraine Mignault.


What a surprise then, as I delved into the more than 15 years of research that Lorraine presents in her book. This is not simply another book offering up yet another fad-based diet plan. Nor does it propound another health based lifestyle that makes you only eat grapefruit or sprouted grains. Rather, in Die Healthy, Lorraine presents a very simple, easy to follow proprietary system based on a combination of French and Ayurvedic principles. Combining the best of the French lifestyle - its love of good, quality food - with the scientific principles of Ayurveda - the ancient Indian mind-body-spirit way of being - Lorraine leads the reader through several Wellness Capsules.

The Wellness Capsules are Lorraine's ingenious way to present the rich scientific backing for the lifestyle advice offered in this book. The first Capsule explains why other diets fail. Wellness Capsule two documents the simple MASTERPIECE MEALS™ program which is focused on water, whole grains, vegetables, quality dairy, and some nuts, poultry, fish, and eggs. What I really liked were what Lorraine has divided into Wellness Capsules three and four - where she focuses on teaching us how to do a self-assessment and how to take care of our "inner" and "outer" selves. The rest of the Wellness Capsules walk the reader through methods for bringing health into your environment, proper breathing techniques, and how to bring wellness - and ultimately longevity - into your daily lives.

There are many other components of this book that really struck a chord - the use of clear language, charts, and especially case studies. I've tried a lot of things in my life, but none of the various lifestyle diets have ever seemed really feasible. Well, in Die Healthy there is finally a lifestyle - not simply a dietary regime - that is presented and which is easily accessible. I've already adopted some of the practices mentioned in the book - especially those centering around the breath and the skin. This book is an invaluable resource and guide for anyone looking to improve their quality of life - today - without having to subscribe to a particular "diet". If you want to live well - and die healthy, then the material presented in this book should be at the top of your reading list.

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