Home Health Books

Our homes should be our refuge, our havens for peace, relaxation, and rejuvenation. We want to feel safe; we want spaces that are ergonomic and responsive to our needs; we want to choose environmentally friendly materials. But how to accomplish all of this and have beautiful living spaces? This book tells you how. The back cover says it all-Make your home healthier, happier and more beautiful!

The author does a wonderful job inspiring you to create beautiful interiors that will enhance your spiritual, mental and physical health- and she gives you the practical information and the resources you need to maintain a healthy home. A feast for the eye and the mind! Highly recommended!

My first response to Jackie Craven's HEALTHY HOME was: Ahhhhhh ... it's like a restorative trip to a beautiful, calming spa between two covers! Then I quickly realized that this wonderful book is loaded with clear, practical advice on how to actually make that "calming spa" your very own home. Talk about inspiring! The serene, inviting rooms in the photographs are pleasantly balanced with the author's easygoing, conversational text. For those of us who are serious about transforming our currently cluttered, inefficient, grubby digs into clean, well-ordered oases that soothe the soul, delight the senses, and comfort the carcass, HEALTHY HOMES is the perfect prescription.

Louise Gruenberg's Herbal Home Hints is incredibly useful and well written. Her formulas are wonderful tools for cleaning naturally with herbs. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in herbalism and natural cleaning and home beautification ideas.

This book helped me clean everything around the house naturally and organically! Louise's writing style is humorous and whimsical. I highly recommend it.

Debra St. Claire (formerly Debra Nuzzi) did a series of videos with a book inside of it that was the basis for this book. Ms. St. Claire expanded the material and has made a very easy to understand and accessible book for both the beginner and advanced medicine maker. I had the pleasure of seeing Debra at Herfest a couple of years ago, and she is a fantastic teacher! This book is certainly something every herbalist or anyone interested in natural healing should own.

This book is exactly what I was looking for. As a student of altenative medicine, this will be a great addition to my "health library". There is a check list for one's herbal first aid kit/medicine cabinet, very concise and easy to follow directions, a little history of the herbs, a list of ailments and what to use. The ingredients for the most part are easy to get your hands on and if you can't seem to find what you are looking for--there is an extensive resource guide that includes everything Debra St Claire has discussed in the book! Lip balms, salves, deodorants, mouth washes, baby products---you name it and you will most likely find it in this book. If I were to choose one book to start me on the path to health altenatives, this would be the one I would choose. Five star? No. How about a six!

I have developed my own weight training regime based partially on some of the techniques suggested by Robert Kennedy, but mostly by using the techniques developed by Dr. Darden. High intensity and super slow are the two most important aspects of putting on muscle mass. In my case, I'm 44 yrs old with a long history of running, soccer, and triathlon sports. Due to a knee injury I decided to turn myself into a weight lifter. In 10 weeks I have gone from a lean (& partially atrophied) 150 lbs post-op from knee surgery to 165 lbs of muscle mass that is all in my chest, back, arms, and one good leg. My waist has stayed constant and 32", but have I got a set of Abs now. Keep in mind I can't do any exercise that involves too much stress on my other knee. Real squats are out. The exercise and gain in muscle mass has helped the injured knee and associated muscles progress at a rapid rate so I do not look unbalanced.

I think those are neat gains and I see myself topping out near or above 170. That weight gain and shape change on me is dramatic.

My problem is that I train at home and while I have put together a pretty good array of equipment there are exercises recommended by both authors that cannot be done at home cheaply or easily. I would like to get and read this book by Dr. Darden on home gyms so that I can determine what improvements I can make in my own set up. PLEASE REPRINT THIS BOOK!

This book is one of 42 published by this author. Personally I have read five of his books, and this one is a good fit for the person tired of the gym scene yet still wants to get a good workout without spending a fortune. Gives you a great program to workout at home and get results without having to use all the fancy equipment of a gym!

When I picked this up, I wasn't sure what to expect so I thought I'd write a few lines here... This book is very informative- lots of simple but effective strategies to help protect yourself and your family from disease by avoiding toxic chemicals and getting proper nutrients. I was surprised to read how many products that I thought were safe are really dangerous to my health. I'm still amazed at how hard it is to find this kind of information and how uninformed most doctors are about environmental causes of disease. Holler for Your Health: Be the Key to a Healthy Family, contains information that everyone needs.

The author has done a very good job at explaining the strong links between diet and our environment and various ailments including stress and diabetes that makes for very interesting reading. I always felt the genetic link to obesity to be hogwash, but the author did a good job at convincing me the biological reason for the linkage. After reading this book I was sufficiently convinced to buy hormone free milk for my children and certain organic produce for the family, utilize a water filter for the home, and cease applying traditional lawn fertilizers on my lawn in favor of more natural, organic alternatives.

I recommend this book to everyone in the renovation field. The content on older homes is very important in limiting future liability and callbacks. The chapters on lead paint and asbestos alone could save the contractor thousands of times the cost of the book

I recently purchased my first home and had so many headaches to deal with just on the basics of the transaction, I wasn't initially sure how to address possible environmental issues or where I would find the time to figure them all out. The Home Environmental Sourcebook, with its practical, well-organized and easy to understand information, solved my dilemma. It allowed me to investigate environmental issues of particular concern (e.g., lead paint, asbestos) quickly by providing concise information by topic area and letting me know where else I could find more detailed information. The book was also helpful in that a quick scan of topics covered in the book helped identify issues which I hadn't been considering, but which were ultimately important not only in my decision-making process, but in the very negotiation of the purchase contract. Highly recommended.

I smiled as I read this book. I could just picture each child sitting with Granddaddy,or leaving notes for one another. Sometimes, it is just nice to read stories about a happy family, doing things together, enjoying each other. I look forward to the next book.

Whether you think your family experiences are unique and unusual or if you have grown up in an "average American home", this book will give you a fresh and inspiring look at all you may have taken for granted. Sally takes simple daily events in her life and shows us the beauty in all of our lives.

This is a wonderful book to read slowly and absorb. Here's a perfect gift for someone you love.

I came from India to USA to visit my garnd son in Minneapolis.While in Hennepen County libraray I have seen plenty of books and one of these was "HOME REMEDIES" by Michel VanStraten published in 1998. after going through the contents ,to my surprise EUREKA ! I found init ,both conventional and compemantary medicines for common ailments viz Allopathy,Homeopathy,Naturopathy,Herbopathy,Aromopathy,Occpressure,Alexanders Techs,Yoga,and grandmom's home remidie's etc.This gives option to anybody to go in for any type of medicine within his reach as these medicines prevent diseases in the initital stage itself.This is a rare goldbin to the poor and middleclass.Had it contained Magnetic Therpy,CosmicRay therpy,and Deshanes systems and Unanisystem of Medicines it would be more commen and universal. However prevention is better than cure I would like to carry this trusure to India.

I came from India to USA to visit my garnd son in Minneapolis.While in Hennepen County libraray I have seen plenty of books and one of these was "HOME REMEDIES" by Michel VanStraten published in 1998. after going through the contents ,to my surprise EUREKA ! I found init ,both conventional and compemantary medicines for common ailments viz Allopathy,Homeopathy,Naturopathy,Herbopathy,Aromopathy,Occpressure,Alexanders Techs,Yoga,and grandmom's home remidie's etc.This gives option to anybody to go in for any type of medicine within his reach as these medicines prevent diseases in the initital stage itself.This is a rare goldbin to the poor and middleclass.Had it contained Magnetic Therpy,CosmicRay therpy,and Deshanes systems and Unanisystem of Medicines it would be more commen and universal. However prevention is better than cure I would like to carry this trusure to India.

This is a very good book; I refer to it very often. Common sense remedies, along with some MD recommendations and cautions.

I have several "home remedy" books, but this is the most clear and concise. It's very easy to use and follow (not a lot of unnecessary technical information), and it covers everything from anal fissures and bad breath to varicose veins and warts. I refer to it almost daily.

If you are concerned about the safety of your home, order this book and worry no more!

It's an easy read with illustrations and humorous stories from Mr. Lowman's personal experience.

This book is full of humorous stories that help illustrate many different hazards that can be found around most any home. It is written from a common sense perspective which is easy to understand and apply.

This book is a must have for anyone who is interested in health and safety at home.