Words are tools- I make it my business to know where we came from in the world of bodily care.
Knowing the foundation facilitates the best being utilized in simple and effective ways to help your
systems help themselves toward optimal well-being.
SALT by Mark Kurlansky
A wonderful work steeped in history and data from a bygone era. What changed since then? Not too much concerning salt- it is still vividly important for our physiology. Instead of salt restricted diets I parlay a discussion around balancing our colloid minerals and furthering our understanding of sodium working with potassium.
Your body's many cries for water by f. Batmanghelidj MD
Water and proper hydration assists your body in everything from lymphatic drainage to detox. The 'solution is by dilution' when it comes to your systems finding a homeostatic balance. Drink at LEAST a liter a day. Our fellow mammals and animals when under physiological distress go to water, drink, and do not eat. Signs of dehydration in a bright colored urine.
vitamins in medicine by bicknell and prescott
This vitamin literary tome was a service and validation of all of the up to date research that has been studied and documented since the turn of the century. This English book was written during a time when whole food nutrition was being analyzed for function and influence on the body for disease prevention. The references!!! Animal studies and vitamin content information is excellent - my favorite book. Impartial and furthers better questions. Better questions help arrive at better answers.
Anatomy trains by Thomas w. myers
For centuries the students of the physical form dissected the fascia away from the underlying muscles and organs to provide taxonomical data about the human body. Years later we finally understand the importance of fascial networks! Smoothness and force transfer is percipitated along these networks and pain patterns can persist from longstanding fascial strain
Principles of Biochemistry by White, Handler, & Smith
I love this book for one main reason. It shows the blood plasma concentrations of various minerals and contents of our blood. We are animals in this experience as well. If you are looking to optimize your mineral supplementation - it may be good to consider physiology normal and add them in that same ratio. Not over or under supplying any one particular need for your optimal function. Let's avoid compensations and lead to optimization.
