Aly Cohen - Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World (Dr Weils Healthy Living Guides)

DR. WEILS HEALTHY LIVING GUIDES

Andrew Weil, MD, Series Editor

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Published and forthcoming titles:

Optimal Mens Health by Myles Spar

Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World by Aly Cohen and Frederick vom Saal

Optimal Aging by Mikhail Kogan and Len Sherp

Optimal Skin Health by Robert Norman

Optimal Wellness by Farshad Marvasti and Richard Carmona

The idea that our home environment and product choices can make us sick is a powerful motivator for cleaner living. Drs. Cohen and vom Saal reveal the dangers lurking within our food, water, clothing, personal care products, household products, and cellular technology, and share practical, cost-effective, tips and recommendations to battle the challenges of clean living in a world without meaningful regulations. This is an important and timely guide to understanding our toxic world and what we can all do to protect our bodies from harmful exposures and their chronic health consequences.

Mark Hyman MD, best-selling author of numerous books, including Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet One Bite at a Time

What could be more important than the health of our brain! Non-Toxic shares practical information to help reduce harmful brain exposuresfrom pregnancy all the way through old ageand empowers readers to take control of the chemical world around them.

Dhru Pirohit, creator/host of Broken Brain podcast

Non-Toxic reveals the vast extent our ever-increasing exposure to toxins coupled with the failure of governmental agencies to intervene for our protection. The text not only makes it clear that to protect our health we have to serve as our own advocates, but also provides clear strategies enabling us to accomplish this goal. This is a clear and eloquent presentation of where we are, how we got here, and what we can do moving forward to offset some of the most important health threats of our modern world.

David Perlmutter, MD, Author, #1 New York Times bestsellers, Grain Brain and Brain Wash

As the founder of the Cancer Schmancer Movement and an ardent believer that how you live equals how you feel, I can speak firsthand that Dr. Aly Cohen, who is one of our medical advisors, is the real deal! Read this book and learn how to live well, be well, and stay well!

Fran Drescher, Actor, Producer, Author, Health Activist, and Public Diplomacy Envoy on Health, US State Department

Non-Toxic is the blueprint for staying healthy in an increasingly complex environment. You CAN reduce harmful exposures without turning your whole life upside down or breaking the bank. When misinformation abounds, a scientifically based resource with practical recommendations for making safer choices for everything from food to home furnishings, is truly a treasure. I will be recommending this book to all my patients and colleagues.

Tieraona Low Dog, MD, Pecos, NM, Integrative Physician and Author, Healthy at Home

If your doctor has never told you how important it is to reduce toxic chemical exposures in your food, water and home, you might need a new doctor. You definitely need Non-Toxic, a book so indispensable to good health its purchase ought to be covered by insurance. Dr. Aly Cohen and Professor Fred vom Saal lucidly explain how toxic chemicals hurt you and prescribe practical steps you can take to get them out of your life.

Ken Cook, President, Environmental Working Group

Every day I witness increasing concern for both personal health and planetary ecological health, especially as humanity experiences global interconnectedness in real time. In Non-Toxic, the authors provide rigorously researched assessments of what were faced with as well as practical actions to protect ourselves and others. As more of us make these changes, our collective impact will be a reduced toxics burden for all life. I enthusiastically recommend Non-Toxic as a superb guide to meaningful personal and global action.

Shana S. Weber, Ph.D., Director, Office of Sustainability Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University

An authoritative and accessible guide to how we got into the chemical pickle we are in, what it means for your health, and how you can take positive, practical action to navigate through the chemical onslaught that comes at us every day.

Pete Myers, Ph.D., co-author Our Stolen Future

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Cohen, Aly, 1973 author. | Vom Saal, Frederick S. author.

Title: Non-toxic : guide to living healthy in a chemical world /

by Aly Cohen MD, FARC, Frederick vom Saal, Ph.D.

Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020] |

Series: Dr. Weils healthy living guides | Includes bibliographical references and index. |

Identifiers: LCCN 2020013831 (print) | LCCN 2020013832 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780190082352 (paperback) | ISBN 9780190082376 (epub) |

ISBN 9780190082369 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Environmental toxicologyPopular works. |

Environmental healthPopular works.

Classification: LCC RA1226 .C63 2020 (print) | LCC RA1226 (ebook) | DDC 615.9/02dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020013831

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020013832

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