Andrew Rostenberg - Your Genius Body Paperback

A Guide for Optimizing Your Genes and Changing Your Life

By Andrew Rostenberg, DC

2018 Dr. Andrew Rostenberg. All rights reserved.

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DISCLAIMER

The author does not assume any liability for the misuse of information in this book. The information is offered to provide you with beneficial concepts regarding your health and well-being. Please consult your primary care physician before beginning any nutrition or supplement program.

Every attempt has been made to provide accurate and effective information; the author and his book do not guarantee results.

Editing: Lisa Theobald (www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-theobald-2a879810/)

Graphic Design: Kendra Cagle (5LakesDesign.com)

Printed in the United States of America.

ISBN: 978-1-946208-75-0

Andrew Rostenberg

Red Mountain Natural Medicine

6434 W. Interchange Lane

Boise,ID 83709

208-322-7755

www.redmountainclinic.com

www.beyondmthfr.com

Dear Reader,

I wrote this book for both doctors and patients, in the hope that more people will learn about functional medicine and epigenetics by understanding how the science supports the natural way to health versus our drug-dependent healthcare model. For those in the medical profession who are interested in learning more about the ideas in this book, so that you can help your patients get better results, I offer a coaching program to get you up to speed quickly. As a chiropractor and functional medicine doctor myself, I had to figure out all these concepts and clinical protocols more or less from scratch. It took me years and thousands of hours of work to get to this point. I believe many others would benefit from this information, and that is why Your Genius Body was created.

If you want to dig in and start applying the ideas and concepts in this book, please reach out to my office. Send us an e-mail to with the subject line Coaching Program, and we will send you information about our upcoming learning opportunities. You may also find information about our upcoming coaching series on the BeyondMTHFR website under the Learning section.

If you are a patient yourself or have a sick friend or loved one, please dont hesitate to contact our office at the e-mail above or call us directly at 208-322-7755. We would be honored to help you uncover the root cause of your health challenge and find natural ways to optimize your genes and change your life. We work with patients all over North America and from more than twenty different countries, and there is room for you too.

I hope you are as excited as I am about applying these new ideas to help more people!

Yours in Health,

Dr. Andrew Rostenberg

This book would not have been possible without the help and guidance of many people. I would like to thank Dr. Allen Roberds for introducing me to chiropractic and natural medicine, and for setting me on a path to becoming a healer myself. Dr. Robert Rakowski deserves credit for showing me the power of AK and functional medicine and for inspiring me to investigate the all-important methylation cycle. My coach, Jeff Allen, was instrumental in helping me find my inner strengths and to build upon them, giving me the confidence to put this book together. Sterling Hill has been an inspiration for my own research, and without her work raising awareness of MTHFR and related problems, I would not be where I am today. My editor, Lisa Theobald, made this book possible by helping get me organized and focused, and providing great feedback as my future audience. And, finally, none of this would be possible without the love and support from Mary and my familyWes, Ben, and June.

I wrote this book because I believe we need to change our understanding of health and the potential of the human body. I am tired of watching a supposedly wealthy nation endure insane levels of cancer, heart disease, dementia, and diabetes. As a parent of young children, I am shocked at the rates of autism, depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD, and sensory processing problems that were unheard of a generation ago. I am concerned about how many of my friends and neighbors are living with chronic inflammatory diseases such as Crohns, ulcerative colitis, lupus, celiac disease, and more.

As I see more and more people diagnosed with cancer, I am beginning to wonder if our healthcare system knows only how to fight disease, not cure or prevent it. If we are so wealthy and smart, why are so many people so sick? Perhaps money is at the root of this issue, for as the old political axiom goes, there is no money in solving problems, only in perpetuating them. It is ironic that despite all our access to science and information, we seem to be collectively less educated about our bodies today than ever before.

Many people do not realize that more than 25 million published peer-reviewed studies are catalogued in PubMed databases online. That enormous, mind-boggling amount of research represents the efforts of untold numbers of doctors and researchers spanning more than 100 years. Despite the fact that this information is full of references proving that natural medicine works, our healthcare system doesnt seem to pay much attention to it. The same cannot be said for those chiropractors, naturopaths, holistic MDs, and others who have been leading the alternative healthcare revolution for decades.

This book would not be possible without this rich source of online peer-reviewed data. I am indebted to the countless PhDs who have published thousands of papers proving how herbs, vitamins, plants, and food are the most effective tools for keeping us healthy. Many patients now recognize that in order to succeed with difficult and chronic cases, a doctor must read, study, and apply the very latest science. Luckily for themand for you, dear readerthis book is full of exactly that kind of information. If you love to learn, this book will make you happy.

This book provides a roadmap for understanding what good health really means and how to create it naturally. You will learn how to solve many complex and chronic health problems naturally, to leverage your knowledge of the importance of genetics so that you can live a better life. Despite the many shortcomings and crises within healthcare, this book is not about bashing conventional medicine. We need drugs and surgeries, because in certain cases they save lives. But we dont need a medical system that uses dangerous and expensive drugs and surgeries to fix problems that can be easily and naturally treated.

Medicine is also crippled by the pharmaceutical industry, which is more interested in creating lifelong drug consumers than solving health problems. There just isnt money to be made from people who are healthy or dead, so the goal is get more people stuck in between. If our current health system was yielding satisfactory results, books like this wouldnt need to be written. But our health system is in crisis, and it is time for us to get educated about alternative healthcare that saves money and saves lives. Shouldnt the goal of our healthcare system be to reduce costs while improving our lives?