About the Book
AYURVEDA: A 12-WEEK SOLUTION TO PREVENT, REVERSE & TREAT TYPE 2 DIABETES AND LIVE A LONGER, HEALTHER LIFE!
Dr Christensen has developed the perfect guidebook to help people navigate and understand the implications of Type 2 Diabetes from the Ayurvedic perspective with 48 delicious recipes.
The Ayurveda Solution for Type 2 Diabetes: A Clinically Proven Program to Balance Blood Sugar in 12 Weeks will be the first book to:
Trace the roots of Type 2 Diabetes through the Ayurvedic perspective
Bring to life natural therapies that originated in Ayurveda, but are clinically proven and used in Western medicine
Provide recent clinical research to support the most effective use of the diet, lifestyle, and herbal therapies
Allow readers to discover their true nature and apply a constitution-specific program
Include easy-to-follow bullet-point instructions
Provide a 12-week program to balance blood sugar, including an 8-week elimination diet, a one-week detox, and a 3-week reintroduction of foods
Incorporate an exercise journal, relaxation journal, food and blood-sugar journal to increase compliance
Include delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes for each constitution
Modern medicine emphasizes the structure of the body; Ayurveda, on the other hand, focuses on the energies behind that structure--the doshas. Each chapter is full of extraordinary facts, clinical research, useful tips, and instructions for therapeutic self-application. Each therapy includes a brief yet compelling overview of how Ayurveda made these astonishing discoveries thousands of years ago, which are now clinically proven and implemented in Western medicine.
Following the 12-step program, which features an 8-week elimination diet, herbal therapies, dietary guidelines, lifestyle adjustments and fabulous recipes by award-winning culinary herbalist Pat Crocker, the reader will be on the road to getting her blood sugar under control and feeling better than she has in months or even years - knowing she is likely to be extending her life. Whether the reader is an Ayurveda novice or a serious student, the book - filled with practical advice, solid science and compassion - will be a valuable guide.
Ayurveda can fully thrive in today's world, as its therapeutic approaches are proven through randomized controlled studies and adapted to a modern lifestyle. Ayurveda is supported through evidence-based scientific methods for the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and has shown to get highly significant results. It is essential to integrate Ayurveda and modern medicine in treatment of Type 2 Diabetes, and The Ayurveda Solution for Type 2 Diabetes can help.
Whether the reader is an Ayurveda novice or a serious student, the book - filled with practical advice, solid science and compassion - will be a valuable guide.
START AYURVEDA THERAPY & START FEELING BETTER TODAY!
About the Author :
Jackie Christensen Ph.D. is an Ayurveda Health Consultant and owner of Practice Ayurveda. In addition to her private practice in Santa Cruz, she teach classes at Cabrillo College and Mount Madonna Institute of Ayurveda, and also serves as a faculty member for the Northern Star Academy of Holistic Studies and Kingdom College of Natural Health. Christensen previously served as a faculty member for the Global College of Natural Medicine and Vancouver Island College of Natural Wellness from 2005-2012, where she trained students to become nutritional consultants, herbalists, and holistic health practitioners. Christensen graduated from Mount Madonna Institute of Ayurveda Master program and earned a Ph.D. in Natural Medicine from the Global College of Natural Medicine.
Christensen's passion is integrating natural health and education to help people understand how they can improve their unique mind-body type; she believes that people can make simple changes to their diet and lifestyle to eliminate the root cause of disease and heal the body. Her goal as a holistic health provider is to reinvigorate the body and remove toxins that are blocking vital energy; aid the body in its natural course toward healing; assess the whole person, not just the symptoms and search for the underlying causes for imbalance.
Christensen believes that humans are individuals and each one is influenced by a multitude of factors including diet, exercise, genetics, attitudes and spiritual beliefs. Everyone is unique and each illness reflects an issue that is exclusive to that person. She is committed to using a wide variety of healing modalities and lifestyle options to help people utilize their internal resources, begin the healing process, and strengthen the mind, body, spirit connection. He lives and works in the Santa Cruz metro area.
https: //www.practiceayurveda.com/
Review :
Praise for The Ayurveda Solution to Type 2 Diabetes: A Clinically Proven Program to Balance Blood Sugar in 12 Weeks by Jackie Christensen PhD and Pat Crocker
"Ayurveda has a great deal of information on diabetes in the ancient texts. Type-2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder, which is impairment of agni (digestive fire). Jackie Christensen has brought Ayurvedic wisdom into this program that includes specific diet, lifestyle, and herbal protocols to deal with and heal Type-2 diabetes." -- Dr. Vasant Lad, BAM&S, MASc, Ayurvedic Physician, author of Ayurveda: Science of Self-Healing and Textbook of Ayurveda series
"The Ayurveda Solution to Type 2 Diabetes is a perfect solution to the modern day epidemic. Dr. Christensen has designed a 3 month program that will not only prevent and reverse Diabetes but will also reduce many unwanted complications. This will help you regain your vitality and restore your optimum well-being. Read and apply this time-tested wisdom." -- Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar BAMS MD (Ayurveda), author of Change Your Schedule Change Your Life and The Hot Belly Diet
"Dr. Christensen came up with a natural and effective protocol for Type 2 Diabetes. Simply follow the guidelines and get back your health." -- Dr. Manisha Kshirsagar, Ayurvedic Physician, Esthetician, author of Enchanting Beauty
"The Ayurveda Solution to Type 2 Diabetes approaches Type 2 Diabetes from a holistic view, and opens up new vistas of Ayurvedic insight for both the general reader and for the health care professional. The book is very comprehensive and provides a wonderful how-to-do-it approach targeting the individual constitution, diet and lifestyle." -- Dr. Rucha Kelkar BAMS, PT, DPT, Director of Ayurbliss Integrated Wellness Center
"The Ayurvedic Solution to Type 2 Diabetes is an essential user's guide for one of the most insidious killers of our time. Read it now and prevent!" -- Dr John Douillard DC, CAP, founder of LifeSpa.com and bestselling author of The 3-Season Diet
"Dr. Jackie Christensen's comprehensive Ayurveda guide for Type-2 Diabetes gives you a deep understanding and inspires you to imbibe the care lessons to daily life. This book can upgrade your life, by familiarizing you with your body constitution and suited diet. This book will definitely benefit many lives!" -- Dr. Ramkumar, Managing Director of Vaidyagrama Healing Village
"Read The Ayurveda Solution to Type 2 Diabetes for an eloquent understanding of Ayurvedic mind/body medicine. Dr. Jackie Christensen has created an inspiring and complete program to reverse this widespread disease. I recommend it to everyone interested in Ayurveda and natural medicine." -- Cynthia Copple, Ayurvedic Doctor (NAMA), MA (Ayurveda HON.), Director, Lotus Holistic Health Institute, Co-Founder Mount Madonna Institute College of Ayurveda and author of Know Your Blueprint
"This informative book integrates effective Ayurvedic therapies for type 2 diabetes with Western approaches and research. If you have a family history of diabetes, learn how to identify early tendencies toward illness and correct them before they manifest. The clear structure of a 12-week program for each doshic type can help you regain equilibrium, with lots of good ideas for how to use food, movement, and breath as medicine to reverse or prevent this widespread disease." -- Amadea Morningstar, author of The Ayurvedic Cookbook and Ayurvedic Cooking for Westerners
"Dr. Jackie Christensen brings delight and deep wisdom to the Ayurveda Solution for Type II Diabetes. Her guidance will help many live with more joy, balance, and radiance." -- Kelly (Chloë) Spellman, Esalen Massage Therapist
"Dr. Christensen brings her brilliance, engaging personality and big heart into The Ayurveda Solution to Type 2 Diabetes. Her dedication and perseverance in formulating the 12-week program will be effective in preventing and reversing type II diabetes." -- Kevin Burke
