Product Description
by Siham Khalili (Author)
This book offers a comprehensive approach to taking charge of your own health and living a vibrant disease-free life. It demonstrates how to reprogram our metabolism through a new set of mental and physical habits according to two main principles drawn from the sciences of biochemistry, nutrition, physiology, endocrinology, neurology and psychology. (1) Chronic disorders of obesity, diabetes, heart diseases and cancer are mostly rooted in inflammation andweakened immunity due to toxins, brain-body chemical imbalances, negative thoughts, and disturbed emotions. (2) We can effectively restore our wellbeing and reinforce our immunity through healthy eating, physical activity, eliminating body toxins, stress management, sleep improvement, and enriched personal relationships. The book - with its note-sheets and worksheets can be used as a self-help guide or an educational manual on healthy living and preventing chronic disorders.
Author Biography
Siham Khalili is an accredited member of the Dietitians of Canada society and a health practitioner in primary diabetes healthcare. She holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Human Nutrition from McGill University, a B.Sc. degree in nutritional biochemistry from the University of Ottawa. She also had extensive practicum training in group psychotherapy and stress management at the Ottawa Civic Hospital for patients with eating disorders and obesity. Her professional experience of over 30 years includes academic teaching and research in nutrition for pregnancy and chronic diseases. She has also been providing patient education and counseling on nutritional and lifestyle management for diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and gastrointestinal disorders at various hospitals and clinics. She is currently setting up a group therapy clinic in Ottawa, Canada for preventing and reversing chronic disorders through a wide range of lifestyle measures. The author has spent the last few years preparing this book in response to an overwhelming demand from patients, students and colleagues to put together in one volume all the material taught and presented in her courses and seminars. The book is a blend of a comprehensive literature search of a diversity of disciplines and her professional experience, under a single theme of balancing and harmonizing the mind and body to attain sustainable health and fitness. For any enquiries, please visit: www.reprogramming.ca
