Conquer Tobacco Naturally: Quit Tobacco in 12 Weeks or
Less, Using Mind-Body and Naturopathic Medicine (ISBN 1-58832-084-7)
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Here's what one reviewer wrote:
"Dr. Blomgren’s nationally acclaimed book, with over 475 pages, 396 references, and numerous useful tables, gives you all the details in as much depth as you need. You will learn about the basis for tobacco and other drug addiction; the important biochemical markers we look for in the test strips to eliminate withdrawal; the role of nutrients; the habit and the biology of tobacco; why your previous attempts to quit have been unsuccessful; and, how his wellness coaching provides the model for you to quit permanently.
This book is not about anti-smoking or health fascism; it’s about choice: if you seriously want to quit tobacco, here are alternative ways to do so, based in naturopathic and mind-body science that have a success rate of up to 20 times higher than conventional methods.
More people would gladly choose to give up tobacco if it were easier to quit, and the chances of long-term success were greater. Unfortunately, the standard, traditional ways leave much to be desired. As in many areas in society today, the traditional is being augmented with excellent, effective, and safe alternatives from which to choose. That’s the case with tobacco cessation!
This book is truly comprehensive and holistic—offering proven alternatives to the unimpressive success rates of the standard coterie of medically-based products (nicotine patches, gums, medications, sprays, lozenges, and free smoking cessation programs). The author explains why naturopathic medicine is a rich territory now being explored for its contributions to tobacco cessation. He provides the facts about the standard approaches, and about new and promising approaches.
For example, based upon solid biochemical research findings, the author explains how to alter the body’s biochemistry into releasing nicotine so slowly that the body avoids producing withdrawal symptoms. The author provides information about obtaining a 15-second, in-home urine test to measure the body’s biochemical changes, and to know when to stop smoking.
This book explains how smoking creates a neuropeptide deficiency that must be reversed for successful smoking cessation to happen—and how it’s easily done with certain nutrients. (Neuropeptides are specific molecules that constitute the mind-body communication network; if your mind and body are in sync about quitting, neuropeptides allow it to happen. Smokers are neuropeptide-deficient. Determine which of the four types of neuropeptide deficiencies you might have.
Then, this book explains how to use new mind-body modalities to change the habit-part of smoking. Smoking cessation is not just about eliminating nicotine; it’s altering the habit, too—and at the right time, in the right way. The author explains the exact physical mechanisms in the brain and body that create the mind-body connections for smoking cessation.
The author discusses a therapy from New Zealand that’s now being practiced world-wide, and that holds great promise for smokers. Homeobotanical therapy is a combination of botanical + homeopathic medicine, fusing the best of both disciplines. The author is an experienced, practicing homeobotanical therapist.
The author discusses the seven types of coping strategies that successful quitters use within the first few days of quitting. Be prepared by knowing, and using these, if needed.
Learn what obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) and smoking have in common, and what you can do about it.
There’s a chapter on “Smart Smoking”—supplements for non-smokers living, working or recreating with smokers, or for those who aren’t quite ready for quitting. If this describes you, and you can’t escape smoke, at least be as safe as possible.
The author coaches his patients to take their time in quitting; to be prepared and to, yes, believe it or not, have confidence and enjoy the process. Properly prepared and when the time is right, quitting need not be the ordeal of the past or by reputation. At 444 pages, nearly 400 references, and with numerous tables, this book is a great way to prepare—slowly, thoroughly, and intelligently!"
"This book is used as a reference guide for both traditional and alternative health practitioners: “Conquer Tobacco Naturally is extremely complete. It could be a template for healthy living by itself. This book is suited for the practitioner and for those patients who are genuinely looking for a health make over. I’m glad to have it to use as a reference guide to help me individualize each patient's treatment. It really is a marvelous piece of writing." — Donna Powell, ND, Health Resolutions, Burlington, VT
The author has almost 20 years of research and clinical practice in the addictions field.
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