Ayurvedic Guide To Diet & Weight Loss

This extraordinary book presents a time-tested, simple, and medically sensible approach to weight loss and maintenance. As both a qualified M.D. and a trained Ayurvedic physician with many years of experience in a clinical setting applying both Western and Ayurvedic approaches, Dr. Gerson has the unique ability to translate the wisdom of Ayurveda into a modern setting. Dr, Gerson has given us a very pratical, deeply insightful resource that will serve a a guide for all readers interested in optimal health and weight control. Dr. Gerson's clear and concise presentation of these principles reflects his more than twenty years as a leading Ayurvedic physician, researcher, herbalist and teacher in the United States.

The Ayurvedic method is stunning in its smplicity, completeness and effectiveness. Unlike the myriad of controversial and potentially harmful weight loss programs that have appeared in the past few decades, the Ayurvedic approach is completely safe and holistic. The wisdom contained in this work is priceless. Veiwing the body as a pattern of intelligence that is unique for each person, Ayurveda provides the key to establishing the body's natural state of balance. Besides being an extremely powerful and efficient path to weight loss, this tenet has applications for strenghening immunity, preventing disease, and achieving higher levels of well-being than we ever thought possible. Easy to read and immediately applicable, this book may be the most valuable volume on the subject in the past four decades and is sure to become an instant classic. 

The Book Features:

• 10 easy steps to take control of your weight.
• The Sattvic Satiety Scale, an easily applied method to monitor your food needs.
• Herbal Supplementation tailored for your specific constitutional type needs. 
• The Attention Exercise, a simple technique that you can use to hear what your body is telling you.
• Clear discussion of the biochemical basis for the successful application of Ayurveda.

Product Details:

ISBN# 9780910262196
Paperback, 408 pages.
Publisher: Lotus Light Press, Published: February 2002.
Size: 5.5 x 1.0 x 8.59 inches, Weight: 1.09 Lbs.

Author

Scott Gerson, MD

Dr. Scott Gerson, M.D., Ph.D. was born in New York City and attended Brandeis University in Waltham, MA and received his B.A. in Philosophy. He then travelled to Europe and eventually to India where he met one of his early teachers, the highly renowned vaidya Dr. V.N. Pandey, the director of the Central Council For Research in Ayurveda and Siddha Medicine. Through this friendship, Dr. Gerson began to earnestly study Ayurveda and eventually continued his studies at the College of Ayurveda in Trivandrum, where he spent almost three years. He completed his full Ayurvedic training at the Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya in Pune. As his knowledge and insight into Ayurvedic principles developed, Dr. Gerson's interest started to become focused in the area of Panchakarma Chikitsa--the science of detoxification and rejuvenation. He therefore took up residence for some time in Kottakkal, India the home of the famous Panchakarma facility, the Arya Vaidya Sala, directed by the late Dr. P.N. Varier who became Dr. Gerson¹s second important mentor.

Dr. Gerson founded The National Institute Of Ayurvedic Medicine in 1982, his private medical practice, and since that time has integrated Ayurveda with conventional allopathic medicine. He does not travel extensively except for trips to India once a year. He prefers to remain as quiet and still as possible and to assists his patients with their understanding of their health conditions. The primary activity in his life is to be available as an Ayurvedic consultant and physician for his patients in his New York office. He supports the spread of Ayurveda through the research and educational activities of The National Institiute of Ayurvedic Medicine, where he gives regular seminars and workshops on Ayurvedic Medicine and related complementary medicine topics.

Currently, Dr. Gerson is the only Westerner to hold a Ph.D. degree in Ayurveda--the highest level of Ayurvedic education--and the only physician in the United States to have complete formal training in both conventional and Ayurvedic medicine. His Ph.D. thesis in Panchakarma Chikitsa (Detoxification Therapy) was accepted jointly by the Univerity of Poona and Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya in 2003. He was appointed Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Ayurved of University of Pune in 2004 where he is active in academic and research activities. He is a member of the teaching and research faculties at the prestigious Institute of Indian Medicine in Poona as well as numerous other academic affiliations including the Central Council for Rsearch in Ayurveda and Siddha Medicine, the Indian government¹s principal Ayurvedic organization. Dr. Gerson holds the position of Clinical Assistant Professor at New York Medical College in the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine.

Editorial Reviews:

"The Ayurvedic Guide to Diet and Weight Loss is a well-researched and practical compendium to our most important health concerns. It also contains an excellent overview of the entire Ayruvedic system of medicine. Dr. Scott Gerson has made a notable contribution to the existing literature on Ayruveda, adding a detailed scientific and clinical dimensions that shows the depth and relevance of the Ayurvedic approach to right-living. The book greatly expands the field not only of Ayurveda, but can potentially revolutionize our entire approadch to diet and health. " -Dr, David Frawley, Author of Yoga and Ayurveda, Ayurveda for Your Type and Ayurvedic Healing.

"At last a medical doctor who really understands Ayurveda has brilliantly focused lthe Ayurvedic art of indiviualizing on tailoring diet and execise so they feel natural, are enoyable and bring weight to its ideal.
Scott Gerson is one of the few experts who could have done this: dig out the subtleties of Ayurveda that can tweak your metabolic balalnce and drop pounds while enhancing health and vitality."-Rudolph Ballentine, MD. Author of Radical Healing, and Chief Medical Advisor, Olive Leaf Wholeness Center, NY, NY,