physical

Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
$148.95
The vendor service was quick. The book was listed as used but looks like new. It is easy to read with lots of helpful hints.

Elta MD UV Physical SPF 41 3 oz.
$24.00
I have been searching for a sunscreen for my face that felt weightless and was also a physical block. It has a high safety and efficacy rating on the EWG (cosmeticdatabase.com) and was reccomended by a dermatologist for me. I have EXTREMELY sensitive skin and this has not irritated it at all. The tint is so sheer, it works on several skin tones. I'm fair olive skinned and it blended perfectly, my sister has dark olive skin and it blended perfectly as well. Gives a light almost goldish healthy glow that looks great. Let it set in before you dress and it shoudln't get on your clothes. It is paraben free and even has retinol in it!

BUY IT!!! BUY IT!!! BUY IT!!!

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
$27.95
This book may have saved my life. It surely gave me the impetus to switch from a nutrient deficient, anti-nutrient replete vegan diet to a healthy diet rich in animal products such as grass-fed beef, wild caught fish, patured chicken, high vitamin butter oil, cod liver oil, butter and milk in addition to a moderate amount of fruits and copius amounts of green vegetables.

Price examines primitive cultures to see what they eat and what are the results. The healthiest cultures ate no modern "foods of commerce", but ate primarily meat, some dairy, some tubers, and even blood. People that had begun to eat modern food were riddled with cavitations and crowded teeth. Price actually set out to prove that a vegetarian diet was the best, and he was sorely disappointed to find out how necessary animal products were. Once he made this discovery he immediately informed his family and the public of his findings instead of trying to peddle vegan propaganda like some authors do.

Physical: An American Checkup
$14.00
I must admit I was curious to read a book that detailed the plight of the middle aged male going in for a physical especially being in health care myself. I was curious to read his oberservations. However, What I got was a liberal political agenda with a smattering of info on actually getting a high dollar Mayo Clinic physical.

The first 1/3 of the book talks about his complete experience at the Mayo Clinic. However, from then on he takes liberty to bash Christians, President Bush, creation, and anything else remotely to the right of moderate.

The author needs to do a better job of researching his facts. He missed the boat on stem cell research as well as evolution. The author repeatedly tries to 'prove' his case or facts by using op ed columns instead of concrete documented research. Real facts are backed up by scientific research not op ed pieces of people who agree with you.

Part of the book includes the author's frustration with the illness' of his kids. He whines repeatedly that they are sick and President Bush and science is keeping his grow kid with diabetes down b/c they won't fund embyro stem cell research. However, the author fails to check or reference the many advances that adult stem cells HAVE ALREADY DONE FOR PEOPLE.

Finally, as a healthcare provider, I look to solve the problems of my patients instead of just treating symptoms, I was not happy with the author's constant quest to find a pill, injection, QUICK FIX to cure all his and his families woes. If we took responsibility for our actions, many healthcare problems would go away.

This book is very light on the physical (in fact part of getting a physical is poked fun at by the author) and heavy on a very left leaning liberal political agenda. (I would not have minded this if the book was well researched and spent more time on the actual physical).

Save your money on this one and if you're remotely curious check it out from the public library.