Nonfiction Short Review Extravaganza #4: Herbal Remedies, Spirituality, Health and Cookbook

 Nonfiction Short Review Extravaganza #4: Herbal Remedies, Spirituality, Health and Cookbook 

Dr. Sebi Bible Ancient Wisdom and Holistic Pharmacist by Kai Omari

For Rick Sterling 

Dr. Sebi Bible’s Ancient Wisdom and Holistic Pharmacist is an insightful and educational guide towards holistic practices that are meant to give physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. 

The volume is six books in one. The first two books are introductory defining what holistic healing is particularly Alkaline diets. Book 1 discusses what natural healing actually is and why it serves as a contrast to conventional healing practices such as pharmaceuticals. For example, natural remedies address and manage the root symptoms, not the causes. They also allow them to be filtered out naturally instead of being suppressed. The book also addresses causes like food, environment, and stress. The book focuses on specific parts of the body like the gut and mucus and how they can be affected by a weakened immunity. 

Book 2 addresses The Alkaline Mindset and Lifestyle. This is a gradual approach that requires belief, and long-term consistency and commitment. The book discusses the long-term transition steps like eating alkaline foods like leafy greens, cucumbers, avocados, alkaline water. Besides trying healthy foods, the book offers other suggestions like meditation, writing a gratitude journal, engaging in meaningful activities, and having a supportive community. The book covers various processes like eliminating toxic and acidic substances like processed foods and additional additives and chemicals. Daily and monthly detox schedules are included such as enhancing kidneys function with electrolytes and drinking herbal tea for dandelion, milk thistle, and ginger tea. Monthly detox such as creating an action plan for purchasing the right foods and making time for meditation. 

Book 3 is an Encyclopedia of various herbs arranged by healing properties such as Sarsaparilla for Blood purification and detox, Pau D’Arco for Immune Support System, Ginger Root for Digestion and Gut Health, Devil’s Claw for Anti-inflammatory and Pain Relief, St. John’s Wort for Antiviral and Infection Defense, Nopal Cactus for Blood Sugar Regulation and Diabetes Support, Vitex for Hormonal Balance & Women’s Health, Ashwagandha for Energy and Stress Relief, Cayenne Pepper for Heart and Health Circulation. Each chapter includes a description of the benefits of the herb, traditional uses, where they can be found, how they can be used and stored, step by step instructions on how to prepare them, potential contraindications, results over time, and recipe variation. 

Book 4 consists of Alkaline recipes including Alkaline Coconut-Quinoa Porridge for Breakfast, Alkaline Cucumber-Avocado Salad for Lunch, Zucchini Noodles with Avocado Sauce for Dinner, Spiced Apple Crumble for Desserts, Banana Date Energy Balls for Snacks, and Carrot Turmeric Cleansing Juice for Smoothies. 

Book 5 includes Herbal Remedies beyond food. Each section describes what the remedy is, how to prepare it, various techniques, and the uses of essential remedies, and tips including dosage, storage, and safety. Recipes include Echinacea Root Tincture for Tincture, Pau D’Arco Bark for Decoction and Syrup Recipes, Chamomile Poultice for Skin Irritation for Poultices and Compresses, and Peppermint Eucalyptus Steam for Herbal Bath and Steams. 

The final book, Book 6 discusses the Detoxification Protocol and its foundations. It illustrates how mucus is a key factor in health problems. The Alkaline diet, herbal support, and lifestyle changes like exercises and short-term intermittent fasting combats and eliminates mucus build up.Various detox pathways are mentioned like liver, kidneys, and the lymphatic system. Each section is described with functions, suggested foods, hydration, and other suggestions on how to optimize good health into these specific important organs. The final section recognizes the importance of detoxification to the skin.Therapeutic approaches including gentle cleansing, hydration, nutritional support, emollients and moisturizers, exfoliation, and lifestyle practices such as physical activity, sweating, ultraviolet protection, and sleep are incredibly important.

The Dr. Sebi Bible’s Ancient WIsdom and Holistic Pharmacist tells Readers everything that they need to know about natural remedies, Alkaline dieting, and living a holistic healthy life. 

The Books of Enoch (Audible) 

For Rick Sterling 

The Books of Enoch is a fascinating Biblical ancient apocalyptic religious text. It is mythology mixed with spirituality. It is entirely told from the point of view of Enoch, who the Bible describes as “one who walked with God” and ascended to Heaven without dying. 

 It focuses on many details that are minimized in the Canonical Bible such as putting more emphasis on the story of the fallen angels. They were punished for lying with human women, breeding half-human giant children, and teaching them forbidden knowledge.

 It also includes details about Noah's youth and relationships with his father Lamech, grandfather Methuselah, and great grandfather Enoch. His strange appearance such as eyes that lit up at night caused Lamech to question his paternity ( Methuselah told him that his features were signs of being divinely inspired and that he was biologically human and Lamech's son.)

Unlike the Canon Bible which puts the apocalyptic visions in the end of the Bible with the Book of Revelation, The Books of Enoch puts it right at the beginning. The placement of the Apocalypse in the first chapter of the first book shows how important these visions are to the text. 

The Audible version is narrated by James Burke. His is a soothing calming voice that reads the Books with deep understanding, wisdom, and faith in the text.

The Beginner's Trigger Point Self-Therapy Protocol by Grant Lawson 

For Book Square Publishing 

This book will help Readers with chronic pain identify and treat the trigger points where the pain begins and keep it from spreading. 

The book explains what trigger points are located and how they develop usually by stress, overuse, and inactivity. It also explains how traditional methods don't always work. It also talks about when to use self-treatment, its benefits, and when the pain is so bad that it requires medical attention.

The tools needed are objects to provide balance and stress relief. Also a comfortable environment with satisfactory room temperature is important. Steps are included that help find the trigger points and begin treating them. There are pictures and diagrams which name the specific areas where pain is triggered. Each section identifies the trigger point, what caused it, where it is located in the body, and how to release it.

The book features a 4-week recovery and prevention plan. Week 1 is for Resetting and Releasing. Week 2 is for Expanding and Restoration. Week 3 is for Integration and Rewiring. Week 4 is for Sustaining and Prevention. It also includes basic stretching exercises such as Neck Tilt, Seated Spinal Twist, and Foot Massages. These activities will increase mobility and can easily be integrated. Other routines such as Restorative Positions, Somatic Release Techniques, Diaphragmatic Breathing, and Guided Body Scans for Deep Intention and Tension Awareness.

The Trigger Point Therapy book is a thorough look at how trigger point therapy can be used to monitor and minimize pain and become healthy.

The Super Easy Zero Point Weight Loss Cookbook for Beginners by Diayunati Brayutuer

For Michael Cheng 

This book provides healthy meals for those who are interested in losing weight and living a sustainable and enjoyable lifestyle.

The introduction explains that the zero method focuses on foods that are low in calories but high in nutritional value. They are designed around ingredients that your body processes efficiently keeping you full and energized while promoting healthy weight loss. The nutritional foundations of the diet such as high fiber content, lean proteins, and low glycemic index are revealed. It also offers benefits and how to integrate the diet into daily meals. 

The recipes and meals include Bite-Sized Chocolate Chip Muffins for Breakfast, Zesty Grilled Chicken for Poultry, Easygoing Meat Loaf for Beef, Pork, and Lamb, Louisiana Shrimp Gumbo for Fish and Seafood, Low Carb Fathead Crackers for Snacks and Appetizers, Green Bean Bacon Bundles for Vegetable and Sides, Mediterranean Style Pan Pizza for Vegetarian Mains, Double Chocolate Brownies for Desserts, and Hearty Tomato and Basil Parmesan Soup for Stews and Soups.

This book provides a step by step process to integrate healthy eating and weight loss into Readers’ daily lives.

Nonfiction Short Review Extravaganza #1: Cookbooks, Coloring, Healing, Languages

Nonfiction Short Review Extravaganza #1: Cookbooks, Coloring, Healing, Languages 

By Julie Sara Porter 

Bookworm Reviews 

I thought that I would show off my most recent projects. I have joined or been asked to join various book review sites for pay. Mostly, I review short Nonfiction books, post the reviews and that's it. Reviews are also shared on Amazon.

The Anti-inflammatory Diet for Diabetics by Evelyn Sophia Harper 

For Read & Review

The Anti-inflammatory Diet for Diabetics is an excellent book that provides recipes for readers with diabetes to lower their inflammatory foods rate. 

The introduction describes which anti-inflammatory foods are preferred like leafy greens and fatty fish and which to avoid like added sugars and processed meat. The book also includes tips on structuring meals for blood sugar stability such as the balanced plate method for diabetics of 50% non-starchy vegetables, 25% lean protein, and 25% healthy fat low glycemic carbs. 

The recipes include Tumeric and Cinnamon Chia Pudding for Breakfast, Lentil Soup with Garlic and Cumin for Lunch, Mediterranean Baked Eggplant and Tomatoes for Dinner, and Dark Chocolate Dipped Strawberries for Snacks. 

The Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Diabetics is a great book to help people plan, prepare, and eat delicious meals that will give them good health and make dining a pleasant experience. 

 

DMSO Healing Protocols by Alexander Reid

For Read & Review 

The book DMSO Healing Protocols is a great guide on how to use this sulfur based component for therapeutic and healing properties. 

The book explains what DMSO is and the benefits for its use like for pain relief and as an Anti-inflammatory agent. It addresses myths and misconceptions like that DMSO is illegal and unregulated. In fact it is frequently recommended for joint pain, arthritis, and inflammation and is carefully monitored.

The most interesting parts are the case studies of people who tried DMSO and how it worked. Examples include Daniel who used DMSO in magnesium oil and daily stretching for his sciatica pain in his lower back legs. He experienced a reduction in his nerve pain within ten days.

The DMSO Healing Protocols provides good and helpful assistance for those who are ill or in great pain and need a path to holistic wellness. 

Easy Italian Phrases Book for Beginners Next Level Publishing 

For Read & Review

If readers are planning on visiting or working in Italy or any country where Italian is the dominant language, they might want to take the Easy Italian Phrases Book for Beginners. 

The book goes from how to pronounce letters and sounds, to translating important words and phrases, and continues with suggestions on how to begin small conversations and dialogue. Readers will learn that a is pronounced like in “Father.” They will learn phrases like “Grazie” which means “Thank you.”

The phrases are arranged by context and topic. For example, asking how much a ticket costs for public transportation is “Quanto costa un biglietto?” Readers will also learn many of the hand gestures which are a part of Italian culture such as the “I don’t care” gesture which involves bruising the underside of your chin with the back of your fingers. 

Yes, even swear words and expressions are described in the book.”What the heck” is “Ma che cuvalo.” “Piove sul bagnato,” it rains on the wet, means,”bad things often happen to the same people.”

Besides learning how to speak words and phrases, the book offers some points about Italian culture and what one can expect. This is particularly highlighted in the chapter about workplace etiquette and behavior. The book includes points that meetings often start late (though workers must try to be on time regardless) and that it is quite common for long discussions to occur during meetings. 

The Easy Italian Phrasebook is the perfect companion to enjoy the beauty, history, society, traditions, culture, and language of Italy. 

Epic Vehicles Bold & Easy Coloring Book

For Paid Readers Club

This is the perfect coloring book for any child who is fascinated with cars, trucks, planes, boats and anything that can travel on land, water, and air.

The pictures are bold and easy to color making it appropriate for a 3-5 year old audience. Also each page comes with a description or fact about the vehicle pictured so the child can learn while coloring.

For example the page with a rocket includes a coloring page and a paragraph that reads “Did you know?. Rockets are so powerful they can travel over 17,000 miles per hour to break free of Earth's gravity. That's fast enough to go around the Earth in just one hour!”

This coloring book will help kids learn about and color their favorite vehicles as they dream about the day when they might drive, steer, or fly them themselves. 

The Freshly Milled Flour Bible by Anita Miller 

For Book Square Publishing 

The Freshly Milled Flour Bible is a great book for those who love to eat bread and many other grain products.

The introduction reveals the process of milling grain and how this process offers benefits like strength and stretch and how it impacts gluten development. Tips include how to keep milled grain fermented and how protein affects dough strength and rise. It also offers a step by step guide on making the perfect loaf of bread such as adjusting hydration, making kneading and shaping easier. 

Bread varieties are included like red hard wheat, soft white wheat, barley, and rye. The book includes the bread’s traditional uses, baking behavior, gluten strength and baking performance, milling and hydration, and adjusting recipes from commercial white flour. There are also recipes for products like soft sandwich bread and light and fluffy muffins. 

The Freshly Milled Flour Bible guides Readers through milling and preparing grains as well as making excellent meals from them. 

Lit List Short Reviews Augmented Lean A Human Centric Framework for Managing Frontline Operations by Natan Linder, PhD and Trond Arne Undheim PhD; The Fasting Bible How to Lose Weight Grow Younger and Heal Your Body in 30 Days or Less by Lynn Hardy ND CNC; After Injury Reflections Recovery and Re-Becoming Your Best Self by Zaki J. Doudak

 Augmented Lean A Human Centric Framework for Managing Frontline Operations by Natan Linder PhD and Trond Arne Undheim PhD

Natan Linder and Trond Arne Undheim know approximately how the future frontline operations will work. 

In their book, Augmented Lean A Human Centric Framework for Managing Frontline Operations, they reveal how augmentation will be a composite of technology and human centered work to improve businesses in the future.

Augmented Lean is a process that combines human workers and technology to increase and improve frontline productivity. The authors describe augmentation as, "The process gives (humans) easy access to tools and technology needed to do their jobs, rather than relying explicitly on technology to boost productivity."

Augmentation is a perfect way to combine speed and operation of technology with the ingenuity and analysis of human workers. Linder and Undheim demonstrate how augmentation worked in different companies and how their productivity soared because of this practice.

Besides companies, the authors discuss the education and training that frontline workers would require to commit to such tasks. The workers learn to use the technology and are able to strategically think about possible solutions.

One of the more interesting chapters is one that takes Readers through a timeline that leads to augmentation. From industrialization, to assembly line production, to automation, to technology, to augmentation. These changes show how businesses and workers adjusted each time to the ever-changing landscape of frontline working. They learned new skills, adjusted management techniques, and transitioned with what needed to be done. Augmentation is the most recent practice that requires such adjustment and transitions.

In a world where companies are changing and evolving by allowing employees to work remotely and having flexible hours, augmentation would be great means to adjust to the "New Normal." Augmented Lean shows that human and technology can both be applied. Neither has to be sacrificed.

The Fasting Bible: How to Lose Weight, Grow Younger, and Heal Your Body (in 30 Days or Less) by Lynne Hardy ND, CNC 

In her latest book, The Fasting Bible: How to Lose Weight, Grow Younger, and Heal Your Body uses the current diet of fasting and how if done wisely can improve our bodies and outlooks on life.

Hardy describes different types of fasting such as Water (drinking only water for a time and abstaining from food),  Intermittent (fasting for a short amount of time like for 12 or 24 hours), and Protein Sparing Modified Fast (minimizing carbs and fats and eating adequate protein). Hardy discusses the advantages and disadvantages. For example, Intermittent Fasting is good for losing fat and lowering blood pressure but restricting calories has led to a 38% dropout as well as disagreements among experts over what foods are good during feeding times.

There is a process that should be followed before one can fast. It would be difficult to just begin it with no preparation whatsoever because it would lead to more harm than good. Hardy discusses such steps as reducing carbs, paying attention to proteins, and tightening the diet for at least two to three weeks before the fast. She also advises Readers what to do to safely break the fast.

It is important to note that fasting can be very difficult and dangerous to some. Hardy does not recommend this for those who are pregnant, children, or have an eating disorder. Just like Hardy mentions in the book, always check with a medical professional before fasting and those with a history of eating disorders should avoid it completely.

After Injury: Reflection, Recovery, and Re-Becoming Your Best Self by Zaki J. Doudak 

It can be difficult to live with a serious injury. The physical and psychological aftereffects can seem insurmountable. Zaki Doudak's book After Injury: Reflection, Recovery, and Re-Becoming Your Best Self is a helpful guide on how one can live through an injury and ease their physical, psychological, and emotional pain.

Doudak offers good advice on how to deal with a serious injury and Its aftereffects. Instead of being upset that they can't be active, the injured could take this time to rest and relax. They should not overexert themselves and avoid repetitive motions that could add more strain. They should also avoid self destructive patterns like drinking alcohol, taking drugs, or gambling because they will lead to problems later.

The book suggests that the injured person can practice self-care. They can take a few minutes for meditation and reflection, get involved in easy hobbies that interest them, or talk about their worries and insecurities with those close to them or a professional. 

Another thing that can help is to accept and improve relations with the people around them. Accept help when it's offered such as for shopping or running errands. Also speaking about their issues, showing gratitude, and listening to other's concerns as well. Not only will it help during an injury but will heal relationships a long time afterwards.

After Injury offers great advice to heal not only an injury but one's own self-worth and relationships with others.