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Dr. Russell Jaffe has been rethinking healthcare since the start of his medical career in the early 70s. With a unique East meets West perspective, Dr. Jaffe’s books give you all the tools for body, mind, soul, and spirit to enable you to thrive in the 21st Century

Natural Bone Health: A Practitioner's Guide to Healthy Bones, Joints, and Muscles

Over the years, thought-leading scientist and integrative healthcare pioneer, Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD, CCN, and medical anthropologist and certified clinical nutritionist Susan Brown, PhD, CCN, have guided thousands of individuals to build and maintain lifelong bone strength, while at the same time maximizing overall health using this “Physiology First” principle of the Alkaline Way approach, which dictates that every action taken to strengthen bone should be of benefit to the entire fabric of human biology. They, along with co-contributors Jayashree Mani, MS, CCN and Marcy Jaffe, MPA, MBA, share the science behind and the details of their approach to overcome the challenges of the 21st century and improve bone and total body health.

"Natural Bone Health is a quick read that it is chock-full of information that provides an easy three-step plan to maintain a healthy skeleton from birth until death."
Michael Holick, Ph.D, MD

"I feel that the authors have written the most comprehensive resource specifically addressing bone health that is available today."
Kevin Steele, Ph.D, Exercise Physiology, Health and Fitness Expert

THRIVING IN THE 21st CENTURY: YOUR GUIDE TO ADDING YEARS TO LIFE AND LIFE TO YEARS

THRIVING IN THE 21st CENTURY: YOUR GUIDE TO ADDING YEARS TO LIFE AND LIFE TO YEARS

The 21st century has brought with it unprecedented challenges such as reduced life expectancy, reproductive health, quality of life, quality of soil, immune defense and repair, and digestive function. Despite many challenges, there are remarkable opportunities for those who choose more wisely. This book is a guide to recon- necting and rediscovering your unique healing capacities and in- corporating life-changing habits and rituals that will add life to years and years to life. Starting with today’s scientific evidence and incorporating Eastern practices, Dr. Jaffe invites the reader on a journey of self-assess- ment, self-discovery,and self-awareness. You are unique. Your chemistry, your relationships, and your history all interconnect to make you who you are. Dr. Jaffe explains what to measure, what the measurements mean functionally, and what actions to take to achieve thriving health.

“Russ Jaffe never ceases to astonish me, from the day he walked into my lab, to his sterling contributions as a young pathologist to this marvelous compelling book on "How to thrive in the 21st century.” The book weaves the story of his own lifestyle and recommendations for everyone to consider in defining a lifestyle that if followed leads to a more productive and satisfying life. It is a "must read."
Carl Franzblau, PhD

Hazel Henderson, D.Sc.Hon., FRSA​

“Dr. Russell Jaffe synthesizes all the multi-disciplinary research in this holistic critique of medical education, research, science and practice, embedded in planetary evidence of the unsustainable, toxic technological trajectories of Western economies, lifestyles and ideologies of “progress.” This book should be required reading for all in science policy, politicians, educators, financial and business leaders, as well as aware citizens worldwide concerned with our common human future on Earth."
Hazel Henderson, D.Sc.Hon., FRSA

Amory B. Lovins

“Dr. Russell Jaffe helps reintegrate a medical system that too often defines health as the absence of symptoms, not the presence of vitality and resilience, and measures success by pills and procedures, not quality of life. Distilled from a lifetime of medical innovation and global insight, his practice reveals effective paths to healing that put physiology before pharmacology, the body’s wisdom before risky interference, informed choice before standard of care, and your own needs before vendors’ interests."
Amory B. Lovins, Adjunct Professor, Stanford University

Chris

“This book is written with you the consumer in mind and is not filled with overtly unpronounceable words like many other health books. Dr. Jaffe keeps it on a more basic level for all readers to enjoy. This book provides easy to do suggestions and guidance to make simple changes in your life that can have a positive impact on how you feel over time. Dr. Jaffe is a refreshing and insightful author that speaks from decades of experience and wisdom in this book. He speaks of how while working with the National Institute of Health, NIH) his goal was to "debunk" complimentary medicine and natural health and how his journey led him to do exactly the opposite. In the Appendix there are suggestions on how to make those changes with checklists that provide help to you along the way. Enjoy!”
Chris Greenman, Naturopath

JOY IN LIVING: THE ALKALINE WAY

Health is a matter of balance. Our bodies need to balance acid and alkaline properties in our cells: more acid cells leads to loss of cell resilience and increased illness. The Alkaline Way helps you choose foods and activities that will tip the scale toward a healthier and more alkaline state.

Joy in Living: The Alkaline Way is a complete guide to implementing this program. This guide provides everything you need to know to support your body’s own immune defense and repair, as well as your optimal digestive, detox and neurohormonal functions.

For over 20 years, world-renowned researcher Russell Jaffe MD, PhD, CCN and his team have offered this outstanding program to help people progress to sustainable optimal health. Follow the Alkaline Way and discover a healthier, happier you.

COMING SOON! Bhanté Dharmawara

Bhanté Dharmawara (1889-1999) was a pioneering Buddhist monk who saved thousands of lives, including the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh. Behind the scenes, he quietly piloted a new form of socially conscious Buddhism. He performed healings, brought harmony to fractious international situations, and had a wonderful tongue-in-cheek sense of humor.

He also lived to be 110 years old.

Bhanté guided the young Dalai Lama in diplomacy, taught French to a teenage Indira Gandhi, and was Prime Minister Nehru’s confidante as India was first becoming independent. Before he did all that, he was a Cambodian lawyer and courtier. Through his interventions, thousands of lives were spared during World War I in Europe.

You may never have heard of Bhanté until right now. That was by his design. He avoided headlines – yet he was a sophisticated strategic advisor to political leaders. He guided them and they changed the world.

Bhanté’s influence remains profound. This book reflects him….. He specifically wanted the cornucopia of knowledge that he imparted to his students to be shared with the world after the 20th anniversary of his physical passing when the need for his insights would be even greater and timelier. 

Welcome to his journey – and yours. 

Reviews

Dr. Jaffe’s book is a gift to the world. At a time when our lives are governed by noise and ever increasing pressure to have more and be faster we lose focus of what is really important. Our heads are firmly embedded in technological clouds, we seem to be interconnected like never before and, yet, our hearts and souls feel lost and hollow. World events are shaped by mindless, ignorant leaders lacking compassion, thus creating great uncertainty for us all. At a time like this we need to change course, dive deep and find ourselves by increasing our self-awareness. Dr. Jaffe shares with us Bhanté Dharmawara’s experiences and teachings and shows us how we can develop our spiritual capacity and balance it with the physical aspects of well-being. In this journey we discover the great power of silence and the value of slowing down. We learn how to balance the color energies in our bodies through ancient green light meditation. Only if we manage to find peace and compassion within us will we be able to have a positive impact on others. This is one of the big messages of this book. Let us be inspired by the wisdom of Bhanté Dharmawara and follow the truly holistic path to enlightenment and health as set out by Dr. Jaffe.

~ Ingrun Mason, friend, patient, and colleague

This account of Bhanté Dharmawara, a Buddhist monk from Cambodia, is an example of someone hidden in plain sight. His teachings are more relevant today than ever, as they provide an antidote to the pervasive stress and anxiety of our times. hanté’s practice of Engaged Buddhism has never found a more eloquent spokesperson, as he exalts practice over dogma, happiness over grief, and — employing a Taoist saying — leading from behind. Bhanté was equally at home with Southeast Asian royalty, renowned spiritual teachers, and Indian “untouchables.” No biography of the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jawaharlal Nehru, or Indira Gandhi will be complete unless Bhanté’s impact on their lives has been cited. Dr. Russell Jaffe has presented Bhanté’s life and times in a vivid, engrossing style that illuminates the monk’s teachings on his own life and — more importantly — the way in which they can impact the lives of its readers, leaving them wiser, happier, and deeply appreciative for each day of their own existence.

~ Professor Stanley Krippner, PhD                                                                         

You validated all of Bhante’s efforts in sharing his knowledge of so many things and you also presented the results of your personal application and devotion to such knowledge. We, each of us, that applied the discipline arrived at our own “warrior knowledge” (Thanissaro Bikkhu) and how brilliantly you come to the conclusion of your efforts. You weave a story that I feel is timeless and will, hopefully, revive the interest and intensity of transformation in a new generation and lead to a Universal Sangha.

~ Elizabeth Romig, Author, “Leaving Lucifer”

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