The Mayo Clinic Plan: 10 Essential Steps to a Better Body & Healthier Life

This book presents healthy living as a total life concept. It emphasizes not only eating and exercise but also the importance of staying connected with others, stress, attitude and safe practices such as wearing sunscreen and using a seat belt. The authors don't just tell us to eat right they tell us how to be motivated to eat right. They give us realistic goals and ways to anticipate problems and keep on despite the inevitable backsliding. We're in this life for life. Great photos, short, easy-to-read sections and interviews with Mayo Clinic doctors enhance the usability of this book for maintaining good lifestyle habits and choices. by Christine Prescott, author of Spiritual Nutrition: Healthy Eating for the Christian Heart

This is a good resource. Mayo Clinic always puts out good information and products. I am in the medical field and consider them a very trusted source. More than just an eating plan. Mayo Clinic gives many helpful ways to change your lifestyle that are manageable for a hectic schedule.

doctor recommended this book and I've learned some helpful information on good eating habits and exercise routines

Mayo Clinic has produced a book that is a great place to start for learning about a healthy lifestyle. It has helpful quizzes to assess your health in different areas. I wish it had more depth; that is why I can only give it four stars. It lays a good foundation, but leaves you wishing for more details.

The Mayo Clinic Plan is a 10-step program laid out in detail to improve your overall health. In a set of quizzes, you can analyze your health and take steps to make it better 1. Health Assessment, fitness, eating habits and risky behaviors (alcohol, tobacco and risky activities like driving without a seatbelt.) 2. Exercise: basics of aerobic, core and strength training and frexibility are outlined. What to do about injuries. 3. Eating: The Mayo Clinic Healthy Pyramid, how to plan meals. 4. Dieting, basically food portion control and eating from the pyramid. 5. Tobacco--how to get quit of it. 6. An on-course assessment, medical tests to consider. 7. Your spiritual and emotional health, whether religious or attitudinal. 8. Stress--how to manage it. 9. Mind and Body Recharge--insomnia, taking a break 10. How to live safely--seatbelts, responsible drinking, safe sex. chemicals in the home, sunscreen and household safety (remember how many accidents happen at home? A huge percentage.) Summary: A nicely complete book with many useful charts, quizzes and bits of information. Use this as a roadmap for total health and you won't go far wrong.