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“Natural forces are the healers of disease.” Hippocrates choosing By Choosing HEALTH – choosing • Know precisely how to heal your body to be symptom free, robust and vital • Distinguish all of the lifestyle elements that restore, protect and enhance your health • Discover how proper diet, exercise, rest and relaxation can improve your energy and well-bHEALTH HEAHEALLTHTH Interpret questionnaires, home tests and read your own lab work Learn how to harness natural forces to know how each system of your body functions Understand with certainty the exact the cause of your symptoms or illnesses to restore, protect and enhance your health Validate the results of your selfcare by actually measuring the improvements in your health Dr. Force’s Functional Selfcare Workbook Force’s Dr. Take control of your own health now and for the future Doctor Force has been practicing natural health care since 1984 and has always been a strong advocate for people being in control of their own health. His focus in practice is the diagnoses and treatment of complex and chronic illnesses. He has published numerous professional papers, been a technical contributor to manuals on laboratory diagnosis and clinical nutrition, taught diagnostics and natural therapies to physicians, and aided nutritional manufacturers in developing nutritional formulas. U.S. $29.95 Dr. Force’s Functional Selfcare Workbook choosing HEALTH Dr. Forces Functional Selfcare Workbook © 2003 Mark Force, D.C. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America The Elements of Health 233 Fourth Street Ashland, Oregon 97520 © 2003 Mark Force, D.C. No part of this workbook may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except: H Forms from the CD may This workbook is not for the treatment or cure of any disease. It is for be photocopied freely and the purpose of identifying body function and understanding what can without restriction. be done to support body function. It is based on the principles of functional medicinerestoring health by restoring function. It does not For permission to reprint replace the role of a physician. pages from this workbook This workbook is intended to empower you to know how your body for educational purposes functions, what you need to do to function better, be able to measure or to order additional the results of your work, and know when it is in your best interest to workbooks, contact: seek further help from a physician who is trained and licensed to diagnose. The Elements of Health The recommendations made in this workbook with regard to the use of 480-563-4256 products from Biotics Research Corporation, Research Nutrition, Dragon 866-563-4256 toll-free River, Kal, Amazon Herb Company, and Yerba Prima are mine alone and may not agree with recommended uses by these companies. This or visit our website at: workbook is not intended to replace common sense; you are always theelementsofhealth.com responsible for making for your own healthcare decisions. This workbook is intended for you to be able to make better-informed decisions regarding your health. It is left to your discretion and is solely your responsibility to determine whether these or any other approaches are appropriate for you. ISBN 0-9723008-0-5 Innumerable thanks to: George Goodheart Creator of Applied Kinesiology; in my opinion, the highest expression of Functional Medicine that exists in the world today. He is a brilliant mind, a noble heart, and a gifted physician. Lance West He was my model, mentor, and friend. With loving persistence he opened my hands and my heart to the art of healing. Harry Eidenier He is the master alchemist of human biochemistry, diagnosis, and clinical nutrition. As his apprentice for almost 20 years, I have never ceased to be moved by his knowledge and desire to serve, and am thankful to call him my friend. What If ... You were able to know, in a just few minutes, exactly how each part of your body functioned. You also knew precisely what to do to restore its functions. You suddenly had answers to health problems that had plagued you for a long time. You could retest your body systems to determine if whatever you were doing was, indeed, working for you. You could do this whenever you wanted and it would cost you nothing. You could read your lab work and know exactly what it all meant. You could clearly see trends toward illness on your lab work (often, even when your doctor may tell you the findings are perfectly normal) and know precisely what to do to prevent illness before it ever develops. You knew exactly what elements make for optimum health and you also knew how to incorporate them into your life so that your life would continually become richer and more rewarding. You have the tool that will help you do all these things and much more right in your hands! This workbook might seem intimidating; its pretty big. However, the strategies for restoring, optimizing, and protecting your health are easily understood and straightforward. Think of it as an encyclopedia an encyclopedia humanica where you can find answers to questions about your health. You dont have to read the book cover to cover. Make use of all of the tools and strategies offered in this workbook or just the ones that work best for you. Foreword Many times over the past thirty years I have been asked to write endorsements and/or critiques for books written by health care providers. Generally, I have complied with the authors wishes. However, none have been easier than this one. Why? Because in my thirty years in the health care business, I can honestly say I have never had a friend or associate who cared more about getting their patients well. Dr. Force is an extremely intelligent physician who not only knows what tools to use to help his patients resolve their problem(s), but also more importantly knows how to communicate with them and motivate them to want to help themselves achieve a higher level of health. This is evident throughout this book. There is a health crisis in this country. Insurance companies (mainly through HMO/PPO plans) now control the health care available to you in this country. Decisions are often made concerning your health on the basis of profitability rather than your needs. In that insurance companies understandably tend to not want to pay until they have to, with disease-prevention health care becoming the exception rather than the norm. The tendency is to pay for heart bypass surgery, for instance, rather than to prevent the heart disease in the first place. There are more doctors in this country who practice as specialists than there are general and family practitioners. Although specialists are important in health care, it brings to mind the blind men all feeling a different part of an elephant and all believing an elephant is like the leg or the trunk or the tail. They dont see the whole elephant, and thus miss the bigger picture. Modern medicine is often like that, looking ever more closely at smaller and smaller parts and forgetting to see the patient as a whole person. There now is a need, more than ever, for you to have control over your own health. Though modern medicine can be great when youre in the grips of a health crisis, its better to avoid the crisis altogether by protecting your health yourself with the tools here. This workbook is the absolute best guide to self health care I have reviewed. Read it and reread it until you fully understand it, and then begin your journey to better health. Believe me, you will never find a better or more understandable guide. In short, this is the finest book of its type I have ever had the privilege of reviewing. Harry Eidenier December 2002 Introduction This workbook comes from my twenty years practicing the healing arts. Originally, I was looking for answers for myself; later I was looking for answers for others. I found both in abundance. Now, I see miracles every day in my practice. People reclaim their lives, overcome illness, become free from pain, regain energy, strength, and mental clarity, and again enjoy the health and well-being that is their birthright. As wonderful as it is to work with my patients, I can contact only so many people each day. I came to realize that many of the methods and tools I use with my patients could be taught, and that these methods and tools could empower and change the lives of an unlimited number of people. Hence, this workbook was written. Its a workbook because its something you use rather than read. What you have in your hands is a tool that gives you the ability to restore and protect your health. This is the one and only workbook that teaches you a process called Functional Selfcare. This revolutionary process puts the tools of Functional Medicine (a process in health care that in the past has only been available to physicians) into your hands. Beyond treating symptoms, this workbook will teach you how to restore health by restoring function. By using the strategies in this workbook, you will use your symptoms as guides, do home testing, and read your own lab work. You will know exactly where you are, precisely what to do to restore your body functions, and measure the results of your work. Symptoms and illnesses wont be an elusive mystery anymore; you will have control over your own health. Mark Force, D.C. December 2002 Table of Contents Choosing Health ................................................................................................................... 14 Realize Most Diseases are the Result of Lifestyle Choices .........................................................