The Antioxidant Miracle: Your Complete Plan for Total Health and Healing

by Lester Packer and Carol Colman

Book Overview

An internationally known scientist joins the bestselling coauthor of The Melatonin Miracle to introduce the healing power of the antioxidant network--the different antioxidants that work together with much more strength than they do individually.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471353116
• ISBN13: 9780471353119
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

It's working for me

This book was very informative. The author makes his case strongly, and so I was eager to start taking the recommended supplements.I started implementing the Packer Plan about 2 months ago. Immediatly I saw improvements in my skin. I had suffered dry, red patches on my face for several years. Within days of starting the supplement cocktail, the skin on my face cleared up. Also, because of my current life situation, I seldom get more than 6 hours of sleep a night. This always led to fatigue during the day. Now I have much more energy and feel very alert even on days when I've gotten only 4 hours of sleep. In addition, I usually have several serious sinus infections every spring due to allegies. But now, with others around me congested, sneezing and suffering from sinus headaches, I have had no problems at all. These are all immediate effects that I didn't expect. I was looking for a 'cancer deterrent' type of program, which is one of the benefits listed. The quick effects of these supplements has made me a beleiver.This book and the detailed supplement plan that it touts is definately worth trying.

Antioxidants - True "Miracles"

Millions of people owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Packer! It is in great part due to his efforts that the term "antioxidants" is a household word.Antioxidants are perhaps the most important "anti-aging" substances known to science. And "Antioxidant Miracles" is by far the best "antioxidant-specific" book ever written on the subject...period.Dr. Packer's theory that a combination of vitamins C & E, coenzyme Q10 and alpha lipoic acid provides the greatest protection against(and treatment of)heart disease, cancer, diabetes, neurological disorders, etc. is ground-breaking indeed.Any person that is serious about preventing / treating the most dreaded health problems of our times needs to read "Antioxidant Miracles" and then get started on a supplement regimen ultilizing the most effective forms of C, E, CoQ10 & ALA. This is especially important with vitamin E, as Dr. Packer makes it perfectly clear that the only way to get ALL of the benefits vitamin E has to offer is take a COMPLETE vitamin E formula that contains all eight tocopherols & tocotrienols, especially high in the gamma fractions.Being the owner of a health food store, and having the nickname"Dr. Antioxidant", I cannot recommend "Antioxidant Miracles" too strongly.

Exciting & current book on antioxidents

This is the book I recommend to my intelligent friends who have been skeptical about the many claims being made for antioxidents, who are confused by the great array of conflicting nutritional viewpoints, or who have been resistant to the idea of taking nutritional supplements . Although having the word "miracle" in the title may be a "turn-off" for some of the more skeptical readers, it is not a reflection on the integrity of the scientific information Dr. Packer provides and I suspect it was probably chosen to make the book more "marketable" to the general public. In my experience, some of the best books on health are written by senior scientists who are secure enough in their careers that they can say what they really think and know, motivated by humanitarian concerns rather than catering to the agendas of tenure review committees, peers, and corporate sponsors and who are not out to promote their own products or books. Dr. Packer fills the bill as a trustworthy, extremely knowledgeable expert who is in a position to give us an accurate analysis of the state-of-the-art knowledge and the future promise of antioxidents in human health. I figured I already knew a lot about antioxidents, but I was surprised by new information on almost every page. I especially enjoyed reading about how the antioxidents interact in a "network" and the important role of the little known antioxident, Lipoic Acid. Dr. Packer strikes a nice balance either between being too technical or being too simplistic for the educated lay reader. Although I think you will really learn a great deal from reading the whole book, if you do nothing else, get this book and skip to the back and follow the suggestions in the "Packer Plan" which can be very easily accomplished. My hat's off to you, Dr. Packer, for writing this fine book which is bound to positively effect the health of just about everyone who follows your suggestions.

New research and info on antioxidants' health benefits.

Much of what we know about antioxidant nutrients we first learn from molecular biologists, who are on the front lines of research into the health benefits of these vitamins. For 40 years Dr. Packer has been a leading researcher fueling the antioxidant revolution. His latest book puts the power of antioxidants in easily understandable terms for the general public. Many people are now enthusiastically consuming vitamins C and E. Dr. Packer's research has discovered a network of five antioxidant nutrients--C and E along with coenzyme Q10, lipoic acid and glutathione--that do more than simply neutralize free radicals. The network also apparently has profound influences on genetic behavior--the foundation of our bodies and our health. The fascinating and quite reader-friendly book details compelling research into the myriad health benefits of the nutrients that comprise the antioxidant network. A must-read!