Book Review: Mind Your Own Wellness: Turning Thoughts Into Reality
by Alex Ong
Publication Date: Jan 20, 2010
List Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 188 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780980155662
Imprint: OCL Publishing, Inc.
Publisher: OCL Publishing, Inc.
Parent Company: OCL Publishing, Inc.
Read a Description of Mind Your Own Wellness: Turning Thoughts Into Reality
Book Reviewed by Kam Williams
"Most of us are fortunate to be born healthy. It is what we have learned and
have chosen to put into our mouths that drove our bodies crazy. The goal of
this book is to help you better understand that what you are just about to
put into your mouth will affect how you feel and look. Like it or not, that
is the way it is…
Mind Your Wellness is not about asking you to stop eating your favorite
unhealthy food. Its goal is to give you a deeper understanding about what
could be the causes of your overeating or poor eating habits…
With this book in hand, you have the choice to be in total control of your
thoughts and your health. Decide what you want and stick with it until you
see the results… Be patient, be persistent, and your life and health will
change for the better."
—Excerpted from the Introduction and the Conclusion (pgs. 25 & 171)
For most folks, the end of the holiday eating season stretching from Thanksgiving to Christmas marks the time when we make another New Year’s resolution to shed a few pounds. If you’re serious about winning the battle of the bulge, may I heartily recommend Mind Your Own Wellness: Turning Thoughts into Reality.
The reason I appreciate this highly-informative, how-to tome so much is that
it’s not your typical diet book suggesting some supposedly easy method of
merely counting calories that will only work temporarily. No, author Alex
Ong talks tough love, here, explaining that the real road to reduced weight
requires a combination of serious self control and a more comprehensive
understanding of the content of what we’re choosing to eat.
The author knows what he’s talking about because he’s writing about the
regimen he adopted after being obese for 20 years. In fact, he recounts how
much he hated having the nickname "Fatty Boy" throughout childhood, although
he didn’t know how to slim down successfully.
However, Alex lost his father to heart disease on September 1, 2006, a day
which proved to be a turning point in his life. For he himself was likely
facing a similar fate in the absence of intervention, since he was already
suffering from high cholesterol and high blood pressure. It was at that
critical moment that he decided to stop eating junk food and to put an end
to yo-yo dieting, and to adopt a nutritious path which would restore his
health.
In Mind Your Own Wellness, Mr. Ong goes to great lengths to explain why such
staples of the American diet as salt, sugar, nitrites, MSG, caffeine, BHT
and BHA are bad for you. Meanwhile, he simultaneously offers an array of
great tips for avoiding those chemical and calorie-laden, coronary disease
and cancer-inducing ingredients.
Part pep talk, part educational, part precise step-by-step guide, Mind Your
Own Wellness could very well be the best investment anyone concerned about
their weight might make in 2011. After all, if you have your health, you
have your first million dollars.