High Performance Health Turns the Tables on Disease

In his new book, High Performance Health, 10 Real Life Solutions to Redefine Your Health and Revolutionize Your Life (Thomas Nelson Publishers), renowned Harvard-educated cardiologist James M. Rippe, M.D., urges readers not to think of their health as a false choice between sick and well. Too many people, Dr. Rippe says, define excellent health as simply the absence of disease.

We couldn't agree more. If you've explored HealthyChoice.com and the Start Making Choices™ program, you know one of our core beliefs is that we all are primarily responsible for our own well-being and that it's never too late to make positive changes. High Performance Health, released this month, gives you the tools to do just that.

Dr. Rippe introduces a 10-step holistic program that takes a holistic approach to wellness used successfully by such former top athletes as Joe Montana and Nolan Ryan to keep their health at its peak. Montana calls the book both a playbook and a game plan. Writing in conjunction with select staff at Florida Hospital, Dr. Rippe lays out a comprehensive system for improving your overall health, venturing beyond the basics to discuss:

• Overcoming barriers
• Managing weight
• Improving relationships
• Dramatic, inspiring turnarounds

Remember: Whatever your level of health now, there's an excellent chance you can improve it. Dr. Rippe has encouraged many people to take that plunge in his other works, including Fit for Success, Complete Book of Fitness Walking, and Fit Over Forty. He serves as associate professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and professor of biomedical sciences at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Rippe also is the founder and director of the Rippe Health Assessment at Florida Hospital Celebration Health in Orlando, Florida.

Look for High Performance Health, 10 Real Life Solutions to Redefine Your Health and Revolutionize Your Life in bookstores near you!