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Cruise Ship or Nursing Home: The 5 Essentials of a Maximized Life
A staggering 98 percent of all disease is due all or in part to lifestyle--not genetics! That means that every day you are making a decision about whether you will grind down your body and finish your days broken in a nursing home, or establish your health now and finish your days, vital and vibrant, on a cruise ship.
If you're ready to take action to becoming healthier and happier, we're ready to help! Achieving lasting change comes down to 20 percent information and 80 percent behavior! This fast-paced, life-changing resource not only reveals the secrets of health, it exposes the lies about health that are literally killing us. But more than simply information, this program shows you how to cooperate with your design and translate intentions into actions. It's more than a "how to" book; it's a "how to do it" book!
The doctors who developed this program see thousands of patients every week, and they are part of an international team of Maximized Living doctors that sees hundreds of thousands of patients every week. They know what works and what doesn't, and this program works!
Cruise Ship or Nursing Home is for you because it will empower you to:
* Remove the toxins that prevent you from losing weight
* Attack the hidden causes of disease before it's too late
* Gain ten times more energy and zest
* Get in the best shape of your life in only twelve minutes per week
* Quickly lose ten pounds and never feel hungry
* Overcome diseases of the new millennium such as fibromyalgia, autoimmune diseases, ADD and ADHD
* Take action against the Toxic Top 5 that are making the inside of your house much more polluted than the outside of your house
Whether you want to lose ten pounds fast, gain more energy, think more clearly, or grow old gracefully, you will find the keys to MAXIMIZED LIVING in this book!
If you're ready to take action to becoming healthier and happier, we're ready to help! Achieving lasting change comes down to 20 percent information and 80 percent behavior! This fast-paced, life-changing resource not only reveals the secrets of health, it exposes the lies about health that are literally killing us. But more than simply information, this program shows you how to cooperate with your design and translate intentions into actions. It's more than a "how to" book; it's a "how to do it" book!
The doctors who developed this program see thousands of patients every week, and they are part of an international team of Maximized Living doctors that sees hundreds of thousands of patients every week. They know what works and what doesn't, and this program works!
Cruise Ship or Nursing Home is for you because it will empower you to:
* Remove the toxins that prevent you from losing weight
* Attack the hidden causes of disease before it's too late
* Gain ten times more energy and zest
* Get in the best shape of your life in only twelve minutes per week
* Quickly lose ten pounds and never feel hungry
* Overcome diseases of the new millennium such as fibromyalgia, autoimmune diseases, ADD and ADHD
* Take action against the Toxic Top 5 that are making the inside of your house much more polluted than the outside of your house
Whether you want to lose ten pounds fast, gain more energy, think more clearly, or grow old gracefully, you will find the keys to MAXIMIZED LIVING in this book!
- GenresHealthNonfiction
153 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
4 people are currently reading
80 people want to read
About the author
Ben Lerner
15 books4 followersMaximized Living Co-Founder & NY Times Best Selling Author
Dr. Ben Lerner owned and operated 5 clinics in Central Florida seeing 12,000 patient visits each month. He is now the co-founder of Maximized Living Inc. and Maximized Living Health Centers which has opened more than 80 franchised clinics.
Dr. Ben is the author of two New York Times best sellers, doctor for two U.S. wrestling teams at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and currently the Chairman of the Wellness Advisory Council. The Wellness Advisory Council provides care and performance programs for USA Wrestling, USA Judo, USA Weightlifting, and USA Sitting-Volleyball. They also cover performance for the 2010 MLS Cup Champions the Colorado Rapids, U.S. Martial Arts, many professional MMA teams, and for sports programs up through the college level.
Maximized Living has clients, franchises, and partners in 4 countries and is a world leader in health curriculum, wellness events, and fitness challenges.
Dr. Ben Lerner owned and operated 5 clinics in Central Florida seeing 12,000 patient visits each month. He is now the co-founder of Maximized Living Inc. and Maximized Living Health Centers which has opened more than 80 franchised clinics.
Dr. Ben is the author of two New York Times best sellers, doctor for two U.S. wrestling teams at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and currently the Chairman of the Wellness Advisory Council. The Wellness Advisory Council provides care and performance programs for USA Wrestling, USA Judo, USA Weightlifting, and USA Sitting-Volleyball. They also cover performance for the 2010 MLS Cup Champions the Colorado Rapids, U.S. Martial Arts, many professional MMA teams, and for sports programs up through the college level.
Maximized Living has clients, franchises, and partners in 4 countries and is a world leader in health curriculum, wellness events, and fitness challenges.
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April 17, 2013
You have nothing to lose, other then your health.
I read one review which claimed the material a scam. They needed to do a little more research before making the claim. This book is a tool used across the country for a group called "Maximized Living." This is a collection of Christian chiropractors using principles of the bible to heal the body. Sounds a little like Christian Scientist doesn't it? Well it isn't but it is. Do they advise using medications? NO. Absolutely not. Why? Well let's look at all of the commercials today advertising drugs. How many side effects does each one carry? I like the ones that could cause death. Yeah, I want to give that one try.
Okay, I'm getting off point.
I have been a patient of Dr. Rob Vasquez in Bedford,Tx for over two-and-a-half years with moderate success and improvement. I signed up when I felt very faint during a speech. My daughter suggested I go see him. She had listened to one his presentations while studying to become a massage therapist. I told her, I'd think about it. I went to my long time Chiropractor first. He couldn't get anything to move. Medically, it's not good when your neck is locked-up, so I set up and appointment and gave it a shot. Oh, my neurologist was suggesting neck surgery. No way, I'm still recovering from a 360 lamectomy. Dr. Rob agreed with the neurologist diagnosis only if he couldn't get any movement in the neck. He did. That is the good news.
The book and regime as based on five essentials to life. So far, I have not completely signed up for the whole program. I know I need adjustments do to past issues, but I'm not convinced that this book is the end all to all of our medical ills. The book points out three main issues as do the clinics, reduce/climate sugar intake, get regular adjustments and reduce the toxin the home environment. Less sugar will allow the body to use the normal fat burning enzyme Leptin and a healthy spine will allow the nervous system to work at 100% efficiency. I do not disagree our intake of sugar is too high and being a back sufferer for over thirty years, I know adjustments have kept me on my feet. Toxins. We are bombarded constantly on the radio and television about the bad air we breath and how the combustible engines in cars and trucks are killing us. But what about the daily household products we use to clean with? Yep, they to have toxins which the body can absorb.
There are some excellent principles the book points out on a much healthier lifestyle with countless testimonials. I believe if Chiropractors and Medical Doctors could come to a common ground instead of claiming one is better than the other, we could have a great medical system. As it is now, both sides are pitted against each other.
I know a lot of people think chiropractors are quacks and not real doctors. Fair enough, but I know without their care over the past thirty years, walking would have been a real problem.
My suggestion is this, if you are looking for a change in your health and lifestyle, find the nearest Maximized Living clinic and go visit them. They have a lot of free dinners and seminars for prospective clients. I will warn you though, if you are looking for an office that is a one-on-one treatment with private rooms, don't go. The offices (at least the one I go to) is wide open and you take a number for the adjustment. If you aren't into people raising pom-poms and constantly cheering you on, don't go.
But if you relish in groups, love an outgoing exciting experience, enjoy interacting with many types of people and children, and are tired of being diagnosed by every specialist known to man, with no results other than more medications, you will feel right at home and will receive the maximum care you are seeking.
I read one review which claimed the material a scam. They needed to do a little more research before making the claim. This book is a tool used across the country for a group called "Maximized Living." This is a collection of Christian chiropractors using principles of the bible to heal the body. Sounds a little like Christian Scientist doesn't it? Well it isn't but it is. Do they advise using medications? NO. Absolutely not. Why? Well let's look at all of the commercials today advertising drugs. How many side effects does each one carry? I like the ones that could cause death. Yeah, I want to give that one try.
Okay, I'm getting off point.
I have been a patient of Dr. Rob Vasquez in Bedford,Tx for over two-and-a-half years with moderate success and improvement. I signed up when I felt very faint during a speech. My daughter suggested I go see him. She had listened to one his presentations while studying to become a massage therapist. I told her, I'd think about it. I went to my long time Chiropractor first. He couldn't get anything to move. Medically, it's not good when your neck is locked-up, so I set up and appointment and gave it a shot. Oh, my neurologist was suggesting neck surgery. No way, I'm still recovering from a 360 lamectomy. Dr. Rob agreed with the neurologist diagnosis only if he couldn't get any movement in the neck. He did. That is the good news.
The book and regime as based on five essentials to life. So far, I have not completely signed up for the whole program. I know I need adjustments do to past issues, but I'm not convinced that this book is the end all to all of our medical ills. The book points out three main issues as do the clinics, reduce/climate sugar intake, get regular adjustments and reduce the toxin the home environment. Less sugar will allow the body to use the normal fat burning enzyme Leptin and a healthy spine will allow the nervous system to work at 100% efficiency. I do not disagree our intake of sugar is too high and being a back sufferer for over thirty years, I know adjustments have kept me on my feet. Toxins. We are bombarded constantly on the radio and television about the bad air we breath and how the combustible engines in cars and trucks are killing us. But what about the daily household products we use to clean with? Yep, they to have toxins which the body can absorb.
There are some excellent principles the book points out on a much healthier lifestyle with countless testimonials. I believe if Chiropractors and Medical Doctors could come to a common ground instead of claiming one is better than the other, we could have a great medical system. As it is now, both sides are pitted against each other.
I know a lot of people think chiropractors are quacks and not real doctors. Fair enough, but I know without their care over the past thirty years, walking would have been a real problem.
My suggestion is this, if you are looking for a change in your health and lifestyle, find the nearest Maximized Living clinic and go visit them. They have a lot of free dinners and seminars for prospective clients. I will warn you though, if you are looking for an office that is a one-on-one treatment with private rooms, don't go. The offices (at least the one I go to) is wide open and you take a number for the adjustment. If you aren't into people raising pom-poms and constantly cheering you on, don't go.
But if you relish in groups, love an outgoing exciting experience, enjoy interacting with many types of people and children, and are tired of being diagnosed by every specialist known to man, with no results other than more medications, you will feel right at home and will receive the maximum care you are seeking.
January 26, 2012
SCAM!!!!!
January 6, 2017
The diet and surge training are legitimate theories on maintaining a healthy lifestyle which anyone could benefit from undertaking. However, as much as I am a proponent of organic food and natural household products, I grow wary of any ideology that insists all medications are toxic. I'm not against chiropractics in general, but chiropractics is a recognized pseudoscience by healthcare professionals and 3 realignments a week won't prevent cancer. Sorry. Besides which there were too many testimonials, and plugs for Maximized Living supplements. That said, I'm planning on giving the "diet" a try while I ween myself off sugar.
November 23, 2018
Well this book was a super quick read.
The 5 points are very much common sense, although there were some facts in there that raised some red flags of alarm, which I think is the intention to begin with.
Definitively an interesting read to spring board for further information to back a lot of the statistics and facts they point to therein.
Quite funny in some spots too.
Heavy on the testimonials, I believe that if you took those and put them on a separate chapter, the essence of the 5 essentials, would have taken 1/2 a chapter.
I understand some people need the testimonials to motivate them, I am just not one of them.
The 5 points are very much common sense, although there were some facts in there that raised some red flags of alarm, which I think is the intention to begin with.
Definitively an interesting read to spring board for further information to back a lot of the statistics and facts they point to therein.
Quite funny in some spots too.
Heavy on the testimonials, I believe that if you took those and put them on a separate chapter, the essence of the 5 essentials, would have taken 1/2 a chapter.
I understand some people need the testimonials to motivate them, I am just not one of them.
January 9, 2019
Really interesting and insightful read. Includes some thoughtful tidbits to chew on that even got my husband's attention in regards to health in wellness which is not an easy feat. For example, "The fastest way to end up in the nursing home is to base your health on how you feel." and "The body doesn't need any help in healing; it just doesn't need any interference!"
June 17, 2020
Covers the bases if you want to have not just a long life but one of vitality and enjoying the golden years by just a few lifestyle choices, none of which are really time-consuming or difficult. MUST READ, especially for anyone in their 40s or higher, and of course younger as well to get off on a healthy start all the way to finish.
August 13, 2025
This book is a comprehensive guide on changing life style to a healthier one. It has five principles to follow. It includes shopping lists for groceries and a 28 day guide for a food plan. There are also recipes at the end. If one needs to reset or a jump start it is worth reading.
January 8, 2019
This is a must read for anyone looking to improve their health and maximize life to the fullest.
March 27, 2014
Interesting book about the 5 essential things you need to do to maximize your living. Paraphrasing here, but basically, focus on the mind (be positive), healthy eating (cut the bad things out of your diet), exercise (just a bit a day does wonders), dump toxins (medications don't make you better), and spinal adjustments (chiropracters are awesome - well certain ones it appears).
Overall, I did learn some new information, like healthy oils...while I knew Olive Oil was great, I did not realize it goes rancid at too high a temp, normal cooking temps for us, so looks like it's coconut oil that will be replacing that for cooking. The Surge Training reminds me of HIIT training I do from Beachbody (TurboFire). High Intensity Interval Training. Push to 75-85% max heart rate, then recover for a bit...all in about 12 minutes of a workout. Everyone can do 12 minutes, right? I said Right?!?
While I was skeptical about the Chiropracter information, I admit the data in the book makes me want to look into this more. Getting my central nervous system in check would be a good thing, if it's really out of whack...and while I feel no pain, that doesn't mean it's not messed up...just not bad enough to make me notice yet.
There is about 30 pages of solid information in the book. 30 pages of meal guides to get you started, and the rest is testimonials, which while some are indeed amazing, I prefer a lot more information to learn from then people telling me how much better they are after...blah blah blah...
I know it's the 1st essential - Mind, but personally, I don't need to hear from a bunch of people that say this is great if the data makes me think it could be a good thing to try.
Nuff Said!
Overall, I did learn some new information, like healthy oils...while I knew Olive Oil was great, I did not realize it goes rancid at too high a temp, normal cooking temps for us, so looks like it's coconut oil that will be replacing that for cooking. The Surge Training reminds me of HIIT training I do from Beachbody (TurboFire). High Intensity Interval Training. Push to 75-85% max heart rate, then recover for a bit...all in about 12 minutes of a workout. Everyone can do 12 minutes, right? I said Right?!?
While I was skeptical about the Chiropracter information, I admit the data in the book makes me want to look into this more. Getting my central nervous system in check would be a good thing, if it's really out of whack...and while I feel no pain, that doesn't mean it's not messed up...just not bad enough to make me notice yet.
There is about 30 pages of solid information in the book. 30 pages of meal guides to get you started, and the rest is testimonials, which while some are indeed amazing, I prefer a lot more information to learn from then people telling me how much better they are after...blah blah blah...
I know it's the 1st essential - Mind, but personally, I don't need to hear from a bunch of people that say this is great if the data makes me think it could be a good thing to try.
Nuff Said!
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June 20, 2016I was led to Maximized Living a few years ago after moving across the United States from the West Coast to the East Coast. In the last three years since being a regular patient at Maximized Living, I have had a chronic foot pain disappear and my eyesight has improved twice. I have also experienced other health benefits as well. I recommend this book and program to everybody who wants to improve their health and overall well-being.
June 17, 2016
Interesting. Very informative. I truly was out of the loop on some simple things that I can do to better protect myself and safeguard my nieces and nephews to prevent them from waiting till late age to to concentrate on living life well and to the fullest.
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