The 20-Day Rejuvenation Diet Program by Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D. with Sara Benum, M.A.

"Ever since 1973, when the research group I headed discovered the role of vitamin E in preventing damage to human red blood cells, I have been on a mission to understand why some people get sick while others do not, and how nutrition, lifestyle and environment contribute to this process.

I pursued this mission as a chemistry professor at the University of Puget Sound from 1971 to 1983, as president of the Northwest Academy of Preventive Medicine from 1975 through 1982, as director of the Nutritional Research Laboratory at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science of Medicine from 1982 through 1985, as director of the HealthComm Clinical Research Center from the late 1980s to the present, and throughout the 14 years I have produced Preventive Medicine Update, a monthly audio magazine for health professionals around the world.

Why do some people living side by side with others grow progressively less well while their neighbors remain vitally healthy? Is it all in the luck of the genes? I have intuitively believed this could not be the whole answer, because I've known of several people with no family history of a particular disease who have been struck down in the prime of their lives by a heart attack or cancer. The answer, I was certain, had to be more than genes. In fact, science is currently proving that genes play only a small part in the health and disease patterns of most individuals. Nutrition and lifestyle account for the rest.

The Rejuvenation Program uniquely blends these components to create an individually tailored program which can add energy, vitality and high-level wellness to your life.

Twenty years of work and an almost obsessive dedication by myself and my colleagues preceded the creation of this program. We developed clinical protocols and therapeutic food products and formed a research group to test them in clinical practice. We established a patient management facility called the Body Total Center in 1988. Three years later we stopped seeing individual patients at the Body Total Center and changed its name to the HealthComm Clinical Research Center, where my colleagues and I continue to develop food- and nutrition-based functional health improvement programs. The clinicians on the staff include medical doctors, Ph.D.s, naturopathic physicians, chiropractors, dieticians, and nurses. The HealthComm Clinical Research Center is the only privately funded human clinical research center in existence whose exclusive focus is the impact of nutrition on human function. Our research has led to the development of programs and medical food products that practitioners have used with positive results in managing thousands of patients. At semiannual research meetings and an annual symposium, medical professionals from around the world meet to discuss the latest research, the patient management experiences they have had, and the future of functional medicine.

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The Rejuvenation Program, which you can implement yourself without the help of a doctor and without using specialized therapeutic food products, is an adaptation of the programs we have developed for implementation by practitioners working with their patients. This consumer program is designed to improve the health and vitality of the average individual who feels he or she is aging too fast, does not have the level of energy he or she would like, or is plagued by everyday minor aches and pains. If your health is seriously impaired, I recommend that you enlist the support of a health practitioner skilled in the application of the therapeutic version of this program. As you read the book, keep in mind that the clinical version of this program is available, should you need additional help in achieving the health benefits you seek. At the end of the book I have provided a toll-free number you can call to receive a list of practitioners in your area who are familiar with the therapeutic version of the program I am about to describe.

I am extremely proud of this work and the contributions it can make in improving health and quality of life."

* Source: Forward from The 20-Day Rejuvenation Diet Program by Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D with Sara Benum, M.A.