Book Review: Feed Your Body Right – By Dr. Lendon Smith, MD
Smith begins his book by giving a little background on how he got to where he was at the time. Trained as a standard doctor, he had grown tired of the standard allopathic procedure: diagnosing diseases and treating them with drugs. He found nutrition helpful and when contacted by John Kitkoski, they were able to work together to develop a program to balance the body’s chemistry (alkaline and acid). Since the sense of smell is hardwired into the brain, programming it makes sense. During this time of research and development, they were able to document that blood test results did, in fact, match one’s ability to monitor one’s health through smell and taste.
Book Highlights:
1. A Brief History of Human Efforts to Improve Health – Chapter 3
2. What your body is trying to tell you: sample list of symptoms and nutritional deficiencies. Chapter 5
3. Chemical imbalances have symptoms and nutritional solutions: make up for deficiencies and eliminate foods/allergens. Chapter 6
4. They devised a scale from 1 to 10 for patients to rate the smell of supplements. 1 sweet, smells great to 10 – stinks, gross The rating determines if you need to take that supplement or not. Chapter 8
5. For example: when vitamin A smells good, you should take it. Vitamin A deficiency is related to stress, asthma, fevers, frequent colds, bronchitis, inner ear disease, diabetes, cortisone use, smoking or exposure to pollutants, trauma, cancer, digestive disorders, alcohol intake, pregnancy and liver problems. P.66
6. After a brief introduction to chemistry, Smith states that it takes time to balance the body’s chemistry through a balanced diet. Even diets that are considered balanced may not be when you look at their nutritional makeup: vitamins and minerals. Chapter 9
7. In Chapters 10 and 11, Dr. Smith gives guidelines for analyzing blood tests. Sometimes an allopathic practitioner will say that this or that result is within the normal range, but there may be an unspoken qualifier for that: you need to ask yourself (at least yourself using Smith’s guide), “Normal range for whom or what?” with what”. condition?”
8. In Chapter 12, Smith begins with Acne and ends with Warts (about 67 conditions) contrasting allopathic, natural, and Life Balances solutions.
9. Electrolytes and their essential part in your health are introduced in Chapter 13. How do nutrients get where they need to be? “Without electrolytes and the electricity they produce, life is impossible.” P.143
10. Smith covers some areas in greater depth: Hypertension (Chapter 14); Mental and Emotional Dysfunctions (Chapter 15); The Immune System: Allergies and Sensitivities (Chapter 16); and amino acid and fatty acid supplements (Chapter 17).
11. Smith presents his Life Balance Program in the summary and appendices. http://www.lifebalanceprogram.com
12. I have no personal experience with Smith’s program. However, I have experience and know people who have used the following program. Karen Neilson trained with John Kitkoski: http://www.senseablesupplements.com The reader should research both and decide which works best for you.