Are you facing a health challenge, chronic illness or are just sick and tired of being sick and tired? Your toxic environment may be to blame. With more chemicals in the environment, changing climate and ecosystems, altered food resources, more sedentary and high-stress lifestyles, and the constant onslaught of online media it is no wonder that chronic health problems like diabetes, cancer, allergies, autoimmune conditions and other illnesses are on the rise.The good news is that we can reclaim our health – reducing our toxic load, getting to the root causes of illness, and restoring the body’s natural ability to heal. In this clear, easy-to-understand guide, Dr. Valencia Porter shows you how to take charge of your health and become resilient in the face of our challenged environment. With a truly holistic and science-based approach, Resilient Health helps readers identify and manage toxins lurking in all areas of our lives including: •Assessments, recipes and a menu plan•Advice on nutritional supplements•Fixes for your home and personal care products•Tools to deal with mental and emotional toxicity and stress•Resources to advocate for change in your communityFilled with inspiring stories of people who have transformed their health using these methods, Resilient Health is a handbook for the toxic age - giving you an action plan to make changes in your daily life to adapt and even thrive! "Resilient Heath isan important and impressive health guide for all ages. Dr. Porter balancescutting edge research on how our environment is impacting our health, along withher personal state-of-the art medical advice.She has a passion for finding answers to complex and undiagnosed medicalissues and through her own resilience, she has unearthed many critical healthfactors that are silently hurting our very being. Her book will help you identify what may becausing your health issues and her easy to follow plans will guide you throughrebuilding your own health, resilience, and reversing disease processes torebalance and keep your body in perfect harmony and health." -Tanya Altmann, MD, FAAP, Founder Calabasas Pediatrics andauthor of Baby and Toddler Basics: ExpertAnswers to Parents' Top 150 Questions "It's such a challenge to live in this modern-day world,inundated by toxins that we can't tolerate or avoid. We are exposed andvulnerable. And yet there is hope, because Dr. Valencia Porter's Resilient Health is exactly the book weall need right now! Arm yourself and your family with this valuableinformation, implement Dr. Porter's suggested practices- and you willstrengthen your resilience. ResilientHealth should be in every home - and used for reference again and again!" -Lissa Coffey, author of ThePerfect Balance Diet , founder of CoffeyTalk.com "Dr. Valencia Porter is a magnificent expression of amodern-day integrative healer - blending her vast expertise in neurology,nutrition, and mind-body healing with her sheer genius in environmentalscience. In Resilient Health , Dr.Porter helps us navigate through the toxic world around us bringing us back toour innate wholeness. In the process, we heal, strengthen, and learn to thrive!" -davidji, author of SacredPowers "If you have been wondering why you just cannot get well, Dr.Valencia Porter might have the answer. Environmental toxins that are highlyprevalent, yet invisible, may be at the root of what ails you. In Resilient Health , Dr Porter providesstraightforward ways to identify sources of toxins and strengthen your body'sdetoxification systems. Follow herguidance to detoxify your body and home leading you to robust health!" -Victoria Maizes, MD, author of Be Fruitful: The Essential Guide to Maximizing Fertility and GivingBirth to a Healthy Child "Dr. Porter is an early visionary who grasped the fact thatthe majority of diseases are caused, to some degree, by pollutants in oureveryday environment. Her book provides great insight into this truth andgives easy-to-follow guidance that will guide a multitude of fortunate readersinto greater health and wellbeing." -Walter J. Crinnion, ND, author of Clean, Green & Lean Valencia Porter, MD, MPH is a leader in Integrative and Environmental Medicine, combining ancient wisdom traditions such as Ayurvedic Medicine with modern science. For the last decade, she has worked with Dr. Deepak Chopra at the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, guiding patients through the Chopra Center's signature Detox program and providing integrative medical consultations and teaching health professionals and the community how to achieve total mind, body, spirit health. She passionately advocates for real solutions to the global problems of climate change and pollution, knowing that personal and planetary health are intricately linked.