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The Virus and the Host: A Naturopathic Guide to Building Unshakeable Resilience
What You Will Learn:
Deepen Your Defenses: Simple, effective ways to improve your nutrition and reduce the chronic inflammation that compromises your immune system.
Tackle Modern Toxins: Practical strategies to help your body safely and effectively manage the toxicity burdens of the modern world.
Harness Natural Power: Expert guidance on using botanical medicine (herbalism) and adaptogens to strengthen your immune system and systemic balance.
Written by Dr. Chris Chlebowski, Chief Medical Officer of Axobotanica, this book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand and overcome chronic health challenges like low energy, inflammation, and immune system dysfunction.
Signed by author. 288 pages. Paperback. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2022.
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PRAISE FOR THE VIRUS AND THE HOST
Dr. Mark Hyman, MD | New York Times Bestselling Author
“The Virus and the Host is a practical and empowering guide to developing resilience against viral infections like COVID-19. By giving readers simple ways to improve nutrition, reduce inflammation, tackle toxicity, and even harness the power of botanical medicine, Dr. Chlebowski steps in to the do the job that our public health officials have not: educating the public that, while we can’t always avoid viral infection, we have immense power to improve our outcomes from it. Dr. Chlebowski is a sympathetic and supportive guide whose main goal is to help his patients―and his readers―live vibrant, healthy, and fulfilling lives. A must-read.”
Stephanie Seneff | Author of Toxic Legacy
“Dr. Chlebowski has written a gem of a book at a timely moment in history. He coins the term ‘Biological Equilibrium Theory,’ blending the germ and terrain theories of disease into a unified whole. The book has a wealth of specific information on herbal remedies, detox programs, healthy food choices, and much more―a how-to manual on staying well in a toxic world.”
Dr. Henning Saupe | Author of Holistic Cancer Medicine
“The Virus and the Host shows us that we cannot understand how viruses affect the human body without also looking at the terrain they inhabit. Dr. Chris Chlebowski unlocks the key to survival in a world full of microorganisms―in a way that keeps our bodies, local ecosystems, and the larger world, in a healthy balance. I highly recommendThe Virus and the Host. It is one of the most important books of our time.”
MASTER NUTRITIONAL DEFENSE
Learn how to eat strategically to reduce inflammation and supply the foundational fuel for true physical resilience.
SUPERCHARGE IMMUNE FUNCTION
Discover the specific, essential nutrients proven to strengthen your body's immune response against threats and daily stress.
HARNESS BOTANICAL POWER
Explore Dr. Chris's expert guide to using adaptogens and herbal medicine to gently yet powerfully support your core systems.
SIMPLE, SAFE DETOXIFICATION
Implement actionable, daily steps to optimize your natural pathways for managing toxicity safely and effectively from home.
WHAT'S COVERED:
- How to eat like your life depends on it
- The best nutrients to supercharge your immunity
- How to harness the power of botanical medicine
- How to detoxify simply and safely at home
- Valuable information on simple treatment and recommended diagnostic tests for given conditions
Robust good health—healthy immunity, low inflammation, low toxic burden, and freedom from stealth infection and chronic disease—is our best defense against infectious viral disease
The way our bodies interact with infectious disease is complicated—both a function of the “germ” and the “terrain”—the virus and the host. In The Virus and the Host, Dr. Chlebowski succinctly describes emerging science on the virome and how toxic exposure, chronic inflammation, infections, and chronic diseases interact and predispose us to poor outcomes from acute viral infection.
As we move forward from the tragedy of COVID-19, it is essential that we come together to learn from our mistakes, and work hard—and work together—to prevent a similar crisis in the future. When the next pandemic hits, we need to be better prepared. Now is the time to do something, and it is the best investment we can make so that when—not if—the next “big one” hits we can keep our loved ones and ourselves safe and healthy.