Book Summary: Get Your Act Together

In Get Your Act Together the author stresses the important first step to developing a healthier lifestyle which is to start Thinking Healthy so that you can Become Healthy. Much of the health information that the public receives through the various media outlets like: television, radio, books and public announcements fall on deaf ears simply because the majority of the population is not tuned into health.

They just do not hear or focus on health related issues. In Get Your Act Together the author uses short anecdotal chapters to motivate the reader to Think Healthy and Take Personal Responsibility For Their Health. In layman terms the author breaks down the many myths and assumptions people have about the benefits of simple exercise and eating a more healthful diet. Each short chapter leaves the reader with a thought they can either relate to personally or it may bring up images of a friend or spouse who experiences health problems simply because they do not Think Healthy.

In an easy to understand format the author explains the various changes and benefits that occur in our body as we gradually change to a more healthful diet and make movement a regular part of our life. The positive feedback they experience reinforces their changed behavior. The book is packed full of easy to comprehend information about food, exercise, diets and disease. The book also discusses 14 recommendations that the reader can adopt to gradually to improve their overall health.

Get Your Act Together will move the reader toward a Think Healthy mode which will result In a more positive response to health information and a desire to live a more healthful life.