The External Diet: Is Your House Making You Overweight, Sick or Tired? (Basic Truths Publishing; Tradeback; 198 pages; $29.95) by Margaret Rouse Shontz examines the correlation between health problems and home environment. For example, Shontz and her family started having excess sodium symptoms two years after she had her bathroom remodeled. She eventually figured out that her family’s sodium problems were directly caused by a water softener that had been improperly installed.
Shontz explains several ways to improve your health by making changes to your household. Outside of correcting appliance installation errors, she also discusses getting rid of items containing toxic substances. Items containing harmful chemicals such as beauty and cleaning products can negatively affect your health.
What makes The External Diet unique is the fact that it covers the not-so-obvious things that can make you sick. Cosmopolites can purchase this must-have reference book at www.amazon.com or www.911healthshop.com.