Heal yourself from the inside out Our immune systems can no longer be taken for granted Current trends in public healthcare are disturbing our increased air travel allows newly mutated bacteria & viruses to spread across the globe antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria outstrip the new drugs that are meant to fight them deaths due to hospital-acquired infections are increasing & the childhood vaccinations of our aging population are losing their effectiveness Now more than ever our well-being is at a dangerous crossroad But there is hope & the solution lies within ourselves The Healing Self is the new breakthrough book in self-care by bestselling author & leader in integrative medicine Deepak Chopra & Harvard neuroscientist Rudolph E Tanzi They argue that the brain possesses its own lymphatic system meaning it is also tied into the body's general immune system Based on this brand new discovery they offer new ways of increasing the body's immune system by stimulating the brain & our genes & through this they help us fight off illness & disease Combined with new facts about the gut microbiome & lifestyle changes diet & stress reduction there is no doubt that this ground-breaking work will have an important effect on your immune system