Introduction

The book "Transformative Health Strategies: Integrative Medicine and the COVID-19 Pandemic" is an essential resource for staying up to date on current topics in integrative and alternative medicine. Its comprehensive coverage provides invaluable insight into the history and organization of fields like functional, integrative, and complementary and alternative medicine.

The first part of the book delves into crucial topics and practices related to health maintenance and personalized medicine. These include:

• direct-to-consumer genetic testing
• nutrigenomics
• evidence-based medicine biases and pitfalls
• vitamin, mineral, and botanical supplementation
• longevity
• nutrition and diet
• brain health

Part Two

In Part Two, the author critically examines the following:

• the COVID-19 pandemic
• the Sars-CoV-2 virus
• COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy
• authorized treatments and off-label and nutraceutical approaches used by community practitioners
• integrative strategies for boosting immunity
• excess mortality
• informed consent
• censorship of opposing views
• medical freedom and the importance of individual research

This book seeks to engage readers in solutions rooted in understanding the history and significance of unconventional approaches to health.