Live Well

"In a world where Madison Avenue and the food industry works to make things more complicated than they should be, Leesa grabs the subject matter by the horn and wrestles it to what we (all of us!) really need to know. Her enlightening and fresh approach brings everything to its core and explains life in a way we can all understand. This book is simply marvelous and should be at everyone's kitchen table, inside their fridge, in their car, and attached to their wallet! Whenever the current of life takes you away from the truth, Leesa's words will bring you back to a better path."

Donald W. Barden
Writer, International Consultant and Speaker: The Perfect Plan

"Leesa Wheeler has done an outstanding job at helping us to understand the relationship and the importance of having a balanced diet as well as a balanced lifestyle. She has done an excellent job! This book will help the reader to see how having a healthy lifestyle will make everything you do in life go better. Thank you Leesa - great job!"

Robert A. Rohm, Ph.D.
International Speaker and President, Personality Insights

"I had the distinct pleasure and honor to meet Leesa Wheeler nearly 2 decades ago as a brave patient facing a devastating neurological dilemma. She courageously faced a complex neurosurgical operation from which she not only recovered, but also took advantage of the otherwise unfavorable situation to strengthen her relationship with God and seek a better lifestyle for her and those she cares for.

Do not be deluded by the apparent simplicity of this treatise. It is filled with common sense and practical advice we may all benefit from. As a physician and scientist I must confess that many of the remedies and recommendations included in this book have not been subjected to randomized, controlled clinical trials and some lack evidence-based science of efficacy. As a student of the history of medicine I also submit that many of the most important and life-saving drugs and remedies now in common use were discovered through serendipity. One of the best-known stories of serendipitous medical discovery was by Dr. Alexander Fleming in 1928. While researching influenza that summer, Dr. Fleming noticed that a mold contaminated a flu culture in one of his petri dishes. Instead of throwing out the ruined dish he examined the mold samples more closely. The area surrounding the mold growing in the dish had killed the staphylococcus bacteria. Six years earlier Fleming had accidentally shed one of his own tears into a bacteria sample and noticed that bacteria grew around the teardrop but not adjacent to it. He had the foresight to recognize that something is his tear was lethal to the bacteria. It was this earlier experience that stimulated Fleming to pay attention to the mold that apparently killed bacteria. That mold belonged to the genus, Penicillium, and became the life-saving drug, penicillin. Fleming's discovery has saved countless lives and won him the Nobel Prize 1945.

The history of medicine is filled with other fortuitous discoveries such as quinine for malaria, the discovery of x-ray and the development of insulin, to name a few. It is clear that many products of nature that surround us have a remarkable ability to enhance our health and lives. Let us never doubt the ability of the individual observer to share the benefits of those seemingly simple and natural methods to heal, cure and enhance our lives."

Daniel L. Barrow, M.D.
MBNA-Bowman Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

"In a world where Madison Avenue and the food industry works to make things more complicated than they should be, Leesa grabs the subject matter by the horn and wrestles it to what we (all of us!) really need to know. Her enlightening and fresh approach brings everything to its core and explains life in a way we can all understand. This book is simply marvelous and should be at everyone's kitchen table, inside their fridge, in their car, and attached to their wallet! Whenever the current of life takes you away from the truth, Leesa's words will bring you back to a better path."

Donald W. Barden
Writer, International Consultant and Speaker: The Perfect Plan

"Leesa Wheeler has done an outstanding job at helping us to understand the relationship and the importance of having a balanced diet as well as a balanced lifestyle. She has done an excellent job! This book will help the reader to see how having a healthy lifestyle will make everything you do in life go better. Thank you Leesa - great job!"

Robert A. Rohm, Ph.D.
International Speaker and President, Personality Insights

"I had the distinct pleasure and honor to meet Leesa Wheeler nearly 2 decades ago as a brave patient facing a devastating neurological dilemma. She courageously faced a complex neurosurgical operation from which she not only recovered, but also took advantage of the otherwise unfavorable situation to strengthen her relationship with God and seek a better lifestyle for her and those she cares for.

Do not be deluded by the apparent simplicity of this treatise. It is filled with common sense and practical advice we may all benefit from. As a physician and scientist I must confess that many of the remedies and recommendations included in this book have not been subjected to randomized, controlled clinical trials and some lack evidence-based science of efficacy. As a student of the history of medicine I also submit that many of the most important and life-saving drugs and remedies now in common use were discovered through serendipity. One of the best-known stories of serendipitous medical discovery was by Dr. Alexander Fleming in 1928. While researching influenza that summer, Dr. Fleming noticed that a mold contaminated a flu culture in one of his petri dishes. Instead of throwing out the ruined dish he examined the mold samples more closely. The area surrounding the mold growing in the dish had killed the staphylococcus bacteria. Six years earlier Fleming had accidentally shed one of his own tears into a bacteria sample and noticed that bacteria grew around the teardrop but not adjacent to it. He had the foresight to recognize that something is his tear was lethal to the bacteria. It was this earlier experience that stimulated Fleming to pay attention to the mold that apparently killed bacteria. That mold belonged to the genus, Penicillium, and became the life-saving drug, penicillin. Fleming's discovery has saved countless lives and won him the Nobel Prize 1945.

The history of medicine is filled with other fortuitous discoveries such as quinine for malaria, the discovery of x-ray and the development of insulin, to name a few. It is clear that many products of nature that surround us have a remarkable ability to enhance our health and lives. Let us never doubt the ability of the individual observer to share the benefits of those seemingly simple and natural methods to heal, cure and enhance our lives."

Daniel L. Barrow, M.D.
MBNA-Bowman Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA