White Papers
Dr. Ed Bauman is delighted to share his collection of White Papers. These are content-rich pieces that are paradigm-shaping, such as his manifestos on the Eating for Health™ System, Integrative Wellness Model™, Holistic Nutrition: State of the Art, and Sonoma West Medical Center Integrative Health Institute proposition. Dr. Bauman is an innovative visionary, a renaissance man, suggesting a non-commercial, collaborative way to survive the collapse of multiple, unsustainable systems.
Please let Dr. Bauman know which ones you loved and why.
Eating for Health™: A New System, Not Another Diet
After studying traditional and modern healing foods systems of Asia, India, Europe, Africa, and the Americas, Dr. Bauman designed the Eating for Health™ system to be an alternative to the processed food (S.A.D.) Standard American Diet. Eating for Health™ offers a way of examining what one is eating, which is healthful or harmful based upon it’s quality, quantity, variety, and digestibility. This two-part, peer-reviewed journal article states the premises and evidence supporting this practical, non-dogmatic holistic approach to eating well rather than following a specific diet that may lack nutrient density, diversity and relevance across time, which the flexible Eating for Health™ approach does when properly understood and applied by a person exercising mindful choice on a daily basis. READ MORE…
Integrative Wellness: Optimizing Well Being in the Workplace and in Community
The Integrative Wellness™ model is an extension of Dr. Bauman’s holistic approach focusing on wellness practices rather than on principle along. Dr. Bauman has chosen five key daily practices that support health promotion, disease prevention and recovery. They are (1) Eating for Health™, (2) Joyful Movement, (3) Mindfulness, (4) Healing Relationships, and (5) Soulful Service. Research demonstrates that when any one of these practices is performed regularly, benefits are achieved in improved energy, function and mind/body performance. Dr. Bauman’s hypothesis is that when several or all of these learnable and doable behaviors become part of one’s lifestyle, exponential growth occurs, which over time will show as diminished pain, suffering, mood disorder, illness, and injury and costly medical intervention. Dr. Bauman posits that self-care is health care and a way to build not only personal but community and workplace well-being. READ MORE…
Sonoma West Medical Center Integrative Health Institute Proposition
Dr. Bauman was invited to serve on the Board of Directors for the Sonoma County Medical Board. He agreed to do so and soon became the president of the board with a mission to integrate medicine and health. Dr. Bauman co-created and implemented an Integrative Healing Institute to provide healing food and wellness services within the umbrella of the hospital. He postulated this would demonstrate measurable benefit to patients, families, and to the hospital staff. Dr. Bauman launched an Eating for Health™ café, in-patient and out-patient natural health treatments to complement medical care, community education and research. His design and impact is shared in the white paper that follows. READ MORE…