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Summary: A Compelling, Cutting Edge Read
Review: As a former television news health reporter, and someone who is already achieving success building an organization of people who distribute high quality wellness products, I believe Pilzer's book will be compelling reading for baby boomers looking for improved physical and financial health. For those willing to work hard to establish a foothold in this industry, Pilzer offers compelling reasons why the rewards -- both physical and financial -- will be worth it.
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Summary: An Informative Monster
Review: Don't make the mistake of reading the subtitle and thinking that this is merely one of those "get rich" books. This book is an informative monster. In other words, Pilzer pries back the cover on the food and medical industry and informs his reader of the "problems" and "dangers" which are occurring in these two industries. The scary thing about his research is the fact that the majority of the population is a victim and almost all are completely unaware of the dangers. In fact, Pilzer's research reveals 77 million people suffer from some form of overweight problem and 37 million people are clinically obese (which is detrimental to their health) and this, Pilzer reveals, is a result of two industries, perhaps accidentally working together, to move Americans (and other people of other countries) to this state or condition. All this is detailed and documented in the first half of this book.In the latter half of this book Pilzer discusses the mega movement which he calls the wellness movement or industry which he believes will become a Trillion dollar industry by 2010. Pilzer details what this wellness industry involves and how it has evolved over the last decade (1990-2000). This is a very informative book packed with well documented information. In fact, the book was recommended to me by someone in my own home-based business organization and I was a little skeptical to purchase it at first. But, having purchased and read it has confirmed to me what I was thinking all along these last few years, namely that the health and nutrition industry is just barely getting started and is about to literally explode into the next mega trend (especially for the baby boom generation). This book may seem like a fire cracker at first, but in a few years, time will reveal that it was actually an atomic bomb and it hit its target right on the bulls-eye.
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Summary: Wonderful and Shocking!!!
Review: Everybody who wants to be healthy and make a lot of money in the next economic revolution needs to read this book.
Seriously! I'm not joking... Read it!!!
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Summary: Not much new here...save your money
Review: I did read the book cover to cover, in one evening. Although it was interesting reading, it did not do diddly-squat to tell me "How to Make a Fortune in the Next Trillion Dollar Industry." If you are looking for some history of the wellness industry laced with anecdotes, this is entertaining. If you are looking for useful information in choosing and running a business in the wellness industry, you might feel like you wasted your time. The "how to" part of the book is just about nonexistent.
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Summary: Read this book for health & wealth
Review: I won't go over Paul Zane Pilzers credentials as other reviewers have, I believe that if you found your way to this webpage, you already know his credentials. But the fact is that Pilzer has predicted other trillion dollar industries. He knows what of he speaks. Personally, I am a baby boomer and in a company that is predicted to become the next billion dollar company. I have also had some health problems and hardly a day goes by when I talk to other baby boomers where the subject of health & wellness doesn't come up. Pilzer has something here. Worth a read for both your health and your wealth.
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Summary: I'm sold!
Review: Last year, I began wondering why everyone around me was sick and on prescriptions. I didn't remember growing up that way. I had a friend with fibromyalgia and I just began thinking all of this sickness was directly related to the food we eat. I searched for products that would help my friends feel better. I found a liquid vitamin/mineral complex, bought it and shared it with her. She cut her prescriptions in half the first two weeks. My family started feeling better also.
It was at this point that I began my journey into the "wellness industry". I believe that God created our bodies to function a certain way and when we give it unnatural, processed foods, it can't function the way it was intended. I was glad to find this book after I stumbled upon my personal discoveries. I know now that I am not alone. And, I was so overcome with the lives that are being changed through good products, I got into the industry myself. I've been a Vision For Life distributor for the past year and am helping so many people, both with their health and their wealth. I highly recommend this book for it's facts, figures and knowledge. People definately want to feel better. When you don't feel good, no amount of people telling you to exercise will help. By supplementing with good nutritional products (not like centrum where you feel good just "knowing" your taking it- I mean where you feel good BECAUSE you're taking it) you start to feel better, you start to do more and it becomes much easier to exercise and get more accomplished. I feel better than I did when I was 19 (thank goodness, I'm much the smarter now too! LOL)
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Summary: Great Book--Now is the time to find the right vehicle
Review: Now is the time to take action with the fastest growing industry in the world-The Wellness Revolution. Pilzer is a genius.
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Summary: Highly Recommended!
Review: Paul Zane Pilzer is an economist with a vision. Pilzer sees technological advances remaking the way Americans think about health. In his eyes, scientific breakthroughs are ushering in a revolution that will transform our current healthcare system - which Pilzer describes as the sickness industry - into the proactive, lifestyle-based wellness industry. His book describes this revolution in two parts. The first half, which will appeal to a wide range of readers, analyzes the current state of healthcare and advances in biology and cellular biochemistry. In the second half of the book, which takes a more dollar-minded approach, Pilzer attempts to identify business and investment opportunities that will arise from the Wellness Revolution. Thus, we from getAbstract heartily recommend this book to both camps: the general-interest reader, and the entrepreneur or investor on the hunt for new opportunities.
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Summary: Good for cheerleading MLM'ers
Review: Pilzer does a good job of explaining the problems of the current model in healthcare that focuses on sickness instead of wellness. It is true that great changes must (and will) change in the health care field. Where Pilzer makes his mistake is in thinking that something called "wellness insurance" will pay for it. Read this book if you want to gain enthusiasm for your MLM supplement business and encourage those in your "downline", but otherwise I did not find Pilzer's business idea of selling clients Medical Savings Account insurance policies, and having them invest their savings in your wellness product, that compelling.
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Summary: Buy this book - it's outstanding
Review: Pilzer has done it again. Nobel-prize winning economist and economic advisor to two presidential administrations, Paul Zane Pilzer offers irrefutable proof that the next major boom in industry will lie in the industry of "wellness" as opposed to the $1.5 trillion dollar "sickness" industry. It's also worth nothing that this is a book about WHY Americans aren't healthy and, surprisingly, it's for economic reasons. Pilzer shows compelling evidence that the $1 trillion food industry and the "healthcare" (sickness) industry fuel each other in propelling the average American to obesity and malnutrition. This book also details how the baby boomers (who have been used for years as an indicator of where economic growth will occur) will create an entire industry that simply doesn't exist yet. The present $200 billion wellness industry is only the tip of the iceburg compared to what's coming. One of my favorite parts of the book is concerning "Wellness Insurance" which shows a deceptively simple way to lower your annual insurance costs by over $3,000, have more money with which to purchase wellness products and services and STILL have the healthcare benefits that you need. Outstanding! The information here is earth-shattering. And though it may be a bold statement, Pilzer shows inarguable proof that the coming "wellness revolution" may impact our lives more than the automobile and the personal computer. Based on the information in this book, I believe the wellness revolution will dwarf the Internet millionaires and billionaires of the 90's. Buy this book.
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