| Introduction | ix |
| Foreword | xiii |
| Chapter 1 | The Wholistic Principle | 1 |
| The Mechanistic View | 2 |
| Whole vs. Fragmented--Order vs. Chaos | 3 |
| Natural Law and the Nature of Truth | 4 |
| Illness and the Wholistic Principle | 5 |
| Chapter 2 | The Process of Illness | 9 |
| Stress | 9 |
| Wholistic Healing Rule #1 | Know How You Got Sick | 12 |
| Wholistic Healing Rule #2 | Know What Healthy Looks Like | 13 |
| Wholistic Healing Rule #3 | Put as Much Energy Into Healing as Getting Sick | 17 |
| Wholistic Healing Rule #4 | Get What You Need | 35 |
| Wholistic Healing Rule #5 | Know What Is Good For Your Body & Provide It | 20 |
| Chapter 3 | Ayurveda and the Wholistic Principle | 22 |
| Basic Principles of Ayurveda | 22 |
| Ayurveda and Disease | 26 |
| Chapter 4 | Somatotyping: Descriptions of Body Type and Physiology from Three Views | 29 |
| Ayurvedic Body Types: Physiology | 30 |
| Ectomorph, Mesomorph, & Endomorph: Physiology | 34 |
| Somatotyping | 36 |
| Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous System | 40 |
| Summary | 47 |
| Chapter 5 | Biological Control Systems and the Zones | 49 |
| How the Body Works | 49 |
| Summary of Automatic Body Functions | 52 |
| Chapter 6 | The Digestive Principle | 53 |
| The Role of Digestion in Good Health | 54 |
| Digestion Vs. Metabolism | 55 |
| Understanding the Digestive Principle | 58 |
| Chapter 7 | Digestion and Health | 59 |
| The Breaking of Bonds: Enzyme Function | 59 |
| Summary | 67 |
| Chapter 8 | Body Types and Digestion | 68 |
| Four Levels of Digestive Fire | 68 |
| Vata Digestion | 69 |
| Pitta Digestion | 70 |
| Kapha Digestion | 70 |
| Stages of Digestion | 71 |
| Ama, the Toxic Load | 72 |
| Chapter 9 | Metabolic Zone of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha | 73 |
| Just What is The Zone? | 75 |
| Benefits of Living in the "Zone" | 76 |
| The Vata Body Type and Protein Metabolism | 77 |
| The Pitta Body Type and Fat Metabolism | 77 |
| The Kapha Body Type & Carbohydrate Metabolism | 78 |
| Summary | 79 |
| Chapter 10 | Hormones and Digestion | 80 |
| Pancreatic Hormones | 80 |
| Adrenal Hormones | 87 |
| Hormones and Body Type Response | 89 |
| Chapter 11 | Weight Control and Your Body Type Zone | 90 |
| Weight Loss and Weight Control | 91 |
| Weight Control by Body Type | 91 |
| Digestive Fire and Weight by Body Type | 94 |
| Lifestyle Therapeutics for Obesity | 95 |
| Staying in Your Zone | 102 |
| Three Patient Profiles: Weight Control/Weight Loss | 103 |
| Summary | 104 |
| Chapter 12 | Diagnosis and Body Type Zones | 105 |
| Purpose of Diagnosis | 105 |
| How to Help Diagnose Your Condition | 106 |
| Reclaiming Your Inner Nature | 107 |
| Summary | 107 |
| Chapter 13 | Ancient Way Body/Mind Typing | 108 |
| Determination of Body Type | 108 |
| Body Type Questionnaire I--Acquired Constitutional Imbalance | 109 |
| Body Type Questionnaire II--Birth Constitution | 123 |
| What Type Am I? | 132 |
| Application of Diagnosis | 132 |
| Chapter 14 | Body Type Zone Programs for Health | 134 |
| What Will Living in My Body Type Zone Do for Me? | 134 |
| What to Do | 135 |
| Body Type Zone Programs | 136 |
| Chapter 15 | Summary | 164 |
| Bibliography | 167 |
| Information About the Author | 170 |
| Resource Guide | 172 |
| Index | 182 |
