We can all use more energy, vitality, and better health, and we can all find simple effective advice for getting there in Choose Better, Live Better. Alan Carpenter's compelling narrative boils down a host of research into 9 "do-able" steps we can take, one at a time. No excuses - buy this book and take one step towards living better - your family, community, and healthcare system will thank you!

In Choose Better, Live Better, Alan Carpenter goes way beyond the basics we know of living a healthy lifestyle, providing a roadmap to living a longer, more fruitful life. Through extensive research, and with great practical clarity, even the healthiest of us will better understand the keys to nurturing one’s body, mind and spirit!

Awakened by a close call after a mountaineering accident, Alan Carpenter realized that he had taken life for granted. Since then, he has set out to rejuvenate his own life – and help others along the way. The result: Choose Better, Live Better. If you’re looking for a straightforward, helpful book on how you can improve your life through daily choices, this book is a terrific find. In user-friendly language, Carpenter summarizes the research on the benefits of lifestyle changes, such as moving more, eating better and living with purpose – and then provides practical ways to get started. No matter where you are on your path to better health, I recommend it!

A really well-done book with a wonderful message: What you do away from the table is just as important as what you eat! Highly recommended.

Health is a choice—a conscious decision you can make. More, vitality is a choice—to remain vital and vibrant. Alan Carpenter lays out the path for you to have a lifetime of vitality. Now it’s your decision.

In his fascinating new book, Alan Carpenter explores nine lifestyle choices which nurture body, mind, and spirit.  The benefits of these lifestyle choices are backed by clinical research, but Carpenter also practices them himself, so he writes from the perspective of personal experience.  Best of all, Carpenter explains how to turn healthy choices into long-term habits, which is the secret sauce of lifelong well-being. As someone who has practiced these habits for more than a decade, I am grateful for good health and a joyful life.   If you want to enjoy better health, read this book and put its principles into action!

Humans comprise a body, mind, and spirit. But more often than not, the medical establishment and books on healthy living ignore or gives short shrift to the spiritual aspects of human existence. Choose Better, Live Better addresses the full range of the human experience. Read this book to learn the surprising extent to which spiritually-related lifestyle choices predict better health and well-being.

Alan Carpenter's book helped me to expand my knowledge of the patient's "Biopsychosocial Model" of their own health continuum.  I appreciate his approach to wellness, and can see that this book will benefit people of all ages and health conditions. I will be keeping a copy of his book on my office shelf to share with my patients!

Standing out in a crowded field of books related to life choices can be challenging. However, Alan’s deep, research-based content, personalized with his powerful and authentic experiences, makes “Choose Better, Live Better” a clear leader for those looking to create lifelong health and well-being. Alan’s nine lifestyle choices are practical, achievable, and results-oriented. He brings them to life through anecdotes, scientific research, and effective “to-do” lists. Feeling out of sorts? Feeling low energy? Feeling depleted or that your life could have more meaning, more joy, more well-being? Get this book — today.