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by Kunal K July 29, 2013 2 min read

Dr Brett Hill is a leading wellness expert and co-host of Australia’s number 1 health podcast ‘The Wellness Guys. He was a speaker at the recent MINDD: Food is Medicine Seminar and will also be a keynote speaker at The Wellness Summit in Melbourne on August 17th. 

In How to Eat an Elephant, Dr Hill offers up simple solutions for lifelong energy and vitality.

Learn simple and actionable ways to have more energy, sleep better, maintain a healthy weight, look great and avoid chronic disease.

How to Eat an Elephant: Small Steps of Continual and Never-ending Health Improvement is a health and wellness book with a difference. Written for health conscious 20-40 year olds, this is one book that literally everyone can benefit from.

The secret to this book’s success is the unique format which allows people to be in control of their own lifestyle decision and helps them make (as the subtitle says) small steps of never-ending improvement.

How to Eat an Elephant covers all aspects of health and lifestyle including diet, exercise and positive thinking in short succinct chapters with Dr Brett’s unique philosophy prevalent throughout.

Dr Brett is able to take the latest research and science combined with old fashioned truisms and put them together in a fun, easy-to-read style. The unique nature of this book and what makes it so eminently readable and useful is the chapter format.

Each chapter is designed as a stand-alone read with a challenge at the end, allowing the reader to absorb one chapter and take on one challenge at a time.

 

There are Four Ways you can enter the competition:

1. In the comments below, simply tell us “What's your number 1 simple step for optimal wellness?”

If you answer the question, Like this post, and Like the Facebook pages, you could end up with 4 entries! (Just leave a note in the comments below so we count your extra entries)

Winners announced on August 12th.

Good luck!

Testimonials (a.k.a: why you want this book!)

 "How to Eat an Elephant sparks conversation and gets people motivated! This book was a great addition to a Women’s Wellness Workshop as a take home tool that left people talking about their health and wellness way after the event. The ordering process was so easy and efficient. We would definitely look at going through the same process in the near future."

- Dr Felicity Cook - Wellness expert and Chiroprator 

Dr Brett Hill sheds light on every myth and misconception about diet, weight loss and fitness. Inspiring and easy to read this book is a keeper for anyone interested in their wellbeing”

Diabetic Living Magazine 

 

"It is inspiring, leaf turning stuff”

- The Adelaide Magazine

 

“How To Eat An Elephant takes all the health information out there and packages it in an easy to read, easy to use format to help people make real long lasting change, one ‘bite’ at a time”

 - Dr Laurence Tham

I’m a pretty healthy guy – at least so I think – and even I can take behaviours discussed in this thought provoking, intelligent and balanced instructional guide to living a full, wholesome and healthy life”

- Damian Kristof



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