MediterrAsian Way or Raw Food Gourmet

MediterrAsian Way

Author: Ric Watson

Indulge yourself with tasty and satisfying foods like pasta dishes, stir-fries, curries, risottos, noodle dishes, and sushi, all washed down with a glass of wine or beer. Stay active but don't bother with a formal exercise regimen, and set aside time every day to relax and unwind. You may find it hard to believe, but eating and living this way can help you stay lean and healthy, substantially reduce your risk of heart disease and cancer, and increase your chances of living longer. People from Mediterranean and Asian cultures have been living like this-and reaping the rewards-for more than 5,000 years.

Now, in this unique cookbook and guide, Ric Watson and his wife, Trudy Thelander, demonstrate just how easy it is to realize the benefits of the MediterrAsian way-benefits that numerous scientific studies have documented over the last half century. They explain the common features of Mediterranean and Asian lifestyles-abundant amounts of plant foods and fish, small amounts of red meat, moderate alcohol consumption, physical activity, and time set aside to relax-and show you step by step how to make them part of your life. When you eat the MediterrAsian way, there's no skimping on taste-or satisfaction. You'll feast on more than 150 delicious recipes, including favorites like Pasta Primavera, Thai Chicken Stir-Fry, and Ham, Mushroom, and Tomato Pizza. You'll savor the intriguing flavors of Vietnamese Shrimp and Vegetable Rice Paper Rolls, Moroccan Stew with Couscous, and Teriyaki Chicken Noodles. And if you're in the mood for a burger or hot dog, Watson and Thelander offer several deliciously healthy versions.

The book walks you through MediterrAsian food basics,shows you how to substitute daily activities for time at the gym, and explains how to take time out to enjoy life and relax. To help you plan your meals, it provides an easy-to-follow five-step MediterrAsian Balanced Meal System. There's even a fourteen-day MediterrAsian plan as well as example lifestyle scenarios to help you get into the swing of things. Complete with 50 tempting color food photographs, The MediterrAsian Way is all you need to enjoy the benefits of MediterrAsian living-starting today!

Publishers Weekly

Watson and Thelander, creators of MediterrAsian.com, combine the sensible, down-to-earth principles of the Mediterranean diet with those of south and east Asia to create a blend that is about lifestyle as much as cuisine. Their concept is appealing, but the book is more wishful than convincing in delivery. It begins by "unlocking the secrets" of the two diets, examining both regions' nutritional pyramids and citing much research to bolster claims for their superiority, but many subsequent parts emphasize exercise, of both mind and body, with overly obvious suggestions like "dance to the beat" and "go for a scenic walk" for burning calories and "get a pet" and "visit the library" for combating stress. An outline of two weeks on the diet demonstrates Watson and Thelander's "MediterrAsian" balanced meals, heavy on grains and vegetables and sparing with meat and fats. This philosophy lends itself to one-dish meals, which many of the recipes are, from Lemony Tuna, Olive and Vegetable Pasta to Fragrant Chicken Curry. Unfortunately, few rise above their appearance of being stylistic approximations of such dishes as Grilled "Tuscan" Chicken or the inevitable "Greek" salad; the fused cuisine feels both more familiar and homogenous and less lively and life-changing in the way a new diet must be to achieve great results. B&w and color photos not seen by PW. (Mar.)

Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

New interesting book: The Ultimate New York Body Plan or 300 Best Stir Fry Recipes

Raw Food Gourmet: Going Raw for Total Well-Being

Author: Gabrielle Chavez

WARNING: The raw food recipes in this book are so delicious they may change your life!

The phrase 'raw foods' conjures up images of food as punishment—think uncooked carrots and celery, with perhaps a spinach juice cocktail as a chaser. However, uncooked doesn’t have to mean unappetizing, as this combination cookbook and guide to the raw foods lifestyle shows. Gabrielle Chavez explains how to use the wide range of fruits, nuts, grains, vegetables, spices, and seasonings for delicious, healthful—and healing—dishes. Anytime entrees from Stuffed Portabellos with Mushroom Gravy to Thai Hazelnut Pesto are here, along with seasonal treats like Halloween Soup and basics such as Simple Sweet Bread, with ingredients expressed in both metric and American measurements. In addition to current information on raw foods’ nutritional value and success as an alternative for people with food allergies and disorders, The Raw Food Gourmet takes readers on Chavez’s personal journey as she discovers the physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of this diet.

Cutting Your Familys Hair or The Cancer Prevention Diet

Cutting Your Family's Hair

Author: Gloria Handel

No more bad hair days ever again! Give those you love the cut they want--plus remedies to keep those tresses healthy and shining. Close-up photos and detailed instructions teach you how to hold the scissors and comb, the angles at which to snip, and how to establish guides to the correct lengths. Then comes an array of cuts, with and without bangs, shown from start to finish: easy-to-care-for trims for children; blunt-cut, wispy, and layered styles in all lengths for women; and basic short versions for men. As a bonus there are recipes for natural, homemade hair-care products.

Interesting book: Wheat Free Gluten Free or Plant Spirit Healing

The Cancer Prevention Diet: Michio Kushi's Nutritional Blueprint for the Relief & Prevention of Disease

Author: Michio Kushi

Michio Kushi's macrobiotic blueprint for the prevention and relief of disease.

Revised and updated with the latest research, new recipes, and practical suggestions for relieving 25 types of cancer.

Drawing on the most up-to-date cancer and heart research, Michio Kushi presents a ground-breaking dietary program that can be implemented safely and simply in the home at a fraction of the cost of usual meals and medical care.

As the risk and incidence of cancer increases, The Cancer Prevention Diet continues to be essential reading for anyone seeking to maintain or regain optimum health through natural means.

Total Breast Health or Motivating People to Be Physically Active

Total Breast Health

Author: Robin Keunek

The latest studies reveal vitamins and other nutrients that prevent breast cancer work best when they come directly from the foods you eat. Now Robin Keuneke has created a guide and cookbook focused on foods that prevent breast cancer and help in recovery. Up-to-date and comprehensive, this long-awaited book brings women strong protection against a disease that is reaching epidemic proportions. Here at last are revolutionary findings about the role fats play in women's health, clear do's and don'ts for food selection and preparation, and the facts you need to encourage breast health through diet and lifestyle choices.

Publishers Weekly

According to Keuneke, food editor of Total Health magazine, the key to healthy breasts is found in what she calls "superfoods," drawn from three culinary traditions: flax seed and oil from northern Europe, soy foods from Japan and extra virgin olive oil from the Mediterranean. Keuneke, neither a scientist nor a physician, devotes an entire chapter to an interview with nutritionist Udo Erasmus (Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill) who urges consumption of unheated oils rich in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. To protect against breast cancer and to aid recovery from it, she also recommends organically grown antioxidant-rich vegetables to promote a favorable hormonal balance, herbal teas to enhance the immune and lymphatic systems, special baths protective against mammography radiation, and chemical-reducing water filters for the kitchen and bath. Recipes appear throughout the text as well as in a special section featuring "breast-protective power foods," such as miso, tempeh, tofu and sea vegetables. Keuneke's approach, backed by Dr. Lendon Smith's foreword, is directed toward women who are willing to make the serious commitment to a broad life-style change. (June) (PW best book of 1998)

Library Journal

Keuneke, the food editor of Total Health magazine, has written a book advocating a nutritional plan for the prevention and healing of breast cancer. Her plan includes organic vegetables, soy, and "good oils" to provide necessary fatty acids. She discusses many nutrition topics lately in the news, such as Olestra and transfatty acids, and tells readers which advice is based on medical studies and which is her own opinion. One chapter, an interview with Udo Erasmus, author of Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill (Alive Books, 1993), seems like an advertisement for his health food products. Though recipes make up a quarter of the book, many people will have problems locating the health food-store ingredients used in them. Of interest to patrons looking for alternative health solutions; for larger health collections.Elizabeth A. Williams, HAM-Texas Medical Ctr. Lib., Houston

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface
	Introduction: Creating Breast Health
Ch. 1	The Effects of Fats and Oils on Breast Cancer	3
Ch. 2	An Interview with Udo Erasmus, Author of Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill: The Importance of Fats to Women's Health	24
Ch. 3	The New Millennium: Challenging the Myth of the Low-Fat Diet	57
Ch. 4	The Importance of Organic Food	62
Ch. 5	Raw Foods and Juices Provide Protective Enzymes	66
Ch. 6	Flaxseed and Flaxseed Oil: Nature's Superfoods for Breast Health	71
Ch. 7	Soybeans Protect Against Breast Cancer	77
Ch. 8	Nutrient-Dense Green Vegetables: Protective and Cleansing	88
Ch. 9	The Hidden Power of Plant Foods	92
Ch. 10	Herbs, Spices, and Mushrooms: Potent Enhancers of Flavor and Health	110
Ch. 11	Food, Hormones, and Breast Cancer: What's the Connection?	119
Ch. 12	Preventing Carbohydrate Overload: A New Equation for Health	155
Ch. 13	Rejuvenating Your Immune and Lymphatic Systems: What You Can Do Now	169
Ch. 14	The French Mediterranean Diet: Natural Food at Its Best	178
Ch. 15	Alcohol, Coffee, and Sugar	202
Ch. 16	Power Teas	208
Ch. 17	Mammography: Foods and Supplements That Offer Protection	213
Ch. 18	Secrets of a Healthy Kitchen	221
Ch. 19	Summary	243
	Recipes	249
Ch. 20	Personal Care Guide	344
	Resource Guide	368
	References	381
	Index	407
	Metric Conversion Table	417
	About the Author	419

Interesting textbook: Consumer Behavior or Managerial and Organizational Reality

Motivating People to Be Physically Active

Author: Bess H Marcus

Motivating People to Be Physically Active, Second Edition, translates research, theories, and concepts of behavioral science into a useful handbook for health professionals involved in the planning, development, implementation, or evaluation of physical activity promotion programs. The book describes proven methods for helping people overcome sedentary behavior and make physical activity a regular part of their lives.

Based on the five-stage model of motivational readiness for change, this comprehensive reference will help you design intervention programs for individuals and groups in both worksite and community settings. This behavior change method can be used with healthy adults as well as those with chronic physical or psychological conditions. You'll also learn to measure and improve clients' motivation and assess their physical activity patterns and barriers.

The second edition has been fully updated and expanded to include these features:
An updated chapter that discusses and compares the recent physical activity recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the Institute of Medicine and presents the pros and cons of the recommendations for key populations
An expanded description of the benefits of a physically active lifestyle
Information on how technology, including accelerometers, and Web-based intervention strategies can be used in changing physical activity behavior

Motivating People to Be Physically Active, Second Edition, contains many practical tools and ideas to assist you in program implementation. You'll find reproducible questionnaires, worksheets, logs, and more toassist clients in their transition to active living. The book includes case studies of successful community and worksite programs that can serve as a starting point for your own interventions and stage-specific strategies and recommendations for including and motivating all participants. The authors also provide a list of suggested readings that you can use to enhance your programs. Web addresses and phone numbers of physical activity organizations are included, which can provide you with additional information and resources.

With its focus on psychological and behavioral research and accessible reading style, Motivating People to Be Physically Active, Second Edition, is the essential resource for physical activity behavior modification. In addition to allowing you to design effective intervention programs, its many program ideas, tips, and tools spark your motivation to educate and encourage others to lead a more active and healthier lifestyle.

Motivating People to Be Physically Active, Second Edition, is part of the Physical Activity Intervention Series (PAIS). This timely series provides useful educational resources for professionals interested in promoting and implementing physical activity programs to a diverse and often resistant population.

Smart Pumping or Overcoming Back and Neck Pain

Smart Pumping: A Practical Approach to the Insulin Pump

Author: Howard Wolpert

The insulin pump has opened a whole new world for people with diabetes­­more flexibility in what and when they eat and better blood sugar control, too.

Smart Pumping integrates this new successful technology with the physical and psychological aspects of diabetes care, and helps patients adopt the insulin pump into their self-care regime.

This book combines a comprehensive medical approach toward intensive diabetes management and pump therapy with a patient-centered appreciation of the real-life challenges and frustrations.

Howard Wolpert, M.D., is an instructor in medicine at the Harvard Medical School Joslin Diabetes Center and is also in charge of the pump clinic there. He has written extensively on the use of insulin pumps.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
I	Why Bother with the Pump?
1	You Don't Need a Sermon: But the Basics Don't Hurt	2
2	The Pump Advantage	8
II	Mastering Pump Basics
3	Laying the Foundation	18
4	Getting Your Basal Rates on Track	31
5	Figuring Out Your Bolus Doses	40
6	Carbohydrate Counting and the Pump	57
7	Wearing the Pump	68
8	Getting a Hold on Physical Activity	81
9	Keeping Track and Tracking Trouble	93
III	Beyond the Basics: Intensive Management and Pump Use In the Real World
10	Understanding Insulin: How It Acts and How You Respond	110
11	Nutrition 101: Food and the Pump	125
12	Intensive Therapy, Weight Gain, and Getting More Out of Your Exercise	144
13	Managing Your Pump in the Hospital and On the Road	155
14	Coming Off the Pump	161
	App. A	167
	App. B	170
	Resource Section	175
	Index	177

Interesting textbook: The Leviathan or Power to the People Signed Edition

Overcoming Back and Neck Pain: A Proven Program for Recovery and Prevention

Author: Lisa Morron

One-third of Americans report having had low-back pain in the last 30 days. Ten percent are enduring chronic neck pain right now! Drug prescriptions, endless treatments, and limited lifestyles are just some of the consequences.

Expert physical therapist Lisa Morrone says no to the treadmill of suffering. From nearly 20 years of teaching and practicing physical therapy, she offers a clinically proven approach to overcoming nagging back or neck pain.

Lisa puts in one straightforward, accessible package the most effective exercises, guidelines, and lifestyle adjustments, involving...

• proper posture and core stability
• strengthening and stretching
• healthy movement patterns and ergonomics
• recovery from pain from compressed or ruptured discs
• nutrition, rest, and emotional/spiritual issues

With Lisa's recommendations, readers will find they can attain substantial or complete freedom from pain—which brings freedom to enjoy work, friends, and family again, and live a fulfilling life serving God and others.

A Body Out of Balance or An Uncommon Drunk

A Body Out of Balance: Understanding and Treating Sjogren's Syndrome

Author: Ruth Fremes

One of the most common yet underrecognized autoimmune and rheumatological disorders, Sjogren's (pronounced Show-grens) syndrome, or SjS, affects more people than rheumatoid arthritis and lupus combined. Difficult to diagnose, SjS is characterized by symptoms that shift almost daily, usually beginning with vague discomforts such as dry eyes and dry mouth, then advancing to more severe concerns such as joint pain and swollen glands. A Body Out of Balance provides a comprehensive guide to the wide array of symptoms, traditional and complementary treatments, and invaluable coping methods, so patients may devise a personal treatment plan. Cowritten by a woman living with the disease and by a physician who has treated countless SjS patients, this indispensable resource will enhance awareness and demystify this often-misunderstood disorder.

Library Journal

"Having SjS is a bit like having a demanding, exacting, unpredictable but needy two-year-old in your life-forever nagging for your attention," writes Fremes, leader of a Sjogren's Syndrome (SjS) support group. Known as the "dry eyes/dry mouth" disease, this autoimmune and rheumatological disorder can affect other organs and systems with devastating consequences. About four million people in the United States, primarily women, have it. With rheumatologist Carteron, Fremes has written a consumer's guide that covers all the basics: a brief overview of autoimmunity, diagnosis, medical treatments, self-care, genetics, and current and future areas of research. Encouraging a wellness lifestyle and good nutrition, the authors suggest conventional and complementary therapies to bring back balance and to cope with diminished quality of life. Especially valuable is their detailed advice on various products and medications for dealing with lack of moisture. However, the authors do not always present their technical information in understandable terms-no glossary is provided, and there are few real definitions. Libraries already owning Teri P. Rumpf's The Sjogren's Syndrome Survival Guide could probably pass. Otherwise, recommended for consumer health collections needing current information. (Index not seen.)-Lisa McCormick, Jewish Hosp. Lib., Cincinnati Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

New interesting book: Last Well Person or Better Vision Now

An Uncommon Drunk: Revelations of a High-Functioning Alcoholic

Author: Jeff Herten

For nearly thirty years, author Dr. Jeff Herten was a high-functioning alcoholic—one who drinks every day, yet continues to lead a productive, successful life. Now he shares his first-hand knowledge of how alcohol can destroy lives—as it nearly destroyed his.

Alcohol is the single greatest social ill in the United States. It affects us not only emotionally but physically. Alcohol may lead to deadly cancers of the breast, colon, esophagus, and liver. It rots our bones, corrodes our stomach lining, erodes our memories, and suppresses our immune systems. An Uncommon Drunk explores the numerous facets of alcohol consumption in the United States, including the risks, the behaviors associated with alcohol, and the innocent victims of alcohol abuse. But it also offers hope for those wishing to become sober and recommends resources to help them turn their lives around.

Frank and honest, An Uncommon Drunk is a must-read for every spouse, parent, child, employer, physician, and counselor whose life is touched by alcohol. It may be just the wake-up call you need.

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Gluten Free Eating Made Easy or Kripalu Yoga

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Gluten-Free Eating Made Easy: The Essential Guide to the Glycemic Index and Gluten-Free Living

Author: Jennie Brand Miller

More than two million North Americans have celiac disease and must follow a gluten-free diet-but the absence of grains and the higher fat and sugar content of many gluten-free products can cause health problems and nutrient deficiencies. Now, The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Gluten-Free Eating Made Easy simplifies the challenges of a gluten-free diet-and emphasizes the lifelong health benefits of low-GI, gluten-free eating. Widely recognized as the most significant dietary finding of the last 25 years, the glycemic index (GI) is an easy-to-understand measure of how foods affect blood glucose levels. Low-GI diets improve health and weight control, lower “bad” cholesterol, and help prevent or reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and other chronic diseases.This clear, accessible guide has everything you need to know for healthful gluten-free eating, including Seven simple dietary guidelines for eating gluten-free and low GI A guide to finding and buying gluten-free products Low-GI substitutes for common high-GI (albeit gluten-free) foods Cutting-edge scientific findings on the benefits of eating low-GI foods 70 delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes include dishes for each meal of the day GI values of hundreds of popular gluten-free foods The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Gluten-Free Eating Made Easy is the definitive resource to healthy living for everyone with celiac disease, gluten intolerance, or other wheat sensitivities.

Table of Contents:

Foreword     vii
Preface     ix
Going Gluten-Free     1
Who Really Needs a Gluten-free Diet and Why     3
Gluten-free Ground Rules     9
Gluten-free and Low GI-Why It Matters     15
Your Low-GI Food Finder     27
How Do You Do It?     35
Going Gluten-free and Low GI     37
Putting the GI to Work in Your Day     65
Eat Yourself Healthy     71
Breakfasts and Brunches     79
Snacks and Treats     97
Light Meals and Lunches     117
Salads and Soups     141
Main Dishes     167
Desserts     195
Basics     213
The GI Gluten-free Tables     221
Contacts     245
Acknowledgments     247
About the Authors     249
Index     251

Books about: Fundamentals of Public Economics or Economics of Uncertainty and Information

Kripalu Yoga: A Guide to Practice on and off the Mat

Author: Richard Faulds

“Over an extraordinary thirty year history, Kripalu Center has been a pioneer in combining authentic yoga with a contemporary Western lifestyle.” —John Abbott, President, Yoga Journal

From the senior teachers of the world-renowned Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health–the largest yoga and retreat center in North America–comes this comprehensive guide to the unique and influential Kripalu method, which emphasizes individual growth over outward perfection of form, making it accessible to people of all ages, fitness levels, and body types.

KRIPALU YOGA
A Guide to Practice On and Off the Mat

Beginning with step-by-step “experiences” that teach essential body and breath awareness, Kripalu Yoga features fully illustrated routines for beginners and intermediate students , including Kripalu’s easy-to-follow “press point” instructions. For advanced students, there is a broad menu of additional poses to increase strength, flexibility, and challenge.

Far more than an exercise program, Kripalu Yoga also teaches the lifestyle practices and energy techniques that make yoga a powerful catalyst for physical healing, psychological growth, and spiritual awakening.

Why We Get Sick or Essential Chest and Shoulders

Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine

Author: Randolph M Ness

The answers are in this groundbreaking book by two founders of the emerging science of Darwinian medicine, who deftly synthesize the latest research on disorders ranging from allergies to Alzheimer's and from cancer to Huntington's chorea. Why We Get Sick compels readers to reexamine the age-old attitudes toward sickness. Line drawings.

Publishers Weekly

Nesse and Williams have written a lively discourse on the application of the principles of evolutionary biology to the dilemmas of modern medicine. Nesse, a physician and an associate professor of psychiatry, and Williams, a professor of ecology and evolution, provide a primer on Darwin's theory of natural selection. They explain that the functional design of organisms-e.g., our bodies-may suggest new ways of addressing illness. The book begins with a look at the causes of disease and their evolutionary influences. But the book mainly assesses the concept of adaptation by natural selection, and illustrates the ways Darwinian thinking can be applied to medical problems. As one example, the authors examine the use of penicillin over the past 60 years against bacterial infections. The book's quirky information may speak to a broad audience: researchers, for instance, have found that relatives of schizophrenics have an unusually high frequency of inclusion in Who's Who-which may counterbalance drawbacks of the disorder in evolutionary terms. The tendency toward child abuse, too, may be influenced, the authors say, by evolution and the passing on of genes. And there may well be an evolutionary reason to welcome morning sickness, they argue: nausea and food aversions during pregnancy apparently evolved to impose dietary restrictions on the mother so as to correspond with fetal vulnerability and, thereby, minimize fetal exposure to food toxins. (Jan.)

Library Journal

Offering new insights on the failure of evolution to eradicate disease, psychiatrist Nesse and ecologist Williams offer numerous suggestions on why certain seemingly negative traits have not been eliminated through natural selection. A brief discussion of the basics of evolution is provided, along with examples of how the theory of natural selection may relate to aging, cancer, allergies, and other diseases. One particularly intriguing chapter is devoted to the possibility of an evolutionary contribution to psychological disorders such as excessive anxiety or depression. Marc Lappe's recent Evolutionary Medicine: Rethinking the Origins of Disease (LJ 10/15/94) conveys a similar message on the increasing need to consider evolutionary principles in the treatment of disease. Both books are thought-provoking and worthy purchases, but librarians interested in a slightly less technical narrative may prefer Why We Get Sick.-Tina Neville, Univ. of South Florida at St. Petersburg Lib.

New interesting textbook: Yoga and the Quest for the True Self or Elder Rage or Take My Father Please How To Survive Caring For Aging Parents

Essential Chest and Shoulders

Author: Kurt Brungardt

Essential Chest & Shoulders
An Intense 6-Week Program

Want a chest to treasure? Work your back!

The secret to a strong, powerful chest is the right balance of upper-body strength. That means doing as many exercises, sets, and reps for your back as for your chest. And that great set of shoulders? Again, the key is balancing shoulder work with chest and back exercises. Best-selling fitness author Kurt Brungardt shows you how to pull off this upper-body balancing act with a masterful 6-week play designed to make you bigger, stronger, and more studly, whether you're viewed from the front, back, or anywhere in between.

YOU'LL LEARN:

* How to build impressive muscle without injury
* Why working your chest gives you killer abs
* The stretches that help you get bigger
* How short workouts and long recovery produce a great body
* Foods that fuel versus foods that fool

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kurt Brungardt is one of America's best-known personal trainers. He is the author of many leading-edge works on fitness, including two previous books in our series of Men's Health Peak Conditioning Guides, Essential Abs, and Essential Arms.

Suzanne Somers Get Skinny on Fabulous Food or Getting Well Again

Suzanne Somers' Get Skinny on Fabulous Food

Author: Suzanne Somers

Somersize your way to weight loss and good health!

Find out why Somersizing has swept the nation! In Get Skinny on Fabulous Food, the number one New York Times bestseller and sequel to Eat Great, Lose Weight, which also went to the top of the Times list, Suzanne Somers will show you how to shed pounds for good and have more energy than ever before — without dieting. This lifestyle-altering book provides you with:

* The guilt-free way to lose weight and reprogram your metabolism — including more than 100 delicious Somersized recipes that leave you both satisfied and indulged
* Breakthrough research on food and nutrition that changes the way you think about your body
* Moving personal testimonials guaranteed to motivate and encourage you
* An easy-to-follow weight-loss plan that teaches you how to combine foods properly so that you'll get, and stay, skinny without feeling deprived

Join the millions of people who have lost weight safely and effectively with Get Skinny on Fabulous Food and start celebrating good health and good times with Suzanne's delectable, simple, and balanced Somersized meals.

Library Journal

In this sequel to her Eat Great, Lose Weight (LJ 12/96), television actress Somers modifies her previous approach to include fats, admitting that, in moderate amounts, they are necessary for good health. She is still adamant about sugar and still posits that the proper food combinations can enhance the foods' nutritive values. She rightly points out that "fat free" does not mean that foods aren't fattening. Sugar is still a prime contributor to obesity, and Somers also blames white flour and other so-called "funky" foods. Her basic idea--that some fats are necessary--is sound, and though the rest of her theory is rather shaky, half the book is devoted to fabulous recipes. Unlike most diet recipes, these include olive oil, butter, and sour cream. Skip the pseudo-science and go directly to the good stuff. Bon appetit!--Susan B. Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, OH Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Books about: How You Can Survive when Theyre Depressed or Tai Chi

Getting Well Again

Author: O Carl Simonton

Based on the Simontons' experience with hundreds of patients at their world-famous Cancer Counseling and Research Center, Getting Well Again introduces the scientific basis for the "will to live."

In this revolutionary book the Simontons profile the typical "cancer personality": how an individual's reactions to stress and other emotional factors can contribute to the onset and progress of cancer -- and how positive expectations, self-awareness, and self-care can contribute to survival. This book offers the same self-help techniques the Simonton's patients have used to successfully to reinforce usual medical treatment -- techniques for learning positive attitudes, relaxation, visualization, goal setting, managing pain, exercise, and building an emotional support system.

Passing for Thin or Road to Independence

Passing for Thin

Author: Frances Kuffel

An intimate and darkly comic memoir of a woman who does a 180 with her body.

When she was in her early forties, Frances Kuffel lost half her body weight. In Passing for Thin, Frances describes with unflinching honesty and a wickedly dark sense of humor her first fumbling introductions to her newly slender body, shining a light on the shared human experience of feeling uncomfortable in one’s own skin. She gradually moves from observer to player—enjoying for the first time flirting, exercising, and shopping–as she explores the terrain on the “Planet of Thin.” As Frances gradually comes to know—and love—the stranger in the mirror, she learns that her body does not define her, but enables her to become the woman she’s always wanted to be.

Books about: Dude Wheres My Country or Young Stalin

Road to Independence: Independence Skills Training for Special Needs Children

Author: Brenda M Batts

Brenda Batts, Behavior Consultant, and mother of Alex, an Autistic son, shares her proven behavior management and potty training techniques, through her book, Road to Independence. She has compiled over 12 years experience in the rearing of her son and through behavior training for thousands of special needs clients (Autism, PDD, Asperbergers, ADHD, Down Syndrome, Fragile X, etc.). Brenda relates to you as parent and professional of those special children as she takes you down a path, well-traveled, that is filled with innovative tips and suggestions along the way. The central focus of this writing is to help you empower your child to become more independent. What has emerged from her vigilance to develop effective interventions for Alex is a battery of innovative behavior skills training that she shares with you. Brenda has been very successful in helping resolve very difficult children that were previously considered unreachable, and in some cases, un-teachable. When asked how she knows what to do to help children with severe and highly usual conditions, she simply replies that "the idea just came to me." Perhaps another explanation is that these ideas are messages from God. Follow her along this journey and you be the judge.

Alzheimers Answer or Sailor Jerrys Tattoo Stencils II

Alzheimers Answer: Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy

Author: Marwan Sabbagh

Drawing on the most up-to-date information available on the disease as well as experiences from his clinical practice, Dr. Sabbagh, a leading expert in Alzheimer's research, translates the current ideas driving Alzheimer's treatment into practical information you can use to determine your risk and develop a prevention strategy. You’ll find tools for assessing your personal Alzheimer's risk and “What You Can Do” sections to help you keep your brain and body healthy, plus information on the treatment of Alzheimer's and its complications.

Publishers Weekly

This sobering review of the current research on and recommendations for Alzheimer's argues for identifying and combating risk factors decades before symptoms appear. Like other major conditions affected by obesity, high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, among others, Alzheimer's is growing at a rapidly increasing rate. Neurologist Sabbagh has been involved in many important Alzheimer's research trials and founded the Sun Health Research Institute's Cleo Roberts Center, a facility for studying age-related diseases, located in the geriatric community-dense Sun City area of Phoenix. He explains the mechanisms by which the brain undergoes devastating changes that manifest as Alzheimer's; the differences between age-related memory loss, Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia; and ways to assess genetic liabilities and risk factors from lifestyle choices. Although treatment goals and expectations for those with Alzheimer's are modest, Sabbagh says most risk factors can be offset well before retirement age through diet, physical and mental exercise, brain-specific supplements and, in some cases, medications that lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, manage blood sugar and decrease inflammation. Sabbagh covers such concerns as exposure to toxic substances linked to neurological conditions and suggests many potent weapons to counteract development of brain plaque: omega-3 fatty acids, resveratrol, quercetin, folic acid, huperzine A, green tea and curcumin, among others. A guide to symptoms, diagnosis and treatment will prove helpful to patients and their families, while an overview of new drugs that could halt progression and possibly heal damaged brain cells offers hope for thefuture. (Feb.)

Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

Book about: In a Persian Kitchen or Picnics 50 Inspired Recipes Card Deck

Sailor Jerry's Tattoo Stencils II

Author: Kate Hellenbrand

"Sailor Jerry" Collins of Honolulu, Hawaii, is arguably the greatest tattoo artist of the 21st Century. His best-known contributions are the now classic designs . . . fat round roses, plump pin-ups, and scathing military/political cartoons. Now, in a second volume, more of his great stencils are reproduced. Hand-cut, hundreds of basic line works are printed here for the first time. The pages are perforated to make it easier for today's tattoo artist to display the work of this master.

Animals in Translation or Complete Book of Juicing

Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior

Author: Temple Grandin

How is Animals in Translation different from every other animal book ever published'Animals in Translation is like no other animal book because of Temple Grandin. As an animal scientist and a person with autism, her professional training and personal history have created a perspective like no other thinker in the field, and this is her exciting, groundbreaking view of the intersection of autism and animal.

Publishers Weekly

Philosophers and scientists have long wondered what goes on in the minds of animals, and this fascinating study gives a wealth of illuminating insights into that mystery. Grandin, an animal behavior expert specializing in the design of humane slaughter systems, is autistic, and she contends that animals resemble autistic people in that they think visually rather than linguistically and perceive the world as a jumble of mesmerizing details rather than a coherent whole. Animals-cows, say, on their way through a chute-are thus easily spooked by novelties that humans see as trivialities, such as high-pitched noises, drafts and dangling clothes. Other animals accomplish feats of obsessive concentration; squirrels really do remember where each acorn is buried. The portrait she paints of the mammalian mind is both alien and familiar; she shows that beasts are capable of sadistic cruelty, remorse, superstition and surprising discernment (in one experiment, pigeons were taught to distinguish between early period Picasso and Monet). Grandin (Thinking in Pictures) and Johnson (coauthor of Shadow Syndromes) deploy a simple, lucid style to synthesize a vast amount of research in neurology, cognitive psychology and evolutionary biology, supplementing it with Grandin's firsthand observations of animal behavior and her own experiences with autism, engaging anecdotes about how animals interact with each other and their masters, and tips on how to pick and train house pets. The result is a lively and absorbing look at the world from animals' point of view. (Jan.) Forecast: Anyone who's enjoyed the work of Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson-and especially those who liked it but felt it a bit warm and fuzzy in spots-should appreciate this valuable, rigorous book. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Entertainment Weekly

"Neurology has Oliver Sachs, nature has Annie Dillard, and the lucky animal world has Grandin, a master intermediary between humans and our fellow beasts . . . At once hilarious, fascinating, and just plain weird, Animals is one of those rare books that elicits a 'wow' on almost every page. A."

The New York Times Book Review

"Inspiring . . . Crammed with facts and anecdotes about Temple Grandin's favorite subject: the senses, brains, emotions, and amazing talents of animals."

the Oprah Magazine O

"Grandin's focus in Animals in Translation is not on all the 'normal' things autistics and animals can't do but on the unexpected, extraordinary, invaluable things they can."

Library Journal

A high-functioning autistic, Grandin (animal science, Colorado Sate Univ., Thinking in Pictures) has spent a lifetime empathizing with animals. She has also served as a consultant to farmers, ranchers, and slaughterhouses, helping them understand animals and their behavior in order to make their care (and/or slaughter) more humane. Grandin's new book on animal behavior draws on her experiences as both a scientist and an autistic person. Her compelling thesis is that there is a lot we still don't know about animal thought and learning but that her condition provides her with an insight into the issues that other people lack. Autism, Grandin argues, closely mimics the psychological condition of animals, in part because both lack facility with language. Indeed, she asserts that animals are autistic savants whose intelligence is unseen by most people. Grandin deals with wildlife only in passing, but she details some interesting laboratory studies using wild animals. A provocative title for universities and larger public libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 9/1/04.]-Alvin Hutchinson, Smithsonian Inst. Libs., Washington, DC Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	My story	1
Ch. 2	How animals perceive the world	27
Ch. 3	Animal feelings	69
Ch. 4	Animal aggression	131
Ch. 5	Pain and suffering	179
Ch. 6	How animals think	241
Ch. 7	Animal genius : extreme talents	285
	Behavior and training troubleshooting guide	309

New interesting book: Worried Child or Nutrition and Mental Illness

Complete Book of Juicing: Your Delicious Guide to Youthful Vitality

Author: Michael T Murray ND

“A must-read for anyone interested in juicing as a part of a healthy lifestyle.”
—Jay Kordich, “The Juiceman”

Freshly squeezed juice is the tastiest way to satisfy your nutrition needs while you quench your thirst. Now, one of the world’s leading experts on natural nutrition and health offers you clear information on the healing and revitalizing power of various fruit and vegetable juices combined with a mouthwatering collection of over 150 recipes. The Complete Book of Juicing reveals how specific juices can help:

• Combat cancer
• Relieve arthritis
• Lower blood pressure
• Resist aging
• Reduce high cholesterol
• Treat kidney stones and ulcers
• And much, much more!

You also get detailed nutritional information for each recipe plus a safe and effective (and optional) guide to fasting with juices. This is the only juice book you’ll ever need!

The Slow Down Diet or The Knee Crisis Handbook

The Slow Down Diet: Eating for Pleasure, Energy, and Weight Loss

Author: Marc David

DIET / HEALTH

“The Slow Down Diet provides us with the missing link about metabolism that sets us free to enjoy food more than ever while also losing weight and getting healthy. Thank you, thank you, Marc David.”
CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP, M.D., author of Mother-Daughter Wisdom: Creating a Legacy of Physical and Emotional Health

“Marc David is the leading voice establishing the intimate connection between stress, digestion, metabolism, weight, and health. He reminds us that our relationship with food is as important as the food itself. In a world of ‘high fad’ diets he stands alone, guiding us toward nourishment, pleasure, and healing.”
MARK HYMAN, M.D., coauthor of Ultraprevention: The 6-Week Plan That Will Make You Healthy for Life

Our modern culture revolves around fitting as much as possible into the least amount of time. As a result, most people propel themselves through life at a dizzying pace that is contrary to a healthy lifestyle. We eat fast, on the run, and often under stress, not only removing most of the pleasure we might derive from our food and creating digestive upset, but also wreaking havoc on our metabolism. Many of us come to the end of a day feeling undernourished, uninspired, and overweight.

In The Slow Down Diet Marc David presents a new way to understand our relationship to food, focusing on quality and the possibilities of pleasure in eating to transform and improve metabolism. Citing cutting-edge research on body biochemistry as well as success stories from his own nutritional counseling practice, he shows that we are creatures of body, mind, andspirit and that when we attend to these levels simultaneously we can shed excess pounds, increase energy, and enhance digestion to feel rejuvenated and inspired. Marc -David presents an eight-week program that allows readers to explore their unique connection to food, assisting them in letting go of their fears, guilt, and old habits so they can learn to treat their bodies in a dignified and caring way. He reveals the shortcomings of quick-fix digestive aids and fad diets and debunks common nutrition myths, such as “the right way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more.” He shows instead how to decrease cortisol and other stress hormones and boost metabolic power through proper breathing and nutritional strategies that nourish both the body and soul, proving that fully enjoying each meal is the optimal way to a healthy body. Drawing on more than twenty years of experience in nutritional medicine, the psychology of eating, and the science of yoga, Marc David offers readers practical tools that will yield life-transforming, sustainable results.

MARC DAVID, a nutritionist with a master’s degree in the psychology of eating, consults with corporations and nonprofit organizations on nutrition and holistic health. He has been a leading nutrition expert at Canyon Ranch for more than ten years, a workshop leader at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, and is the author of Nourishing Wisdom. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Preface

Introduction

Week 1: The Metabolic Power of Relaxation
Week 2: The Metabolic Power of Quality
Week 3: The Metabolic Power of Awareness
Week 4: The Metabolic Power of Rhythm
Week 5: The Metabolic Power of Pleasure
Week 6: The Metabolic Power of Thought
Week 7: The Metabolic Power of Story
Week 8: The Metabolic Power of the 
               Sacred

Postscript: Your Metabolic Journey

Notes
Bibliography

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The Knee Crisis Handbook: Understanding Pain, Preventing Trauma, Recovering from Injury, and Building Healthy Knees for Life

Author: Brian Halpern

Ever sustained a knee injury? Want to prevent one? Whether you're young and actively involved in sports, an enthusiastic weekend warrior, or someone who's simply getting older and whose body is changing, The Knee Crisis Handbook will show you how to take care of your knees. You'll learn what to do if you sustain an injury, how to prevent a repeat injury, and how to help yourself avoid injury in the first place. "Dr. Halpern has authored the state-of-the-art text for understanding everything about the knee. It might just save you a visit to the emergency room."--E. Lee Rice, D.O., San Diego Sports Medicine Inside you'll find: * Sport-specific knee injury prevention tips * Advice on caring for your knees when you're young, older, or even pregnant * What to look for when choosing a physician and physical therapist * Treatment options, including acupuncture and other complementary medicine therapies * Medications: what you should and shouldn't take * What you can expect from surgery and recovery * How to avoid surgery * Complete exercise programs "This book is all about plain talk and advice. This is what the physician should be telling you but doesn't have either the time or the inclination to do so. This is not a book of conjecture, just plain, practical tips based upon scientific evidence."--Douglas B. McKeag, M.D., M.S., AUL professor of preventive health medicine, chair of the department of family medicine, and director of the Center for Sports Medicine at Indiana University With physical therapy strategies by Marty Jaramillo, P.T., A.T.C., C.S.C.S., and complementary medicine strategies by Robert Abramson, M.D. Dr. Brian Halpern is a board-certified sports medicinephysician at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He is a former associate team physician for the New York Mets and the nation's first nonsurgical sports medicine fellowship-trained physician. Laura Tucker is the coauthor of several health and medical books. She lives with her husband and daughter in Brooklyn, New York.

Is It Hot in Here Or Is It Me The Complete Guide to Menopause or The Complete Idiots Guide to Tai Chi and Qigong Illustrated

Is It Hot in Here? Or Is It Me? The Complete Guide to Menopause

Author: Pat Wingert

At last, a deeply optimistic guide to all the long, often mysterious years of menopause • the role of hormones and the controversy over hormone therapy • the truth about hot flashes . . . and how to deal with one in the middle of a meeting • the impact on sexuality and how to counteract that wavering libido. There are chapters on memory (how to protect it), moods (how to ride them out), and sleep (how to get what you need). And finally, why this period can be a natural springboard to staying healthy, feeling great, and looking beautiful for that next act in your life.

Publishers Weekly

Workman's enviable success with the classic pregnancy "bible" What to Expect When You're Expecting has no doubt sparked this guide, which claims to do for those at midlife what Heidi Murkoff's series has done for pregnant women. The company has tapped two respected Newsweek health writers for this map to everything a woman might encounter before, during and after menopause. An attractive, user-friendly format with sidebars, charts, illustrations and q&as guides readers through hundreds of pages of material. Chapters progress from the basics (types of menopause, onset and duration, testing); hormonal changes and their impact on sleep, sex, moods and memory; and lifestyle (diet, exercise, stress); to heart and bone health, cancer, treatment options and medications. As Wingert and Kantrowitz point out, we've come a long way from when symptoms associated with menopause included "uncontrollable peevishness" and "perversion of moral instincts," yet many women remain reticent about their experiences, fear aging and feel incapable of the new challenges presented by their bodies along with the rest of their obligations. Such readers will welcome Wingert and Kantrowitz's inclusion of suggestions for self-care and their positive focus on what, they say, can be a healthy and productive time in a woman's life. (Feb.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Menopause is a natural part of a woman's life cycle. Although most women go through it with few difficulties, for others the "change of life" is a debilitating experience. Baby boomer women reaching midlife are eager to manage their own menopausal experience, and Wingert and Kantrowitz, who cover women's issues for Newsweek, offer an in-depth guide to major menopausal complaints: hot flashes, sleep disorders, sexual dysfunction, bleeding, and mood and memory changes. There is also information on midlife health issues like osteoporosis, heart disease, and cancer, as well as evidence-based discussions of available treatment options. Q&A sections, case studies, material on what to tell your daughter, memory tests, and "Looking Good" beauty tips, combined with the writers' reader-friendly, authoritative tone, make this book an outstanding addition to menopause and midlife health collections. Highly recommended for all health and women's health collections. (Resources, appendixes, and indexes not seen.)-Karen Bensing, Benjamin Rose Lib., Cleveland Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

What People Are Saying

“Required reading for women wanting to maximize the second half of their lives . . . up-to-date, readable, and comprehensive.” —Wulf H. Utian, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director and President, The North American Menopause Society

Table of Contents:

Foreword   Bernadine Healy, M.D.     v
Why We Wrote This Book     xi
The Basics     1
What's Happening?     3
Mirror images: the beginning and end of menstruation
When does the menopause transition begin?
The stages of menopause
The different kinds of menopause (natural, induced, early)
Menopause in the animal world
How long does it take? Can it be temporary?
Hormones and your reproductive life
Are you out of eggs?
What's normal and what's not
Do menopause tests work?
Can menopause be reversed?
The pill and perimenopause
Late pregnancies
Estrogen in your body after menopause
An ending and a beginning
The Hormone Question     25
All about estrogen
A primer: pills, creams, patches, shots, bioidenticals
A history of hormone therapy and how it came to be part of every doctor's arsenal
The importance of the Women's Health Initiative
The dilemma of contradicting studies
How to understand news about medical research
Why you might still want to try hormones and what you need to know to make your decision
When is the best time to start hormones?
Hormone therapy and cancer: What are the risks?
Does estrogen cause weight gain or make you look younger?
Alternative treatments that might help and some that don't
Plus: Case studies of five women who made the decision
What You're Feeling Now     53
Hot Flashes     55
How and why you get them
Anatomy of a flash
Why some women are frequent flashers and othersnever break a sweat
How to feel better with and without drugs
Hot flash fashions
Do fat women flash more than skinny ones?
What if it's not menopause?
How long will a hot flash last?
How hot is a hot flash?
Why do you shiver afterwards?
The "emergency" kit every working menopausal woman should keep in her desk drawer
Tracking triggers
Does exercise help or hurt?
Can antidepressants work?
Relief without an Rx
Sleep     71
Why insomnia often strikes now
The role of estrogen
Snoring: a sign of trouble?
Common sleep disorders
How to finally get the rest you need
Setting the mood for sleep
Why a glass of wine before bed won't do the trick
Foods that can keep you up and ones that make you sleepy
Is it depression?
Sex before bed (or not)
Why you're beating a path to the bathroom
Keeping a sleep diary
Physical problems that rob you of sleep
Hot and cold couples
The role of exercise
Sleeping pills and natural remedies
Sex     93
The rise and fall of libido
How to improve your sex life
Body changes that can make sex more painful
Getting expert help
Sex toys and where to buy them
Hormone therapy and libido
Why orgasm can be elusive
New thinking on women and sexual dysfunction
What you need to know about testosterone
Could Viagra be the answer?
Better-than-ever orgasms
The thrill is gone, and that's fine with me
How to fix lubrication problems
The connection between allergies and vaginal dryness
Vaginal estrogen cream and your partner
Alternative treatments
Yeast infections and how to fight them
Starting to date again
Why contraception and safe sex still matter
The right way to Kegel
Bleeding during sex
The depression-sex connection
Hysterectomy and sex drive
Chemo and libido
Sex after radiation
What's in the medicine chest?
What if it's his problem, not yours?
What you need to know about sexually transmitted diseases
Bleeding     135
Irregular bleeding and how you know when you need to go to the doctor
What does heavy bleeding really mean?
Causes of irregular bleeding
Could it be cancer?
Fibroids and how to treat them
What you can expect at the doctor's office
How to talk to your doctor about bleeding problems
What you should know about the newest procedures and medications
Should you worry about anemia?
Is the pill the answer?
Nonhormonal treatments that may work
Sex and bleeding
The pros and cons of hysterectomies
Should you try and keep your ovaries?
Why your uterus may be falling and what to do about it
Postmenopausal bleeding: a primer
Aches and Pains     161
A top-to-bottom compendium
Menstrual migraines and morning headaches: What they mean and new treatments for both
Burning mouth syndrome
What your gums reveal about your hormone levels
Thyroid problems: too much and too little
Can low thyroid make you fat?
To treat or not to treat: the debate over thyroid therapy
Torn rotator cuff
Frozen shoulder
Breast tenderness
Morning stiffness
Joints 101
Beating arthritis
Talking to your doctor about incontinence
Foot problems and buying shoes that fit
Moods and Emotions     193
Singing the menopause blues?
The hormone/mood connection
The depression spectrum
Lowering your risk for mood disorders
PMS, perimenopause, and depression: Are they linked?
Hot flashes, sleep, and mood
The role of stress and how to manage it
Toxic marriages
Cultural influences on mood at menopause
Thyroid disease and depression
The science of happiness
Evaluating different treatments
Can you Botox your troubles away?
Rx: a new job?
Help! Antidepressants are killing my libido
Can hormone therapy help?
Could progesterone be the problem?
Bipolar disorder and hormone therapy
Anxiety disorders at midlife
Why you may be more vulnerable to panic attacks
Could it be more than depression?
Late-onset schizophrenia
Will schizophrenia worsen?
Thinking and Memory     227
The anatomy of your brain at midlife
Types of memory problems
Feeling out-to-lunch during the menopause transition
What is Alzheimer's?
Depression and memory
Common causes of memory loss
Hot flashes and concentration
ADD in adults
Chemo brain
Losing your car keys: a sign of Alzheimer's?
The role of stress
Hormones and dementia: what we've learned from the Women's Health Initiative
Reading problems
Surgical menopause and memory
Maintain your brain
Strategies for improving memory
How exercise helps your body and your mind
What's diet got to do with it?
The importance of being social
Mind games
Staying Healthy Forever     251
Bones     253
Estrogen loss and weak bones
Getting your daughter to build bone mass now
Getting tested
Who's at greatest risk for osteoporosis?
Calcium: from food or supplements?
Why vitamin D matters
You can be too thin
The role of race and ethnicity
Teeth and bones
Inside your medicine chest: medications for bone health
Do statins and cancer drugs protect bones?
Concern about radiation
Alternative treatments
Is heredity destiny?
Exercises to strengthen your bones and improve flexibility and balance
Eyes and Ears     293
When did the menu print get so small, and why is everybody mumbling?
Dry eyes
Estrogen, testosterone, and your eyes
Buying reading glasses that don't look frumpy: a guide
Behind your specs: makeup tips
Do you need bifocals?
Why nighttime driving has gotten harder
Sun exposure and eye health
Preserving your vision as you get older
Hormone therapy and hearing loss
How loud is too loud?
Alternatives to visible hearing aids
Turn down your iPod!
Heart     315
The #1 killer of women
Why your symptoms may be different from his
Cholesterol 101
Risk factors for heart disease
Estimating your risk and how to lower it
The controversial role of hormone therapy
Using the new food labels
Antioxidants and free radicals
Exercise, exercise, exercise
How heart disease affects your whole body
Cancer     335
What you need to know about breast, ovarian, endomentrial, cervical, lung, colorectal, bladder, vulvar, vaginal cancer
Keeping an eye out for symptoms
Hormones and cancer: where they meet
Cancer detectives: maximizing the benefits of mammograms, Pap tests, colonoscopies
The effect of menopause and age on your risk profile
Why pregnancy and breast feeding protect against breast cancer
Does the pill make a difference?
Is hormone therapy an option after cancer?
Hormone therapy and cancer: a mixed bag
What you should know about breast self-examinations
When is it a tumor and when is it just a cyst?
What you can do to improve your odds
Lowering your risk by losing weight
The pros and cons of progesterone
The search for an effective ovarian cancer screen
The cervical cancer vaccine and what it means for you
Dealing with menopause and cancer at the same time
Diet and Exercise     377
Does BMI matter?
Good fats and bad fats
Can supplements keep you healthy?
Why your belly is suddenly bigger
Battling bloated portions
Dairy and dieting
Vegetarians and menopause
The myths and realities: from blueberries to chocolate
How to lose weight at midlife
Exercises and recipes to keep you fit and strong into your 80s and beyond
Looking Good     423
Aging skin
Looking younger longer
Assessing sun damage
Smoking and premature aging
Are high-priced skin creams worth the extra money?
Adult acne
Hormone therapy and wrinkles
Makeup tips
Nail health
Fixing varicose veins
Bust boosters
Buying a bra that really fits
Less hair on your head, more on your chin: what to do
Endnote     447
Appendix I     451
Appendix II     477
Acknowledgments     491
Index     499

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to T'ai Chi and Qigong Illustrated

Author: Bill Douglas

The ancient martial art that's swept the nation.

The most popular form of exercise in the world, T'ai Chi can slow the aging process, increase balance and flexibility, lower stress levels, and enhance the body's natural healing powers. Now, with over 300 illustrations, this updated #1-selling guide has been expanded so that readers can create a practice for themselves. Based on the latest research, this new edition includes:
-A DVD that demonstrates 64 groups of movements that are difficult to learn from print alone
-A new illustrated format
-An expanded and updated T'ai Chi yellow pages resource
-Expanded health/medical benefits
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The Tao of Health Sex and Longevity or Tai Chi

The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity: A Modern Practical Guide to the Ancient Way

Author: Daniel P Reid

Written by a Westerner for the Western mind, here is the first book to explore in light of modern science the balanced and comprehensive system of health care used by Chinese physicians, martial artists, and meditators for over 5,000 years.

Drawing on original Chinese sources and years of personal experience, the author introduces the philosophy of Tao and gives detailed, practical information on:

• diet and nutrition, including sample menus

• food combining, and detoxifying the body

• specific foods and juices as treatments for a wide range of diseases (including such modern Western concerns as hypertension, cancer, infertility, herpes, and AIDS)

• fasting and excretion

• breathing exercises

• physical exercises for long life, total relaxation, and general health

• acupuncture and massage techniques

• Taoist birth control

• sex therapy

• bedroom arts and techniques to ensure complete satisfaction for both partners (considered essential for good health and long life)

• herbal aphrodisiacs and other sexual aids

• meditation -- turning essence into energy and energy into spirit

With many helpful charts and clear illustrations, The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity makes the ancient "Way" easily accessible to those seeking the latest in New Age health care.

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Tai Chi (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:

• Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
• Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
• Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
• Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
• Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

Perfect form, perfect calm.

Looking to achieve a healthy mind-body connection? Then look no further than tai chi, a time-honored martial art that uses moderate exercise and meditation to promote physical strength and mental focus. Get a leg up on:

• Practical considerations for planning your tai chi regimen

• The basic principles of tai chi, including posture, breathing, and mindfulness

• All 24 forms of the Yang style, the world’s most popular type of tai chi

Gluten Free Gourmet Cooks Comfort Foods or Endurance Sports Nutrition

Gluten-Free Gourmet Cooks Comfort Foods: Creating Old Favorites with the New Flours

Author: Bette Hagman

The latest addition to the bestselling series of cookbooks that have sold more than 300,000 copies.Bette Hagman is the premier creator of recipes for those intolerant to gluten and for those allergic to wheat. In the latest addition to the Gluten-free Gourmet series, Hagman turns her hand to old favorites such as macaroni and cheese, chicken pot pie, and lasagna that were once off-limits to anyone who is gluten intolerant. At the core of this book are more than two hundred all-new recipes for the mouth-watering comfort foods enjoyed by people everywhere.The nutritional information and dietary exchanges that accompany each recipe will make these hearty and delicious foods fit easily into any diet. Hagman also provides an introduction to new flours now available to the gluten-free cook and offers a list of sources for gluten-free baking products you can order by mail. With The Gluten-free Gourmet Cooks Comfort Foods, everyone can enjoy satisfying meals and snacks without gluten or wheat.

Library Journal

Recently, several comfort-food cookbooks have been published, and now Hagman, the author of five previous "Gluten-Free" titles, provides homey recipes on that theme for those allergic to wheat. A number of the recipes use the "new" flours-those made from millet, quinoa, teff, and other grains and increasingly available at health food stores or through mail-order sources. The recipes cover all courses of a meal, but those for breads, sandwiches, and baked desserts will be especially appreciated by Hagman's readers. For all subject collections. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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Endurance Sports Nutrition: Strategies for Training, Racing, and Recovery

Author: Suzanne Girard Eberl

Find your endurance advantage in the foods you eat. Endurance Sports Nutrition will help you select the best foods, fluids, and supplements to train longer, recover more quickly, avoid injuries, and achieve your performance goals in any endurance endeavor.

Sports dietitian and former elite runner Suzanne Girard Eberle provides a proven fueling program that addresses the unique needs of endurance athletes:

• Road and trail running: 5K to 100+ miles
• Cycling and mountain biking: time trials to multiday rides
• Duathlon and triathlon: sprint to Ironman
• Winter sports: Nordic ski races to mountain ascents
• Water sports: rowing and long-distance swimming
• Environmental conditions: extreme temperatures and high altitude

Complete with customizable menu plans, profiles and advice from elite endurance athletes, and strategies for avoiding the most common pitfalls of endurance athletes, Endurance Sports Nutrition will fuel your best performance.

Table of Contents:

Part I: Endurance-Specific Nutrition Strategies

Stretching for 50 or Addicted to Stress

Stretching for 50+: A Customized Program for Increasing Flexibility, Avoiding Injury, and Enjoying an Active Lifestyle

Author: Karl Knoph

Based on the belief that individuals over 50 can do most of the same things as 20- and 30-year-olds, 50+ Stretching shows how to maintain and improve flexibility by incorporating additional stretching into one's life. Covering all the muscle groups of the body, the author offers specially designed programs catering to every level of fitness. Among the book's exclusive features are the "supereasy" variations designed for the 60-and-older crowd or individuals with limited mobility. By incorporating helpful props such as a chair, sofa, or elastic strap, these stretches are a safe way to begin gaining flexibility and are the perfect stepping stone to the book's other stretches.

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Addicted to Stress: A Woman's 7-Step Program to Reclaim Joy and Spontaneity in Life

Author: Debbie Mandel

In this highly original program for stress reduction, stress management expert and radio personality Debbie Mandel explains that women who are constantly stressed out have forgotten the dreams of the free-spirited girl living inside them before they became somebody’s wife, mother, or workplace colleague. Debbie Mandel offers seven proven steps to help women overcome daily stressors and reclaim a life of joy and spontaneity. Addicted to Stress shows how as the addiction to stress is cured, women find it possible to build up an immunity to outside pressure and become their true core self.

Yoga Kids or Natural Cures They Dont Want You to Know About

Yoga Kids: Educating the Whole Child Through Yoga

Author: Marsha Wenig

The innovative YogaKids® program offers more than just poses: It blends traditional yoga and its benefits with new theories of multiple learning styles in a comprehensive, imaginative, and playful approach to education.The best-selling YogaKids® video (a Parent's Choice award winner) has been helping kids—and their parents—discover the pleasures and benefits of yoga for more than seven years. With this book, Marsha Wenig's fun and child-friendly course is expanded and enriched for parents, teachers, and caregivers. YogaKids® presents more than 50 carefully selected poses, in clear, easy-to-follow, color photographs, paired with special activities that stimulate children's verbal, spatial, and artistic skills. The book includes special yoga routines to cover a multitude of common situations, such as calming down, getting ready for a test, or even riding in a car, as well as help for children with special needs. Parents learn the physical and emotional benefits of each pose; children discover that learning is fun, that exercise feels good, and that taking care of their bodies is easy.

Author Bio: Marsha Wenig, R.Y.T., creator of YogaKids®, is a certified yoga instructor and a "Yoga for the Special Child" graduate. As an expert in the field of yoga for children, she has written widely on the subject for Yoga Journal, Fitness, Parent Guide, and other publications. She is the cofounder and director, with her husband, Don Wenig, of YogaKids® International and Dancing Feet Yoga Center in Michigan City, Indiana.

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Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About

Author: Kevin Trudeau

Kevin Trudeau blows the lid off a nest of deception and double standards concerning general and individual health in this new book, Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You To Know About. Kevin has risked government prosecution to bring you the full story of an intricate conspiracy.

From the retail supermarket outlets of huge, publicly traded corporations comes processed, manipulated, engineered "food products" produced by other wings of the same corporation. These artificial, toxic treats are then sold with the blessings of the Federal Trade Commission and Food and Drug Administration government organizations charged with safeguarding the public good laying the foundations for future disease and chronic ill-health for the consumer, and a guaranteed source of revenue for the medical and pharmaceutical sectors.

Kevin reveals the shocking truth of how drugs which are being advertised directly to the consumer, pushing their use to an all-time high are actually the cause of illness and disease climbing to near epidemic levels.

And, though it sounds dire, Kevin offers a light in the darkness and directs the reader to scores and scores of alternative therapies, medical practices, philosophies and most importantly potential cures that help your body regain its natural state of health and vibrancy.

So follow Kevin on an amazing journey through the behind-the-scenes world of corporate sponsored "nutrition" and "health," and learn about Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You To Know About.

Encyclopedia of Healing Foods or The Noonday Demon

Encyclopedia of Healing Foods

Author: Michael Murray

From the bestselling authors of The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, the most comprehensive and practical guide available to the nutritional benefits and medicinal properties of virtually everything edible

As countless studies have affirmed, diet plays a major role in both provoking and preventing a wide range of diseases. But just what is a healthy diet? What does the body need to stay strong and get well? In The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods, Michael T. Murray, N.D., and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., two of the world№s foremost authorities on nutrition and wellness, draw on an abundant harvest of research to present the best guide available to healthy eating.

Make healthy eating a lifetime habit.

Let The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods teach you how to:

• design a safe diet
• use foods to stimulate the body№s natural ability to rejuvenate and heal
• discover the role that fiber, enzymes, fatty acids, and other dietary components
• have in helping us live healthfully
• understand which food prescriptions will help you safely treat more than 70 specific ailments, including acne, Alzheimer№s disease, immune system depression, insomnia, migraine headaches, PMS, and rheumatoid arthritis
• prepare foods safely in order to prevent illness and maximize health benefits
• select, store, and prepare all kinds of healthful foods

Providing the best natural remedies for everyday aches and pains, as well as potent protection against serious diseases, The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods is a required daily health reference.

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The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

Author: Andrew Solomon

The Noonday Demon examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policy makers and politicians, drug designers and philosophers, Andrew Solomon reveals the subtle complexities and sheer agony of the disease. He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications, the efficacy of alternative treatments, and the impact the malady has on various demographic populations -- around the world and throughout history. He also explores the thorny patch of moral and ethical questions posed by emerging biological explanations for mental illness. With uncommon humanity, candor, wit, and erudition, award-winning author Solomon takes readers on a journey of incom-parable range and resonance into the most pervasive of family secrets. His contribution to our understanding not only of mental illness but also of the human condition is truly stunning.

Book Magazine

Few audiobooks impart the kind of gentle wisdom found throughout Solomon's National Book Award–winning tome on depression. Part memoir, part analysis, it describes Solomon's anguished battle with depression and examines the role this affliction has played through the ages. Solomon is a sincere and engaging reader who brings emotional shading to the material, and there is not one dry note. The only flaw worth mentioning is the abridgement: While nicely handled, it isn't necessary. Listeners may find themselves reaching for the printed book for more on this fascinating topic.

Publishers Weekly

Calling depression the "flaw of love," 2001 National Book Award-winner Solomon (A Stone Boat) brings a stunning breadth of research to this widely misunderstood and often stigmatized illness. At least 19 million Americans suffer from chronic depression, and Solomon concedes its diagnosis and treatment are as complex as the illness. The eloquent, cerebral prose distinguishing his book (the writing of which, he says, consumed his life for five years), is mirrored in Solomon's equally articulate and refined reading style, marked by traces of a crisp British accent and a consistent, soothing tone. While outlining the major treatments, Solomon's discussion covers brain chemistry, the classes of antidepressants and their possible effects and efficacy rates, as well as the successful resurgence of electroshock therapy, talk therapy, surgical options and alternative therapies (e.g., herbal, homeopathic and hypnosis). Some laypersons may find the audio format ill-adapted for this technical portion. However, Solomon's unequivocal candor about his own at times incapacitating struggle with depression, and the compassionate, hopeful perspective he conveys more than makes up for this. Loaded with personal anecdotes, snippets of letters, interviews and recalled conversations with fellow sufferers, this audio creates a sense of intimacy many listeners may find therapeutic. Based on the Scribner hardcover (Forecasts, May 14, 2001). (Feb.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

In addition to the self-help and parental advice genres is the literary and philosophical study of depression that harks back to Richard Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy. The Noonday Demon, based on an article that Solomon wrote for The New Yorker in 1998, is such a book. The backbone of this superb work is the author's narrative of his own struggles with severe depression--his musings on its multifarious causes and on the role that his privileged socioeconomic status has played in its successful management. Solomon also interviewed scores of other depression sufferers about their trials with treatment and visited Africa, Greenland, and Cambodia in search of different cultural perspectives. This journalistic approach allows Solomon to convey a great deal of information in the form of fascinating, if sometimes horrific, life stories. This compassionate work that never simplifies complex matters is essential for all collections. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

A reader's guide to depression, hopelessly bleak yet heartbreakingly real. In this massive tome, Solomon (A Stone Boat) confronts the terrors of depression with a breadth both panoramic and precise. The 12 tersely titled chapters ("Depression," "Breakdowns," "Treatments," "Alternatives," "Populations," "Addiction," "Suicide," "History," "Poverty," "Politics," "Evolution," and "Hope") address with spectacular clarity the ways in which depression steals lives away, leaving its prey bereft of their very selves. Despite the occasional cliché ("Life is fraught with sorrows") and heavy metaphor ("Grief is a humble angel"), Solomon's prose illuminates a dark topic through the unfolding tales of his sources and his own life story; by allowing the voices of those who battle depression to speak, rich and varied pictures of daily struggle, defeat, and triumph ultimately emerge. The author deserves kudos as well both for the geographical span of his account (which ranges from Senegal to Greenland) and for its historical sweep (which begins with Hippocrates and continues to the present). Paradoxically, the completeness of Solomon's vision undermines his readability: so much suffering fills these pages that, at times, it's all a bit too much darkness. (The gruesome litany of suicide techniques, for example, seems gratuitous.) Nevertheless, the importance of the work becomes virtually self-evident when Solomon addresses such topics as the cultural denial of depression, masculine fears of seeking treatment, strengths and weaknesses of various treatments, the salutary effect of diet and exercise on depression, the high cost of treatment, and chronic depression among the elderly. Fortunately the final chapter is "Hope"—for the reader will certainly be in need of some after the marathon of gloom. So good, so vitally important, but so . . . depressing.

Table of Contents:

	A Note on Method	11
I	Depression	15
II	Breakdowns	39
III	Treatments	101
IV	Alternatives	135
V	Populations	173
VI	Addiction	217
VII	Suicide	243
VIII	History	285
IX	Poverty	335
X	Politics	361
XI	Evolution	401
XII	Hope	421
	Notes	445
	Bibliography	501
	Acknowledgments	537
	Index	541

Controlling High Blood Pressure the Natural Way or Reality Diet

Controlling High Blood Pressure the Natural Way

Author: David L Carroll

Of the countless ailments that rack the human machine,
high blood pressure is one of the easiest to prevent
and one of the most responsive to treatment.

Who gets high blood pressure? Should you panic if you or someone you love develops hypertension? How can you help yourself, even if you're in a high-risk group?

High blood pressure is commonly the result of an unhealthy lifestyle, and it can almost always be controlled--without debilitating medications--simply by eating the right foods, taking the proper herb and vitamin supplements, getting the correct types of exercise, and practicing such stress-reducing techniques as meditation, visualization, tai chi, and yoga. This book gives you a firm grip on all these tools. Start using them today to build yourself a healthy, circulation-friendly life.

FEATURING:
• A triple-threat healing program that not only revitalizes your circulation system but also boosts your overall health
• A thirty-day food regimen--ninety full menus for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus many recipes for delicious foods to eat as you control hypertension

Go to: Nothing to Fear or Fear and Loathing

Reality Diet: Lose the Pounds for Good with a Cardiologist's Simple, Healthy, Proven Plan

Author: Steven A Schnur

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Extreme Muscle Enhancement or The Best Life Diet

Extreme Muscle Enhancement

Author: Carlon M Colker

The ultimate bodybuilding guide!

Written by accomplished bodybuilder and medical advisor Carlon Colker M.D., FACN, Extreme Muscle Enhancement lays out the guidelines to getting ripped and getting huge from A to Z: how to train, how often, what to eat, when to eat, what supplements work and which don't. It dispels time-wasting myths and gives you the hardcore facts you need to pump up and get maximum results from every rep you do and every penny you spend. You get step-by-step workout regimens, eating plans, supplementation advice, and more, plus inside stories of exactly how the greats made it big... and the not-so-greats failed. This is, pure and simple, the best how-to guide to bodybuilding ever written.

What People Are Saying

Ken Shamrock
"Extreme Muscle Enhancement contains cutting-edge techniques for building a chiseled, rock-hard physique. I've been at the game a long time, and after reading Dr. Colker's book my motivation went through the roof!"
—UFC Champion

Dorian Yates
"A key component of my success was gathering as much information as possible. The wealth of information contained in Dr. Colker's book far exceeds that of any publication I've seen. I myself have employed several of these techniques in winning 6 Mr. Olympia titles."
—6 time Mr. Olympia

Ronnie Coleman
"EME is the first book that reveals the real mass building secrets of bodybuilding's top pro's. In fact, many of the techniques in this masterpiece are the same ones I've used to win 7 Mr. Olympia titles. It is packed with precise detailed instructions on how to dramatically transform your physique the fastest way possible. Extreme Muscle Enhancement is my number one recommendation for anyone looking to pack on serious muscle size. Take it from me, these methods really and truly work!"
—7 Time Mr. Olympia

Chad Nicholls
"Extreme Muscle Enhancement is the equivalent of taking the best nutritionists and trainers in the world and combining their knowledge and know-how into one book! If you are interested in paying a one-time fee to have all the information you need to reach your bodybuilding goals, at your disposal forever, then Dr. Colker's book is a necessity."
—Nutritionist to 7-Time Mr. Olympia, 4-Time Ms. Olympia, Kim Chizevsky and multiple IFBB bodybuilding and fitness champions.

Jim Stoppani
"Every detail about training, nutrition, supplementation, and much more is covered in this cutting-edge, comprehensive, all-inclusive guide to building a champion physique. Extreme Muscle Enhancement by Dr. Carlon Colker is hailed as the "bodybuilding bible" by many of today's top bodybuilding pro's. If you are looking to take your physique to the next level, EME is a must read."
—Science Editor of Muscle & Fitness and FLEX magazines

New interesting book: The Looming Tower or Fair Game

The Best Life Diet

Author: Bob Green

From the bestselling author of Get With the Program! and Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover comes The Best Life Diet, a lifetime plan for losing weight and keeping it off. Bob Greene helped Oprah achieve her dramatic weight loss, and he can help you too. You'll eat the same delicious food that Oprah enjoys, and, just like Oprah, you'll have Bob to encourage you at every step. Unlike a celebrity, however, you don't need to hire a staff of experts to aid and advise you, because Bob's plan, easily tailored to an array of tastes, lifestyles, and activity levels, acts as your personal trainer and private nutritionist. Just open the book and let Bob help you get started down the path toward your best possible life.

What sets Bob apart from all the other experts who claim to have plans that work is that he admits that weight loss is difficult: seventeen years of watching people struggle to lose weight on a seemingly endless string of trendy crash diets, only to backslide and regain the pounds they've shed, have taught him that dropping pounds is not simply a numbers game. By acknowledging that it is not simple laziness but a complicated web of social rituals, cultural expectations, and habits that drives people to gain weight, Greene is able to attack the problem of weight loss realistically and offer not a short-lived, quick-fix formula, but a long-term program that accounts for the challenges and constraints of the real world.

Divided into three phases, The Best Life Diet gives you the tools you need to change your life. In each phase, you'll be asked to reexamine the decisions you make on a daily basis and gradually alter your habits to achieve lastingresults. The book also includes easy-to-follow meal plans that make it simple to meet your daily energy and nutrient requirements, whether you are on the run and breakfast means a quick smoothie or you have time to shop for fresh produce and make something special.

You'll watch the weight disappear as you learn to prepare festive and flavorful dishes like Fire-Roasted Tomato-Shrimp Veracruz, Chicken Sausage Jambalaya, or Flank Steak with Chimichurri Topping and indulge in desserts like Roasted Peaches with Ricotta and Almonds or Apple Rhubarb Walnut Crisp. And for each delicious recipe, there is a detailed nutritional analysis, so you know exactly what you are eating and how it fits into your personal eating plan.

Most important, Bob's plan doesn't end once you've lost the weight. Instead, it gives you the tools you need to make living your best life second nature, because for Greene, a diet is not something you go "on" or "off" but a set of guidelines that will help you claim the life you deserve.