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.