Healing the Hidden Self or Balanced Healing

Healing the Hidden Self

Author: Barbara Shlemon Ryan

Focusing on healing for the seven major stages of human development-Prenatal, Birth, Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence, Early Adulthood, and Seasoned Citizens-Barbara Shlemon Ryan describes how long-lasting hurt can occur in one or more stages of life, and how this hurt can manifest itself in another stage.

With a new preface, a new epilogue, and chapters focusing on each stage of development, Ryan offers examples of the types of problems encountered in each stage. A prayer at the end of each chapter helps initiate the healing process. Healing the Hidden Self emphasizes the importance of inner healing for all who seek a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and with others. Its practical, how-to approach makes it an invaluable resource.

After more than 100,000 copies sold, this revised edition updates the 1982 original using new examples, references, and insights gained through Barbara Shlemon Ryan's Beloved Ministry.

Book review: Letters to the Next President or Total Cold War

Balanced Healing: Combining Modern Medicine with Safe & Effective Alternative

Author: Larry H Altshuler

Balanced Healing arms readers with ailment-specific information that will help them make intelligent choices for a bias-free, balanced approach to health and healing.

Library Journal

Altshuler, a board-certified physician, incorporated alternative medicine treatments into his practice 25 years ago and received advanced training in several alternative therapies. His book is an attempt to present a balanced overview of the best of conventional and alternative healing therapies. After weighing the pros and cons of modern medicine vs. integrative medicine, the author shows how the two medical styles can be combined to treat 100 common ailments. The entries in this A-to-Z section include common symptoms, recommendations, and treatment plans. Altshuler cautions readers to remember that patients are different and that one therapy combination may not work for all. He also advises readers to work closely with a medical professional when using combined therapies. Two appendixes provide a list of alternative methods and procedures and alternative medicine products. Altshuler's experience with both types of therapies and his balanced approach make this book a valuable addition to any consumer health library or consumer health collection.-Marge Kars, Bronson Methodist Hosp. Lib., Kalamazoo, MI Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

The Smart Womens Guide to Pain Free Periods or What to Eat When You Cant Eat Anything

The Smart Women's Guide to Pain-Free Periods

Author: Linda Woolven

An unabashed guide to symptom-free, drug-free periods

For the 30 to 40 percent of women afflicted with PMS, traditional medicine can offer no genuine cures, only hormones, anti-depressants, and temporary pain-killers. Offering a practical, easy-to-implement plan for recovery from even the most debilitating forms of PMS, herbalist Linda Woolven outlines a natural powerhouse regimen of herbs, vitamins, minerals, and nutritional changes. A comprehensive guide to every aspect of women's menstrual and sexual health, the book also addresses menopause and osteoporosis. Combining scientific research and clinical experience with clear practical guidelines, this is an essential how-to health book for women of all ages.

Linda Woolven (Toronto, ON, Canada) is the author of The Vegetarian Passport Cookbook

(978-1-555041-331-1) and Healthy Herbs (978-1-555041-329-8).

Book review: La receta del gran medico para la diabetes or The Skiers Edge Breakthrough Techniques for Intermediate and Advanced Skiers

What to Eat When You Can't Eat Anything: The Complete Allergy Cookbook

Author: Chupi Sweetman

Living with food allergies and intolerances used to mean one had to stick to a restrictive, often tasteless, and sometimes downright unpleasant diet—but not anymore. In What to Eat When You Can't Eat Anything, Chupi and Luke Sweetman, who had to rethink the way they ate because of their own food challenges, offer over 120 healthful and delicious dishes that put the joy back into eating. These mouth-watering recipes accompanied by 40 stunning photographs—covering breakfast to dessert—are perfect for all types of food sensitivities, from wheat, sugar, and yeast to dairy products, gluten, and artificial additives, and best of all, they allow readers to indulge in many of the everyday foods that we all know and love. With the collaboration of Patricia Quinn—one of Ireland's best-respected nutritionists—this book is filled with important information and sound advice on specific food allergies and intolerances, what foods and ingredients to stock, how to buy them, and much more. What to Eat When You Can't Eat Anything is guaranteed to add fun—and great taste—to every food-sensitive diet.

Caregiving Zone or Bipolar Disorders A Guide to Helping Children Adolescents

Caregiving Zone

Author: Peggy Flynn

Coping with illness and dying is a challenge. How do we allocate resources? What are the rights and responsibilities of the sick and those tending them? Can the burdens of caregiving be blessings in disguise?

In The Caregiving Zone, Peggy Flynn, founder and director of The Good Death Institute, describes the everyday challenges of caregiving. She encourages us to think about illness and death as incontrovertible realities that can be anticipated and made less burdensome for everyone involved. "Death is hard, but it doesn't have to be hideous."

Using personal stories and reflections, Ms. Flynn illuminates life "in the Zone" with understanding and empathy. She suggests that individuals and families "take charge of the inevitable" by confronting their fears and preparing for illness and death before events overtake them. She envisions "a program designed for families or groups of friends who want to be proactive about the inevitable."

The Caregiving Zone illustrates how both giving and receiving care can provide opportunities and rewards in addition to burdens. Sometimes, with insight, information and compassion, the benefits can outweigh the costs.

Interesting textbook: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management or Financial Sector Transformation

Bipolar Disorders A Guide to Helping Children & Adolescents

Author: Mitzi Waltz

Until recently, bipolar disorders were almost never diagnosed in children and rarely recognized in adolescents, even though between 20 and 40 percent of the two million or more adults diagnosed with bipolar disorders in the United States experienced the onset of illness in their teen years or before. Psychiatrists now recognize that manic depression has frequently been misdiagnosed as ADHD (or oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, or depression). According to recent data, 23 percent of children currently diagnosed with ADHD will evenutally be diagnosed as having a bipolar disorder. As many as a million children in the US alone may have childhood-onset bipolar disorder.

Bipolar disorders are different in children than in adults. There are some diagnostic criteria unique to children. Some reckless behavior is limited by being a child and being under adult control. Families and communities pay a heavy toll when this disorder is not recognized and treated. Suicide is a possible outcome, as are school failure, limited job prospects, legal difficulties, and hospitalizations. Understanding and recognizing the differences in the illness for children and adolescents is key for concerned parents and professionals.

Bipolar Disorders covers the range of topics that parents need to know about in order to help their children:

• Description of the range of bipolar disorders
• Diagnostic criteria, current and proposed, including comparisons to common misdiagnoses
• Family life with bipolar disorders, including recognizing and preventing mood swings, safety, and support
• Medications, with special attention to the physiology and responses of children and adolescents
• Therapeutic interventions in various "talk therapies"
• Other interventions, such as improving sleep patterns, preventing seasonal mood swings, diet, and supplements
• Insurance issues
• school, including special education system and 504 Plans or EIPs

As author Mitzi Waltz notes, "With early intervention, the possibilities for these kids are limitless."

Booknews

An excellent plain-language guide for parents of children and adolescents with bipolar disorders, explaining diagnosis and common misdiagnoses, medications and responses, therapeutic interventions, and alternative therapies. Gives advice on family life and support, and discusses insurance issues and working within the educational system. Material is detailed yet easy to understand. Includes an extensive list of resources such as groups and agencies, publications, web sites, mail order pharmacies, and alternative medicine resources. The author is a journalist and mother of a daughter with the disorder. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

DK Living or Firm Abs Flat Stomach

DK Living: Classic Makeup and Beauty

Author: Mary Quant

DK Living is an exciting series of quality paperbacks designed to help readers make the most of life. Each book is filled with expert, user-friendly information on a particular subject and packed with ideas. Includes clear, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.

Go to: Identity Lessons or Passionate Sage

Firm Abs, Flat Stomach

Author: Anne Marie Millard

Get the body you’ve always wanted in just 30 days! With this fully illustrated day-by-day program, you can get a flat stomach, lose inches, and feel great. Designed for people of all levels of fitness, this fast and effective method consists of routines that will fit into even the busiest lifestyle. Begin by assessing your shape and goals, and calculate your personal daily caloric intake. Guidelines for healthy eating help you adjust your diet to the program and for life. Burn calories and tone muscles with progressively more challenging workouts that alternate between aerobic and resistance exercises. A maintenance program enables you to keep your fabulous new shape, and pre- and post-natal plans help you regain your figure after pregnancy.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	6
	Working Out Your Goals	8
	Focus on Diet	22
	The 30-Day Stomach-Toning Programme	32
	Keeping Your New Body Shape	106
	Pre- and Post-Natal Exercises	116
	Index	126
	Acknowledgments	128

Color and Personality or Navaho Symbols of Healing

Color And Personality

Author: Audrey Karger

This study of color is based on the research findings of scientists and psychologists dating back to the early days of Egypt, Babylon, India and China. Includes a chapter on the human aura, the physical effects of color, personality and character analysis through color, chromotherapy and more.

Books about: In the Open or Transformation through Bodywork

Navaho Symbols of Healing: A Jungian Exploration of Ritual, Image, and Medicine

Author: Donald Sandner

In this original and superbly researched work, a Jungian-trained psychiatrist explores ancient Navaho methods of healing--methods that use ritual and vibrant imagery to bring the psyche into harmony with the natural forces that surround it. Through his interactions with Navaho medicine men, Sandner conveys the rigors of their training and the complexities of their purification and evocation rites, including the use of sand paintings as healing mandalas and the esoteric meaning of the pollen path. 

Presents the basic principles of Navaho healing:
  Return to the origins
  Confrontation and manipulation of evil
  Death and rebirth
  Restoration of the universe 

Challenges Western medicine in its search for a more holistic and humane healing art. 

Cloth edition of this title was published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Smile or 30 Day Bootcamp

Smile!: The Ultimate Guide to Achieving Smile Beauty

Author: Jonathan B Levin

A perfect smile is the latest, hottest, must-have accessory. It's bright, it's white, and just flashing it makes anyone feel like a celebrity. And now, it's easier to get than ever before. With over 20 years of experience, Jonathan Levine, creator of GoSMILE and aesthetic dentist to the stars, offers readers a groundbreaking program to help improve and care for their smiles. Complete with home tips, guidance on how to find the right dentist, nutritional advice, the psychology behind the right smile, and much more, readers will have more reason than ever to flash their smile!

Books about: Programming Logic for Business or Accounting Principles Chapters 1 13

30-Day Bootcamp: Your Ultimate Weight Loss Plan

Author: Valerie Orsoni Vauthey

30-Day BootCamp: Your Ultimate Weight Loss Plan gives readers the information they need to make wise decisions when it comes to health, fitness, nutrition, and weight loss. There are no potions, pills, powders, or unruly dietary restrictions. And best of all, there's no counting!

A butt-kicking program without the 5 am start!
Author Valerie Orsoni-Vauthey, assisted by her certified weight loss coaches at MyPrivateCoach, provides healthy steps to fast, effective, and permanent weight loss:
-Nutritional tips and secrets to help you slim down and shape-up
-Meal plans specifically balanced for proper nutrition
-Daily exercise drills you can do almost anywhere to tone and firm your muscles
-Recipes and meal plans for all preferences, including vegan and vegetarian dishes, light meals, party dishes, and restaurant suggestions

Complete with everything you need to make your weight loss journey as easy as possible, 30-Day BootCamp: Your Ultimate Weight Loss Plan is the ultimate guide to healthy eating for lifelong fitness!

Delmars Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses or Tylers Honest Herbal

Delmar's Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses

Author: Martha Libster

Delmar's Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses is the first book to present the ways nurses can successfully integrate herbs into a caring practice alongside more conventional biomedical therapies. Herbs were once a major source of the remedies used in healing. The development of synthetic drugs during the twentieth century largely replaced the use of herbal therapies in nursing practice. This trend is beginning to change again, however, as nurses now encounter patients turned health care consumers who actively seek alternatives to biomedicine, such as herbal therapies. Today's nurse is also becoming more aware of a larger demographic group of patients who continue to use generations-old, plant-based remedies. The guide begins with an introduction to medicinal plants and includes a brief overview of botany, safe use information, and suggestions on how to use the guide in practice. The main body of the guide includes twelve chapters profiling fifty-eight common herbs. Each chapter contains practical information on how to integrate plant-based therapies into patient care. The guide concludes by showing nurses ways they can learn more about the use of plant therapies in holistic practice and includes a sample curriculum for a thirty-two week introductory course on the integrative use of plant therapies.

Look this: Pilaf Pozole and Pad Thai or Bread Reflections and Family Distractions

Tyler's Honest Herbal

Author: Steven Foster

Viewing herbs from a scientific standpoint, the authors of Tyler's Honest Herbal assess our most important herbs based on available scientific information. Each write-up includes descriptive information on the source of the plant, its traditional uses, and an evaluation of the relevant and current literature which helps support or disprove intended uses of the plant. This new edition of Tyler's classic The Honest Herbal provides you with the following features not found in any of the previous editions: research and information about cat's claw, celery, garcinia, grape seed, kava, pygeum, and wild yam; what you need to know about the latest clinical trials on many bestselling herbs, including black cohosh, echinacea, garlic, ginkgo, ginseng, St. John's wort, and saw palmetto; and hundreds of new, supporting references from scientific studies on herbs and other dietary supplements.

Joan M. Stachnik

This is a compilation of reviews on the therapeutic use of common herbs. The purpose is to provide healthcare professionals and consumers with accurate and unbiased information on the actions and uses of common herbs, to allow for their safe and effective use. Given the recent increase in the use of herbs and natural products by both clinicians and consumers, authoritative information on these products is greatly needed. This book is intended for use by any individual who is interested in the therapeutic use of herbs. It is written in language understandable to both trained healthcare professionals and consumers. The authors are well-recognized authorities in the field of herbal and natural products, and have provided the reader not only with scientific data on herbs, but also with their insight and judgment on the validity of the use of herbs in the treatment of various conditions. Summaries of published scientific information on the therapeutic use of herbs are provided, along with commentary on the validity of their use. Each monograph includes a description of the plant or source, known active ingredients, and proposed pharmacologic action. In addition, there is a summary chart of all the herbals included in the book, listing the common name, source, plant part used, principal use, and a rating of safety and efficacy. The book also includes a chapter on laws and regulations governing herbals and on the ""pros and cons"" of herbal use. This fourth edition is a welcome addition to the references available on herbal products. The authors use their expertise to give the reader an unbiased evaluation of commonly used herbals. This reference can be of use to both healthcareprofessionals and consumers as a common sense guide to herbal products.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Joan Stachnik, PharmD, BCPS (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy)
Description: This is a compilation of reviews on the therapeutic use of common herbs.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide healthcare professionals and consumers with accurate and unbiased information on the actions and uses of common herbs, to allow for their safe and effective use. Given the recent increase in the use of herbs and natural products by both clinicians and consumers, authoritative information on these products is greatly needed.
Audience: This book is intended for use by any individual who is interested in the therapeutic use of herbs. It is written in language understandable to both trained healthcare professionals and consumers. The authors are well-recognized authorities in the field of herbal and natural products, and have provided the reader not only with scientific data on herbs, but also with their insight and judgment on the validity of the use of herbs in the treatment of various conditions.
Features: Summaries of published scientific information on the therapeutic use of herbs are provided, along with commentary on the validity of their use. Each monograph includes a description of the plant or source, known active ingredients, and proposed pharmacologic action. In addition, there is a summary chart of all the herbals included in the book, listing the common name, source, plant part used, principal use, and a rating of safety and efficacy. The book also includes a chapter on laws and regulations governing herbals and on the "pros and cons" of herbal use.
Assessment: This fourth edition is a welcome addition to the references available on herbal products. The authors use their expertise to give the reader an unbiased evaluation of commonly used herbals. This reference can be of use to both healthcare professionals and consumers as a common sense guide to herbal products.

Library Journal

Originally published as The Honest Herbal in 1982, Tyler's Honest Herbal is still the classic herbal guide for consumers and health practitioners alike, fully referenced with the latest peer-reviewed scientific data. As in previous editions, great emphasis is placed on safety concerns when taking herbs. Tyler's Herbs of Choice, a new edition of the 1994 Herbs of Choice, discusses the therapeutic application of herbal remedies for over 100 health problems. Objective and scientifically sound, it augments Tyler's Honest Herbal, although the titles do not need to be bought together. An added bonus is the useful chapter on "Herbal Regulations," as reliable and understandable information on this topic is hard to find. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Booknews

"Researchers, get busy!" and "caveat emptor" are the messages of this iteration (last, 1993; first, 1982) by herbalists Tyler (pharmacognosy, Purdue U.) and Foster, as they cull herbs' healing virtues from the hype. Alphabetical entries from alfalfa to yucca provide: a brief description, proper nomenclature, plant from which derived, comments on usage, accessible discussion of the chemistry/pharmacology of its active components, evaluation of probable utility, and references. A 16-page summary chart may alone be worth the price. No illustrations, though. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Table of Contents:

Preface	xi
Preface to The New Honest Herbal	xv
Preface to The Honest Herbal, Third Edition	xvii
Preface to Tyler's Honest Herbal, Fourth Edition	xix
Pros and Cons	1
Laws and Regulations	9
HERBS AND RELATED REMEDIES
Alfalfa	23
Aloe	27
Angelica	33
Apricot Pits (Laetrile)	35
Arnica	39
Barberry	43
Bayberry	47
Betony	49
Black Cohosh	51
Blue Cohosh	55
Boneset	57
Borage	59
Bran	63
Broom	67
Buchu	69
Burdock	71
Butcher's-Broom	73
Caffeine-Containing Plants	77
Calamus	83
Calendula	85
Canaigre	87
Capsicum	89
Catnip	93
Cat's Claw	97
Celery Seed	101
The Chamomiles and Yarrow	105
Chaparral	109
Chickweed	113
Chicory	115
Coltsfoot	119
Comfrey	121
Cranberry	127
Cucurbita	131
Damiana	135
Dandelion	137
Devil's Claw	139
Dong Quai	141
Echinacea	143
Ephedra (Ma Huang)	147
Evening Primrose	151
Eyebright	155
Fennel	157
Fenugreek	159
Feverfew	161
Fo-Ti (He-Shou-Wu)	163
Garcinia	167
Garlic and Other Alliums	171
Gentian	177
Ginger	181
Ginkgo	183
Ginseng and Related Herbs	187
Goldenseal	195
Gotu Kola	199
Grape Seed Extract	201
Hawthorn	205
Hibiscus	209
Honey	211
Hops	215
Horehound	217
Horsetail	219
Hydrangea	221
Hyssop	223
Jojoba Oil	225
Juniper	227
Kava	229
Kelp	233
Lettuce Opium	237
Licorice	241
Life Root	245
Linden Flowers	247
Lobelia	249
Lovage	251
Milk Thistle	253
Mistletoe	257
Mormon Tea	261
Muira Puama	263
Mullein	265
Myrrh	267
Nettle	269
New Zealand Green-Lipped Mussel	273
Papaya	279
Parsley	281
Passion Flower	283
Pau d'Arco	287
Pennyroyal	291
Peppermint	293
Pokeroot	297
Pollen	299
Propolis	303
Pygeum	307
Raspberry	311
Red Bush Tea	313
Red Clover	315
Rose Hips	319
Rosemary	321
Royal Jelly	323
Rue	325
Sage	327
St. John's Wort	331
Sarsaparilla	335
Sassafras	337
Savory	341
Saw Palmetto	343
Schisandra	347
Scullcap	349
Senega Snakeroot	353
Senna	355
Spirulina	359
Suma	363
Tansy	367
Tea Tree	369
L-Tryptophan	371
Uva Ursi	375
Valerian	377
Wild Yam	381
Witch Hazel	383
Wormwood	387
Yellow Dock	391
Yohimbe	393
Yucca	397
Summarized Evaluation of Herbal Remedies	399
Summary Chart	401
Index	419

Medieval Herbals or Oasis

Medieval Herbals: The Illustrative Traditions

Author: Minta Collins

Medieval Herbals: The Illustrative Traditions is a new, wide-ranging and generously illustrated study of manuscript herbals produced between 600 - 1450. The book examines the two principal herbal traditions of Classical descent: the Dioscorides manuscripts in Greek, Arabic, and Latin and the Latin Herbarius of Apulcius Platonicus. It shows how, from 1300, the illustrations of the de herbis Traetatus treatises, the first of which was British Library, MS. Egerton 747, showed a new observation of nature, paving the way in the fifteenth century for French Livres des Simples and the magnificent plant paintings of later Italian Herbals. Medieval Herbals provides one of the few syntheses in English of existing research on the subject and also addresses issues of dating, location, production and ownership of the individual codices. Minta Collins demonstrates how many herbals were not only codices for medical scholars but expensively illustrated books for bibliophiles, of equal interest to students of manuscripts, to historians of medicine and botany, and to art historians.

Book review: Mining Cultures or Information Systems Today

Oasis: A Spa for Body and Soul

Author: Eva Marie Everson

A warm relaxing bubble bath. Exquisitely scented candles. Your favorite music. Big soft fluffy towels. Creamy moisturizers. What are you waiting for?

It's so easy to let the busyness of life distract you from taking good care of yourself. Your body and your soul need daily care. Oasis will help you restore order, beauty, and vitality with fresh ideas that regenerate and replenish your outward appearance as well as your inner being. It goes beyond beauty tips to help you nourish your spirit. God designed you to be beautiful, and Oasis will help you understand and enhance that God-given beauty-inside and out.

Table of Contents:

A Note from the Author     9
The Body Beautiful     13
Bath and Shower Products     25
Naptime, Bedtime, and Time Away     33
Spas and Salons     51
Massage     67
Skin Protection     79
Skin Exfoliation     95
Moisturizer     107
The Face     119
Eyes, the Window to the Soul     133
The Old Kisser     147
Hands and Feet     161
Fragrance     177
Fashion     187
Staying Fit for the Journey     205
A Final Word about the Body Beautiful     215
Notes     217

Active Wellness or Wiccan Wellness Book

Active Wellness: Feel Good For Life

Author: Gayle Reichler

Healthy living is easy when it is satisfying to your body, mind, and spirit. In Active Wellness, Gayle Reichler provides the tools to incorporate healthy living into your busy schedule. With seven simple steps -- from eating and exercise plans that you personalize to ways to change those less-than-healthy habits to celebrating and maintaining your success -- the Active Wellness Program gives you the keys to a lifetime of health.

Table of Contents:

	Author's Note	xi
	Introduction and My Story	xiii
Step 1	Mentally Preparing Yourself for the Wellness Journey	1
Step 2	Forming New Healthy Habits and Conquering Triggers That Sabotage Your Success	19
Step 3	Getting Started with Your Personal Eating Plan: Rethinking Food, Fat, and Calories	47
Step 4	Putting Your Eating Plan into Practice Anywhere	97
Step 5	Your Personal Physical Fitness Plan	133
Step 6	Ways to Manage Stress	171
Step 7	Maintaining Active Wellness for a Lifetime	205
	Appendix 1	219
	Appendix 2	239
	Bibliography	242
	Index	247

Look this: California State of Mind or On the Cutting Edge of Globalization

Wiccan Wellness Book: Natural Healthcare for Mind, Body, and Spirit

Author: Laura Perry

This book offers a holistic approach to healthcare that emphasizes prayer, worship, and positive visualization in the healing process. It is for anyone who feels a responsibility to use methods of healthcare that respect the Earth. It provides a practical selection of holistic healthcare methods, including herbal remedies, exercise (such as yoga and Tai Chi), Reiki, homeopathy, massage, chiropractic, and information about how to maintain healthy surroundings using feng shui and other energy-based techniques. You will learn how to keep in tune with the many facets of your health through a body/mind/spirit health journal. Sections focusing on environmental health and natural healthcare methods will help you get a good grip on practical measures for optimum health. And finally, a collection of rituals for body, mind, and spirit combines spirituality and health into one holistic, attainable goal.

Nutraceutical Proteins and Peptides in Health and Disease or Stalking Harassment and Murder in the Workplace

Nutraceutical Proteins and Peptides in Health and Disease

Author: Yoshinori Min

This is the first book to cover bioactive proteins and peptides in the area of nutraceuticals and functional foods, providing state-of-the-art information. It examines recent advancements in the field and the biological activities associated with them. It explores the beneficial health effects of peptides, including antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, and discusses hypoallergenic foods such as milk proteins, egg proteins, soybeans, and rice seeds. The book also considers modern approaches to bioactive proteins and peptides. Edited by international experts in the field, this is an ideal reference for biochemists, nutritional scientists, food scientists, and health professionals.

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Stalking, Harassment, and Murder in the Workplace: Guidelines for Protection and Prevention

Author: Bernadette H Schell

Researched and written by two specialists in human resource management and workplace law, respectively here is sensible, practical advice on how to recognize, understand, cope with, and prevent a major and still growing crime in today's organizations. Their "red flag" indicators that a stalking crime is being committed, plus detailed analyses of the literature, court cases, and accounts by victims themselves, are specially designed and presented to help organizational managers create and implement successful anti-stalking and anti-harassment programs in their organizations. Schell and Lanteigne's narrative case studies make clear how victims act and react, and provide insight into the minds of stalkers. An important contribution to our understanding of a growing, extremely dangerous "happening," and an essential resource for executives and managers who have to cope with it.

Booknews

Lays out the facts of crimes committed against people in work environments and discusses ways to prevent them. Analyzes the literature, court cases, and findings on stalking and gives advice on implementing anti-stalking, anti-harassment programs in an organization. Explains how stalking impacts targets and how stalkers think and behave, then discusses law enforcement and legal approaches for dealing with stalking, and presents microsystem and macrosystem approaches for dealing with workplace violence and stalking. Schell is affiliated with Laurentian University, Canada; Lanteigne is a lawyer focusing on issues surrounding violence in organizations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Stalking: A Defining and Overview of the Problem
Stalking: The Business and Organizational Curse of the 1990s and the New Millennium
Stalking: An Overview of the Problem
The Process of Stalking: How It Impacts on Targets, and How Stalkers Think and Behave
Understanding the Impact of Stalking on Targets
Understanding How Stalkers Think and Behave
Stalking: Law Enforcement and Legal Approaches for Dealing with the Crime
Law Enforcement Approaches for Dealing with Stalking
Legal Approaches for Dealing with Stalking
Microsystem and Macrosystem Approaches for Dealing with Workplace Violence and Stalking
Recognizing the "Red Flags" of Stalking and of False Victimization Cases
Guidelines for Treating Various Stalkers' Symptoms
Organizational Strategies for Dealing with Workplace Violence and Stalking
Index

Naked Weightlifting or Sham

Naked Weightlifting: The Bare Essentials of Weight-Training

Author: Stephanie Jones

Naked Weightlifting is NOT about lifting weights without clothing (but I bet you took a second look). The definition of naked is "without extra or embellishment" while the definition of weightlifting is "the lifting of heavy weights as an exercise in a prescribed manner." Naked Weightlifting is another way of saying weightlifting made simple or without an overload of information. Pictures speak a thousand words especially when instructing individuals on how "to do" something like weightlifting.

The author put herself in the shoes of individuals who have never lifted weights before to those who have many years of experience weight training. The book is designed to show pictures of start and finish positions of over 100 weightlifting exercises that cover all body parts from abdominals to triceps (arms) accompanied with a basic description of how to execute those exercises. There are no opinions, nutritional advice or workout programs in this book, only how to do them properly and a spreadsheet for individuals to log their progress as a workbook.

Stephanie Jones was born and raised in Southern California where she was introduced to weightlifting by her sister and learned from one of Rachael McLish's bodybuilding books. She has over 15 years of weightlifting experience and is also a certified personal weight trainer. She has trained with individuals such as Ross Bonfiglio who held the Mr. Venture title in Ventura California in the 80's to professional bodyguards of celebrities like Sylvester Stallone. She has appeared several times with Peter Nielsen of Peter Principles which airs on the local NBC Detroit stations. She has never competed in any type of fitness competition as shebelieves the only person to compete with is herself. To continually drive for self improvement is the constant key to success.

Stephanie is also a mother of a 3 year old daughter who already has a set of 3lb dumbbells.

Books about: Parties with Pizazz or Chicken and Poultry Bible

Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless

Author: Steve Salerno

Self-help: To millions of Americans it seems like a godsend. To many others it seems like a joke. But as investigative reporter Steve Salerno reveals in this groundbreaking book, it’s neither—in fact it’s much worse than a joke. Going deep inside the Self-Help and Actualization Movement (fittingly, the words form the acronym SHAM), Salerno offers the first serious exposé of this multibillion-dollar industry and the real damage it is doing—not just to its paying customers, but to all of American society.
Based on the author’s extensive reporting—and the inside look at the industry he got while working at a leading “lifestyle” publisher—SHAM shows how thinly credentialed “experts” now dispense advice on everything from mental health to relationships to diet to personal finance to business strategy. Americans spend upward of $8 billion every year on self-help programs and products. And those staggering financial costs are actually the least of our worries.
SHAM demonstrates how the self-help movement’s core philosophies have infected virtually every aspect of American life—the home, the workplace, the schools, and more. And Salerno exposes the downside of being uplifted, showing how the “empowering” message that dominates self-help today proves just as damaging as the blame-shifting rhetoric of self-help’s “Recovery” movement.
SHAM also reveals:
• How self-help gurus conduct extensive market research to reach the same customers over and over—without ever helping them
• The inside story on the most notoriousgurus—from Dr. Phil to Dr. Laura, from Tony Robbins to John Gray
• How your company might be wasting money on motivational speakers, “executive coaches,” and other quick fixes that often hurt quality, productivity, and morale
• How the Recovery movement has eradicated notions of personal responsibility by labeling just about anything—from drug abuse to “sex addiction” to shoplifting—a dysfunction or disease
• How Americans blindly accept that twelve-step programs offer the only hope of treating addiction, when in fact these programs can do more harm than good
• How the self-help movement inspired the disastrous emphasis on self-esteem in our schools
• How self-help rhetoric has pushed people away from proven medical treatments by persuading them that they can cure themselves through sheer application of will
As Salerno shows, to describe self-help as a waste of time and money vastly understates its collateral damage. And with SHAM, the self-help industry has finally been called to account for the damage it has done.
Also available as an eBook

Publishers Weekly

You! Yes, you! Are you addicted to self-help books? Do you require "empowerment" to reverse your "victimhood"? If so, relax-you're far from alone. The Self-Help and Actualization Movement (the titular SHAM) is, according to Salerno, an $8-billion-a-year industry that depends on legions of repeat customers. Salerno presents a carefully researched-and devastating-expos on SHAM's predatory and fraudulent practices and its corrosive effects on society. As former editor of Men's Health magazine's books program, Salerno knows the terrain from the inside. With judicious delight, he exposes the grandiloquent bluster and blithe hypocrisy of Dr. Phil (who, psychologists say, shames rather than helps his guests) and Dr. Laura (the preacher of family values who didn't know when her own mother was murdered), among many others. He cites examples of junk science, such as Tony Robbins's talk of "the energy frequency of foods," and charges that untested alternative medicine draws people away from proven medical treatments. In addition to detailing the raw facts, Salerno excels at pinpointing the self-abnegating strategy the self-help industry employs: namely, tearing you down in the name of building you up. And the positivity yields questionable results in any case. The self-help industry should not be dismissed as "silly but benign," says Salerno, and he documents how it has undermined psychology, education and health care in this blistering critique. (June 28) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Salerno, a freelance feature writer, essayist, and investigative reporter whose work has been featured in Harper's, the New York Times Magazine, and the Washington Post, minces no words in this evisceration of the self-help and actualization movement (SHAM). He takes on contemporary gurus like Dr. Phil McGraw, Tony Robbins, John Gray, and Dr. Laura Schlessinger-anyone, in fact, who dispenses popular advice or advocates psychological or alternative medical self-help (even 12-step programs take a hit). Ultimately, Salerno argues that SHAM, a multibillion-dollar industry, has fostered a culture of victimization that discourages people from taking responsibility for their lives, thereby undermining the character of our nation. This conclusion would have been much more persuasive if he had dispensed with the vitriol. Wendy Kaminer's I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional: The Recovery Movement and Other Self-Help Fashions is a more effective critique; Salerno's book is recommended only for large public libraries.-Lynne F. Maxwell, Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law Lib., PA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Tattoo Road Trip Two Weeks in Samoa or Cancer Combat

Tattoo Road Trip Two Weeks in Samoa

Author: Bob Baxter

A witty yet informative text, with lots of travel tips and pictures, focuses on the art of the tattoo that the authors found in this Pacific Island paradise. Join the adventure as these two take to the road at the very birthplace of Polynesian tattooing, beautiful Samoa. Armed with laptop and camera, Baxter and Clark documented their two-week odyssey from Apia to Saleapaga, and from thatched-roofed huts to the legendary mansion of Robert Louis Stevenson. The book displays this unspoiled home of turquoise reefs, volcanic beaches, misty green waterfalls, and vermilion sunsets, where hand-tapped tribal tattoos are still a normal form of body art and ritual. You will learn the local customs, meet legendary artists, and visit secluded beaches, including the secret coronation ceremony at Faleasela. White-knuckle surprises await you as Baxter and Clark take the back roads, eat fruit right off the tree, slog through rain forests, wade into coral-strewn tide pools, and suck up gallons of beer because it's not a good idea to drink the water. You will even learn to tie a lavalava so it won't fall off in the crosswalk! This entertaining trip to a jewel of the Pacific will confirm the belief that Polynesian life has it right, right down to the tattoos!

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Cancer Combat: Cancer Survivors Share Their Guerrilla Tactics to Help You Win the Fight of Your Life

Author: Dean King

Here's what you need to know to fight—and win—the battle against cancer.

A diagnosis of cancer is a call to arms, rallying the patient, family, friends, and medical team. In this important book, cancer survivors from around the country bring you into their lives, sharing their secret tactics for day-to-day survival to help you fight the battle of your life—and win.

In their own words, more than 80 cancer survivors, including students, athletes, actors, teachers, moms and dads—along with their favorite medical professionals—provide a valuable, intimate briefing on the fight ahead, from diagnosis to post-recovery. In Cancer Combat you will discover advice you cannot get elsewhere, the inside story from these veterans—how they felt and what they did to survive. Find out about:

• How to get what you need from your medical team
  
• Coping with hair loss, no appetite, mouth sores
  
• Making your hospital room a home away from home
  
• Holding it together—work, dating, family, intimacy
  
• Maintaining your dignity—coping at the sperm bank
  
• Keeping your kids on track—carpooling, little league games, home-cooked meals
  
• Bills—where to look for help and how to get it
  
• Information, support organizations, books, and much more
  

Cancer Combat, a book written by and for cancer fighters, teaches patients how they can fight back and win. This is a book with real, practical advice. It is a book that provides support. It isa book with attitude. And it is a book about entering the battle of your life and coming out a winner. Cancer Combat is the first book that presents winning techniques from cancer survivors n positive, hard-hitting anecdotes. This approach forms an upbeat sense of community in which the patient, friends, and family can take comfort and from which they can gain strength and confidence, and will generate the necessary will to survive and help prepare for battle.

Here, in brief anecdotes told firsthand, are the successful tactics used by more than 90 action-oriented people to defeat cancer. These smart, tough cancer fighters offer their personal stories which are gritty, often funny, and always on the money. The anecdotes address such subjects as when to turn to your nurse instead of your doctor, how to maintain your sex life when you look and feel rotten, and how to find an ally at your insurance company. Sidebars interspersed throughout the book will feature advice, suggestions, and stores from cancer care social workers, nurses, priests, rabbis and other spiritual mentors as well as encouraging facts and light-hearted suggestions, such as great funny movies to rent during treatment.

Fighting against cancer means refusing to quit, refusing to lose, and doing anything to win. This book will help every cancer patient to throw off feelings of victimization and despair, accept reality, and then fight the battle of their lives. —>

Library Journal

For newly diagnosed cancer patients, one of the most important things to realize is the wide range of options available for fighting this disease. Unlike other consumer health titles, this work does not endorse or recommend specific doctors, treatment plans, or institutions; rather, it presents practical advice and information in the form of anecdotes from cancer survivors. Taking a specific and detailed approach to their subject, the authors, who themselves have had cancer, emphasize positive thinking and the importance of building a team of friends and family members to assist patients in their personal war. Their message is clear: patients can emerge from this disease stronger and wiser, but it takes time, organization, and optimism. Organized into four sections, chapters discuss such topics as the first diagnosis, breaking the news to others, coping with fear, and rebuilding one's life after remission. The stories collected here will inspire those readers feeling isolated and wanting to know how others handled this situation. Recommended for consumer health collections.Janet M. Coggan, Univ. of Florida Libs., Gainesville

Meditation or Out of the Nightmare

Meditation: Live Better: Exercises and Inspirations for Well-Being

Author: Bill Anderton

Based on principles drawn from Indian, Tibetan and Japanese traditions, Meditation gives key pointers on how to get the most out of meditation practice.

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Out of the Nightmare: Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain

Author: David L Conroy

Out of the Nightmare.

An all-out assault on the barriers that stand between you and recovery from depression and suicidal pain.

. decomposes recovery from depression into recovery from envy, shame, self-pity, grandiosity, fear, stigma, social abuse, and the double binds and vicious circles of the mythology of suicide.

...a drug-free approach to getting better and staying better.

This book provides counselors with a bold new non-technical framework that is free from the prejudices that deter the suicidal from seeking help. It provides those who have lost a loved one to suicide with a broad array of new conceptual tools to understand the tragedy and to find help for stuck positions of bereavement. Most importantly, it provides all those who suffer from depression with hundreds of resources to find their way out of the nightmare.

Colon and Rectal Cancer or My Yoga Journal

Colon and Rectal Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Families

Author: Lorraine Johnston

The fourth most common cancer, colon and rectal cancer is diagnosed in 130,000 new cases in the U.S. each year. As with many other cancers, the treatment environment is evolving. As a patient (or the family researcher) you need up-to-date and in-depth information to participate wisely in treatment decisions.

Colon & Rectal Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients & Families includes:

• Characteristics of colon cancer, staging, suspected causes, and factors in prognoses
• Current treatment options
• Clinical trials and promising future treatments
• Coping with medical tests, symptoms, and treatments
• Recognizing and minimizing the impact of treatment on sexual function, libido, and fertility
• Caring for and adjusting to an ostomy, whether temporary or permanent
• Emotional responses to diagnosis, treatment, remission, and all other aspects of dealing with the condition. Stories from those living with colon cancer are included.

Author Lorraine Johnston, with her background in life sciences, emphasizes using knowledge to dispel fear. Those who read this book will encounter medical facts simply explained, advice to ease their daily life, and tools to be a strong advocate for themselves or a family member.

Library Journal

In her latest guide, medical writer Johnston takes a sweeping look at the clinical, financial, social, and research aspects of colon and rectal cancer. Unfortunately, owing to the vast amount of information amassed here, basic definitions and crucial explanations often lack clarity. Part of the problem is that the book lacks a streamlined approach to presenting data; chapters encompass far too many topics grouped under one broad subject. For example, "Modes of Treatment" lumps together the surgical, chemical, biological, radiological and stage/treatment fundamentals for both rectal and colon cancer. The result is a profusion of technical terms that are inadequately explained and poorly organized. Finally, as in her previous book, Non-Hodgkins Lymphomas: Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment, and Options (LJ 5/1/99), Johnston provides ineffective Medline search strategies that yield over 1000 citations--which is sure to overwhelm and frustrate a novice (or sick) searcher. A better alternative would be the American Cancer Society: Colorectal Cancer (Random, 1999) by Bernard Levin. Not recommended.--Gail Hendler, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr., New York Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

What People Are Saying

Lorraine Johnston
Author's comments on Library Journal's review of Colon and Rectal Cancer: a Comprehensive Guide for Patients & Families
It is unfortunate that Ms. Hendler of Library Journal found parts of our book confusing, as many colorectal cancer experts, patients, and survivors reviewed our book prior to publication and had the final word on how it was written. Our book contains as-we-go explanations and a glossary.

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My Yoga Journal

Author: Moran

This is your yoga journal, a place to reflect upon your yoga practice and better understand the physical and spiritual blessings yoga provides: strength, self-control, poise -- even spiritual enlightenment. Inside you'll find encouragement, thought-provoking prompts, and plenty of pages to write on, all designed to help you enrich the physical experience of yoga and become more fully conscious, aware, and alive. Relax. Breathe. And write. The physical, mental, and spiritual benefits will astonish you.

Table of Contents:

	How to Use this Book: The Yoga of the Pen	1
1	The impact of yoga	9
2	The postures	29
3	Relaxation	49
4	The breathing practices	69
5	Meditation	89
6	Diet	111
7	The ethical precepts	129
	For Further Reading	149

Organ Transplants or Spacious Body

Organ Transplants: Making the Most of Your Gift of Life

Author: Robert Finn

Over 64,000 people in the US are living in limbo, awaiting an organ transplant.

The good news about organ transplants is that they are becoming fairly routine surgical procedures. The even better news is that they do work miracles. People who have been in ill health for years often describe a feeling of being reborn after a transplant.

However, those families who have been told that a loved one needs a transplant to live are thrust into a strange land. Patients and families worry that no organ will be available to them. They may fear the surgery or what living with someone else's organ will feel like. They may have only a foggy idea of what staying with an immunosuppressive therapy regime after the operation will entail.

Organ Transplants: Making the Most of Your Gift of Life describes:

• Deciding whether to have a transplant and choosing a transplant team
• The importance of the screening interview
• What factors go into determining a match, and what to do while waiting
• Detailed information on heart and lung, liver, kidney and pancreas, and other transplants
• Anti-rejection drugs and living with a transplant
• Emotional responses and support
• Specific situations such as living donors, transplants in children, meeting the donor family, etc.

Robert Finn, medical and scientific journalist and author, has interviewed dozens of patients, family members, medical caregivers, and transplant activists to present your family with the latest facts about transplantation--as well as the stories behind those facts.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	ix
	Preface	xi
1.	Considering a Transplant	1
2.	The System	17
3.	The Wait	46
4.	Heart and Lung Transplants	62
5.	Liver Transplants	83
6.	Kidney and Pancreas Transplants	94
7.	Other Transplants	107
8.	Anti-Rejection Drugs	115
9.	Living with a Transplant	143
10.	Emotional Responses	159
11.	Family and Support	175
12.	Transplants in Children	198
13.	Living Donors	209
14.	Donors and Recipients	230
15.	Financial Issues	246
16.	Traveling for Treatment	266
17.	The Future of Transplantation	270
	Resources	281
	Notes	295
	Index	299

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Spacious Body: Explorations in Somatic Ontology

Author: Jeffrey Maitland

In Spacious Body, Jeffrey Maitland brings his knowledge and personal experience of Buddhism, phenomenology, alchemy, psychoanalysis, and the bodywork system of Rolfing to bear in forging concepts adequate to an understanding of embodied experience.

Cosmetology Career Starter 2e or Child Obesity

Cosmetology Career Starter 2e

Author: Lorraine Korman

Cosmetology is packed with information on the hottest careers for beauty professionals, including what to expect from each, and how to select a career path. This book covers training programs on the high school/vocational school and postsecondary levels, what's required to get a license, interviews with top beauty professionals in every specialty, and advice on what it takes to make it in the real world of cosmetology. The appendices at the back of the book not only list the most important organizations in the field but also point readers toward helpful resources, all of which have been completely updated for this, the second edition.

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Child Obesity: A Parent's Guide to a Fit, Trim, and Happy Child

Author: Goutham Rao

Is your child overweight? Do you worry about the effects of excess weight on the health and self-esteem of your family's youngest and most vulnerable members? If so, you're not alone. Weight problems among children have now reached epidemic proportions. And it's no wonder. High-calorie fast foods and soft drinks are everywhere, and they are heavily promoted in many of the 40,000 television commercials that kids watch every year.

A nationally recognized expert on child obesity, Dr. Goutham Rao uses the latest and best medical evidence available to show you how to help your child avoid or overcome this prevalent and dangerous health problem.

In the first part of his easy-to-read and informative book, Dr. Rao gives you the knowledge you need to understand the scope of the problem. He identifies the five principal culprits for obesity among children: soft drinks ("liquid candy"); fast food; television and video games; the inactivity of youngsters both at school and at play; and the changing patterns of family behavior, which have led to irregular meal times and the over-consumption of "convenience" foods.

In the second half of the book, Dr. Rao carefully explains a rational approach to helping your child achieve or maintain a healthy weight, including the science of changing people's behavior. You will also find several typical stories of overweight children, ranging from a heavy thirteen-month infant boy to a sixteen-year-old obese and self-conscious girl. With the help of their parents these children managed to achieve a healthy weight by following simple, practical advice without resorting to gimmicks or "miracle cures."

Dr. Rao makes it clear that despite all the talk about "low-carb" and other fad diets, there are no magic bullets for treating childhood obesity. But the good news is that armed with the right information and recommendations, parents can reverse this dangerous trend and succeed in helping their children become fit, trim, and happy.

What People Are Saying

Jeff Susman
"Finally, straight talk about child obesity without the hype! An accurate appraisal of this epidemic-and what we as parents can do to raise healthy and active children."
—MD, Professor and Chair, Family Medicine University of Cincinnati; Editor, Journal of Family Practice

Lynne E. Nield
"Dr. Rao's new book Child Obesity is full of useful scientific and practical information and is told in a light, easygoing manner. This book will not only help parents of obese children, but is a must-read for all parents who want to create a healthy home environment for their family."
—MD, Pediatric Cardiologist, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Raj Bhopal
"As a public health epidemiologist working on adult heart disease and diabetes, I am convinced that these problems start in childhood. Obesity in childhood is preventable and the current epidemic is a disaster. Parents will welcome this guidance on how to protect their children from the effects of our obesogenic environment."
—CBE, MD, DSc (hon), Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health University of Edinburgh

6 Weeks to a Hollywood Body or 100 Simple Secrets of Healthy People

6 Weeks to a Hollywood Body: Look Fit and Feel Fabulous with the Secrets of the Stars

Author: Steve Zim

As featured in SELF and on Weekend Today


"Steve Zim's plan helped me drop my body fat more quickly than with any other program I've ever tried. I couldn't be more pleased."
--Jessica Biel, star of The Illusionist

In 6 Weeks to a Hollywood Body, the top Hollywood trainer and Weekend Today show fitness expert Steve Zim unlocks the secrets of the stars and shows you how to have a Hollywood body of your own. Want to add shape and strength to your legs? Have a great butt? Make your back and arms stronger and leaner? Develop an amazing chest or breasts? After you've completed the easy-to-follow Hollywood Body program in six short weeks, you'll be runway ready for your grand entrance and you'll look amazing and feel healthier and happier than ever before. In this book, Steve Zim reveals the three keys to his Hollywood Body system:

HOLLYWOOD NUTRITION: The easy and effective Hollywood Body way to supercharge your metabolism with protein, good carbs, and good fats

HOLLYWOOD HEART: Ramp up your cardio health and melt away fat and inches the Hollywood Body way

HOLLYWOOD SCULPT: A revolutionary set of all-new Hollywood Body exercises designed to sculpt and reshape your muscles

This proven program works no matter what your body type is. So get started--your Hollywood body awaits you!

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100 Simple Secrets of Healthy People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use it

Author: David Niven

The Simple Science of a Healthy Life

From fitness to diets to emotional health and longevity, what do people who feel and look healthy do differently than those who are overtired, depressed, or out of shape? Every day we face an avalanche of studies and statistics that tell us what we should or shouldn't eat, how long we need to exercise, or how to protect ourselves from secondhand smoke and the harmful rays from the sun. Not only are these studies often contradictory, but the actual scientific information is usually inaccessible.

Moving beyond the myths and misinformation, the advice in these pages is not based on one person's opinions or one expert's study. For the first time the research available on the health of average Americans has been distilled into one hundred essential ways that we can become healthier and happier. Each of the core findings is accompanied by a real life example showing these results in action.

• Eat more often. Oxford University researchers found that people who ate five or six times a day had a 5 percent lower total cholesterol than average and were 45 percent more likely to be able to sustain their target weight than people who ate once or twice a day.
  
  
• Who says caffeine is bad for you? The majority of scientific evidence shows that, for a healthy adult, moderate quantities of caffeine (about three cups of coffee per day) pose no significant health risks.
  
  
• Home sweet home. People who described their home lives as satisfying were 24 percent more likely to live beyond normal life expectancy, according to a UCLA study.