Pedometer Walking or Younger Next Year for Women

Pedometer Walking: Stepping Your Way to Health, Weight Loss, and Fitness

Author: Mark Fenton

Mark Fenton sure likes to get around. That's him in Supersize Me, handing actor/director Martin Spurlock a pedometer and talking about the state of the nation's ever-enlarging waistband. And on his PBS series, America's Walking,
he's inspired millions to do something about it. You can count on seeing Fenton almost monthly on the pages of Health, where he's a contributing editor, in magazines from Parade to Prevention, from the LA Times to the New York Times, and in communities across the country launching walking programs and helping to build more walkable streets. No wonder the Washington Post calls Mark Fenton "America's reigning guru of walking."
What compels him to do all of this? Fenton thinks it's high time for his fellow Americans to get around as much as he does. In Pedometer Walking, he teams up with top exercise researcher David R. Bassett Jr. to help readers get moving, and the good news is that with a pedometer you soon learn that every step counts. In case you haven't heard - or seen Oprah wearing one - this handy little device packs a mighty motivational punch by actually recording your steps for you. With the current recommendation of at least 10,000 steps a day for good health, fitness, and even weight loss, you'll find you can rack them up while grocery shopping, walking the dog, and even stepping out for lunch.
With solid information about choosing and using a pedometer, insights into building a step-friendly lifestyle (and neighborhood), and a six-week program to get you started, Pedometer Walking may very well be one of the most important exercise tools in years.

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Younger Next Year for Women

Author: Chris Crowley

You're coming into the peak of your life. And because you’re already more attuned to your physical and emotional needs, and more inclined to commit to a healthier lifestyle, you're poised to live brilliantly for the thirty-plus years after menopause. All you need now is the program outlined in Younger Next Year for Women—which, for starters, will help you avoid literally 70 percent of the decay and eliminate 50 percent of the injuries and illnesses associated with getting older.

How? Drawn from disciplines as varied as evolutionary biology, cell physiology, experimental psychology and anthropology, the science behind Younger Next Year is clear. Our bodies are programmed to do one of two things: either grow or decay. Sitting in front of a screen all day tells the body to decay. Taking a walk or doing yoga tells the body to grow. Loneliness and stress trigger decay; love and laughter trigger growth.

Just as clear as the science is the goal: Become the active gatekeeper of your own body and gain the power to control those signals of growth and decay. Seven simple rules show the way, from #1 Exercise six days a week for the rest of your life, to #6 Care, to #7 Connect and commit.

You're coming into the peak of your life. And because you’re already more attuned to your physical and emotional needs, and more inclined to commit to a healthier lifestyle, you're poised to live brilliantly for the thirty-plus years after menopause. All you need now is the program outlined in Younger Next Year for Women—which, for starters, will help you avoid literally 70 percent of the decay and eliminate 50percent of the injuries and illnesses associated with getting older.

How? Drawn from disciplines as varied as evolutionary biology, cell physiology, experimental psychology and anthropology, the science behind Younger Next Year is clear. Our bodies are programmed to do one of two things: either grow or decay. Sitting in front of a screen all day tells the body to decay. Taking a walk or doing yoga tells the body to grow. Loneliness and stress trigger decay; love and laughter trigger growth.

Just as clear as the science is the goal: Become the active gatekeeper of your own body and gain the power to control those signals of growth and decay. Seven simple rules show the way, from #1 Exercise six days a week for the rest of your life, to #6 Care, to #7 Connect and commit.

They’re called Harry’s Rules, named for the doctor and coauthor—Henry S. Lodge, M.D.—who formulated them, and who explains the precise science behind each one. But since it’s one thing to know something’s good for you and quite another to put it into practice, Dr. Lodge, the scientist, is joined by Chris Crowley—coauthor, exhorter and living example—whose brusque charm and infectious enthusiasm will actually have you living by the rules. So, congratulations. You’re now about to get younger.

Publishers Weekly

Crowley and Lodge rework their bestselling Younger Next Year (which targeted men) to address health and aging concerns for women. Former attorney Crowley's chatty voice alternates with internist-gerontologist Lodge's straightforward medical perspective. The authors promise that major lifestyle changes, including a six-days-a-week exercise regime, and a positive view of aging will make the "next third" of life-the stage after menopause-the most fulfilling. Because women live longer, are highly motivated for change and fear aging less than men do, the authors contend, they will reap great benefits from the program. Crowley and Lodge put their own spin on commonsense health essentials, with Lodge adding information on the latest antiaging breakthroughs. A variety of activities (biking, skiing, sailing, yoga) will likely make the intensive exercise plan more enjoyable. Although there is little new material, women may find the 71-year-old Crowley's cheerleading appealing-the old buddy tone of the previous edition is exchanged for that of a male "girlfriend"-and a great motivator not only for making lifestyle changes but for equating health with how one feels, not how one looks. (Jan.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

What People Are Saying

“I loved the book! But why wait until you’re fifty? Younger Next Year for Women should be read by women from their twenties and beyond. It’s got all the tools that women need to achieve longer, sexier and more passionate lives.”
— Hilda Hutcherson, M.D., Codirector, New York Center for Women’s Sexual Health

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments: ix

Foreword by Gail Sheehy: xiii

Introduction: xxvii

PART ONE: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR BODY

1. The Next Forty Years: 3

2. Lunch with Captain Midnight: 19

3. The New Science of Aging: 29

4. Swimming Against the Tide: 51

5. The Biology of Growth and Decay: Things That Go Bump in the Night: 70

6. Life Is an Endurance Event: Train for It: 89

7. The Biology of Exercise: 108

8. The Heart of the Matter: Aerobics: 127

9. The Kedging Trick: 147

10. A World of Pain: Strength Training: 168

11. The Biology of Strength Training: 182

12. “So, How Do I Look?”: 202

13. Chasing the Iron Bunny: 218

14. Don’t You Lose a Goddamn Pound!: 225

15. The Biology of Nutrition: Thinner Next Year: 244

16. The Drink: 261

17. Menopause: The Natural Transition: 268

    PART TWO: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE

18. “Teddy Doesn’t Care!”: 287

19. The Limbic Brain and the Biology of Emotion: 294

20. Connect and Commit: 329

21. Relentless Optimism: 348

    APPENDIX

    Harry’s Rules: 361

    Author Notes: 363

    The Younger Next Year One-Size-Fits-All Exercise Program: 381

Prostate and Cancer or Protein Power

Prostate and Cancer: A Family Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment and Survival

Author: Sheldon Marks

Prostate cancer has become the most-diagnosed cancer in America and the second leading killer of men. Sadly, more than 189,000 men will be diagnosed with the disease in 2002. Dr. Sheldon Marks, a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, is the authority that many have come to depend on-both in his practice and through his book, Prostate and Cancer-when cancer has posed a threat. Now completely updated and revised to reflect the latest research in drug therapies and treatments, traditional surgical techniques, "minimally invasive" techniques, and methods to combat impotence and incontinence, Prostate and Cancer is more essential than ever. Dr. Marks has been praised for his user-friendly question-and-answer format and his ability to cover everything from who is at risk and what is involved in an evaluation to options for treatment. Indeed, Prostate and Cancer is the definitive source of information on prostate cancer today and has long been recognized as such by the recommendations of readers and urologists alike.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	vii
	Preface	xiii
1	Anatomy and Function of the Prostate Gland	1
2	Prostate Cancer	12
3	Diet and Nutrition--The Effect on Prostate Cancer	25
4	Symptoms of Cancer	32
5	The Digital Rectal Exam (DRE)	36
6	PSA Blood Test--Key Detection Tool	39
7	Should We Screen for Cancer?	52
8	Ultrasound and Biopsy of the Prostate	56
9	No Cancer Is Found--Am I in the Clear?	72
10	Cancer Is Detected--The Importance of Volume	76
11	The Grade of Cancer--How Bad Is It?	78
12	Cancer Workup--Has It Spread?	84
13	Stages of Prostate Cancer	94
14	Five Categories of Treatment Options	102
15	Who Decides on Treatment--You or the Doctor?	108
16	Your Wife's Role	112
17	What to Tell Family and Friends	115
18	Watchful Waiting	118
19	Radiation--External-Beam Therapy	127
20	Radiation--Radioactive Seed Implants	141
21	Lymph-Node Dissection	150
22	Radical Prostatectomy--A Surgical Solution	157
23	Risks and Complications of Radical Prostatectomy	178
24	Recovering at Home after Surgery	185
25	Hormone Therapy	196
26	Cryotherapy--Freezing the Prostate	214
27	Complementary, Integrative and Alternative Treatments	218
28	Incontinence--A Potential Risk	223
29	Impotence--Causes and Treatments	233
30	What Is the Right Treatment for Me?	250
31	Costs of Treatments	253
32	Second Opinion--A Good Idea	255
33	How to Find a Good Urologist	261
34	Questions to Ask Your Doctor	266
35	Follow-up after Treatment	269
36	Will I Need Additional Treatment after Radical Prostatectomy?	274
37	Do I Need Chemotherapy?	277
38	Research Studies--Looking for New Cures	282
39	When All Treatments Fail	287
40	Support Groups and Resources for Information	295
	Glossary	305
	Appendix	319
	Bibliography	325
	Index	327

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Protein Power

Author: Michael R Eades

Join the thousands who have experienced dramatic weight loss, lowered cholesterol, and improvement or reversal of the damages of heart disease, adult-onset diabetes, and other major diseases by following this medically proven program.

Protein Power will teach you how to use food as a tool for

Dramatic and permanent weight loss
Resetting your metabolism and boosting your energy levels
Lowering your "bad" cholesterol levels while elevating the "good"
Protecting yourself from "The Deadly Diseases of Civilization" (including high blood pressure and heart disease)

And best of all, Protein Power encourages you to

Eat the foods you love, including meats (even steaks, bacon, and burgers), cheeses, and eggs
Rethink the current wisdom on fat intake (science has shown that fat does not make you fat!)
Stop shocking your body with breads, pastas, and other fat-inducing carbohydrates

So prepare yourself for the most dramatic life-enhancing diet program available!

Publishers Weekly

The Eades, who share a weight-loss and family-medicine practice in Arkansas, have each written a popular medical book-his is Thin So Fast; hers, The Doctor's Complete Guide to Vitamins and Minerals. In their first shared volume, they turn popular weight-management beliefs-and the latest FDA food-guide pyramid-upside down. For years, overweight Americans have been counseled to turn away from meat and fat and embrace a high-carbohydrate diet. Joining a growing band of researchers that includes Barry Sears (The Zone), the Eades discuss the biochemical roles of hormones in the metabolic process to demonstrate why low-fat, high-carb programs don't always result in weight loss and present a convincing case for their high-protein, low-carb alternative. The key is preventing, through diet, overproduction of insulin, which itself "controls the storage of fat'' and is triggered by the ingestion of carbohydrates. Their eating plan-which is bolstered by lists of protein and carbohydrate counts for common foods, a collection of about 75 appealing recipes and discussion of the necessity of exercise-will lead, they aver, to the body's more efficent burning of fat, leading in turn to reduction in one's percentage of body fat. Cholesterol, vitamins, minerals and various risk factors are also discussed. Chapters end with fairly complete summaries that will be appreciated by readers who are not willing or able to work through the fairly extensive scientific data cited by the Eades in this iconoclastic program.

Embellished Fashions or John Barleycorn

Embellished Fashions

Author: Mickey Baskett

Fashion magazines show them, top boutiques sell them, and everyone wants them: blouses with beaded necklines; jeans and jackets encrusted with jewels; and pretty dresses adorned with embroidery, studs, and ribbons. The price tags for these gorgeous garments may not be user friendly—but the techniques are. Thanks to this lavishly illustrated manual, anyone can use iron-on motifs, appliqués, decorative stitchery, cutwork, paint, and other embellishments to dress up plain garments for a night on the town. It takes only basic skills to whip up a Sweet Flowers & Pearls Sweater, Feathered Fringed Purse, Lacy Sophisticated Suit, and Bejeweled Belts. Beautiful photos of over 45 restyled creations provide inspiration. So why hesitate? There’s a t-shirt out there just waiting for its makeover!

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John Barleycorn

Author: Jack London

It all came to me one election day. It was on a warm California afternoon and I had ridden down into the Valley of the Moon from the ranch to the little village to vote Yes and No to a host of proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California.

Upton Sinclair

Assuredly one of the most useful, as well as one of the most entertaining books ever penned by a man.

Closet Smarts or Pain Erasure

Closet Smarts

Author: Emily Neill

Finally, the real secret for looking thinner without dieting or exercise! It's all about what you wear. In this book, women will learn how to analyze their figure strengths and weaknesses and play up their good features while minimizing their weaknesses. They'll find out how to choose the colors that flatter them most and find the clothes that will look great on them as well as avoiding clothes that will look awful. Shopping for clothes will never be a dreaded chore again!

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Pain Erasure: The Bonnie Prudden Way

Author: Bonnie Prudden

After twenty-five years in print, this book has been a godsend for hundreds of thousands of readers. When trigger points are released (and this book teaches how it is done) relief comes immediately.

Textbook of Ayurveda or Sculpt Your Body with Balls and Bands

Textbook of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles of Ayurveda Volume One

Author: Vasant Dattatray Lad

In his Ayurvedic Studies Program, Vasant Lad, Ayurvedic Physician, teaches Ayurveda as a science of moment-to-moment living. Each lecture that he gives flows from his own heart in a river of healing wisdom that is inspired by and pertinent to the students who are present at the time of the lecture.

This textbook is a presentation of Vasant Lad's years of teaching in that classroom setting. It conveys the philosophical and fundamental principles of his first year Ayurvedic Studies Program at the Ayurvedic Institute in a dynamic and inspirational way. This book will give the student a detailed foundation upon which to pursue deeper knowledge, including that of the future volumes in this series.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / xv
Preface / xix
Acknowledgements / xxi
About the Author / xxiii
The Use of Sanskrit / xxv

Chapter One - Shad Darshan
Chapter Two - Universal Attributes and Doshic Theory
Chapter Three - The Doshas and Their Subtypes
Chapter Four - Agni, The Digestive Fire
Chapter Five - Dhatus, Part I, Rasa, Rakta, and Mamsa Dhatus
Chapter Six - Dhatus, Part II, Meda, Asthi, Majja, Shukra and Artava Dhatus
Chapter Seven - Srotamsi, The Bodily Channels and Systems
Chapter Eight - Ojas, Tejas, Prana
Chapter Nine - Digestion and Nutrition

Appendix / 287
Glossary / 299
Bibliography / 315
Index / 317

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Sculpt Your Body with Balls and Bands: Shed Pounds and Get Firm in 12 Minutes a Day (With Your 3-Week Plan for Fast, Easy Weight Loss)

Author: Denise Austin

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Taking Control of TMJ or What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Cholesterol

Taking Control of TMJ

Author: Robert Uppgaard

A TMJ specialist teaches readers how to deal with pain, and then shows how to prevent symptoms by eliminating bad habits and controlling stress. 20 illustrations. 20 worksheets.

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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Cholesterol: The Latest Natural Treatments and Scientific Advances in One Breakthrough Program

Author: Stephen R DeVries

Heart disease is largely preventable, but conventional cholesterol management is often inadequate. According to university cardiologist and leading prevention specialist Dr. Stephen R. Devries, avoiding heart disease requires a far more comprehensive approach that balances new high tech testing with low tech treatments. Now, in WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY NOT TELL YOU ABOUT CHOLESTEROL, Dr. Devries combines natural treatments with the latest scientific advances. New types of cholesterol tests are highlighted that go far beyond routine testing to identify hidden risks. Expanding the traditional medical model, Dr. Devries illustrates the role of mind/body interventions, lifestyle, supplements, vitamins, and conservative use of medication for optimal prevention.

Dr Fulfords Touch Of Life or Stools and Bottles

Dr. Fulford's Touch Of Life: Aligning Body, Mind, and Spirit to Honor the Healer Within

Author: Dr Robert Fulford

Ninety-one-year-old Dr. Robert Fulford, the exceptional healer introduced to readers in Dr. Andrew Weil's landmark bestseller Spontaneous Healing, has spent more than fifty years successfully treating patients failed by conventional medicine. In this information-packed volume, he explains the function of the life force, or vital energy, that is the foundation of good health, delineates the healing principles of osteopathy, shares compelling case studies of patients he has treated, provides strategies to attain and sustain optimum good health, and offers advice on integrating natural healing methods with modern health care. Whether the issue is serious illness or less severe maladies that can sap our vitality, his practical, specific techniques for strengthening our natural healing capacities present invaluable alternatives to costly, invasive, and often unsatisfactory typical medical interventions. Dr. Fulford's Touch of Life includes why our natural state is always good health, and how to foster it; the vital role of breathing in sustaining good health - from first breath onward; why any trauma can adversely affect us, even years later; how negative thought patterns can disrupt the body's chemistry - and how to overcome them; surprising insights on herbs, homeopathy, vitamins, and diet; basic stretching and breathing exercises to enhance our own healing powers - in just thirty minutes each day; and the link between spirituality and good health - and how to create it.

Library Journal

In the field of alternative medicine, names like Deepak Chopra and Andrew Weil are easily recognized. Yet they are newcomers compared with Fulford, the 91-year-old osteopath who inspired Weil to explore the world of natural healing. Writing in an easy, folksy style, Fulford explains his philosophy of healing, refined by more than 50 years of practice. His wide-ranging discussion covers spirituality, diet, exercise, relationships, and a belief in the interconnectedness of all life. At times he sounds like an American Obi-Wan Kenobi, but the mystical is balanced with a large dose of common sense and experience. Fulford also includes an illustrated chapter on exercises. It is easy to see why Weil was so affected by this wise old doctor. His book is sure to be in demand and is recommended for all public libraries.Elizabeth Braaksma, Brodie Resource Lib., Thunder Bay, Ontario

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Stools and Bottles

Author: Gayle Rosellini

Penetrating insights into the first four Steps from a well-known A. A. talk. The author, who also wroteThe Little Red Book, describes a three-legged stool, the legs of which represents Steps One, Two, and Three. They support the seat, which symbolizes the alcoholic. An excellent aid to the daily application of the A. A. program.

An old-time classic!

Can Christianity Cure Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or The Dirt on Clean

Can Christianity Cure Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?: A Psychiatrist Explores the Role of Faith in Treatment

Author: Ian Osborn MD

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a relentless condition, the primary symptom being the occurrence of terrifying ideas, images, and urges that jump into a person's mind and return again and again, despite the individual's attempt to remove them.

Christians who suffer from OCD may grapple with additional guilt, as the undesired thoughts are frequently of a spiritual nature. Yet people may be surprised to learn that some of the greatest leaders in Christian history also struggled with this malady. What did they experience? How did they cope? Were they able to overcome these tormenting, often violent, obsessions? Where did God fit into the picture?

Ian Osborn shares the personal accounts of Martin Luther, John Bunyan, and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, as well as his own story, in exploring how faith and science work together to address this complex issue.

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The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History

Author: Katherine Ashenburg

The question of cleanliness is one every age and culture has answered with confidence. For the first-century Roman, being clean meant a two-hour soak in baths of various temperatures, scraping the body with a miniature rake, and a final application of oil. For the aristocratic Frenchman in the seventeenth century, it meant changing your shirt once a day and perhaps going so far as to dip your hands in some water. Did Napoleon know something we didn’t when he wrote Josephine “I will return in five days. Stop washing”? And why is the German term Warmduscher—a man who washes in warm or hot water—invariably a slight against his masculinity? Katherine Ashenburg takes on such fascinating questions as these in Clean, her charming tour of attitudes to hygiene through time.

What could be more routine than taking up soap and water and washing yourself? And yet cleanliness, or the lack of it, is intimately connected to ideas as large as spirituality and sexuality, and historical events that include plagues, the Civil War, and the discovery of germs. An engrossing fusion of erudition and anecdote, Clean considers the bizarre prescriptions of history’sdoctors, the hygienic peccadilloes of great authors, and the historic twists and turns that have brought us to a place Ashenburg considers hedonistic yet oversanitized.

Publishers Weekly

According to Ashenburg (The Mourner's Dance), the Western notion of cleanliness is a complex cultural creation that is constantly evolving, from Homer's well-washed Odysseus, who bathes before and after each of his colorful journeys, to Shaw's Eliza Doolittle, who screams in terror during her first hot bath. The ancient Romans considered cleanliness a social virtue, and Jews practiced ritual purity laws involving immersion in water. Abandoning Jewish practice, early Christians viewed bathing as a form of hedonism; they embraced saints like Godric, who, to mortify the flesh, walked from England to Jerusalem without washing or changing his clothes. Yet the Crusaders imported communal Turkish baths to medieval Europe. From the 14th to 18th centuries, kings and peasants shunned water because they thought it spread bubonic plague, and Louis XIV cleaned up by donning a fresh linen shirt. Americans, writes Ashenburg, were as filthy as their European cousins before the Civil War, but the Union's success in controlling disease through hygiene convinced its citizens that cleanliness was progressive and patriotic. Brimming with lively anecdotes, this well-researched, smartly paced and endearing history of Western cleanliness holds a welcome mirror up to our intimate selves, revealing deep-seated desires and fears spanning 2000-plus years. 82 b&w illus. (Nov. 15)

Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

Scott H. Silverman - Library Journal

Freelancer Ashenburg is drawn to mining universal cultural experiences, although her previous book, The Mourner's Dance: What We Do When People Die, had more sober subject matter than this irony-laden, "greatest hits" sampling of Western hygienic history. The Greeks bathed for their gods, contemporary Americans are wallowing in long showers. In between these temporal poles a lot of filth accumulated, providing fertile base for endemic lice. Indeed, the appalling sanitary conditions of medieval Europe-persisting into the 19th century-made each individual a fine host for the Plague-bearing fleas that jumped from rodent to human. Ashenburg piles one delightful (delight in the grotty being a taste decidedly more for some than others) anecdote upon another. It turns out, for instance, that Louis XIV may have been the Sun King but not because he exposed his skin to air (or water). A final strength of this not particularly analytical history is the concluding chapters' demonstration of the triumphant intersection of technology (e.g. Procter & Gamble's serendipitous discovery of how to mass-produce bar soap) and the rise of the advertising industry and its key distribution vehicle, the middle-class-aimed illustrated journals. Recommended.

School Library Journal

Adult/High School- This is a fascinating examination of the changing notions of what it means to be clean, and how those concepts fit into the worldview of different societies. The book is especially valuable for exploring the daily lives of people in past societies, but also for providing perspective on our attitudes toward ourselves, our bodies, and our world. It begins with the communal baths of the Greeks and Romans and explores the religious and ritual aspects of bathing, including Christian baptism. The public bath returned with the Crusaders, who brought the custom back to Europe in the form of the Turkish bath. With the plague and fears of communicable diseases, people avoided water-which they feared made the body vulnerable-in favor of linen cloth, which could be changed regularly, in lieu of bathing. Fear of immersing the body in water continued into the 20th century. Ashenburg, who uses interesting quotes from contemporaries to illustrate her history, speculates that in the future, when water shortages dictate new concepts of cleanliness, our own day may be seen as an age of excessive bathing and deodorizing.-Tom Holmes, King Middle School, Berkeley, CA

Kirkus Reviews

Cleanliness has a surprising history. The morning routines of Americans generally include a shower, but people in other times and places have thought differently about what constitutes an appropriately clean body, writes Ashenburg (The Mourner's Dance, 2003, etc.). Many cultures find body odor sexy; the choicest illustration appears in a letter from Napoleon, who wrote to Josephine, "I will return to Paris in five days. Stop washing." Beginning with the social significance of the public bath in ancient Greece, the author moves on to consider early Christian ascetics' disdain for cleanliness ("dirtiness became a uniquely Christian badge of holiness") and the appearance of instructions about face-washing in medieval etiquette guides. During the 19th century, the burgeoning American middle class got serious about keeping bodies and houses clean, and cleanliness was imputed with a new moral value; people could judge another's worthiness by the glow of their skin and the shine of their hair. In clear and straightforward prose, Ashenburg condenses a vast amount of information into smooth chapters that are free of padding. She includes many quirky tidbits of cultural history, such as the role played by bathing in Eliza Doolittle's transformation from Cockney flower-seller to fair lady and the appearance in the 1930s of vaguely menacing magazine ads that threatened women with spinsterhood if they dared let their breath or armpits smell. She closes on a disturbing note, pointing out that Americans have developed the standards of cleanliness they enjoy today at least in part because modern irrigation and rainfall levels made it possible for millions of people to shower regularly. If the globalclimate changes, our current habits may strike our 22nd-century descendants as odd, if not shocking. Dozens of charming illustrations distinguish a book notable for its engaging design as well as its illuminating content.

Body Learning or The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet

Body Learning: An Introduction to the Alexander Technique

Author: Michael J Gelb

This new, fully revised and updated edition confirms Body Learning's status as the classic work on the Alexander Technique for maintaining the health and efficiency of the body.

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The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet

Author: Robert Burns Arnot

"From one of the most visible and highly respected figures in medical journalism comes a book that can literally save lives.
During the past several years, doctors at leading institutions across the nation have been investigating the relationship between breast cancer and diet. The recent flood of medical studies confirm that what a woman eats can have a dramatic impact on whether or not she contracts the disease. In The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet, Dr. Bob Arnot, in his unique, expert fashion, has synthesized this research into an eating program that finally enables women to fight back.
The breast cancer prevention diet is designed with all women in mind; whether you want to guard yourself against the onset of breast cancer, or protect yourself from recurrence, the diet offers valuable information that will address your particular needs, including plans for:
-women with high estrogen, who are therefore at a higher risk -postmenopausal women with lower estrogen levels -breast cancer survivors -women with a familial history of breast cancer -young women who want to take precautionary measures.
Back again with his simple yet enormously powerful premise, Dr. Arnot encourages you to think of foods as drugs -- without the side effects. Although you can't single out specific foods or toxins that initiate breast cancer, you can still take charge of your diet -- and in the long run, your life. There are certain foods that can significantly decrease your risk. With a clear overview of the biology of the breast and information about the way in which cancer spreads, Dr. Arnot offers helpful, practical guidelines that will allow you to incorporate these powerful foods into your diet. The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet is easy to follow, complete with delicious menu suggestions, cooking techniques, and the general information women need to make significant dietary choices that could ultimately save their lives. "

Greg Critser

Witness the arrival of what may be called the speculative self-help book, or maybe semi-nonfiction -- though somehow neither of these designations quite does justice to what may be the most irresponsible behavior by mainstream publishers in years. . . . Several prestigious medical groups have called [Breast Cancer Prevention Diet] 'misleading,' 'dangerous,' 'premature,' 'irresponsible' and 'a disservice to American women.' . . . however flimsy the science, these books are attractive to publishers because they have a ready-made audience -- 'victims' who search desperately for a cure to maladies real and imagined. Publishers pretend that such books merely provide information to 'empower' patients. -- Wall Street Journal

What People Are Saying

Gloria Rock
The [publishing] industry doesn't seem to understand the long-term damage it does by prematurely hyping a condition and a 'cure' when it really hasn't scientifically established either.

The 20 30 Fat Fiber Diet Plan or Harvest for Hope

The 20/30 Fat & Fiber Diet Plan: The Weight-Reducing, Health-Promoting Nutrition System for Life

Author: Gabe Mirkin

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Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating

Author: Jane Goodall

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Soul Communication or Guess What Came to Dinner

Soul Communication: Opening Your Spiritual Channels for Success and Fulfillment

Author: Zhi Gang Sha

Soul Communication is a practical guide to some of the simplest yet most profound spiritual development exercises that Dr. Zhi Gang Sha teaches on national television and in his teleclasses, workshops, and appearances. It presents Dr. Sha's instruction on how to allow the inner essence of our soul to express through our bodies, our voices, and in our communication with others—not only with our fellow human beings, but also with other souls, including our own soul.

The power of the soul is vast and untapped. Dr. Sha reveals many ancient secrets for accessing this power, while at the same time updating these teachings for our modern world. Soul Communication is a primer for those on the spiritual path, showing the reader how to relate to the soul, and open up all the available channels for the wisdom and blessings of the soul to pour forth into daily living.

A warm and heartfelt offering from Dr. Sha, the wisdom in this volume is presented in conversational language that makes profound spiritual insight simple and accessible.

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Guess What Came to Dinner: Parasites and Your Health

Author: Ann Louise Gittleman

With more than 60,000 copies sold, a newly revised and updated edition of an authoritative book on parasitic infections-their detection, treatment, and cure.

Once relegated to poor third-world countries, instances of parasitic infections are on a dramatic rise in the United States.In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of Guess What Came to Dinner?, health expert Ann Louise Gittleman informs readers about the role of parasites in many ailments, from allergies to chronic fatigue syndrome and bowel disorders. The book offers practical advice to parasite-proof your food and water and explains breakthrough methods of detection, anti-parasitic treatments, and herbal cures. Notes. Index.

Author Biography: Ann Louise Gittleman, N.D., M.S., C.N.S., is a pioneer in dietary, environmental, and women's health issues. She is the author of numerous books, including Eat Fat, Lost Weight.

Diabetic Chefs Year Round Cookbook or Deliverance from Evil Spirits

Diabetic Chef's Year-Round Cookbook

Author: Chris Smith

Who knows more about cooking for people with diabetes than a chef who actually has diabetes himself?

The Diabetic Chef™, Chris Smith, is at it again with a second cookbook that uses a seasonal approach to great tasting, easy-to-prepare meals. Drawing on his own experience as both a chef and a person with diabetes, Chris has concocted 125 mouth-watering recipes that emphasize fresh-ingredients for flavor— and overall diabetes health.

Chris Smith is an executive chef working in the healthcare field. A graduate of the prestigious Culinary Institute of America, Smith has also worked at the four-star Le Cirque restaurant in Manhattan. He is the author of Cooking with the Diabetic Chef (1-58040-043-4), a regular columnist for Diabetic Living magazine, and has been featured in Southern Living.

Library Journal

Executive chef Smith, who has trademarked himself as the Diabetic Chef, has put together a seasonal cookbook for both diabetics and others watching their food intakes. The first quarter of the book offers tips, recipes for stocks, sauces, and salad dressings, and a chapter on breakfast and lunch recipes. The remaining three-quarters is divided into six chapters, each covering two months and providing 20-25 recipes for starters, main dishes, sides, and desserts. The recipes are laid out in large print that's easy to read, even for older or diabetic eyes. Nutritional information including diabetic exchanges, entries for total calories, calories from fat (both saturated and trans fat), amounts of cholesterol and sodium, total carbohydrates (including dietary fiber and sugars), and grams of protein per serving are listed. The recipes include Asian- and Latin-inspired dishes as well as traditional American favorites. Overall, a nice addition to the healthy-eating genre. Purchase where there is interest.-Susan Hurst, Miami Univ. of Ohio, Oxford

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Deliverance from Evil Spirits: A Practical Manual

Author: Francis Macnutt

This is a practical manual written by one of the foremost practitioners of Christian healing and deliverance. It covers such subjects: The scriptural basis for deliverance, curses and the power of false judgment, preparation for deliverance ministry, praying for deliverance, and deliverance of places.

Healing Your Emotional Self or Guide to Elegance

Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program to Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, and Overcome Your Shame

Author: Beverly Engel

Healing Your Emotional Self

"Emotionally abusive parents are indeed toxic parents, and they cause significant damage to their children's self-esteem, self-image, and body image. In this remarkable book, Beverly Engel shares her powerful Mirror Therapy program for helping adult survivors to overcome their shame and self-criticism, become more compassionate and accepting of themselves, and create a more posititve self-image. I strongly recommend it for anyone who was abused or neglected as a child."
—Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of Toxic Parents

"In this book, Beverly Engel documents the wide range of psychological abuses that so many children experience in growing up. Her case examples and personal accounts are poignant and powerful reminders that as adults, many of us are still limited by the defenses we formed when trying to protect ourselves in the face of the painful circumstances we found ourselves in as children. Engle's insightful questionnaires and exercises provide concrete help in the healing process, and her writing style is lively and engaging. This book is destined to positively affect many lives."
—Joyce Catlett, M.A., coauthor of Fear of Intimacy

The Emotionally Abusive Relationship

"Beverly Engel clearly and with caring offers step-by-step strategies to stop emotional abuse . . . helping both victims and abusers to identify the patterns of this painful and traumatic type of abuse."
—Marti Tamm Loring, Ph.D., author of Emotional Abuse

Loving Him without Losing You

"A powerful and practical guide to relationships that every woman shouldread."
—Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D., author of Are You the One for Me?

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Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions

Author: Genevieve Antonine Dariaux

The original
What Not to Wear
from one of fashion's
most enduringly
stylish women ...

Written by French style guru Madame Genevieve Antoine Dariaux, Elegance is a classic style bible for timeless chic, grace, and poise -- every tidbit of advice today's woman could possibly need, all at the tips of her (perfectly manicured) fingers. From Accessories to Zippers, Madame Dariaux imparts her pearls of wisdom on all things fashion-related -- and also offers advice on other crucial areas in life from shopping with girlfriends (don't) to marriage and sex.

Cold Mountain or Cholesterol Cures

Cold Mountain

Author: Charles Frazier

Winner of the 1997 National Book Award

A New York Times and Globe and Mail Notable Book of the Year

Charles Frazier has created a masterpiece that is at once an enthralling adventure, a stirring love story, and a luminous evocation of a vanished land, a place where savagery coexists with splendour and human beings contend with the inhuman solitude of the wilderness. Sorely wounded and fatally disillusioned in the fighting at Petersburg, Inman, a Confederate soldier, decides to walk back to his home in the Blue Ridge mountains and to Ada, the woman he loved there years before. His trek across the disintegrating South brings him into intimate and sometimes lethal converse with slaves and marauders, bounty hunters and witches, both helpful and malign. At the same time, the intrepid Ada is trying to revive her father's derelict farm and learning to survive in a world where the old certainties have been swept away.As it interweaves their stories, Cold Mountain asserts itself as an authentic odyssey, hugely powerful, majestically lovely, and keenly moving.

San Francisco Chronicle

Charles Frazier's first novel is a rare and extraordinary book, a Civil War novel concerned less with battlefields than with the landscape of the human soul.

Raleigh News & Observer

A masterpiece.

Publishers Weekly

Rich in evocative physical detail and timeless human insight, this debut novel set in the Civil War era rural South considers themes both grand (humanity's place in nature) and intimate (a love affair transformed by the war) as a wounded soldier makes his way home to the highlands of North Carolina and to his pre-war sweetheart. Shot in the neck during fighting at Petersburg, Inman was not expected to survive. After regaining the strength to walk, he begins his dangerous odyssey. Just as the traumas of life on the battlefront have changed Inman, the war's new social and economic conditions have left their mark on Ada. With the death of her father and loss of income from his investments, Ada can no longer remain a pampered Charleston lady, but must eke out a living from her father's farm in the Cold Mountain community, where she is an outsider.

Frazier vividly depicts the rough and varied terrain of Inman's travels and the colorful characters he meets, all the while avoiding Federal raiders and the equally brutal Home Guard. The sweeping cycle of Inman's homeward journey is deftly balanced by Ada's growing sense of herself and her connection to the natural world around the farm. In a leisurely, literate narrative, Frazier shows how lives of soldiers and of civilians alike deepen and are transformed as a direct consequence of the war's tragedy. There is quiet drama in the tensions that unfold as Inman and Ada come ever closer to reunion, yet farther from their former selves.

Library Journal

This monumental novel is set at the end of the Civil War and follows the journey of a wounded Confederate soldier named Inman as he returns home. Interwoven is the story of Ada, the woman he loves. Ada, who was raised in genteel society, cannot cope with the rigors of war until a woman called Ruby arrives to help her. Inman comes across memorable characters like the goatwoman, who lives off the secret herbs in the woods and Sara, a woman stranded with an infant who is assaulted by Yankee soldiers whom Inman later kills. After a long, threatening journey, Inman finally arrives home to Ada, 'ravaged, worn ragged and wary and thin.' A remarkable effort that opens up a historical past that will enrich readers not only with its story but with its strong characters. -- David A. Beron, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine

Library Journal

This monumental novel is set at the end of the Civil War and follows the journey of a wounded Confederate soldier named Inman as he returns home. Interwoven is the story of Ada, the woman he loves. Ada, who was raised in genteel society, cannot cope with the rigors of war until a woman called Ruby arrives to help her. Inman comes across memorable characters like the goatwoman, who lives off the secret herbs in the woods and Sara, a woman stranded with an infant who is assaulted by Yankee soldiers whom Inman later kills. After a long, threatening journey, Inman finally arrives home to Ada, 'ravaged, worn ragged and wary and thin.' A remarkable effort that opens up a historical past that will enrich readers not only with its story but with its strong characters. -- David A. Beron, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine

School Library Journal

A Civil War soldier and a lonely woman embark on parallel journeys of danger and discovery. Environment, events, and the empathy of others transform the protagonists spiritually as well as physically.

Deborah Stevenson

This 'novel is set at the end of the Civil War and follows the journey of a wounded Confederate soldier named Inman as he returns home. Interwoven is the story of Ada, the woman he loves. Ada, who was raised in genteel society, cannot cope with the rigors of farm life until a woman called Ruby arrives to help her.' -- Library Journal

Raleigh News & Observer

A masterpiece.

Jonathan Miles

My immediate impression, upon reading the first 30 or so pages of this debut novel, was that Charles Frazier has a stunning talent for aping Cormac McCarthy. A great many of McCarthy's stylistic earmarks -- especially the leaner, less baroque McCarthy of recent years -- are present here: keen-eyed and exacting descriptions of landscape and flora; grim and spare dialogue devoid of quotation marks; flurries of neologisms; and a deliberately paced, vigorous yet elegant narrative voice that yearns to be read by oil lamp. Venture 30 pages further in, however, and your impression changes: Charles Frazier may be picking the coins out of Cormac McCarthy's pockets, but my God what a novel he has made from them.

Set in North Carolina in the waning days of the Civil War, Cold Mountain tells the story of Inman, a wounded Confederate infantryman, and Ada, the woman for whom he abandons the front and embarks on an anguished odyssey home. Inman's footpath through the bruised landscape of the South is interwoven with Ada's struggle to eke out an existence on her late father's farm at Cold Mountain. Into both their lives enter fellow victims of war and heartbreak: Ruby, a butchy young drifter who directs Ada in the way of moon signs and root doctoring and tending to a farm; Stobrod, Ruby's no 'count father who, amidst the ugly debris of war, discovers the beauty of music and is thus redeemed; and a vividly depicted panoply of deserters, guardsmen, lechers, blind men, banjoists, war widows, goat herders and corpses.

At the novel's start, when Inman begins his journey, Ada is neither his wife nor his lover; their prewar meetings are recounted as awkward affairs, as tentative and demure as the courtings in Victorian novels. Amid the operatic passion of war, then, their innocence takes on a sort of crazed charm, and despite the severe experiences that precede their reunion, their love remains beyond the reach of the war. Even at the height of their affair, when Ada is first undressing before Inman, this innocence stands: Trying to remove a pair of hunter's pants, Ada cowhops from leg to leg, her ankle caught in the pantleg. It would take the bulk of a thousand paperback romances to produce a scene so endearing.

Frazier may be indebted to McCarthy, but Cold Mountain evokes other writers as well -- among them Stendahl, Tolstoy and Stephen Crane. If living in a tragic land is equal to living in a tragic time, as Wallace Stevens proposed, then Frazier's novel, like the best Civil War literature, explores what it means to exist in both. Despite its stylistic echoes, Cold Mountain is an intensely moving novel, a spare but eloquent exegesis on love and war. The story of Inman and Ada will remain with you long after the oil lamp is extinguished. --SalonJune 19, 1997

Kirkus Reviews

A grim story about a tough, resourceful Southern family in the Civil War is somewhat submerged by the weight of lyrical detail piled on the tale, and by the slow pace of the telling. There's no doubt that Frazier can write; the problem is that he stops so often to savor the sheer pleasure of the act of writing in this debut effort.

Inman, seeing that the end of the war is near, decides to leave his regiment and go back home to Ada, the bright, stubborn woman he loves. His adventures traversing a chaotic, impoverished land, Ada's struggles to preserve her father's farm, and the harsh, often powerful tales of the rough-hewn individuals they encounter take up most of the narrative.

The tragic climax is convincing but somewhat rushed, given the many dilatory scenes that have preceded it. Frazier has Cormac McCarthy's gift for rendering the pitch and tang of regional speech, and for catching some of the true oddity of human nature, but he doesn't yet possess McCarthy's ferocious focus. A promising but overlong, uneven debut.

What People Are Saying

Kaye Gibbons
Cold Mountain is the best Civil War novel since Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels. Written in a style equal to that of Shelby Foote, this novel deserves any and all prizes that might be lying about.

Willie Morris
Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain is the most impressive and enthralling first novel I have read in a long time. It is a magnetic story, ambitious in scope, with richly developed characters and beautiful evocations of landscape. Though set in an earlier time, it is contemporary in the profoundest sense, with resonance of A Farewell to Arms.

John Berendt
Cold Mountain is a heartbreakingly beautiful story, elegantly told and utterly convincing down the last haunting detail.

Rick Bass
This novel is so magnificent—in every conceivable aspect, and others previously unimagined—that it has occurred to me that the shadow of this book, and the joy I received in reading it, will fall over every other book I ever read. It seems even possible to never want to read another book, so wonderful is this one. Cold Mountain is one of the great accomplishments in American literature.

Ann Beattie
Charles Frazier's novel is at once spare and eloquent, a panorama that the author stills long enough to make a portrait—a very evocative portrait of Inman, a soldier who is trying to escape a ruined world. Interspersed with so many moments of sadness, the many moments of compassion see entirely convincing and are very affecting; when Ada 'wanted to tell him how she had come to be what she was,' the understatement—as it is so often in Cold Mountain—is almost shattering. And then comes the ending.

Kaye Gibbons
Cold Mountain is the best Civil War novel since Michaels Shaara's The Killer Angels. Written in a style equal to that of Shelby Foote, this novel deserves any and all prizes that might be lying about.

Rick Bass
This novel is so magnificent -- in every conceivable aspect, and others previously unimagined -- that it has occured to me that the shadows of this book, and the joy I received in reading it, will reach far over every other book I ever read. It seems even possible to never want to read another book, so wonderful is this one. Cold Mountain is one of the great accomplishments in America.

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Cholesterol Cures: More Than 325 Natural Ways to Lower Cholesterol and Live Longer from Almonds and Chocolate to Garlic and Wine

Author: Prevention Health Books

Are you troubled by scary headlines linking high cholesterol levels with heart disease? Wary of cholesterol-lowering drugs that trigger worrisome side effects? Cholesterol Cures offers hundreds of natural ways to keep your cholesterol in check-- without drugs!

Since this book was first released, scientists have discovered that some foods once considered off-limits actually help boost "good" cholesterol and lower "bad" cholesterol.

In this revised and updated edition, you'll learn the heart-healthy benefits of:
Chocolate * Guacamole * Applie Pie * Olives * Peanut Butter * Orange Juice * Real salad dressings * Fish * Wine ... and more

Get the real scoop on:
* Cholesterol-lowering eggs, salad dressings, margarines, and snack bars
* New anti-cholesterol supplements and herbs (such as niacin and red yeast rice extract)
* The fat and cholesterol content of 500 everyday foods

You'll discover how:
* Chili peppers lower triglycerides, a type of blood fat related to cholesterol
* Chicory, a coffee substitute, clobbers cholesterol
* Red meat can be part of a low-fat, low choesterol diet
* Yoga can help cut high cholesterol

Includes a menu plan and recipes for lowering your cholesterol 30 points in 30 days

The Sonoma Diet or Anticancer

The Sonoma Diet

Author: Connie Guttersen

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Anticancer: A New Way of Life

Author: David Servan Schreiber

A radical synthesis of science and personal experience that advocates a sea change in the way we understand and confront cancer

When David Servan- Schreiber, a dedicated scientist and doctor, was diagnosed with brain cancer, it changed his life. Confronting what medicine knows about the illness, the little known workings of the body's natural cancer-fighting capacities, and his own will to live, Servan-Schreiber found himself on a fifteen-year journey from disease and relapse into scientific exploration, and finally to health. Combining memoir with a clear explanation of what makes cancer cells thrive and what inhibits them, and describing both conventional and alternative ways to slow and prevent cancer, Anticancer is revolutionary in its clarity. It is a moving story of a doctor's inner and outer search for healing; radical in its discussion of the environment, lifestyle, and trauma; and inspiring and cautionary in its certainty that cancer cells lie dormant in all of us-and we all must care for the "terrain" in which they exist.

Anticancer takes us on a serious journey and, ultimately, an empowering one. In the tradition of Michael Pollan, John Kabat- Zinn, Barbara Kingsolver, and Andrew Weil, Anticancer genuinely guides us to "a new way of life."

Table of Contents:

Foreword 7 Introduction 13 Chapter 1 One Story 21 Chapter 2 Escaping Statistics 33 Chapter 3 Danger and Opportunity 45 Chapter 4 Cancer's Weaknesses 63 Chapter 5 Breaking the News 111 Chapter 6 The Anticancer Environment 118 Chapter 7 Lessons of a Relapse 186 Chapter 8 The Anticancer Foods 195 Chapter 9 The Anticancer Mind 267 Chapter 10 Defusing Fear 348 Chapter 11 The Anticancer Body 370 Chapter 12 Learning to Change 396 Chapter 13 Conclusion 408 Ten Precautions for Cell Phone Use 421 Acknowledgments 425 Notes 435

Back to the House of Health or Diabetes

Back to the House of Health

Author: Shelley Redford Young

About the Author:

Shelley R. Young, co-founder and President of InnerLight International, is a licensed massage therapist with a passionate interest in optimum nutrition. She teaches "hands-on" alkalizing food preparation classes at her mountain home in Alpine, UT, where she resides with her husband, Dr. Robert Young, who has devoted his life to research into the causes of disease and the role nutrition plays in promoting self-healing.

What People Are Saying

Anthony Robbins
Shelley Young's recipes will help you alkalize your body and live a healthier, more energized, and ultimately more fulfilling life.

Anthony Espinet
This book of recipes is an impressive contribution to the homemaker's library. Throughout Shelley Young's book, a balanced, nutritionally complete diet is promoted. Beautiful, delicious, and well-planned meals are presented in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step fashion. Each meal offers pleasing variety in flavor and nutrients. We live in an age that is becoming increasingly difficult to discern good-quality foods from the depleted pick that is found in the grocers. This book not only shows you all there is to know about good, old-fashioned, vegetarian food preparation, but also captures the long-kept secrets of professional chefs.

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Diabetes (Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series)

Author: Byron Hoogwerf

This new book in the successful Healthy Living formula - inspirational stories followed by positive, practical medical advice for caregivers and patients - addresses one of America's most frustrating and dangerous recurring conditions

Diabetes isn't just an illness anymore: it is an epidemic in American society that has increasingly been explained as an outgrowth of our lifestyle choices. This book explains what causes diabetes, how to prevent it—especially how to prevent it in loved ones like husbands and children—and most importantly how to live well once you've developed the condition. Most of us know what we should do; this book gives you the inspiration you need to actually follow through.

In the Healthy Living series, Chicken Soup for the Soul partners with the nation's top medical experts and organizations to give emotional support and important information to people with specific medical needs. The books feature approximately twelve positive, heartwarming stories from real people, followed by relevant expert medical advice that will positively impact the reader's life. Subjects such as diet, psychological issues, family relations, and alternative therapies exist side-by-side with traditional subjects such as understanding common medical terms, the effects of treatment options, and the doctor-patient relationship. Each book contains source notes and a resources section for more information and support.

Insight Yoga or 6 Day Body Makeover

Insight Yoga

Author: Sarah Powers

Sarah Powers is widely known for her original ideas and techniques for using yoga both for health and spiritual growth. Combining traditional yoga techniques with the meridians of Chinese medicine and meditation, she has created a practice she calls Insight Yoga; a series of sequences that teaches both the dynamic flow poses (yang) and the more passive resting poses (yin) forms its foundation. Demonstrated by the author in beautiful photographs, the poses balance gentle stretches with dynamic moves for ultimate benefit to organs, muscles, joints, and tendons. Powers offers a basic explanation of Chinese medicine theory, as well as of Buddhist mindfulness meditation.

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6 Day Body Makeover: Drop One Whole Dress or Pant Size in Just 6 Days - And Keep it Off

Author: Michael Thurmond

Lightning fast weight loss is now a reality with the 6-DAY BODY MAKEOVER. The secret to Thurmond's bestselling, rapid fat-loss program is customization. By tailoring a regimen to an individual's unique body type and metabolism, the program delivers dramatic results, making it easy for virtually anyone to lose a whole dress or pant size in just six days. Thurmond's exclusive "blueprinting system" helps identify your individual body type so that you can select just the right foods in the right combination to trigger fast weight loss. With customized meal plans, menus and recipes, fat burning exercise secrets, a maintenance plan, and more, readers will be amazed at the difference six days can make.

Author Biography: MICHAEL THURMOND lives in Santa Monica, California.

Dairy Free Cookbook or Are You Ready

Dairy-Free Cookbook: Over 250 Recipes For People With Lactose Intolerance Or Milk Allergy

Author: Jane Zukin

Are you one of the millions of people who cannot drink milk or eat dairy products without pain and discomfort? Jane Zukin, shows you how you can eat to your stomach's content, offering 250 delicious dishes the whole family will love. She also explains all you need to understand about milk intolerance and milk allergies. In addition, she explains how to deal with child-related issues and how to recognize the "hidden" milk products and byproducts that lurk inside so many prepared foods. But make no mistake. At its heart, this is a cookbook.

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Are You Ready!: To Take Charge, Lose Weight, Get in Shape, and Change Your Life Forever

Author: Bob Harper

The world-renowned fitness coach on the hit TV show The Biggest Loser presents his winning approach to lasting weight loss by showing how to get at the root of your overeating problem, followed by a nutritionally savvy diet and unique exercise plan.
On The Biggest Loser, Bob Harper gives contestants the practical tools and psychological insights they need to get into the best shape of their lives. The key to his success is the emotional connection he makes with each participant, and he brings that same spirit to Are You Ready!

Harper starts with a four-step strategy for getting at the root of negative thought patterns and destructive behaviors, replacing both with a clear way to build self-worth and confidence. With these tools in place, people are empowered to make real, lasting changes in their lives. In an easy-to-follow eating plan, he provides lists of foods that are nutrient-dense and naturally low in calories, more than twenty sample menus, and tips on eating on the run, in restaurants, and on vacation. His fitness plan is geared to making exercise an integral part of daily life with workouts (ranging from 20 to 60 minutes) based on training techniques that tone and strengthen, burn calories, and reshape the body.

Woven throughout Are You Ready! are true-life success stories that will keep readers engaged and motivated; bulleted tips, tools, and coping strategies; and sidebars debunking common myths about food and fitness. Whether your goal is losing ten pounds or a hundred, you will find Harper’s message inspiring and his methods a proven path to finally achieving your dream of weight loss and fitness.

Rescue Your Nails or Cooking the Whole Foods Way

Rescue Your Nails: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Perfect Fingers and Toes

Author: Ji Baek

What you’ll learn:
The best way to repair smudged polish
The best way to store your polish—not in the fridge
The secret to cleaning up spilled polish (hint: check your desk drawer)
The must-haves in your nail-care arsenal: lemon juice and salt
The best way to repair a split or chipped nail
Colors for the beginner, colors for the pro

The ten unbreakable rules of nail care

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Cooking the Whole Foods Way: Your Complete, Everyday Guide to Healthy, Delicious Eating with 500 Vegan Recipes, Menus, Techniques, Meal Planning, Buying Tips, Wit, and Wisdom

Author: Christina Pirello

The revised and updated edition of the popular, whole foods cookbook-with more than 80 new recipes...now 100% vegan!

With a dash of fun, Christina Pirello introduces whole foods cooking, inviting health-conscious readers to cut out processed and chemically enhanced food, as well as dairy, sugar, and meat, and embrace fruit, whole grains, vegetables, and beans. From savory soups to innovative entrЋes and delectable desserts, here are more than 500 recipes and ideas for wholesome, gourmet eating. With tips on meal planning, a shopping guide, productresource list, and extensive glossary, Christina makes healthy eating a most delicious adventure.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments     ix
Preface     xi
Foreword     xiii
Introduction     1
What Is Macrobiotics?     7
Glossary     20
The Basics     35
Amazing Grains     41
Savory Soups and Stews     72
Beans, Beans, Beans     95
Tasty Tofu, Tempeh and Seitan     115
Eat Your Veggies!     141
Pastabilities     200
Sensational Salads     234
Sassy Sauces and Dressings     269
Breads of Life     280
Great Dessert Classics     297
Resource Guide     335
Recommended Reading     337
Bibliography     338
Metric Conversion Charts     339
Index     340

CR Way or EatingWell Healthy in a Hurry Cookbook

CR Way: Using the Secrets of Calorie Restriction for a Longer, Healthier Life

Author: Paul McGlothin

When it comes to living longer, scientists are discovering that less is more. By following Calorie Restriction, a revolutionary diet that provides the body with fewer calories than is traditionally required, people are getting dramatic benefits. Now, with The CR Way, you too can slow the aging process; protect against cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes; and increase your energy and mental capabilities. And, if needed, you'll lose weight and keep it off.

Paul McGlothin and Meredith Averill, leaders of the Calorie Restriction Society, provide quick and easy menus and recipes so delicious that you will wonder why you ever wanted to eat more than you need. And for those who want some of the benefits without sacrificing all the calories, the authors will show you how to plan a diet that works for you. Groundbreaking and controversial, The CR Way is your key to a happier, healthier life.

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EatingWell Healthy in a Hurry Cookbook: 150 Delicious Recipes for Simple, Everyday Suppers in 45 Minutes or Less

Author: Jim Romanoff

Never again sacrifice delicious, healthy meals when time is short: Here are more than 150 recipes that can be cooked in 30 to 40 minutes or less.

Healthy in a Hurry offers the ultimate answer to the perennial weeknight question of "What's for dinner?" With hundreds of quick and flavorful main-course recipes, it promises to become an everyday cooking tool for those who want to get a healthy, delicious meal on the table both swiftly and simply.

Coming out of the highly acclaimed Vermont test kitchens of EatingWell magazine, Healthy in a Hurry serves up a broad range of easy and mouth-watering recipes such as Warm Salmon Salad with Crispy Potatoes, Garlic & Parsley Rubbed Lamb Chops with Greek Couscous Salad, and Chicken with Green Olives & Dried Plums. Full-color throughout, index.

Publishers Weekly

This collection of fast and flavorful dinner dishes lives up to its title, sharing entrees that can be prepared in 45 minutes or less, culled from EatingWell's "Healthy in a Hurry" column. Dishes like Chipotle Flank Steak Tacos with Pineapple Salsa, and Roasted Cod with Warm Tomato-Olive-Caper Tapenade are accompanied by sidebars giving active and total cooking times and per serving nutritional analyses. Notes indicate if a dish is "heart healthy," "low carb" or "high fiber" (almost every dish falls into at least one category). Whole foods, fresh herbs, low-fat dairy, "good" fats (olive and canola oils) and a few carefully selected frozen and canned goods are the kinds of ingredients called for, and a solid introduction tells readers how to stock the pantry, refrigerator and freezer, as well as plan menus. A chapter on sides gives ideas for preparing salads, grains and vegetables, including a piece on "how to cook 20 veggies" five simple ways each. With an index that sorts meals into "Healthy Weight," "30 Minutes or Less" and "Family Friendly" categories, and frequent full-color photographs, this book is not only easy to cook from but a pleasure to use. (Jan.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

A Cancer Battle Plan or Suzanne Somers Eat Great Lose Weight

A Cancer Battle Plan: Six Strategies for Beating Cancer from a Recovered "Hopeless Case"

Author: Anne E Frahm

When Anne Frahm discovered she had cancer, it had already spread from her breast to her shoulder, ribs, skull, and pelvic bone, and had eaten into every vertebrae in her spine. Doctors prescribed the traditional treatments of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, but Anne continued to sicken. Yet, throughout the course of her disease the author persisted in researching the connection between cancer and nutrition. She formulated a comprehensive battle plan and within five weeks of implementing it, her cancer disappeared without a trace. She has been cancer-free ever since. As A Cancer Battle Plantakes us along on Anne Frahm's journey of reclaiming her body and health, we learn: • the nutritional rebuilding process that can help us win the war against cancer; • how specific preventive measures can neutralize cancer and other degenerative diseases; • how to find a team of doctors and professionals that will help battle cancer most successfully; • how to encourage and help someone fight cancer; and • how to keep a fighting spirit and maintain morale. With a new introduction by the author, A Cancer Battle Plan is a riveting account that has helped tens of thousands and is an invaluable nutritional program for anyone wishing to recover or perpetuate their good health.

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Suzanne Somers' Eat Great, Lose Weight

Author: Suzanne Somers

No one knows the self-denial--and the failure rate--of dieting better than Suzanne Somers. The Three's Company and Step-by-Step star struggled with her weight for twenty years. But now, after years of experimentation and consultation with more than one hundred nutritionists and dietitians, Suzanne has developed a weight-loss plan that truly succeeds.  

With over a hundred recipes for great-tasting creative and traditional dishes, Eat Great, Lose Weight will help you free yourself from food cravings, get off the diet roller coaster, and learn to love food again. You won't believe how easy it is to look and feel your best!

Library Journal

It has been argued that one can lose weight and still eat large amounts of foods if they are in the proper combination and proportion and are eaten in conjunction with an exercise program. These two books explore this concept with slightly different interpretations. In addition to recommending larger amounts of complex carbohydrates with little or no fat and sugar, actress Somers (Wednesday's Child, LJ 8/92) emphasizes that eating the right combinations (and avoiding the wrong ones) promotes efficient digestion. Vedral, the author of a number of exercise books (e.g., Top Shape, Warner, 1995), proposes a simple modification of the USDA's Food Pyramid, recommending that low-calorie/high-density foods be eaten frequently to avoid the hunger pangs that sabotage many diets. Both books include extensive menus, recipes, and basic workout plans. Either or both would be a good purchase for public libraries. [Somers's book was previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 9/1/96.]Susan B. Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, Ohio

Taking Charge of ADHD or Kid Friendly Food Allergy Cookbook

Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents

Author: Russell A Barkley

Although the book is targeted at the parents of ADHD children, it will serve as a useful resource for teachers and others involved in the care and education of these children....This book is unique in its up-to-date and clear presentation of the scientific underpinnings of the disorder and the pragmatic, empirically based approach to intervention that it encourages. It is also very well organized and readable; it is probably the best available resource of this type.

Harlan Gephart

This book, an update of a 1995 publication, gives an overview of current thinking and research regarding ADHD and outlines medical, educational, and behavioral techniques for treating this disorder. The author's stated purpose is to educate parents about what is currently known and to give them tools to help them raise their ADHD child. Those objectives are very worthwhile, and the author in my opinion certainly meets those objectives. This book is written for all parents of ADHD children, as the title states. In my view, it is also a valuable teaching resource for all health professionals dealing with ADHD. The author is recognized as a world authority on ADHD. This book is organized in sections that provide an overview of current thinking regarding ADHD; specific parenting techniques; educational interventions; and the use of medication in the treatment of ADHD. The best features of the book are the chapters with specific guidelines, for example: "Fourteen Guiding Principles of Parenting"and "Eight Steps to Better Behavior." A unique feature at the end of the book lists parent resources, organizations, additional reading, videos, books, etc. A possible shortcoming is the initial 100 pages dealing with current ADHD knowledge that is didactic, scientific, and perhaps too sophisticated for many readers. This book is an invaluable resource for parents and healthcare providers in the care and management of children with ADHD. Dr. Barkley is an internationally recognized authority in the field, whose research and writings have contributed immensely to current knowledge regarding this disorder. This revised edition contains the latest information about ADHD and its straightforward,practical guidelines are not only easily understood but immensely helpful to parents in the daily care and management of their ADHD children.

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Reviewer: Harlan R. Gephart, MD (University of Washington School of Medicine)
Description: This book, an update of a 1995 publication, gives an overview of current thinking and research regarding ADHD and outlines medical, educational, and behavioral techniques for treating this disorder.
Purpose: The author's stated purpose is to educate parents about what is currently known and to give them tools to help them raise their ADHD child. Those objectives are very worthwhile, and the author in my opinion certainly meets those objectives.
Audience: This book is written for all parents of ADHD children, as the title states. In my view, it is also a valuable teaching resource for all health professionals dealing with ADHD. The author is recognized as a world authority on ADHD.
Features: This book is organized in sections that provide an overview of current thinking regarding ADHD; specific parenting techniques; educational interventions; and the use of medication in the treatment of ADHD. The best features of the book are the chapters with specific guidelines, for example: "Fourteen Guiding Principles of Parenting"and "Eight Steps to Better Behavior." A unique feature at the end of the book lists parent resources, organizations, additional reading, videos, books, etc. A possible shortcoming is the initial 100 pages dealing with current ADHD knowledge that is didactic, scientific, and perhaps too sophisticated for many readers.
Assessment: This book is an invaluable resource for parents and healthcare providers in the care and management of children with ADHD. Dr. Barkley is an internationally recognized authority in the field, whose research and writings have contributed immensely to current knowledge regarding this disorder. This revised edition contains the latest information about ADHD and its straightforward, practical guidelines are not only easily understood but immensely helpful to parents in the daily care and management of their ADHD children.

Parent Council Reviews

A great guide for parents, teachers, and others who want to understand ADHD better, this book carefully covers the topic and includes many ways to cope with ADHD at home and school. Parents can find information on genetic and neurological research as well as the latest word on diagnosis and stimulant use. 2000, Guilford Press, $18.95. Ages Adult. Reviewer: S. Palmer SOURCE: Parent Council, September 2001 (Vol. 9, No. 1)

Library Journal

Studies find that ADHD affects three to ten percent of the school-age population, making it the most common psychiatric diagnosis in children. Treating it with Ritalin and other stimulants remains both common and controversial. With a stream of books and videos touting unproven "cures," the publication of these three accessible, scientifically based titles is particularly welcome. Each covers much of the same material: ADHD's causes are biological, mainly genetic; affected individuals are impulsive, unable to concentrate and follow instructions, often hyperactive, and oppositional (there is a subgroup who are "dreamy" but not disruptive); and medication doesn't cure ADHD but does ease the child's difficulties, especially when used in conjunction with home- and classroom-based systems of immediate positive and negative behavioral consequences. Each author, however, has a unique emphasis. Wender, one of the first advocates of using stimulant medication for hyperactivity, emphasizes that ADHD is a lifelong problem for many sufferers and that many ADHD adults would benefit from stimulant treatment. While the title of Haber's book might lead one to assume that he is opposed to the use of medication for treatment of ADHD, this is not the case. Haber, a developmental/behavioral pediatrician, believes that there is a group of children who do indeed suffer from ADHD but that this group is much smaller than other experts estimate. Also, he argues that epilepsy, hearing loss, Tourette's syndrome, and psychological distress owing to family instability or trauma are being mislabeled as ADHD. Barkley (psychiatry and neurology, Univ. of Massachussetts Medical Ctr.) theorizes that the cause of the various behaviors associated with ADHD is the inability to plan ahead--that these children have a very short "time line." His suggestions for treatment don't diverge from the mainstream, however. Because ADHD is such a hot topic, most public libraries should purchase all three titles. As a starting point for parents, or for smaller libraries that can only afford one title, Barkley's book is the first choice; it offers details about finding the right kind of specialists, putting together a disciplinary program, coping with adolescents, and building positive relationships with school personnel.--Mary Ann Hughes, Neill P.L., Pullman, WA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

Booknews

Empowers parents of children with ADHD by giving them a step-by-step plan for behavior management, hard data on diagnosis and treatment, strategies for helping children succeed at school and in social situations, and information on advances in genetic and neurological research that enhance understanding of the causes of ADHD. Includes an annotated list of books, organizations, and Internet resources. This edition is revised to incorporate the most current information. Barkley is director of psychology and professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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3 Stars from Doody

Kid Friendly Food Allergy Cookbook: More Than 150 Recipes That Are: Wheat-Free, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free, Egg-Free, Low in Sugar

Author: Leslie Hammond

Millions of children across the country have food sensitivities or allergies, and the number is on the rise. And most of these children don't get to eat cookies, for fear of the reaction they might have from the wheat, or the peanuts. Imagine the feeling a young child must have as they stand there watching their friends munch on cookies just out of Mom's oven, while they have to make do with yet another carrot stickà.

Leslie Hammond knows that left-out feeling all too well. As a child she suffered from severe food allergies and would watch year after year as, when the birthday song had ended and she'd blown out the candles, her fancy party cake was whisked away and served to her friends, while she ate a dry rice cake. Now the mother of allergic children herself, Leslie vowed to spare her own children that trauma. She had developed over 100 recipes that will appeal to a kid's tastes. Unlike other food-allergy cookbooks already on the market, her recipes hardly ever call for the kinds of ingredients that would gross out any kid -- like tofu.

The book's recipes take into account all of the most common food sensitivities like wheat and gluten, peanuts, or dairy. Each recipe can be modified to fit the dietary needs to the child.

It's divided into three sections -- snacks, main dishes, and treats. Leslie and co-author Lynne Rominger also provide information about how to find what you need in a regular grocery store, instead of requiring a separate trip to the natural foods store. She writes from the perspective of an ordinary working mom, and doesn't design eating regimes that would take all day in the kitchen to satisfy.

With the recipes in this book, even the mostsensitive child will get a cookie too.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	9
	Introduction	11
	Shopping for Food	13
	Snacks	19
	Meals	89
	Side Dishes	141
	Sweets and Treats	153
	Helpful Hints	217
	Index	220

From Binge to Blackout or Style A to Zoe

From Binge to Blackout: A Mother and Son Struggle With Teen Drinking

Author: Chris Volkmann

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Style A to Zoe: The Art of Fashion, Beauty, & Everything Glamour

Author: Rachel Zo

Rachel Zoe is Hollywood's most powerful stylist. She is the driving force behind today's major front-page trends and she personally decides what Hollywood's hottest stars are wearing, whether they're out on the town or on the red carpet. Now, Zoe gives readers full access to the style secrets and tricks of the trade she bestows upon hot celebrity clients like Lindsay Lohan, Salma Hayek, and Mischa Barton. In STYLE A TO ZOE readers will learn how to develop their own personal style and go-glam in ever part of their lif—from wardrobe and jet-setting to entertaining and home decor.

STYLE A TO ZOE includes practical advice on developing personal style like a star—on a realistic budget. Rachel makes the reader feel like her best friend with her inviting voice and insider strategies—with tips on everything from how to be your own stylist to must have accessories and wardrobe staples for every occasion. Her secrets include:

How to look like a star on an extra's budget!

How to create your own red carpet moments.

How to pack and travel like a jet-setter.

How to draw inspiration from your favorite style icons to create your own unique look.

When to save and when to splurge on handbags, shoes and more!

With original interviews and contributions from over 20 fashion A-listers like Michael Kors, Donatella Versace, and Zac Posen as well as never-before-seen color photographs of Rachel's celebrity clients and personal backstage fittings and events, Rachel will help readers cultivate a unique, personal look and live a life of glamour and high style that will last season after season and year after year.