Downward Dogs and Warriors or TAI CHI CHUAN

Downward Dogs and Warriors: Wisdom Tales for Modern Yogis

Author: Zo Newell

Downward Dogs and Warriors de-mystifies traditional India stories of gods and goddesses by showing their connection to universal human emotions. Connecting these stories to common yoga poses opens a deeper dimension of practice.

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T'AI CHI CH'UAN: A Simplified Method of Calisthenics for Health

Author: Cheng Man Ching

This is the original classic about Short Form, the most popular and widespread form of T'ai Chi in the West. T'ai Chi Ch'uan is a must-read for every serious T'ai Chi student. This book is not meant to "teach" T'ai Chi Ch'uan, but meant to expound upon its meaning to the earnest practitioner; to offer the layperson a glimpse into this ancient art; and to communicate the author's unique perceptions and experiences that only a lifetime of practice can cultivate. Taken in this context, this is a most valuable book.

Dont Just Stand There or Everybodys Guide to Homeopathic Medicines

Don't Just Stand There: How to Be Helpful, Clued-In, Supportive, Engaged & Relevant in the Delivery Room

Author: Elissa Stein

Don't Just Stand There delivers! Written by a husband and wife team, this guidebook outlines everything an expectant father needs to know to navigate the big day. Dads get clear direction on what to bring, how to calm and soothe, what to say and, more important, what to definitely not say. A chapter on the stages of labor makes it easy to track what's happening when, while blank lists provide space for mom to fill in her personal preferences ahead of time. With witty illustrations and confidence-inspiring advice throughout, it's an essential for the expecting.

Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines: Safe and Effective Remedies for You and Your Family

Author: Stephen Cummings

Homeopathy is a natural, safe, inexpensive, and highly effective complement to conventional medicine. By triggering the body's own self-healing abilities, homeopathic remedies effectively treat everyday ailments of mind and body. Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines provides a clear and comprehensive guide to the use of homeopathic remedies for quick relief for colds, headaches, allergies, children's illnesses, women's health problems, and many other common conditions. Written by a physician and by the leading homeopathic educator in the United States, this revised and expanded edition of Everybody's Guide has been updated to include the most detailed and comprehensive information available on the increasingly popular practice of homeopathy. You'll learn how to assess illnesses and identify clues that point to the right medicine, individualize homeopathic treatment, decide when professional medical treatment is required, and gain access to leading homeopathic organizations and resources.

Library Journal

Written by a medical doctor and a well-known homeopath, who has authored several books on the subject, this revised and expanded edition is a good introduction to the theory and practice of homeopathy. Intended for the lay reader, the bulk of the book details self-treatment options for common ailments. The authors take great care advising patients when professional medical intervention is warranted. For most consumer collections. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

The Thyroid Sourcebook for Women or Dr Anns 10 Step Diet

The Thyroid Sourcebook for Women (McGraw-Hill Sourcebook Series)

Author: M Sara Rosenthal

The Thyroid Sourcebook for Women is an indispensable resource for the one in eight American women who suffers from chronic thyroid disorders. This new edition features the latest research on thyroid disorders, including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and thyroid cancer, and their effect on women's health and lives. It explores the advantages and disadvantages of the latest medications and treatments, while addressing critical concerns for women such as fertility, pregnancy, postpartum thyroid disorder, menopause, depression, and weight gain. It also offers candid appraisals of major alternative therapies.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction: A Woman's Disease	xiii
Chapter 1	All About Eve--And the Thyroid Gland	1
	What Is a Thyroid?	2
	Tracing Thyroid Disease in Your Family	13
	Thyroid and Your Menstrual Cycle	15
	Thyroid and Contraception	24
	The Breast Connection	32
Chapter 2	Signs of Trouble: It Is Not All in Your Head	35
	Fast Women: The Hyperalphabet Soup	36
	Cold Women: The Hypoalphabet Soup	46
Chapter 3	Fatigue, Depression, and Thyroid Disease	57
	Normal Stress and Fatigue	58
	Abnormal Fatigue: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	63
	Depression or Thyroid Disease?	70
Chapter 4	Fertility, Pregnancy, and the Thyroid	77
	Getting Pregnant	77
	Being Pregnant	80
	After the Baby Is Born	85
	Your Baby's Thyroid	93
Chapter 5	Thyroid Disease and Menopause	99
	Natural Menopause	100
	Surgical Menopause	107
	Long-Term Effects of Estrogen Loss: Postmenopausal Symptoms	109
	Hormone Replacement Therapy and Thyroid Disease	116
	Other Postmenopausal Concerns	126
Chapter 6	Women and Thyroid Eye Disease	131
	What Is Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)?	131
	Battling the Bulge: Treating TED	137
	Drying Your Eyes Out	140
Chapter 7	The Weight and Diet Connection	143
	Thyroid Disease and Obesity	143
	Making Changes and Cutting Fat	155
	Fiber	161
	"Iodine Foods" and the Thyroid	163
Chapter 8	The Stress Connection: Autoimmune Thyroid Disorders	167
	What Is an Autoimmune Disorder?	167
	Other Stress-Related Disorders	179
	What Is Stress?	184
Chapter 9	Thyroid Lumps and Thyroid Cancer	191
	Investigating a Thyroid Lump	192
	Thyroid Cancer	199
	Preventing Thyroid Cancer	212
Chapter 10	Thyroid Doctors, Tests, and Treatments	217
	The Right Primary Care Doctor	219
	When to Get a Second Opinion	224
	How to Use a Specialist	230
	What the Doctor Orders	233
	When Your Doctor Tells You to Take a Pill	242
	Glossary	255
Appendix	Where to Go for More Information	263
	Bibliography	269
	Index	279

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Dr. Ann's 10 Step Diet: A Simple Plan for Permanent Weight Loss and Lifelong Vitality

Author: Ann Kulz

In her revolutionary weight loss program, Ann Kulze, M.D., demystifies the nutritional science that leads to sustainable weight loss and good health.  Unlike fad diets or lose-weight-quick schemes, the 10-Step Diet prides itself on taking the entirety of your wellness into account. It goes beyond teaching you what to eat: it teaches you why you should eat certain foods and avoid others.

The 10-Step Diet is not "low carb," "high protein," "low cal," or "low fat." Instead, it is a new way of eating and living that results in permanent weight loss and dramatic improvement in overall health and wellness. Best of all, it's surprisingly simple, and the results are permanent because the plan is realistic, flexible, and comprehensive.

In the 10-Step Diet, Dr. Ann reveals the benefits of the right fats, the right proteins, the right carbohydrates. She teaches you not only what to eat, but also how to live: what to buy at the grocery store and what to avoid, how to prepare your meals at home, and how to dine out without sacrificing your health and weight. Dr. Ann outlines the almost drug-like properties of some of the most powerful foods science knows and how they along with lifestyle modifications can prevent the ten most common diseases affected by nutrition. Most important, she offers the scientific reasoning behind her recommendations, so you can fully understand your body and how your nutritional choices affect the way you look and feel.

It's time to throw out the idea that dieting means eating strange foods or depriving yourself of great tastes, and start enjoying what you eat not merely for the taste, but also for the proven nourishment the right foods offer. Whether you have 10 pounds to lose or 100, Dr. Ann's 10-Step Diet will help you look good, feel great, and stay well.

American College of Emergency Physicians First Aid Manual or How Good Do We Have to Be

American College of Emergency Physicians First Aid Manual

Author: American College of Emergency Physicians

The American College of Emergency Physicians has created an essential and comprehensive first aid manual with treatments and techniques explained, step-by-step and illustrated with hundreds of photographs to show how to perform them correctly. Featuring important life-saving procedures, including rescue breathing, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, treatment for a blocked airway, and other life-threatening situations, the book also provides detailed anatomical information and offers treatments for people of any age in any situation.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	10
1	First-Aid Essentials	11
	Being a first aider	12
	Looking after yourself	14
	Regulations and legislation	17
	Action at an emergency	18
	Telephoning for help	20
	Multiple victims	21
	Road incidents	22
	Fires	24
	Electrical injuries	26
	Water rescue	28
	Assessing a victim	29
	Primary survey	29
	Secondary survey	30
	Symptoms and signs	32
	Examining a victim	34
	Treatment and aftercare	36
	Passing on information	37
	Using observation charts	38
2	Techniques and Equipment	39
	Removing clothing	40
	Removing headgear	41
	Monitoring vital signs	42
	First-aid materials	44
	Dressings	46
	Sterile dressings	47
	Nonsterile dressings	48
	Adhesive dressings	49
	Cold compresses	49
	Principles of bandaging	50
	Roller bandages	52
	Elbow and knee bandages	54
	Hand and foot bandages	55
	Tubular bandages	56
	Triangular bandages	57
	Square knots	58
	Scalp bandage	59
	Arm sling	60
	Elevation sling	61
	Improvised slings	62
	Victim handling	63
	Assisting a walking victim	65
	Controlling a fall	66
	Moving from chair to floor	67
	Moving a collapsed victim	68
	Moving equipment	69
	Stretchers and boards	70
3	Life-Saving Procedures	71
	Breathing and circulation	72
	Life-saving priorities	73
	Adult resuscitation chart	75
	Unconscious adult	76
	Child resuscitation chart	86
	Unconscious child (1-7 years)	87
	Infant resuscitation chart	94
	Unconscious infant (under 1 year)	95
	Choking summary charts	99
	Choking adult	100
	Choking child (1-7 years)	101
	Choking infant (under 1 year)	102
4	Respiratory Problems	103
	The respiratory system	104
	Hypoxia	106
	Airway obstruction	107
	Hanging and strangulation	108
	Drowning	109
	Inhalation of fumes	110
	Penetrating chest wound	112
	Hyperventilation	114
	Asthma	115
	Croup	116
5	Heart and Circulatory Problems	117
	The heart and blood vessels	118
	Shock	120
	Internal bleeding	122
	Anaphylactic shock	123
	Angina pectoris	124
	Acute heart failure	124
	Heart attack	125
	Fainting	126
6	Wounds and Bleeding	127
	Bleeding and types of wounds	128
	Severe bleeding	130
	Impalement	132
	Amputation	132
	Crush injury	133
	Cuts and abrasions	134
	Foreign object in a cut	135
	Bruising	136
	Infected wound	136
	Scalp and head wounds	137
	Eye wound	138
	Bleeding from the ear	138
	Nosebleed	139
	Bleeding from the mouth	140
	Knocked-out tooth	140
	Wound to the palm	141
	Wound at a joint crease	141
	Abdominal wound	142
	Vaginal bleeding	143
	Bleeding varicose vein	144
7	Bone, Joint, and Muscle Injuries	145
	The skeleton	146
	Bones, muscles, and joints	148
	Fractures	150
	Dislocated joint	153
	Strains and sprains	154
	Major facial fracture	156
	Cheekbone and nose fractures	157
	Lower jaw injury	157
	Fractured collarbone	158
	Shoulder injury	159
	Upper arm injury	160
	Elbow injury	161
	Forearm and wrist injuries	162
	Hand and finger injuries	163
	Injury to the ribcage	164
	Spinal injury	165
	Back pain	168
	Fractured pelvis	169
	Hip and thigh injuries	170
	Knee injury	172
	Lower leg injury	173
	Ankle injury	174
	Foot and toe injuries	174
8	Nervous System Problems	175
	The nervous system	176
	Impaired consciousness	178
	Head injury	179
	Concussion	180
	Cerebral compression	181
	Skull fracture	182
	Stroke	183
	Seizures in adults	184
	Absence seizures	185
	Seizures in children	186
	Meningitis	187
	Headache	188
	Migraine	188
9	Environmental Injuries	189
	The skin	190
	Assessing a burn	192
	Severe burns and scalds	194
	Minor burns and scalds	196
	Burns to the airway	197
	Electrical burn	198
	Chemical burn	199
	Chemical burn to the eye	200
	Flash burn to the eye	201
	Tear gas or pepper spray injury	201
	Sunburn	202
	Prickly heat	202
	Heat exhaustion	203
	Heatstroke	204
	Frostbite	205
	Hypothermia	206
10	Foreign Objects	209
	The sensory organs	210
	Splinter	212
	Embedded fishhook	213
	Foreign object in the eye	214
	Foreign object in the ear	215
	Foreign object in the nose	215
	Inhaled foreign object	216
	Swallowed foreign object	216
11	Poisoning, Bites, and Stings	217
	How poisons affect the body	218
	Swallowed poisons	220
	Chemicals on the skin	221
	Inhaled gases	221
	Poisons in the eye	221
	Drug poisoning	222
	Alcohol poisoning	223
	Food poisoning	224
	Poisonous plants and fungi	225
	Insect sting	226
	Other bites and stings	227
	Tick bite	227
	Snake bite	228
	Stings from sea creatures	229
	Marine puncture wound	229
	Animal bite	230
12	Childbirth and Medical Problems	231
	Childbirth	232
	Childbirth: first stage	233
	Childbirth: second stage	234
	Childbirth: third stage	236
	Miscarriage	237
	Allergy	238
	Hiccups	238
	Fever	239
	Vertigo	239
	Diabetes mellitus	240
	Hyperglycemia	240
	Hypoglycemia	241
	Panic attack	242
	Disturbed behavior	242
	Earache	243
	Toothache	244
	Sore throat	244
	Abdominal pain	245
	Hernia	246
	Vomiting and diarrhea	247
	Stitch	247
	Cramp	248
	Overseas travel health	249
13	Emergency First Aid	252
	Action in an emergency	252
	Unconscious adult	254
	Unconscious child (1-7 years)	258
	Unconscious infant (under 1 year)	262
	Choking adult	264
	Choking child (1-7 years)	265
	Choking infant (under 1 year)	266
	Asthma attack	267
	Shock	268
	Anaphylactic shock	269
	Severe bleeding	270
	Heart attack	271
	Head injury	272
	Spinal injury	273
	Seizures in adults	274
	Seizures in children	275
	Broken bones	276
	Burns	277
	Eye injury	278
	Swallowed poisons	279
	Observation charts	280

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How Good Do We Have to Be?

Author: Harold S Kushner

From the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People comes an inspiring new bestseller that puts human feelings of guilt and inadequacy in perspective - and teaches us how we can learn to accept ourselves and others even when we and they are less than perfect. How Good Do We Have to Be? is for everyone who experiences that sense of guilt and disappointment. Harold Kushner, writing with his customary generosity and wisdom, shows us how human life is too complex for anyone to live it without making mistakes, and why we need not fear the loss of God's love when we are less than perfect. Harold Kushner begins by offering a radically new interpretation of the story of Adam and Eve, which he sees as a tale of Paradise Outgrown rather than Paradise Lost: eating from the Tree of Knowledge was not an act of disobedience, but a brave step forward toward becoming human, complete with the richness of work, sexuality and child-rearing, and a sense of our mortality. Drawing on modern literature, psychology, theology, and his own thirty years of experience as a congregational rabbi, Harold Kushner reveals how acceptance and forgiveness can change our relationships with the most important people in our lives and help us meet the bold and rewarding challenge of being human.

Library Journal

Jewish and Christian religions reinforce feelings of guilt and inadequacy by using the story of the Fall of Adam and Eve to teach that humankind's spiritual inadequacies are inherent. Rabbi Kushner (When Bad Things Happen to Good People, 1981) here retells the Genesis story of the primeval couple to demonstrate that the imperfections of humankind do not merit the loss of God's love, nor should they foster the guilt and anxiety that they often do in a society driven by a misguided attachment to perfection. Combining psychology and spirituality, Kushner invokes the power of acceptance and forgiveness as a means of overcoming the insidious consequences of a preoccupation with perfection. For most libraries.

Kirkus Reviews

An unconventional reading of the Garden of Eden story, offering the best-selling rabbi's suggestions about its psychological implications for the children of Adam and Eve.

Rabbi Kushner (When Bad Things Happen to Good People, 1981; To Life: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking, 1993; etc.) contends that we demand too much of ourselves and forgive too little. The traditional reading of the Adam and Eve saga as a paradigm of disobedience and divine punishment is responsible, he feels, for much of the unnecessary guilt that we heap on ourselves. We must free ourselves of the notion that God demands perfection of us. "It is the notion that we were supposed to be perfect, and that we could expect others to be perfect . . . that leaves us feeling constantly guilty and perpetually disappointed." The purpose of religion, contends Kushner, is to ease our troubled souls and not to exacerbate our doubts and conflicts. Religion ideally teaches us that not only does God forgive our mistakes, but that our mistakes have a divine purpose, as experiences from which we can grow. "Religion properly understood is the cure for feelings of guilt and shame, not their cause." And just as we must learn to forgive ourselves, we must be more forgiving of others. The alternative is to turn ourselves into victims and others into victimizers. Sin and punishment are not our inheritance from Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve's legacies of work, love, and the awareness of mortality make up the "burden and challenges of being truly human." Nowhere, however, does Kushner consider more complex questions, such as how society should handle those who suffer not from an excess of guilt, but from its absence.

Replete with personal anecdotes and references to contemporary literature, this is an appealing but ultimately shallow piece of feel-good pop theology.

Heal Your Knees or The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs

Heal Your Knees: How to Prevent Knee Surgery and What to Do If You Need It

Author: Robert L Klapper

Put an end to knee pain! An esteemed surgeon and a water therapy expert team up to tell you the essentials about your knees, how to get them back into shape, and how to prevent further pain and injury. Through careful explanation, they examine each part of the healing process--from basic function to long-term exercises--guiding you to a pain-free life. With detailed information on a variety of healing options, you will learn how to make the right decisions for your knees, understand when and why surgery is appropriate, and how simple exercise in your living room and in the pool can speed the post-surgical healing process.

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The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs

Author: Jack M Gorman

More than 150,000 copies in print, 4th Edition

GET THE FACTS. GET THE BEST TREATMENT. GET BETTER

 

The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs has become a classic and indispensable resource for the layperson and professional alike.  Informative, accessible, and easy to use, this newly revised and updated resource presents comprehensive information on the latest drugs and research, covering most adult mental health problems.  It also includes balanced information on controversial topics like the risk of suicide from antidepressants and the risk of obesity and diabetes from antipsychotics.

This book will help people with psychiatric problems, as well as their concerned families and friends, to better understand when drug therapy should be considered, which drugs should be used, for how long, and what side effects are expected.

Includes the latest information on:

-Antidepressants

-Antipsychotics

-Side effects and withdrawal symptoms

-Specific usage, dosage duration, and efficacy

“This book…meets a critical need…for the millions of people for whom psychiatric drugs are so important.” -Herbert Pardes, past President of the American Psychiatric Association.

Jack M. Gorman, M.D. has been involved in psychiatric research, teaching, and patient care for more than two decades. He has been Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Harvard Medical School, and lectures frequently throughout the country.  He is the author of The Essential Guide to Mental Health.

E. James Lieberman - Library Journal

Psychopharmacology has changed so radically in the last few years that Gorman (psychiatry, Mount Sinai Sch. of Medicine, New York) has updated this clear, balanced, and authoritative guide three times since the first edition appeared in 1997. Gorman stresses the field's human aspect: he promotes good history taking (at least an hour's worth) by the treating psychiatrist, encourages patients and family members to ask questions, and emphasizes the value of feeling better over other considerations, including insight. He sees the worth of psychotherapy, giving examples where medication is not appropriate, and addresses well the subject of electro-convulsive therapy (i.e., shock therapy) in a positive light. Gorman no longer takes fees from drug companies, is somewhat critical of their promotional ties to physicians, and strongly supports the use of cheaper generic medication when available. The chapters review all the usual syndromes, so the book is a general guide to symptoms and diagnoses as well as to drug treatment. Since most psychiatric drugs are prescribed by nonpsychiatric physicians, this work will be useful for them and for nurse practitioners as well as for patients and families. Essential for all general libraries.

Library Journal

Much ignorance and many misconceptions exist about psychotropic prescription drugs (antidepressants, tranquilizers, antipsychotics, hypnotics, etc.), since people are often reluctant to ask questions about these drugs, even though they are among the most heavily prescribed. This is reason enough to recommend the book; the only minor quibble is some unnecessary repetition in the text. The information is no more technical than is needed to deal with this complex subject; most current comparable titles are aimed at the health practitioner. This book is also far more comprehensible than such readily available titles as the Physicians' Desk Reference .-- Mary Chitty, Massachusetts Coll. of Pharmacy & Allied Health Sciences, Boston

Booknews

In this guide for consumers and practitioners, Dr. Gorman (psychiatry, Columbia U.; director, NY State Psychiatric Institute) presents the latest psychotropic medications (e.g. Effexor, Zyprexa, and Depakote)<-->detailing indications, side effects, and other sometimes controversial issues. Includes glossary, reading list. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

One terrific pocket (3.25x6.75") guide, providing expert but nontechnical psychiatric drug information, revised and updated from the first (hardcover) edition of 1990. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

What People Are Saying

Herbert Pardes
This book...meets a critical need...for the millions of people for whom psychiatric drugs are so important.

Donald Klein
This is a unique and cool guide to the psychiatric medications that are so often necessary for effective treatments of properly diagnosed illnesses. Patients and families will profit enormously as well as many medical and non-medical practitioners.
— Donald Klein, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

Thomas Posey
[This book] is of great service for those of us who are advocates for the mentally ill.
— Thomas Posey, President of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

Mountain Weather or Women of the Asylum

Mountain Weather: Backcountry Forecasting and Weather Safety for Hikers, Campers, Climbers, Skiers and Snowboarders

Author: Jeff Renner

For hikers, climbers, and skiers heading into the mountains: Does the weather say "go" or "stay home"? A meteorologist (and outdoorsman) guides your decision.

• Reading clouds, wind patterns, snow conditions, and other clues, pre-trip and on the mountain
• Strategies for safety and survival in adverse weather conditions
• Regional mountain weather phenomena to watch for across the U.S.

Working as a broadcast meteorologist, Jeff Renner hears all too frequent reports about weather-related hiking, climbing, and skiing accidents. He'll teach you how to avoid becoming a statistic: all it takes is a little basic weather knowledge, pre-trip planning, and vigilance on the mountain.

Renner discusses the best information sources to guide you, clues to watch for in the field, and how to analyze it all, with particular emphasis on potential threats due to thunderstorms, mountain winds, snow, and avalanche hazards. If you do get caught under stormy skies, he'll tell you how to limit your exposure. The book is filled with tip lists and concrete examples. Renner also includes chapters on weather patterns region by region across the U.S., highlighted by reference maps.

Author Bio:Jeff Renner is Chief Meteorologist for KING5 TV, an NBC affiliate in Seattle, Washington. A former flight instructor, he is an avid skier, climber, and hiker. He is the author of Lightning Strikes: Staying Safe Under Stormy Skies.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Mountain weather : an introduction	11
Ch. 2	Mountain weather 101	21
Ch. 3	Mountain thunderstorms 101	48
Ch. 4	Strategies for safety and survival	66
Ch. 5	Mountain winds	87
Ch. 6	Mountain snow	116
Ch. 7	Pre-trip weather briefings	133
Ch. 8	Trail notes : regional weather guidance	163

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Women of the Asylum: Voices from Behind the Walls, 1840-1945

Author: Jeffrey L Geller

Twenty-six firsthand accounts that tell the terrifying history of women placed in psychiatric institutions, most often against their will, revealing the realities of their lives in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The Yeast Syndrome or Candida Albican Yeast Free Cookbook the

The Yeast Syndrome: How To Help Your Doctor Identify and Treat the Real Cause of Your Yeast-Related Illness

Author: John Parks Trowbridg

The most complete and up-to-date book on the epidemic affecting 80 million American men, women, and children.

How to recognize the symptoms, why many doctors do not diagnose yeast infections, and how to bring it to your doctor's attention.

Eleven questionnaires to determine your risk of a yeast-related disorder.

The many causes of the yeast syndrome — and how to avoid them.

The most up-to-date laboratory diagnostic tests and anti-yeast therapies.

The yeast-control diet — recommended foods, and a complete seven-day menu. Plus, how anti-yeast treatments help patients with multiple sclerosis, arthritis, lupus, hypoglycemia, and other "untreatable" illnesses.

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Candida Albican Yeast-Free Cookbook, the: How Good Nutrition Can Help Fight the Epidemic of Yeast-Related Diseases

Author: Pat Connolly

This is the complete, authoritative guide that shows how nutrition can fight the epidemic of yeast- and fungus-related diseases and disorders including asthma, bronchitis, depression, fatigue, and memory loss. Fully updated, this second edition includes dozens of new recipes utilizing 12 foods that contain the antiseptic enzymes researchers have discovered will eradicate yeast and fungus.

Pat Connolly, a nutritionist, has developed these recipes with Associates of the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to research and education.

Internet Bookwatch

Now in a thoroughly updated and expanded second edition, Pat Connolly's The Candida Albicans Yeast-Free Cookbook continues to offer the best and clearest explanation of the role good nutrition plays in helping to deal with yeast-related diseases and allergies. From Crowned Eggplant, Mint-Pea Salad, and Sweet Potato Souffle, to Fish in Butter-Ginger Sauce, Minestrone Soup, and A One-Pot Rainbow Meal, Connolly offers more than 150 delicious recipes for the yeast intolerant diner. Of special note are chapters devoted to "Eating Out"; "A Menu Sampler"; "Candida Folk Wisdom"; "Foods for the Yeast-Sensitive to Avoid"; and "Carbohydrates and Calories". The Candida Albicans Yeast-Free Cookbook is an essential, core title for the kitchen cookbook collection of any family with a yeast intolerant family member.

The Essential C Section Guide or Thin

The Essential C-Section Guide: Pain Control, Healing at Home, Getting Your Body Back and Everything Else You Need to Know About A Cesarean Birth

Author: Maureen Connolly

Childbirth is a life-altering experience for any woman, but a Cesarean delivery can be overwhelming, whether it’s unexpected or planned. Despite the fact that roughly one in four babies in the United States is delivered by c-section, very little information about the experience is included in typical pregnancy books and physicians and childbirth educators often gloss over the details.
The Essential C-Section Guide is written not only for women to read in preparation for a scheduled c-section and for those considered “high risk” who know that a c-section may become necessary but also for women recovering from an unexpected surgical delivery. This book provides answers to important questions about what the surgery entails, what a woman can expect as she recovers, and what considerations should be made for future pregnancies and deliveries.
With frank discussions about the physical and emotional aspects surrounding a c-section, the authors share comforting wisdom about early bonding, pain control, breastfeeding, infant care, healing from surgery, postpartum exercise, partner involvement, and much more, in detail not available anywhere else.
Written by authors who have firsthand knowledge of birth by c-section, The Essential C-Section Guide is well-researched and addresses its unique concerns with intelligence and compassion.
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Thin

Author: Lauren Greenfield

Critically acclaimed for Girl Culture and Fast Forward, Lauren Greenfield continues her exploration of contemporary female culture with Thin, a groundbreaking book about eating disorders. Greenfield's photographs are paired with extensive interviews and journal entries from twenty girls and women who are suffering from various afflictions. We meet 15-year-old Brittany, who is convinced that being thin is the only way to gain acceptance among her peers; Alisa, a divorced mother of two whose hatred of her body is manifested in her relentless compulsion to purge; Shelly, who has been battling anorexia for six years and has had a feeding tube surgically implanted in her stomach; as well as many others. Alongside these personal stories are essays on the sociology and science of eating disorders by renowned researchers Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Dr. David Herzog, and Dr. Michael Strober. These intimate photographs, frank voices, and thoughtful discussions combine to make Thin not only the first book of its kind but also a portrait of profound understanding.

Body Sculpting Bible for ABS or The Hallelujah Diet

Body Sculpting Bible for ABS: Men's Edition: The Way to Physical Perfection

Author: James Villepigu

The Body Sculpting Bible for Abs: Men’s Edition
Includes Free DVD

The proven 14-day program, now with a DVD designed to give every man six-pack abs

It’s abdominal shaping at its best: the best exercises, the best nutrition plan, and the best training schedule out there. The Body Sculpting Bible for Abs: Men’s Edition targets the abdominal muscles and the appearance of the stomach with its tested and proven 14-day program that will define
and sculpt the six-pack. Now featuring a follow-along DVD to help launch the rigorous interval training program, this book and DVD combo teaches how the average Joe can use traditional and trendy exercises to pack on muscle and burn body fat using the periodization principle, plus:

• just-for-men features like increased weight resistance and motivation techniques to keep you focused

• dozens of specially selected abdominal exercises, from traditional crunches to stability and medicine balls

• an all-new 30-minute follow-along DVD to keep you motivated

No diet pills, gimmicks, or gadgets; just the 14-day workout
plan that gets results fast. The Body Sculpting Bible for Abs:
Men’s Edition, has everything that

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The Hallelujah Diet

Author: George H Malkmus

Biblically based. Scientifically validated. Personally evidenced. The Hallelujah Diet is whole-person health at its God-given best. When you feed your body the nutrients it needs through The Hallelujah Diet, and nurture your mind and spirit through the Hallelujah lifestyle, every part of you will know and experience the optimal health we were all meant to have.

Gout Haters Cookbook or Aromatherapy Massage with DVD

Gout Hater's Cookbook: Recipes Lower in Purines and Lower in Fat

Author: Jodi Schneiter

Gout Hater's Cookbook I, Recipes Lower in Purines and Lower in Fat.  This cookbook features comprehensive lists of foods lower, relatively high and highest in purines.  Designed specifically for persons suffering from gout.

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Aromatherapy Massage with DVD

Author: Margie Har

Aromatherapy is a healing therapy based on the use of pure essential oils for physical and emotional health and wellbeing. These all-natural oils have a powerful therapeutic affect but can also relieve stress and anxiety, bring balance and harmony, delight the senses and lift the spirits. Essential oils, derived from the flowers, leaves and other parts of plants, are highly concentrated and it is important to understand when and how to use them. Aromtherapist Margie Hare explains how the oils are derived, how to blend and use them and which oils to use as natural remedies for many common ailments. Aromatherapy Massage is especially beneficial. It can be stimulating or relaxing depending on the oils used and the technique applied. Both the book and the DVD feature aromatherapist Margie Hare's excellent step-by-step guide to the art of massage with essential oils. The massage techniques are fully illustrated, practical and easy to follow.

Muscular Retraining for Pain Free Living or Buff Dad

Muscular Retraining for Pain-Free Living: A Practical Approach to Eliminating Chronic Back Pain, Tendonitis, Neck and Shoulder Tension, and Repetitive Stress Injuries

Author: Craig Williamson

Here's an innovative and practical approach to eliminating chronic muscle pain, written by a popular occupational therapist with over twenty-five years of experience freeing people from the discomfort of tendonitis, lower back pain, and neck and shoulder tension. These types of chronic pain can be caused by a number of factors, including old injuries, habitual movement patterns, problems with body alignment, psychological causes, and inability to sense your own body movements accurately. Muscular Retraining for Pain-Free Living clearly and concisely explains the causes of persistent muscle pain and offers a therapeutic exercise program to address these problems and end pain.

Beth Hill - Library Journal

Athletes can be in phenomenal physical shape but still out of touch with their bodies. This lack of "kinesthetic awareness" happens in average people, too, so that a "dysfunctional movement pattern" (DMP)-in which a muscle works too hard or not hard enough and becomes habitual-can develop. Injury, repeated motions and postures, and emotional stress can all contribute to DMPs, but a "repatterning" can take place with the therapeutic exercise program delineated here by occupational therapist Williamson. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in massage therapy, training in other body therapies, and courses in psychotherapy, Williamson presents movement awareness exercises as part of the conceptual background in Part 1 and alignment exercises for changing patterns of movement in Part 2. Williamson's true gift is guidance in understanding the connection among body movement, self-awareness, and relaxation. Highly recommended for public and consumer health libraries and of interest to practitioners who care for those with chronic muscular pain.

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Buff Dad: The 4-Week Fitness Game Plan for real Guys

Author: Mike Levinson

Before:  From Puffy Dad   After: To Buff Daddy

Your Saturday workouts at the gym have been replaced by Saturday Little League games; your morning run has become running out the door to make the daycare drop-off; and your romantic (and healthy) sushi night has become family pizza with a side of crayons. While being a dad changes your life for the better in so many ways, it can also be detrimental to your waistline—and your overall health.

Enter Mike Levinson, a nutritionist and trainer to many star athletes, who put on fifty pounds after his wife had their first child. Taking his years of experience—from inside training camps and test kitchens—he developed the Buff Dad Program, transforming his middle-age spread to six-pack abs and helping many other dads like him lose weight, tone up, and improve their health and energy levels—usually in less than 28 days.

In this, the first program tailored with dads in mind, Levinson gives men the four-week game plan to get it done. The secret? Testosterone, a key fuel that boosts your body's ability to lose weight and build muscle naturally, yet something that is woefully deficient in most men's diets today. The Buff Dad program shows you how to incorporate testosterone 'powerfoods' into your meals to help you take the weight off. By combining this tasty and realistic nutritional plan with the Buff Dad Workout Blitz—targeted exercises just three times a week—you will be on your way to being the Buff Dad you want to be, and your family needs you to be.

Table of Contents:

You're an Overweight Dad-Now What?
From Fitness Trainer to Fat Dad: The Birth of the Buff Dad Program     3
The Testosterone Advantage: Understanding the Power Behind the Program     13
Getting Started
Understanding Your Body and the Food You Eat     29
What to Eat on the Buff Dad Program     37
Putting Your Meals Together     47
The Buff Dad Dietary Plan: The Quick and Easy Way to Buffness     61
The Buff Dad Workout Blitz     75
Keeping Those Muscles Growing     85
Four Weeks to a Buff Dad: Putting the Plan into Action     91
Keeping Your New Buff Body     159
Buff Dad Guide to Fast-Food Dining     173
Enjoying Fatherhood as a Buff Dad     179
Buff Dad Recipes     187
Buff Dad Meal Plan Forms     232
Eggology     242
References     245
Index     248

Like Sound Through Water or Big Book of Diabetic Desserts

Like Sound Through Water: A Mother's Journey Through Auditory Processing Disorder

Author: Karen J Foli

A mother knows when something is wrong with her child. If the problem is physical, she takes the child to a doctor. But if the problem is a misunderstanding of her child's mind, where does she turn for help?

This is Ben's story.

He was a happy, healthy boy -- a mother's dream come true. Yet by the age of three, Ben's development was significantly delayed: He couldn't make sense of the simplest phrases, and he still hadn't started talking. When Karen Foli finally took her son, Ben, to a speech and hearing clinic, she was told that he was "probably retarded and perhaps autistic." But Karen knew that Ben was highly perceptive, even frustrated by his inability to communicate. Trusting her "mother's intuition," Karen set out on a journey to learn the truth about her son's condition....and what she found was APD.

A person with auditory processing disorder receives jumbled and distorted sounds. But the ability to hear is usually normal. Even though it affects millions of Americans, APD can be difficult to diagnose and challenging to treat. Through years of research, and personal interviews, Karen Foli learned everything she needed to know about APD in order to help her son achieve the greatest gift of all: communication. Like Sound Through Water is her story -- winning, inspiring, and true.

Table of Contents:

Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
Introduction
One A Healthy Baby?
Two The Evaluation
Three Through the Looking Glass
Four Separation
Five Purgatory
Six Merry Christmas
Seven Inertia
Eight First Impressions
Nine Riddle Solved
Ten I Can Hear That
Eleven A Child's Labor
Twelve Feeling Sound
Thirteen Down and Up
Fourteen Entering the System
Fifteen Liberty
Sixteen Hindsight and Help
Epilogue One Year Later
Resources

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Big Book of Diabetic Desserts: Decadent and Delicious Recipes Perfect for People with Diabetes

Author: Jackie Mills

The first dessert cookbook from ADA— featuring 150 easy-to-use recipes

The Big Book of Diabetic Desserts, the first dessert cookbook ever published by the American Diabetes Association, features mouth-watering treats that will satisfy every sweet tooth—and without using substitutions or those odd ingredients that can make a dessert taste bitter.With over 150 recipes that cover everything from pies, tarts, cakes, and cookies to custards, mousses, cheesecakes, and frozen delights, this cookbook has every great dessert you will ever need.

The Big Book of Diabetic Desserts also shows you how to bake with artificial sweeteners and keep your recipes low-calorie and luscious. Every recipe includes a special tip to help make each dessert delectable—and easy to make.

Finally, a dessert cookbook for people with diabetes that actually has great-tasting recipes!

The Henna Body Art Kit or Survival Tips for Women with AD HD

The Henna Body Art Kit: Everything You Need to Create Stunning Temporary Tattoos

Author: Aileen Marron

For thousands of years the art of henna tattoos has been one of the best kept secrets of the Eastern world--recently 'discovered' by rock stars, super models like Naomi Campbell, and celebrities Demi Moore and Liv Tyler. Now, you can make your next entrance more eye-catching: try a band around your upper arm, or a fluttering pattern along your waist. This kit will commence your initiation into the mysteries of the ancient practice of henna adornment, a safe, non-permanent, beautiful art form. Each kit contains two packets of henna powder with application cones to allow you to create intricate designs, Mehlabiya oil capsules and six transfer sheets of ancient and contemporary patterns to guide you.

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Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD: Beyond Piles, Palms & Post-Its

Author: Terry Matlen

Women with AD/HD tormented by the daily chores and decisions needed to survive in a world of linear thinking will find solace in this self-help guide. Offering a collection of practical solutions to seemingly simple daily problems, this book will help to relieve the guilt and anxiety so many women have when they feel they don't measure up to the norms of today's society. These proven gems of wisdom, submitted by hundreds of women with AD/HD from all over the world, will help the reader painlessly get through the piles of laundry on her floor and stacks of paper on her desk. Written to accommodate readers with AD/HD who often have difficulty reading a book from cover to cover, this guide is designed like a manual, allowing them to flip through to areas of interest without having to read the entire book to find what they need. Practical tips provide help in dealing with organizational tasks, including paperwork in the home and office, preparing meals, social situations, paying bills on time, household chores, shopping, and personal and family health.

Somatics or Somatics

Somatics

Author: Thomas Hanna

In the revolutionary Somatics, Thomas Hanna demonstrates that so many problems we accept as inevitable over time-chronic stiffness, bad back, chronic pain, fatigue, and even high blood pressure -need never occur if we maintain conscious control of nerve and muscle, a state which Hanna calls sensory-motor awareness. This gentle, lifelong program can help almost anyone maintain the pleasures of a supple, healthy body indefinitely, with only a five-minute routine once a day.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction: The Myth of Aging	xi
Part 1	The Stories of Sensory-Motor Amnesia	1
Chapter 1	Barney (42 Years): The Tower of Pisa	3
	Interlude: Moving and Feeling--Two Sides of the Same Coin	5
Chapter 2	James (32 Years): The Nightmare Back	9
	Interlude: Chronic Muscular Tension	13
Chapter 3	Louise (56 Years): The Frozen Shoulder	17
	Interlude: What "Somatic" Means	19
Chapter 4	Harley (60 Years): The Retracted Landing Gear	23
	Interlude: The Unconscious Levels of the Brain	26
Chapter 5	Alexander (81 Years): Los Viejitos	29
	Summary: What These Five Case Histories Teach Us	32
Part 2	How Sensory-Motor Amnesia Occurs	37
Chapter 6	Atrophy: The Role of Gradual Surrender	39
Chapter 7	The Muscular Reflexes of Stress	45
Chapter 8	The Red Light Reflex	49
Chapter 9	The Green Light Reflex	61
Chapter 10	The Sum of Neuromuscular Stress: The Senile Posture and the "Dark Vise"	67
	Interlude: The Archer's Bow and Danger of a "Tight Gut"	75
Chapter 11	Trauma: The Role of Injury	79
	Interlude: Staying Sexy and Smart	82
Chapter 12	Expectation: The Role of Mental Attitude	85
	Interlude: Learning to Drink from the Well	88
Part 3	The Somatic Exercise Program	93
Chapter 13	How to Give Yourself the Maximum Benefit of Somatic Exercises	95
	Interlude: The Daily "Cat Stretch"	98
Chapter 14	The Somatic Exercises	101
Lesson 1	Controlling the Extensor Muscles of the Back	101
Lesson 2	Controlling the Flexor Muscles of the Stomach	106
Lesson 3	Controlling the Muscles of the Waist	112
Lesson 4	Controlling the Muscles Involving Trunk Rotation	116
Lesson 5	Controlling the Muscles of the Hip Joints and Legs	123
Lesson 6	Controlling the Muscles of the Neck and Shoulders	129
Lesson 7	Improving Breathing	137
Lesson 8	Improving Walking	145
	References	155
	Index	159

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Somatics

Author: Thomas Hanna

In the revolutionary Somatics, Thomas Hanna demonstrates that so many problems we accept as inevitable over time-chronic stiffness, bad back, chronic pain, fatigue, and even high blood pressure -need never occur if we maintain conscious control of nerve and muscle, a state which Hanna calls sensory-motor awareness. This gentle, lifelong program can help almost anyone maintain the pleasures of a supple, healthy body indefinitely, with only a five-minute routine once a day.

Solved or Sex Lies and Menopause

Solved: The Riddle of Illness

Author: Stephen E Langer

"One of the most important books of our time . . . reveals secrets of abundant health--physically, emotionally, and mentally."
--Dr. Wayne Dyer, author of The Power of Intention

Called "The Great Masquerader," hypothyroidism (low thyroid function) is one of the most prevalent and least diagnosed disorders by physicians, yet it can be the underlying cause of or contribute to any of 64 ailments, from obesity and chronic fatigue to fibromyalgia and cancer.

In this new edition, you will discover how to determine if you suffer from low thyroid function; how to differentiate between low thyroid function and hypoglycemia; how to use simple, inexpensive treatments; and much more. It also includes new chapters on environmental toxins, pregnancy, obesity, and how your thyroid influences other glands.

Stephen E. Langer, M.D., is a renowned thyroid expert and the president of the American Nutritional Medical Association.

James Scheer is the author and coauthor of more than fifteen health-related books.

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Sex, Lies, and Menopause: The Shocking Truth about Synthetic Hormones and the Benefits of Natural Alternatives

Author: T S Wiley

Turning thirty years of medical and cultural wisdom on its head, Sex, Lies, and Menopause challenges both the medical establishment and modern feminists to prove that menopause does not have to be deadly.

In this revolutionary work—a landmark that signals the true beginning of feminist medicine—a doctor, a philosopher, and a scientist prove that by postponing marriage and motherhood, women have accelerated the aging process, resulting in earlier menopause and, ultimately for thousands, earlier death.

In Sex, Lies, and Menopause, T. S. Wiley, Julie Taguchi, M.D., and Bent Formby, Ph.D., offer strong evidence that the use of synthetic hormones leads to cancer and advise women to turn to natural hormone-replacement therapy—derived from plants, not drugs—to help them elevate their estrogen level for greater energy, libido, and intellectual capacity.

Provocative, empowering, and scientifically sound, Sex, Lies, and Menopause addresses the inherent benefits of natural progesterone, reveals the lies advanced by the medical and drug establishments, and challenges women to demand a medical future where their health comes first. The research presented in Sex, Lies, and Menopause will at last allow women to create their own plan of action to put themselves safely on the path to better health and hormonal balance at any stage of life.

Ultimate Pocket Diet Journal or Minding the Body Mending the Mind

Ultimate Pocket Diet Journal

Author: Alex Lluch

This books begins with nutritional information and fitness guidelines to help users develop their personal goal. The journal provides space to record daily food and beverage intake including nutritional values such as calories, grams of fat, protein, carbohydrates and fiber.

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Minding the Body, Mending the Mind

Author: Joan Borysenko

Based on Dr. Borysenko’s groundbreaking work nearly twenty years ago at the Mind/Body Clinic in Boston, Minding the Body, Mending the Mind continues to be a classic in the field, with time-tested tips on how to take control of your own physical and emotional wellbeing. The clinic’s dramatic success with thousands of patients-with conditions ranging from allergies to cancer-offers vivid proof of the effectiveness of the mind/body approach to health and its power to transform your life. Here are tips on how to elicit the mind’s powerful relaxation response to boost your immune system, cope with chronic pain, and alleviate symptoms of a host of stress-related illnesses. Updated with the recent developments in the field, the new edition is a must-have for anyone interested in taking an active role in healing himself or herself.

Library Journal

Borysenko, co-founder and director of the Mind/Body Clinic at New England Deaconess Hospital/Harvard Medical School, describes the clinic's ten-week program for learning to ``mind the body'' through a medical synthesis of neurology, immunology, and psychology. She provides step-by-step instructions to the clinic's techniques while suggesting how they can be adapted for individual use. Combining meditation, breath control and stretching exercises, and mindfulness, and drawn from work with patients aged 17 to 93, these techniques help ease the stress of illnessparticularly illness caused by stressby exploiting the body's natural capacity for healing. Readers who master them can achieve an admirable balance between inner self and environment. Jodith Janes, Univ. Hospitals of Cleveland

The New Rules of Lifting or The New High Intensity Training

The New Rules of Lifting

Author: Lou Schuler

A revolutionary method of weight lifting using today's science for maximum results.

In The New Rules of Lifting, fitness guru Lou Schuler and strength-training expert Alwyn Cosgrove boil down the most recent findings on weight lifting and fitness to create a program of workouts that focuses on the movements at which the body naturally excels. These six "real-life" movements-squat, bend, lunge, push, pull, and twist-compose three complete programs for three distinct goals: fat loss, muscle gain, and strength improvement.

At home or at the gym, these routines can be mixed and matched for a year's worth of workouts that will keep boredom at bay and lifters challenged long after most plans have called it quits. And while coordinated, useful muscles will always turn heads at the beach, they'll also help you live better and longer. Besides providing comprehensive workout programs, The New Rules of Lifting covers much-needed background on aspects of lifting that are often overlooked, like warming up, nutrition, and meal planning. Throughout, Schuler and Cosgrove debunk strength-training myths, troubleshoot dangerous pitfalls, and clearly illustrate moves with black-and-white photographs.

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The New High Intensity Training

Author: Ellington Darden

Certain to become the bible of HIT-the training that revolutionized lifting with shorter, far-more-intense workouts-this impassioned guide is the last word on how to achieve explosive growth safely, without steroids!

For many dedicated bodybuilders, the weight-lifting theories of Arthur Jones are gospel. It was Jones, the inventor of Nautilus exercise equipment, who first discovered that short, intense workouts could produce better results than the long, high-volume workouts then in vogue.

Even though research into Jones's methods has proved them correct, a number of high-profile strength coaches use HIT to train their athletes, and the bodybuilding magazine Ironman does HIT-based features every issue, there still are no major HIT books in stores. This new book-by champion bodybuilder, exercise researcher, and best-selling author Ellington Darden, who is a Jones disciple and friend-shows lifters how to apply the master's teachings, along with some new HIT concepts to achieve extraordinary results.

At the heart of the book is a complete, illustrated, six-month course for explosive growth. Exercise by exercise, workout by workout, the reader is shown precisely what to do, and perhaps even more important, what not to do. Charging that too many bodybuilders follow a more-is-better approach-too many exercises, too many sets, and too much frequency-and rely on steroids to compensate for depleted recovery ability, Darden shows why HIT, steroid-free and healthy, is the best way to safely build muscle. Finally, the exercise religion Arthur Jones founded, and Darden fine-tuned, has its bible.

Table of Contents:

	Needed now : another revolution
1	The Arthur Jones way	3
2	The blue monster and massive muscles	11
3	The youngest-ever Mr. America	20
4	HIT happens!	29
5	How HIT humbled Schwarzenegger	39
6	The anti-Arnold	47
7	Not your average plain-Zane arms	52
8	Military muscle	60
9	Mentoring the Mentzers	67
10	Intensity, form, and progression : getting your priorities straight	79
11	Duration, frequency, and order	86
12	Recovery, layoffs, sleep ... and the importance of saying no	92
13	The not-so-secret exercises	96
14	Basic routines for beginners and intermediates	130
15	Advanced techniques : push, pull, and surprise	137
16	Hips and thighs : shocking your strongest muscles	145
17	Calves : "work 'em as hard as your arms!"	149
18	Upper back : the positive effects of direct negatives	153
19	Shoulders and neck : how to dress for success	158
20	Chest : powerful pectorals	164
21	Upper arms : loading your guns	169
22	Forearms : bundles of steel cables	175
23	Waist : etching a six-pack	180
24	"Do the opposite!" : turning bodybuilding right side up	189
25	Phase I, getting lean : a 2-week quick start	193
26	Phase II, loading and packing : volumizing with creatine	198
27	Phase III, progressive training : adding calories and a little SuperSlow	204
28	Phase IV, customized workouts : mixing, matching, and maxing	208
29	The HIT squad : addressing criticism	217
30	HIT bits : smoothing rough edges	225
31	"I would've trained less" : Arthur Jones looks back	232

Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Running or Mommy Made and Daddy Too

Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Running

Author: Robert G Pric

The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Running is the most comprehensive and up-to-date running-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of over 80 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year-round running-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results. No other running book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training. This book has been designed specially for runners to increase endurance, stamina, speed and strength. By following the programs contained in this book, you will no longer run out of gas before the race is over, but instead you will be able to sprint at record paces until the finish line. Both beginners and advanced athletes and weight trainers can follow this book and utilize its programs. From recreational to professional, thousands of athletes all over the world are already benefiting from this book and its techniques, and now you can too!

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Mommy Made and Daddy Too!: Home Cooking for a Healthy Baby and Toddler

Author: Martha Kimmel

Everyone loves a home-cooked meal—even babies and toddlers! Experts agree that homemade baby food is the healthiest way to feed young children. By making their own baby food, parents can drastically reduce the sugar, salt, artificial colors, fillers, additives, and preservatives in their child's diet. And now making baby food from scratch has never been easier—with this practical, user-friendly cookbook by Martha and David Kimmel, founders of the phenomenally successful Mommy Made* line of baby and toddler food.

Updated for a special 10th anniversary edition, Mommy Made* is filled with 140 easy-to-make recipes that are perfect for introducing your baby to wholesome solid foods. These delicious, kid-tested dishes—which include finger foods, shakes and smoothies, snacks on the go, spoonable treats, and a variety of table dishes—were created with your baby's special nutritional needs in mind, and will help your child establish healthful eating habits that will last a lifetime.

Mommy Made* also includes:

• Nutrition advice from birth to three years—incorporating guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics

• A blueprint for when and how to get your baby started on solid food

• Answers to parents' most frequently asked questions: from milk and protein needs to determining portion size, preventing "hunger strikes," and detecting food allergies

• Tips on pureeing, straining, and mashing, as well as storage, thawing and reheating, and using the microwave

• A handy nutrition glossary, food pyramid, and list of helpful websites

• And much more!

The Mens Health Home Workout Bible or Why You Shouldnt Eat Your Boogers and Other Gross or Useless Information about Your Body

The Men's Health Home Workout Bible: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Burning Fat and Building Muscle

Author: Lou Schuler

Get bigger biceps, broad shoulders, a bigger bench press, powerful legs, cut abs . . .
without ever leaving your home!

The body you want, in the space you have.
The strength you want, with the equipment you have.
The muscles you want, in the time you have.

You don't need to join a gym to get in shape. In fact, for a lot of guys, the gym is an impediment to getting in shape. The crowds, the inconvenience, the intimidation, the time, the commute-- by the time you add it all up, you could end up investing 2 hours to get 45 minutes of exercise.

No matter how little space you have, no matter how little equipment you have, no matter how little time you have, you can get the results you want without stepping inside a gym.

The Men's Health Home Workout Bible gives you...

* Four full-body muscle plans:
The Body Weight Plan The Dumbbell Plan The Barbell Plan The Multistation-Machine Plan

* Custom training plans for strength, fat loss, aerobic fitness, and sports performance

* Buying advice for weights, benches, machines, cardio equipment, and exercise videos

* Complete guidelines for turning your home into a state-of-the-art fitness center

With beginner, intermediate, and advanced full-body workouts for each type of equipment, The Men's Health Home Workout Bible gives you more than 400 exercises altogether, photographed and fully described. From pushups to power cleans, from crunches to jump squats, we show you how to get more muscle and strength at home, whether you're a complete beginner or a competitive athlete.

The Men's Health Home Workout Bible is a personal trainer, oncall 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Publishers Weekly

This book's goal is not only to "turn a piece of your humble abode into your personal war room," but also to demystify the art of weight training: "Where it really counts-results-there's zero difference between a home gym and a membership gym." Sharply written by Men's Health fitness director Schuler, this volume contains all an average man needs to know to get his body in shape: expert, no-nonsense, to-the-point chapters on muscle groups, with descriptions that readers will actually remember; how to buy effective equipment without going bankrupt; and the correct way to lift (all those big guys in the gym are doing it wrong). But the heart of the book is located in the more than 200 pages of exercise programs designed by Mejia (all expertly photographed and illustrated), an incredible range of simple and effective routines. To further help the reader along, Mejia provides 4-week workouts for body weight, dumbbells, barbells, and cables, for work at home, as well as 4-week all-equipment and multistation workouts that can be done at home. This newest in the Men's Health series provides a range of solid, useful and entertaining information on a range of men's issues. Any man interested in learning the most effective way to develop a successful weight-training routine that he can do at home should buy and read it daily for inspiration. (Nov.)

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Why You Shouldn't Eat Your Boogers and Other Gross or Useless Information about Your Body

Author: Francesca Gould

You: The Owner's Manual meets The Book of Useless Information in this fun and quirky guide to little known facts about the human body.

This delightful book is full of random and, at times, scatological facts about the human anatomy. Broken down by the systems of the body, it answers questions you may be too embarrassed to ask or even think about, such as:

• Do bugs live in your eyelashes?
• What does human flesh taste like?
• Can you really catch a cold by standing in the rain?
• How do astronauts poo in space?
• What foods can cure a hangover?
• Why is yawning contagious?
• Is eating boogers bad for you?

This oddball yet erudite book is full of fascinating factoids that those of us in search of guilty pleasures (or gross thrills!) will delight in.

Head Cases or The F Factor Diet

Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath

Author: Michael Paul Mason

Head Cases takes us into the dark side of the brain in an astonishing sequence of stories, at once true and strange, from the world of brain injury.

Michael Paul Mason is one of an elite group of experts who appear in the wake of tragic accidents and coordinate care that can last a lifetime. On the road with Mason, we encounter survivors of brain injuries as they struggle to map and make sense of the new worlds they inhabit. We meet a snowboarder whose life became permanently surreal after an errant jump; an "ultraviolent" child who has lost the brain's instinctive check on the impulse to strike out at others; a young man who cannot cry; and an Iraq war veteran whose odd maladies suggest that brain injury will be the war's most conspicuous legacy.

Underlying each of their stories is an exploration into the brain and its mysteries. When injured, the brain must figure out how to heal itself, reorganizing its physiology in order to do the job, and Mason gives us a series of vivid glimpses into brain science, the last frontier of medicine. We come away in awe of the miracles of the brain's workings and astonished at the fragility of the brain and the sense of self, life, and order that resides there. Head Cases echoes both Oliver Sacks and Raymond Carver, and is at once illuminating and deeply affecting.

The New York Times - William Grimes

…[an] episodic tour of brain injuries and the strange behavior that often accompanies them…As a writer, Mr. Mason stakes out a position midway between Oliver Sacks and Oprah Winfrey. He goes light on the science, presenting his case studies primarily as human dramas. We meet the loved ones, revisit the hometowns, relive in minute detail the horrific accidents that caused the injuries.

The New York Times Book Review - Mary Roach

Mason deftly conveys the frustrations and inequities of traumatic brain injury…Mason performs a valuable service by calling attention to the plight of the brain injured. From reading Oliver Sacks, I had come to think of neurological dysfunction as an almost fanciful affliction, its victims like characters in a work of magical realism. Mason has provided a needed, and sobering, account of reality.

Publishers Weekly

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been brought to the fore by the war in Iraq, but not only soldiers experience it. Mason, a case manager in Tulsa, Okla., for people living with TBI, writes with passion and urgency about the unheralded but compelling stories of Americans injured in car accidents or through a miscalculation while snowboarding. Their lives are disrupted by seizures, memory loss, psychosis. One of Mason's clients is an ambitious former air force officer who now goes into waking trances in which he thinks he's dead, as a result of a herpes virus emerging from its hiding place to invade his brain. Mason lays out a damning indictment of the health-care system's failure to provide facilities and services that millions like his clients need. He also tells stories of tremendous courage and perseverance as survivors and their families work to re-establish the everyday skills they had before their injury. The strange effects of neurological damage will draw fans of Oliver Sacks, but Mason's poignant and caring accounts of his clients' lives are sure to touch the hearts of a wide range of readers. (Apr.)

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James Swanton - Library Journal

Brain injuries are too common, with as many as 5.3 million Americans-two percent of the population-living with a disability resulting from a head injury. Through 12 narratives of traumatic brain injury (TBI), Mason, a professional brain-injury case manager, makes real just how devastating TBI is to survivors and their families. Readers meet Cheyenne, an aspiring actor whose snowboarding accident has led to grand mal seizures that tear muscles and lacerate skin; Brian, a six-year-old suffering a brain tumor and violent fits of rage; and Julie, a car accident survivor who cannot retrieve memories. Mason also demonstrates how painfully inadequate treatment facilities and services are. Ironically, as medical advances improve TBI survivor statistics, resources for treatment are ever more strained, and, with the types of injuries that terrorism and the Iraq War make commonplace, Mason reports that the severely brain injured are being neglected, misplaced, and isolated. The facts of TBI are grim, but Mason succeeds in giving a strong voice and profound humanity to its victims. This unusually well-written, disturbing book is highly recommended for public libraries and health collections.

Kirkus Reviews

Dispassionate neuroscience meets fierce advocacy in this heartbreaking but hopeful look at the little-understood world of those who suffer traumatic brain injuries. Mason is a traumatic brain-injury case manager; brain-injury survivors (an estimated 5.3 million in the United States) go to him after they've exhausted every other option. His mission is getting help for people stuck in the purgatory of the U.S. healthcare system. His job, which takes him across the country, is convincing hospital administrators and neurologists and specialty care centers to give clients suffering debilitating brain injuries a new chance at life. Currently, Mason reports, there are at least 90,000 Americans with a brain injury severe enough to require an extended stay in rehab, but there are only a few thousand specialty beds, even fewer for patients whose disabilities are not just mental and physical but emotional. Clients include a man with encephalitis who is convinced he is dead; a woman with no memory, not even of the daughter who was killed in the car wreck that left her disabled; and an amnesiac serving time for a crime he can't remember committing. These patients' initial injuries are only prologues to the real tragedies, which begin when healthcare policies run out, or government support goes dry, and the severely disabled victims are left to fend for themselves, in many cases bankrupting their families. Few of the stories end happily: one client attempts suicide; another ends up in a mental hospital with no brain-injury experts on staff. Mason's goal here is to convey awareness, not to uplift. Intriguing case histories, related with a personal passion that sets Mason's book apart from Oliver Sacks'scooler writings on the subject. Agent: Anne Garrett/James Fitzgerald Agency

Table of Contents:

Introduction     3
The Hermit of Hollywood Boulevard     12
A Prisoner of the Present     43
An Insult to the Brain     65
Rob Rabe Cannot Cry     73
Portrait of an Injury     97
The Only Thing That Works     110
The Resurrection of Doug Bearden     119
Ultraviolent Bryan     147
Fugue of the Pony Soldier     176
In All Earnestness     205
The Hospital in the Desert     224
Wood of the Suicides     245
Conclusion     274
My Breakfast with Marilyn     283
Notes and Sources     287
Resources for the Care and Management of Brain Injuries     297
Acknowledgments     299
Index     303

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