Atkins Diabetes Revolution or Brain Lock

Atkins Diabetes Revolution: The Groundbreaking Approach to Preventing and Controlling Diabetes

Author: Robert C Atkins

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Table of Contents:

Pt. 1	Blood sugar and your health	1
1	The diabetes crossroads	3
2	Wrong turn : the long road to diabetes	13
3	Weighing in : the number one risk factor	25
4	A deadly quintet : meet the metabolic syndrome	35
5	Warning : prediabetes!	53
6	Diagnosis : diabetes	59
7	Managing your diabetes	76
8	Twin peaks : high blood pressure and high blood sugar	85
9	The cardiac connection	102
Pt. 2	Taking charge of your health	123
10	The Atkins blood sugar control program	125
11	Take action	140
12	The importance of good fats	154
13	The importance of protein	166
14	The Atkins glycemic ranking	180
15	Fiber facts	193
16	The bountiful harvest	199
17	Controlling your carbs - and liking it	214
18	Sugar nation	222
19	Drink to your health	234
20	Getting extra help : supplements for blood sugar control	244
21	Getting extra help : supplements for heart health	261
22	Walking away from diabetes	273
23	Your personal exercise program	286
24	It's not just baby fat	300
25	Type 2 diabetes and your child	321
Pt. 3	Living the program	333
26	Meal plans	335
27	Recipes for success	402
	Scientific studies that validate the Atkins nutritional approach
App. 1	Acceptable induction foods
App. 2	Moving beyond induction
App. 3	The power of five and ten
App. 4	The Atkins glycemic ranking
App. 5	The Atkins lifestyle food guide pyramid
App. 6	Drugs for hypertension

Interesting textbook: TOs Finding Fitness or Love Medicine and Miracles

Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Author: Jeffrey M Schwartz

An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and over. Traditionally, OCD has been treated with Prozac or similar drugs. The problem with medication, aside from its cost, is that 30 percent of people treated don't respond to it, and when the pills stop, the symptoms invariably return.

In Brain Lock, Jeffrey M. Schwartz presents a simple four-step method for overcoming OCD that is so effective, it's now used in academic treatment centers throughout the world. Proven by brain-imaging tests to actually alter the brain's chemistry, this method doesn't rely on psychopharmaceuticals. Instead, patients use cognitive self-therapy and behavior modification to develop new patterns of response to their obsessions. In essence, they use the mind to fix the brain. Using the real-life stories of actual patients, Brain Lock explains this revolutionary method and provides readers with the inspiration and tools to free themselves from their psychic prisons and regain control of their lives.

What People Are Saying

Eric Hollander
"A remarkable achievement! This book will make a world of difference in the lives of people with OCD."

Fitness Professionals Handbook or Gluten Free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy

Fitness Professional's Handbook

Author: Edward T Howley

Fitness Professional's Handbook, Fifth Edition, is back with a new title, an expanded scope, and thoroughly updated material. With three new chapters, numerous ancillaries, and material that reflect the current American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) guidelines, this text will allow both students and professionals to stay abreast of the latest research and information in the field.

Formerly titled Health Fitness Instructor's Handbook, this full-color text has undergone a title change to better reflect its extensive use in the field. Reflective of updates made in the seventh edition of ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, it serves as an essential text for those seeking ACSM health/fitness instructor certification and an invaluable reference for certified fitness professionals striving to stay informed amid ongoing research advances.

Every chapter has been updated based on the latest standards, guidelines, and research, allowing readers to explore the newest theories, research findings, and current issues in the field. The following are among the most significant changes to the text:
-A completely rewritten chapter on health appraisal that focuses on the sequence of steps to follow in screening participants
-Updates based on the most recent dietary guidelines and current standards for nutritional intake
-A thorough discussion of how to develop effective exercise prescriptions for strength and endurance in a very small space
-A new chapter that focuses on yoga, Pilates, and other mind-body exercises
-Additional insight from an expert providing real-life experiences in both fitness- and hospital-based programs and details regarding budget development

Through this text, students with little or no background in fitness testing and prescription will learn to screen participants, carry out standardized fitness tests to evaluate major components of fitness, and write appropriate fitness prescriptions. They will also learn how to apply this information to special populations, including children, older adults, women, or those with chronic disease (e.g., hypertension) or a specific condition (e.g., pregnancy). To aid readers with comprehension, the text retains the best features of previous editions, such as reproducible forms, useful key points, interesting sidebars, case study questions and answers, key terms and glossary, and extensive references throughout the book.

The text features an array of ancillaries, making it easy for instructors to develop and effectively teach their course. All materials are offered through a convenient product-specific Web site and include a new instructor guide, a revised test bank, and a PowerPoint presentation package that includes art, photos, and tables pulled from the text. In addition, the text's attention to detail regarding the most common fitness tests allows it to be seamlessly integrated into lab experiences associated with fitness assessment.

Fitness Professional's Handbook, Fifth Edition, provides readers with comprehensive information on the fundamentals of fitness, exercise physiology, and biomechanics. Updates on assessing muscular fitness, applying guidelines for strength and muscular endurance training for diverse populations, preventing low back pain, and interpreting nutritional guidelines will allow readers to better understand the role of physical activity in the quality of life and how to follow practical guidelines for screening, testing, supervising, and modifying activity for various populations. As such, it will be a useful text for students and a valuable reference for practitioners.

Gluten-Free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy: Wheat-Free and Gluten-Free with Less Fuss and Less Fat

Author: Bette Hagman

This is the perfect book for those who must put together a gluten-free meal at the of the long working day. From the author of The Gluten-free Gourmet, 2nd edition, here are more than 275 recipes for gluten-free pasta, baking, and soup mixes that are as easy to use as anything from the grocery store. With new bean flours to add to the other gluten- free flours, there are also fantastic recipes for breads, cakes, cookies, pies, and pastries.

Animal Reiki or The Biggest Loser

Animal Reiki: Using Energy to Heal the Animals in Your Life

Author: Elizabeth Fulton

Ideal for animal lovers who are interested in exploring complementary therapies, this book provides a thorough introduction to Reiki, including step-by-step instructions for treating animals. Along the way, the authors relate stories drawn from their years of healing animals to show the power of this alternative method.

Animal Reiki reveals how Reiki treatments make animals active partners in the healing process, how Reiki helps to develop the healer's intuition, and how Reiki deepens the bond between humans and animals. Animal Reiki offers noninvasive, gentle treatments for animals while helping humans deepen their understanding of and ability to communicate with animals.

The Biggest Loser: The Weight Loss Program to Transform Your Body, Health, and Life - Adapted from NBC's Hit Show!

Author: Biggest Loser Experts and Cast

The book fans have been clamoring for—the diet and exercise plan that enabled contestants to transform their bodies and their lives on TV’s new smash hit reality show The Biggest Loser was NBC’s surprise hit of the Fall 2004 television season, drawing a passionate audience and prompting people nationwide to start their own Biggest Loser competitions. This unscripted weight-loss drama was based on overweight contestants competing to lose weight and win a quarter of a million dollars with the help of a team of doctors, dietitians, and trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels.
On the evening that the first season’s finale aired, legions of fans went to the NBC Web site to look for the diet and fitness plan that the contestants used. It wasn’t available to the public—until now. With this book, people looking for change can accomplish the same type of radical makeover of their bodies, their health, and their lives that they saw on The Biggest Loser.
The book features the food and fitness plans from Bob and Jillian, health advice from the show’s medical experts, and motivational tips from the contestants themselves. The contestants’ compelling stories and reasons for losing weight, dramatic before-and-after photos, and real-life advice provide the inspiration and upbeat attitude that made this show a smash hit.

Phantoms in the Brain or Make This Your Lucky Day

Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind

Author: V S Ramachandran

Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. His bold insights about the brain are matched only by the stunning simplicity of his experiments -- using such low-tech tools as cotton swabs, glasses of water and dime-store mirrors. In Phantoms in the Brain, Dr. Ramachandran recounts how his work with patients who have bizarre neurological disorders has shed new light on the deep architecture of the brain, and what these findings tell us about who we are, how we construct our body image, why we laugh or become depressed, why we may believe in God, how we make decisions, deceive ourselves and dream, perhaps even why we're so clever at philosophy, music and art. Some of his most notable cases: * A woman paralyzed on the left side of her body who believes she is lifting a tray of drinks with both hands offers a unique opportunity to test Freud's theory of denial. * A woman who hallucinates cartoon characters illustrates how, in a sense, we are all hallucinating, all the time. Dr. Ramachandran's inspired medical detective work pushes the boundaries of medicine's last great frontier -- the human mind -- yielding new and provocative insights into the "big questions" about consciousness and the self.

Francis Crick

This is a splendid book.

New York Times Book Review

Enthralling . . . eloquent.

The New York Times Book Review - Michael E. Goldberg

The book is enthralling not only for its clear, eloquent description of neurological phenomena...but also for its portrait of Ramachandran, the enthusiast in search of the secrets of the human mind. Phantoms in the Brain is about both...and he is a splendid subject indeed.

Francis Crick

"This is a splendid book."

The New York Times

"Enthralling . . . eloquent."

Publishers Weekly

In these unsettling tales from a neuroscientist every bit as quirky as the more well-known Oliver Sacks, Ramachandran sets out his beliefs that no matter how bizarre the case, empirical, strikingly simple testing can illuminate the ways brain circuitry establishes "self." In a chatty, nearly avuncular style, he (along with his coauthor, a New York Times science writer) snatches territory from philosophers on how we think we know what we know. In one experiment, stroking an amputee's cheek produces sensations in his "phantom limb" because the part of the brain's map that once related to the lost limb has "invaded" the adjacent brain area that relates to the cheek. Unafraid to speculate, Ramachandran then moves a step closer toward indicating that the brain is not only a busy lump of genetically deemed-and-dying hard-wiring but an organ that can continuously "re-map" in response to new sensory information from the outside. Equally fascinating are Ramachandran's "mirror tricks" on amputees and paralyzed patients that begin to reveal how much the brain relies on context and comparison as well as on "inside" neural connectivity to form self. Perhaps most disquieting are beginnings of proof that much brain activity, including what we like to think of as uniquely human behavior, happens unbidden. There may be no escape from the un-Western conclusion that self is only a limited illusion. "De-throning man," as the author points out, is at the heart of most revolutionary scientific thought. Regrettably, his book sags in the middle as it drifts from these deft experiments into generalized musings on idiot-savants and phantom pregnancies, detracting from what is otherwise entertaining, tip-of-the-neurological-iceberg sleuthing.

Library Journal

Neuroscientist Ramachandran looks at neurological disorders to help us understand brain function.

Michael E. Goldberg

The book is enthralling not only for its clear, eloquent description of neurological phenomena...but also for its portrait of Ramachandran, the enthusiast in search of the secrets of the human mind. Phantoms in the Brain is about both...and he is a splendid subject indeed. -- The New York Times Book Review

Kirkus Reviews

Insights and intriguing speculations from a neurologist whose patients provide him with unusual opportunities to explore the brain. Ramachandran's present volume began as a "Decade of the Brain" lecture given three years ago at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. With the help of New York Times writer Blakeslee, he has expanded that address to scientists into a work of popular science for the general reader. He introduces patients with strange, sometimes extraordinary, symptomsþa man who experiences orgasms in an amputated, or phantom, foot; a woman who is convinced that her own arm must belong to her brother; stroke victims who insist they can move their paralyzed limbs; an accident survivor who believes that his parents are imposters; perfectly sane men and women with hallucinations of animals, objects, even cartoons—and then offers his ideas about what is going on in the patient's brain that would explain such symptoms. Often he devises ingenious experiments involving mirrors, gloves, and helpful graduate students to test his ideas. The results are a new understanding of how information from different senses interacts and how the brain forms new connections and updates its model of reality in response to new sensory inputs. The wide-ranging Ramachandran also looks into the brain for clues about the mystery of autistic savants, human laughter, multiple personality disorder, religious experiences, and the very nature of the self. Besides informative drawings and images of the human brain, the text contains numerous illustrations demonstrating optical phenomena that demand reader involvement. Ramachandran, who likens himself to a sleuth and hasboundless curiosity, leads readers on a riveting trail of detection.

What People Are Saying

Oliver Sacks
One of the most original and accessible neruology books of our generation.

Francis Crick
A splendid book...The patients are fascinating, and his experiments are simple and ingenious....If you are at all interested in how your brain works, this is the book to read.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface
Ch. 1	The Phantom Within	1
Ch. 2	"Knowing Where to Scratch"	21
Ch. 3	Chasing the Phantom	39
Ch. 4	The Zombie in the Brain	63
Ch. 5	The Secret Life of James Thurber	85
Ch. 6	Through the Looking Glass	113
Ch. 7	The Sound of One Hand Clapping	127
Ch. 8	"The Unbearable Likeness of Being"	158
Ch. 9	God and the Limbic System	174
Ch. 10	The Woman Who Died Laughing	199
Ch. 11	"You Forgot to Deliver the Twin"	212
Ch. 12	Do Martians See Red?	227
	Acknowledgments	259
	Notes	263
	Bibliography and Suggested Reading	299
	Index	314

Make This Your Lucky Day: Fun and Easy Secrets and Shortcuts to Success, Romance, Health, and Harmony

Author: Ellen Whitehurst

SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALL THE LUCK. THE REST OF US MAKE IT.

Let’s face it: Most of us think Feng Shui is synonymous with moving furniture. But Feng Shui specialist Ellen Whitehurst has updated this ancient art form and given it her own unique spin. The result is “Lucky Day Shui,” which is based on her more than twenty years of training and expertise in Feng Shui, aromatherapy, and other modes of holistic healing. What’s more, this approach is a breeze to incorporate into your life, and there’s no heavy lifting required!

Make This Your Lucky Day covers all nine Feng Shui energies–including career, wealth, marriage and partnership, children, and creativity–and is broken down into specific days, events, and life situations for which you could use a little extra luck. Do you wish to

• Ace that job interview? Wear deep, dark blue to enhance self-esteem.
• Increase your bank account? Place eight coins under the welcome mat at your front door.
• Seal a great business deal? Start the day by lighting nine red candles.
• Finally get pregnant? Sleep on green bedsheets.
• Chase away a cold? Diffuse lavender essential oil for a holistic antibiotic.

Harness the energy of the universe, stack the deck in your favor, and open the door to greater opportunities. Today can be your lucky day!

“[Ellen Whitehurst] is a magical person with strange and mysterious ways. She found my power centers, and they even work during a blackout. Now, that’s talent!”
–Joy Behar, co-host, The View

“Ellen is irresistible–both her personality and heradvice. And fortunately one never comes without the other.”
–Stacy Morrison, editor-in-chief, Redbook

Deborah Bigelow - Library Journal

These two very different books are related in their authors' belief in luck and in the ability of individuals to obtain it. Astrologer Dolnick and attorney Davidson's mini reference examines the concept of luck throughout history as observed by a variety of religious sects and practiced in many cultures. The authors help readers develop a personal-luck profile and detail how to apply astrology, numerology, and even herbology toward increasing the odds in one's favor. A practical section on gambling advises readers how to play cards, dice, or the roulette wheel with caution.Holistic practitioner Whitehurst concentrates solely on feng shui and its nine energies, including career, wealth, marriage, and health. After explaining the basic concepts of the discipline, she offers easy techniques for employing these energies. While using one's chi is instrumental, other easy tactics include placing three rosemary plants in the kitchen for healthy financial independence and taping a picture of a mountain onto the back of one's desk chair for career success. Luckwill have more general appeal, while Make This Your Lucky Daywill draw New Age readers. Both are excellent choices for public libraries.

7 Minutes to Natural Pain Release or The Weight Loss Cure They Dont Want You to Know About

7 Minutes to Natural Pain Release

Author: Daniel J Benor

Though pain affects millions of people daily, it is one of the most mysterious and hard-to-treat conditions. Pain can have many causes, is experienced subjectively in varieties of different ways, and often defies the most advanced treatments available to modern medicine. Yet physicians such as Daniel J. Benor, as well as hundreds of other doctors and complementary therapists worldwide, are developing simple and safe ways to treat pain naturally. They have discovered that addressing underlying emotional traumas often leads to the rapid and permanent alleviation of pain. When emotional pain is cleared, physical pain often dissipates too.

WHEE is one in a new group of therapies called Energy Psychology. WHEE changes a person's bio-electromagnetic energy system and consciousness—and facilitates the healing of physical problems. In the same way that changing the position of two magnets makes the iron filings between them shift, the bio-energy field changes produced by WHEE often result in rapid and painless healing on all levels of a person's being.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     xi
WHEE is Elegantly Simple     12
We All Know the Experience of Pain     12
Pain is Often a Message from Our Inner Self     13
WHEE Is a System for Dealing with Pains and Stresses     14
WHEE Was Born from My Frustrations as a Psychiatrist     15
The Basics of WHEE     16
Why WHEE Has Been Hugely Successful and Enthusiastically Accepted     18
Explore for Yourself How the Elements of WHEE Work for You     19
WHEE Is Adaptable to Your Specific Needs and Preferences     20
Understanding Pain     21
Conventional Explanations for Pain     22
Wholistic Ways of Addressing Pain     25
Psychological Factors in Pain     29
Components of Physical Pain     29
Adapting to Pain     34
Rewards and Punishments     37
How We Are Programmed to Get in Trouble     46
How the Unconscious Speaks to Us     52
The Inner Child     54
Dialoguing with Our Inner Child     55
Vicious Circles that Lock In Our Pain     58
Transactional Analysis     60
Psychological Pain     63
GettingSupport for Dealing with Pain     71
The WHEE Method     75
Taking a Thorough Look at One's Life History     76
Safety Issues     77
Ground Yourself Regularly     77
Focusing Clearly on the Problem     79
The SUDS and SUSS     81
Physical Sensations as Another Measure of Intensity     83
Tapping     84
Affirmations     85
Replacement Positive Statement     88
Rate, Duration, and Intensity of Tapping     90
Incremental Learning to Find Your Best Ways for Using WHEE     91
Journaling     92
How to Deal with Resistances     93
Bundling and Partializing     101
Parking an Issue     103
Muscle Testing for Dealing with Resistances     104
Clearing the Vessel through which Healing Flows     110
Presence     112
Research on WHEE     113
WHEE for Rapid, Deep, and Permanent Pain Relief     115
Dealing with Acute Pain     115
General Observations About WHEE     117
Adapting to Chronic Pain     121
Dialoguing with Chronic Pain     126
Gently and Slowly Lightening the Burden of Chronic Pain      130
The Unconscious Mind and WHEE     137
Integrator for New Awareness and Learning     137
Functional Control Systems     138
The Mind and the Immune System     139
Automatic Pilot for Habitual Behaviors and Psychological Responses     141
Memory Banks     142
Channel for Intuitive/Psychic Awareness     143
Wakening to Shadow Aspects of Ourselves     145
Switchboard/Control Panel for Collective Consciousness and Manifestations of Soul     147
Pain as a Wakeup Call from the Unconscious     148
Spiritual Dimensions of WHEE and Pain     151
Biological Energies that Surround and Interpenetrate the Body     154
Earth Energies Can Strengthen Effects of WHEE     155
Intuitive Awareness Helps Us to Validate Our Spiritual Awareness     156
Psychokinesis and Healing     157
Proxy/Surrogate Healing     159
Past-life Memories Can Enhance the Effects of WHEE     161
Death Has a Bad Reputation     166
Clearing Unresolved Issues with Spirits     169
Spiritual Bypass and Spiritual Inflation     171
Collective Consciousness     172
Deeper Questions Raised by Pain     177
The Shadow     181
The Pain Body     183
Acceptance     188
Love and Compassion     193
Forgiveness     194
Transcending Pain     197
Pain as Teacher     198
Theories to Explain WHEE     199
Process and Content Explanations     199
Body     201
Emotions     203
Mind     205
Relationships with Other People     209
Relationships with the Environment     211
Spirit     213
Broader Understandings from WHEE     219
Afterword: Looking to a New Future     223
Suggested Reading     227
Glossary     237
About the Author     243
Index     245

The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About

Author: Kevin Trudeau

By the #1 New York Times bestselling author Kevin Trudeau comes the last diet you will ever need. Imagine, you will lose at least 30 pounds in 30 days...with no hunger...no exercise...and no surgery!

An absolute cure for obesity was discovered almost fifty years ago by a British medical doctor. Tens of thousands of people used this simple, inexpensive, safe medical treatment and achieved miraculous, fast, and permanent weight loss. Stubborn area fat deposits melted away. Body reshaping of the hips, thighs, buttocks, and waist was so dramatic it appeared as if the patients received liposuction! Amazingly, this medical breakthrough has been debunked, discredited, and suppressed by the American Medical Association, the Food and Drug Administration, and other medical establishments throughout the world. Now, for the first time in fifty years, this revolutionary breakthrough discovery, which permanently cures the condition of obesity, is being released to the public.

The main problems that overweight people deal with are massive, intense, constant physical hunger; food cravings and uncontrollable urges to eat when not hungry; low metabolism; and an abnormally high amount of fat stored in stubborn secure problem areas such as the hips, thighs, buttocks, and waist. This "weight loss cure protocol" has been proven to be virtually 100% successful in correcting these conditions, thus curing the individual of obesity for life! Read the fascinating true story of how this discovery was made and, more importantly, how this miracle weight loss breakthrough has been hidden from the public so that drug companies can make billions of dollars selling their expensive drug treatments and surgical procedures for obesity. You'll be amazed to read how the food manufacturers actually have a financial incentive to make you fat! This is the book that answers all the questions about why people today are continually getting fatter and fatter. The good news is this book gives you the cure that can solve your overweight condition once and for all.