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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Triple H: Making the Game

Presents the strength-training program used by Triple H, with emphasis on technique, the importance of exercise form over volume, and a focus on self-discipline and goal setting.
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The Great American Heart Hoax: Lifesaving Advice Your Doctor Should Tell You About Heart Disease Prevention (But Probably Never Will)

Argues that only a minority of patients benefit from heart surgery and offers a ten-step program to improve heart health and decrease the risk of heart disease.
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The Colon Cancer Survivors' Guide: Living Stronger, Longer

Based on his award-winning series of Esquire magazine articles on his own survival of colon cancer, the author shows how a person diagnosed with cancer stops becoming a patient and starts becoming a survivor. Above all, it offers advice on the healing of scars, both physical and emotional, how to leave cancer behind, and how to move confidently forward.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

The Skinny: On Losing Weight Without Being Hungry-The Ultimate Guide to Weight Loss Success

Explains how our bodies are programmed on a genetic level to resist weight loss, and how to fix internal biology by adjusting eating and exercise habits one step at a time to defeat hunger and cravings and keep the weight off for good.
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Beating Gout: A Sufferer's Guide to Living Pain Free

Beating Gout is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book designed for the gout sufferer. Recent research has shown that up to 78% of doctors do not treat gout properly. Historically, physicians have seen gout as a “benign” disease, but new research has shown that gout and its underlying cause, hyperuricemia, may cause heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney disease, stroke and other deadly diseases. Beating Gout discusses all of these conditions and what you can do to stop gout attacks forever.
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Tina Vindum's Outdoor Fitness: Step Out of the Gym and into the BEST Shape of Your Life

The national radio show host and fitness expert introduces the three phases of her outdoor-fitness program, including signature moves that increase in intensity and duration to become an integral part of one's health and fitness routine.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being

Mindful awareness is a universal goal across human cultures, says Siegel (mindful awareness, U. of California-Los Angeles), and though it is often seen as a form of attentional skill that focuses the mind on the present, he explores it as a form of healthy relationship with the self. He describes how attunement may lead the brain to grow in ways that promote balanced self-regulation through the process of neural integration, which enables flexibility and self-understanding.
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