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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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Pregnancy for Dummies

Includes information on selecting a doctor, hospital, midwife, or other birthing options, and nutrition and exercises, accompanied by a trimester-by-trimester guide showing how the baby grows and changes.
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The Candida Cure: Yeast, Fungus & Your Health: The 90-Day Program to Beat Candida & Restore Vibrant Health

Many of the most common symptoms and illnesses that plague us today - anything from fatigue, bloating, and weight gain to prostate problems, arthritis, allergies, depression and multiple sclerosis - can be traced back to a surprising source. Yeast. Yeast and fungal overgrowth - called candida - is pandemic and affects millions. One out of three people suffer from candida overgrowth, which is associated with asthma, allergies, hypoglycemia/diabetes, hypothyroid, prostatitis, weight gain, brain fog and anxiety/depression. In a chronic state yeast overgrowth can also lead to conditions such as lupus, MS, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, autism, and even cancer. The Candida Cure is the most current and concise book on this subject, designed to help millions understand and overcome candida overgrowth. This practical and revealing work describes what candida is and how it can become out of balance as a result of using antibiotics, steroids, hormone replacement therapy, and chemotherapy as well as unmanaged stress levels and diets filled with sugar (white flour, dairy, refined sugar, and alcohol). The first three chapters describe what candida is, how disease starts in the gastrointestinal tract, and how poor nutrition adversely affects candida overgrowth. It also includes a candida health questionnaire. The remaining chapters lay out a 90-day program for beating candida and restoring vibrant health. Diet, detoxification, and supplementation are covered in detail. User-friendly charts, recipes, meal ideas, and sample menus are included to make the program simple and effective.
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Monday, November 2, 2009

Cancer: 50 Essential Things to Do

Written by a cancer survivor, this guide to cancer recovery offers an easily accessible holistic action plan for patients and family members who choose to adopt a stance of hope and take charge of their diagnosis.
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Food Cures: Breakthrough Nutritional Prescriptions For Everything From Colds to Cancer

Draws on current understanding about the connection between health and common "power foods" to counsel readers on how to minimize dependence on medication and restock a pantry, in a reference that provides seventy-five recipes and makes recommendations for treating common ailments.
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Bigger Faster Stronger

Author Shepard, owner of Bigger Faster Stronger, a company that provides strength training programs to high schools and colleges, shares his program with both coaches training teams and individuals working on their own training regimen. The book details the total program including strength, speed, agility, and flexibility training, as well as conditioning. Photographs that illustrate proper techniques for many of the exercises support the text.
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