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Alzheimer's: Will I be next? [MultiFormat]
by Jack Turley
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In watching my mother's descent into the worsening dementia that so vividly characterizes Alzheimer's disease, I have witnessed the horrendous transmutations of mind and body which inevitably happen when this affliction strikes. I believe there is a worthwhile purpose in sharing this vision of a wretched truth. Perhaps it will offer a measure of comfort to those who must find their own ways of endurance as they watch someone they love make this same sorrowful one-way journey into the ever-deepen... more info>> (Published: 2005)
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American Heart Association No-Fad Diet: A Personal Plan for Healthy Weight Loss [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by American Heart Association
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By now, you've heard of (and maybe tried) them all: the low-carb diet, the grapefruit diet, the miracle diet . . . the list goes on and on. Fad diets may promise a quick fix, but few deliver lasting results. If you're like millions of other Americans, you're still struggling to lose weight and get in shape without harming your long-term health in the process. It's time to leave behind the one-size-fits-all approach to dieting. Now, the American Heart Association, the nation's most trusted auth... more info>>
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American Heart Association To Your Health!: A Guide to Heart-Smart Living [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Random House
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Getting StartedHow to psych yourself up for success"We have met the enemy, and he is us." -- Pogoalthough it may be tempting to skip this chapter, don't do it. You may be thinking, "Get on with it. I want to lose twenty pounds. Just tell me how, and I'll do it." Trouble is, that's not how you lose 20 pounds--and keep it off. That's not how you quit smoking--and stay a nonsmoker. Instead, that quick-fix attitude is the recipe for failure, so stick with us here. This chapter is about the inner you... more info>>
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Are You Ready! [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Bob Harper
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The world-renowned fitness coach on the hit TV show The Biggest Loser presents his winning approach to lasting weight loss by showing how to get at the root of your overeating problem, followed by a nutritionally savvy diet and unique exercise plan. On The Biggest Loser, Bob Harper gives contestants the practical tools and psychological insights they need to get into the best shape of their lives. The key to his success is the emotional connection he makes with each participant, and he brings t... more info>>
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Breaking the Sound Barrier: The Journey Beyond Tinnitus [MultiFormat]
by Elspeth Fahey
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Help for the millions who hear a ringing in their ears! Are you one of the millions who from tinnitus a constant ringing or hissing sound in your ears and/or head? If you, or one of your loved ones, experience tinnitus, you've probably already discovered that there's little conventional medicine can do to alleviate the condition. But that doesn't mean you're helpless. This book offers invaluable help for tinnitus sufferers. The first part covers the scientific background to tinnitus, offering pe... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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Change Your Brain Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
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 THE KEY TO A BETTER BODY-in shape, energized, and youthful-is a healthy brain. Based on the latest medical research, as well as on Dr. Amen's two decades of clinical practice at the re�nowned Amen Clinics, where Dr. Amen and his associates pioneered the use of the most advanced brain imaging technology, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body shows you how to take the very best care of your brain.
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Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison [Secure Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Dorothy Rowe
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'This book has saved my life', say thousands of people who have changed their lives forever after reading Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison over the past decade. Depression is the experience of a terrible isolation, of being alone in a prison. But by understanding how we build the prison of depression we can dismantle it forever. Dorothy Rowe gives us a way of understanding depression, allowing us to take charge of our lives. She shows it is not an illness requiring drugs but a defence we u... more info>>
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Diet Myths That Keep Us Fat: And the 101 Truths That Will Save Your Waistline--and Maybe Even Your Life [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Nancy L. Snyderman, M.D.
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Get the real skinny on fat.When it comes to losing weight, the false beliefs most of us cling to could fill a book--this one! As a medical doctor, medical journalist, and veteran of the diet wars, Nancy L. Snyderman knows better than almost anyone what really works and what sabotages your best efforts to shed pounds and keep them off. Do you believe any of these prevalent diet myths?• Your weight is your fault.• Dieting is a waste of time--most dieters regain their weight before long.• Carbs are... more info>>
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Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You--And Your Waistline--And Drop the Weight for Good [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Steven R. Gundry
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Your Genes Are Trying To Kill You--And You're Eating It Up! Does losing weight and staying healthy feel like a battle? Well, it's really a war. Your enemies are your own genes, backed by millions of years of evolution, and the only way to win is to outsmart them. Dr. Steven Gundry explains what your body is "thinking" and tells you why, surprisingly, your genes actually "want" you to be fat--even sick. Eating many so-called healthy foods gives your body the wrong messages and may activate what D... more info>>
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Every Woman's Yoga [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Cma Schmitt, Jaime Stover Edd
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Yoga truly is for every woman. Its therapeutic and healing powers are vast— its benefits range from strengthening and toning to stress and pain relief, from childbirth preparation to easing through the menopause transition. Every Woman's Yoga focuses on specific yoga practices that are most suitable for women. Whether you are already into yoga, or just getting started, this informative guide will help you nurture your mind, body, and soul.
Come discover how yoga can:
·Help reduce signs of agin... more info>>
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Fit and Fabulous in 15 Minutes: Lose 2 Sizes in 4 Weeks with the T-Tapp Workout [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Barbara Smalley & Teresa Tapp
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She has sold over three million workout videos. Her nationwide seminars attract crowds of 1,500 plus. Her website receives more than 90,000 hits a day, mostly from T-Tappers who support one another through thick and thin--literally. Yet, despite this phenomenal success, chances are that you haven't heard of Teresa Tapp, creator of the revolutionary T-Tapp fitness program. That's about to change. T-Tapp is the most efficient and effective workout you'll ever do. It requires no equipment, no weigh... more info>>
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Gene Worship: Moving Beyond the Nature/ Nurture Debate Over Genes, Brain and Gender [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Gisela Kaplan
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"A wonderful antidote to the gene hysteria that is now so dominant! . . . What is most exciting about this book is the authors' ability to move seamlessly from research on how the brain works, to sociology, history, and philosophy. And that, I believe, is exactly how we need to understand gender--neither nature nor nurture, but a complex interplay." - Dr. Lynda Birke, author of Feminism and the Biological Body
This work moves beyond the old nature/nurture debate concerning what makes us who w... more info>>
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Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual and Well-Being [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe EPUB]
by Andrew Weil, M.D.
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Spontaneous Healing ... Eight Weeks to Optimum Health ... Eating Well for Optimum Health ... The Healthy Kitchen--in each of his widely acclaimed, best-selling books, Dr. Andrew Weil has been an authoritative and companionable guide through a uniquely effective combination of traditional and nontraditional approaches to health and healthy living. Now he gives us a book about aging that is unlike any other in the breadth and depth of its information and understanding. Hugely informative, practica... more info>>
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How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Jan Garavaglia, M.D.
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When This Doctor Talks, You Should Listen.... Thousands of people make an early exit each year and arrive on medical examiner Jan Garavaglia's table. What is particularly sad about this is that many of these deaths could easily have been prevented. Although Dr. Garavaglia, or Dr. G, as she's known to many, could not tell these individuals how to avoid their fates, we can benefit from her experience and profound insight into the choices we make each day. In How Not to Die, Dr. G acts as a medical... more info>>
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Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat: The Secret Science Behind Physical Transformation [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Ori Hofmekler
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Diet and fitness books appear at a dizzying rate – and with a wealth of dubious claims – in a culture facing increasing health problems based on a sedentary lifestyle. Ori Hofmekler’s Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat pulls out of the pack by focusing on the biological principles that dictate muscle gain and fat loss. Written for the widest readership–competitive athletes, bodybuilders, trainers, martial artists, sports nutritionists and coaches, dieters, and anyone concerned about their health–the bo... more info>>
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Carol Dweck
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Mindset is one of those rare books that can help you make positive changes in your life and at the same time see the world in a new way. A leading expert in motivation and personality psychology, Carol Dweck has discovered in more than twenty years of research that our mindset is not a minor personality quirk: it creates our whole mental world. It explains how we become optimistic or pessimistic. It shapes our goals, our attitude toward work and relationships, and how we raise our kids, ultimate... more info>>
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Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Daniel J. Siegel
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From everyday stress to severe trauma, many obstacles to a full life can be overcome by developing what Dr. Daniel J. Siegel calls “mindsight,” our ability to perceive the mind and literally redirect the flow of energy and information within our brains. Through this powerful capacity for insight and empathy, we can “rewire” crucial connections, create dynamic linkages, and open ourselves to relationships in a new way.
Based on thirty years of work with patients and on research drawn from near... more info>>
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The Anti-Estrogenic Diet: How Estrogenic Foods and Chemicals Are Making You Fat and Sick [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Ori Hofmekler
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• Lower your risk of metabolic disorders, disease, and chronic weight gain• Protect yourself against the estrogenic substances in the environment, products, water, and food• Learn how certain foods and herbs can protect you!Estrogenic chemicals—known for causing the near extinction of various living species—are found in some of the most common foods we eat.In this revolutionary diet book, Ori Hofmekler addresses the millions of overweight and obese individuals who have failed or are disappointed... more info>>
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The Fat Resistance Diet: Unlock the Secret of the Hormone Leptin to: Eliminate Cravings, Supercharge Yourmetabolism, Lose Weight, and Reprogram Your Body to Stay Thin Forever [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Leo Galland
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No more counting carbs, calories, or fat grams! This revolutionary diet plan works with your hormones to curb your appetite, boost your metabolism, take weight off--and never put it on again. Cutting-edge scientific research shows that losing weight is not about carbs, calories, or even willpower--it's about a hormone called leptin and how it functions in your body. Leptin is your body's natural weight-loss mechanism: it curbs your appetite and jump-starts your metabolism. And when those hormone... more info>>
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The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Christopher Chabris
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Reading this book will make you less sure of yourself—and that’s a good thing. In The Invisible Gorilla, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, creators of one of psychology’s most famous experiments, use remarkable stories and counter-intuitive scientific findings to demonstrate an important truth: Our minds don’t work the way we think they do. We think we see ourselves and the world as they really are, but we’re actually missing a whole lot.
Chabris and Simons combine the work of other r... more info>>
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THE SUGAR ADDICTS Total RECOVERY PROGRAM [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Kathleen DesMaisons Ph.D.
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Building on the science of nutrition that she outlined in her bestselling book, Potatoes Not Prozac, Dr. Kathleen DesMaisons now presents the first complete, in-depth dietary plan for living with?and healing?sugar sensitivity. She explains exactly how you can free your mind and body from the tyranny of sugar and shake off the exhaustion, mental fogginess, and mood swings that sugar dependence causes. Revealing the various ways sugar addiction affects both men and women, and the unique methods fo... more info>>
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The Yoga Sutras [MultiFormat]
by Maharishi Patanjali
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Uniting Self and Universe: The sage Patanjali, who lived in the second century BCE, set down a series of aphorisms designed to lead seekers on the path of Raja Yoga, or training the mind to achieve oneness with the universe. These are the earliest known writings on the practice of Yoga, outlining in clear and simple language how meditation, attention, breath control, physical exercises, and other methods can be used to lead to the soul's ultimate liberation. (Published: 1909)
Words: 30363 - Reading Time: 86-121 min.
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Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Sharon Begley
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In this fascinating and far-reaching book, Newsweek science writer Sharon Begley reports on how cutting-edge science and the ancient wisdom of Buddhism have come together to reveal that, contrary to popular belief, we have the power to literally change our brains by changing our minds. Recent pioneering experiments in neuroplasticity--the ability of the brain to change in response to experience--reveal that the brain is capable of altering its structure and function, and even of generating new n... more info>>
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Yoga RX [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Larry Payne
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East meets West as an assistant dean at the UCLA School of Medecine and a celebrity Yoga instructor show how to use ancient Yoga postures for treating dozens of common ailments.Yoga has never been hotter in America, and now its benefits are being recognized far beyond the arenas of enlightenment and body sculpting. Yoga RX distills an array of postures into an easy-to-use regimen for anyone seeking relief for anything from back pain to the common cold.Written by a highly respected professor of m... more info>>
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100 Super Supplements for a Longer Life [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Frank Murray
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Although humans can't live forever, life can be prolonged by paying more attention to diet, lifestyle, exercise, and the supplements that are the cornerstone of today's modern medicine. 100 Super Supplements for a Longer Life highlights the many vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, phytonutrients, and other natural substances that are being used to prevent and/or treat heart disease, stroke, cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, aging, and other debilitating illnesses. T... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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