Menopause or Garlic

Menopause

Author: Neil C Boland

Menopause is a very complex and confusing subject.It's about time truly authoritative experts wrote a readable, comprehensive, up-to-date, and understandable 2006 guidebook not for other doctors, but for the menopausal woman herself. Finally! .....entertaining, creatively and insightfully written, devoid of sleep-inducing academic boring monotony, and from a menopausal woman's point of view. Indeed, this is the first book written for women which clearly separates fact from fiction now four years post-WHI study. It includes very important new 2006 findings on menopause. This book is written because of INTENSE AND OVERWHELMING DEMAND women have for accurate information.

Since the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Study was published in July 2002, the world of health care decision making has been turned upside down. The clanking of trash cans was deafening worldwide when millions of women tossed their hormonal medications. Immediately, physicians' phones rang off the hook. A panic-striken confused public of sleep-deprived, anxious menopausal women began to descend on doctors' consultation rooms waving hand fans searching for answers.

The perfect Category Five Menopausal Storm had been set into motion. Three conspiring fronts had converged simultaneously:1) an Internet information savvy baby boomer generation just starting menopause, 2) the premature release of a well done but flawed landmark study on menopause, and 3) a journalistic media hell bent on lightening-like dissemination of the scariest information possible for maximum shock effect.

Menopausal women are sick and tired of getting health care information from the media. MENOPAUSE, JUST THEFACTS, MA'AM is a book written just for these women. Dr. Neil C. Boland is a board-certified seasoned practicing Ob/Gyn Physician and Menopausal Medicine Specialist. Linda LaVelle is a practicing aesthetician of the highest caliber who is menopausal herself. She shares her personal and professional experiences in a delightfully humorous style. It's really about time! Website:

justthefactsmaam.net .

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Garlic: Nature's Original Remedy

Author: Stephen Fulder

Garlic has been renowned for centuries as a healing food. Now current scientific and clinical research is showing garlic to be an effective preventive against cardiovascular disease, cancer, and bacterial and fungal infections. Stephen Fulder and John Blackwood investigate the latest research on garlic, explaining how it works and how to get the most benefit from it. They discuss garlic preparations and dosages, and evaluate the products currently on the market. Detailing the history and lore of garlic from its earliest known use in ancient Egypt to its modern revival, Garlic is the complete guide to this remarkable natural medicine. 

Updated edition of the bestseller. 

Table of Contents:

Garlic: 
Nature's Original Remedy

Acknowledgments 
Authors' Note 
1 Garlic Presented 
2 Garlic Planted 
3 Garlic Past 
4 Garlic Prescribed 
5 Garlic Probed 
6 Garlic Proved: Against Infections 
7 Garlic Proved: In the Circulation 
8 Garlic Purifier 
9 Garlic Pesticide 
10 Garlic Products 
11 Garlic Preparations 
12 Garlic Prospect 
Recommended Reading 
Index 

Stephen Fulder, Ph.D., studied biochemistry and chemical pharmacology at Oxford University. His numerous books include An End to Ageing? and The Book of Ginseng. He is currently working to establish a medicinal plants industry in Israel.

The late John Blackwood was an author, poet, and garlic lover who specialized in historical research. 

30 Day Revitalization Plan or Coping with Vision Loss

30-Day Revitalization Plan: Total Rejuvenation for Body and Mind

Author: Miriam E Atkins

A beautiful, illustrated short-cut guide to good health that is like having a personal trainer in your own home, every day.

Written for those who never seem to find the time to take control of their mental, physical, and spiritual lives, this 30-day plan addresses the total person and covers emotional as well as physical health. The rejuvenation starts with a 7-day plan to purify and detoxify the system, accompanied by detailed advice on meditation, aromatherapy, exercise, stretching, weight training, home spa treatments, and nutrition. Readers can choose what they need from a wide range of options and traditions, and create a personalized program that focuses on specific issues--such as stress or weight-gain-as well as overall reconditioning. In addition, there are three meal-a-day menu suggestions as well as ideas for snacks. The meals are nutritionally balanced and include delicious "good-carb" recipes.

Interesting textbook: International Business or Using Financial Accounting

Coping with Vision Loss: Maximizing What You Can See and Do

Author: Bill G Chapman

This book begins with a promise: people with severe vision loss can be trained and equipped to function as sighted. The author, himself legally blind for 30 years, fulfills that promise with precise information and guidance on improving life through visual rehabilitation. The book explains fundamental facts about eyes and vision, including the causes and varieties of blindness, and then moves on to the new skills the partially sighted person must learn. Specific approaches and devices are covered in depth, including "eccentric viewing" and driving with telescopic glasses, and the visual and electronic aids that can help overcome the effects of vision loss. In spite of his own limited vision (20/240), Dr. Chapman uses a computer without a voice synthesizer, watches TV, and even drives, and he shows readers how to do the same.

Table of Contents:

Contents

List of Illustrations....................xiv
Acknowledgments....................xvi
Foreword....................xvii
Introduction....................1
PART I: Vision and the Human Eye Chapter 1: Visual Acuity....................8
Chapter 2: Understanding the Eye....................22
Chapter 3: How We See....................35
Chapter 4: Eye Fatigue and Pain....................43
PART II: Other Things to Know Chapter 5: Emotional Issues....................48
Chapter 6: Doctors....................57
Chapter 7: Perks and Privileges....................67
PART III: Major Causes of Vision Loss Chapter 8: Cataracts....................74
Chapter 9: Diabetic Retinopathy....................79
Chapter 10: Glaucoma....................83
Chapter 11: Macular Degeneration....................89
Chapter 12: Retinitis Pigmentosa....................102
PART IV: Coping Techniques and Equipment Chapter 13: The First Principle: Get Closer....................110
Chapter 14: Eccentric Viewing....................114
Chapter 15: Scanning....................123
Chapter 16: Light....................126
Chapter 17: Contrast Enhancement....................132
Chapter 18: Talking Appliances and Large-Print Products....................135
Chapter 19: Magnification: Make It Bigger....................136
Chapter 20: Low-Vision Aids and Their Use....................139
Chapter 21: How Much Magnification?....................160
Chapter 22: Video Visual Aids....................163
Chapter 23: Elvis andJordy....................169
Chapter 24: Aids for the Computer User....................172
Chapter 25: Special Aids for Field Loss....................176
Chapter 26: Aids for Driving....................179
Chapter 27: Aids for Watching Television....................184
Chapter 28: Aids for Writing....................188
Chapter 29: Handling Money....................190
Chapter 30: Playing Cards (and Analyzing Visual Tasks)....................192
Chapter 31: Reading a Watch....................195
Chapter 32: A Survival Kit....................196
PART V: Specialized Knowledge and Skills Chapter 33: Education....................200
Chapter 34: Driving with Telescopic Glasses: An Introduction....................222
Chapter 35: Driving with Telescopic Glasses: A Training Program....................235
Chapter 36: Misconceptions about Driving with Telescopic Glasses....................249
Epilogue....................262
Appendix A: An Eye Test Chart....................263
Appendix B: Sources of Help....................264
Appendix C: Instructions for Building a Plate Light....................271
Endnotes....................273
Bibliography....................274
Index....................276

What Every Home Owner Needs to Know about Mold and What to Do about It or Babyproofing Bible

What Every Home Owner Needs to Know about Mold and What to Do about It

Author: Vicki Lankarg

The complete guide to dealing with mold in your home--the asbestos of the new millennium

Toxic mold infestations in the home have been brought to the forefront of public awareness. Erin Brockovich's struggle to fight this health crisis and Ed McMahon's experience of this problem in his own home have further publicized the fact that mold has been linked to a host of serious health problems. Yet there are no standards for acceptable indoors mold levels and no laws requiring home sellers to disclose mold problems.

Written by award-winning reporter Vicki Lankarge, this is the first complete home owner's/home buyer's guide to dealing with mold. Clearly and concisely, Lankarge acquaints readers with the latest findings about mold infestation and arms them with everything they need to know to:

• Successfully detect the presence of mold
• Prevent, control, or eliminate mold
• Deal with mold-related health problems
• Understand mold's legal implications
• Work with insurance companies on mold-related cases

Book about: Entrenamiento Imperioso

Babyproofing Bible: The Exceedingly Thorough Guide to Keeping Your Child Safe, from Crib to Kitchen to Car to Yard

Author: Jennifer Bright Reich

Easy techniques to keep your baby safe!

More than just a guide to safety locks, stove guards, and baby gates, this book features 320 pages packed with hundreds of tips from parents, healthcare and child care workers, safety experts, and safety organizations. The Babyproofing Bible targets each room in the home, as well as the yard, car, playground, grocery store, and friends' and grandparents' houses. Taking a trip? This thorough guide will help protect children on a plane, in a restaurant, at a lake or in a pool, or at an amusement park. Get useful advice on how to properly install car seats, create an ID kit for children, and determine which plants in one's home and yard are poisonous.

An indispensable guide for parents, grandparents, and caregivers, The Babyproofing Bible provides how-to tips—the majority of which take less than 10 minutes—and is geared toward children from birth through age three.

• Hundreds of tips that work as hard as new parents do
• Dozens of "everyday experts"—including pediatricians and nurses, kindergarten teachers, daycare workers and babysitters—who share their hard-won wisdom and proven tips, here, for the first time
• Organized by room, activity, and age, so it's very user-friendly
• Great gift book for grandparents, in-laws, and single dads

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Healthy Exchanges Diabetic Desserts Cookbook

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Seven Proven Steps to Less Pain and More Energy

Author: Fred Friedberg

If you're struggling with fibromyalgia or CFS, this book can help you. It offers an evidence-based improvement program that can help you achieve a healthy balance between activity, rest, and leisure-a balance that can significantly reduce pain and fatigue and increase your energy. In this book, author Fred Friedberg, a clinical psychologist and a leading researcher in chronic fatigue, first explains how lifestyle impacts the severity and persistence of fibromyalgia and CFS. He then goes on to show how the seven step lifestyle balance program can help you to function and feel better.

In step one, you'll learn how to use active relaxation techniques to lessen ongoing stress. Better sleep, anger management, and activity pacing make up steps two, three, and four. Step five focuses on overcoming worry and guilt, and you'll learn how low-effort pleasurable activities can ease pain and fatigue in step six. Finally, in step seven, the importance of finding and maintaining personal support is covered. This effective lifestyle-focused program has brought relief to many others like you who have struggled with these misunderstood illnesses-illnesses that modern medicine cannot cure. You can start on the path to a better quality of life today!

Interesting book: Moms Updated Quick Meals Recipe Box or Vivir Bien

Healthy Exchanges Diabetic Desserts Cookbook

Author: JoAnna M Lund

Good news for diabetics and those looking for preventive dietary measures: you can have your dessert and eat it too! Along with the latest information on diabetes and pre-diabetes, this cookbook has recipes for more than 200 scrumptious desserts, from Butterscotch Pecan Parfait to Rocky Road Pistachio Pie. Both easy-to-make and mouth-watering, here are puddings, pies, cakes, cheesecakes, cobblers, cookies, brownies, and breads ...with little to no sugar or fat.

Bouncing Back from Pregnancy or Water Learning

Bouncing Back from Pregnancy: The Body by God Plan for Getting Your Body and Life Back AFter Baby Arrives

Author: Sheri Lerner

If you're pregnant or have recently had a child, if you feel overwhelmed with the task of motherhood or have low energy levels, this book can help. Dr. Sheri Lerner guides you through a God-focused program that is based on Body by God, developed by her husband, New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Ben Lerner. This nutrition, exercise, stress, and time management program can easily be tailored for your lifestyle.

In Bouncing Back from Pregnancy, you'll not only learn about fitness after the baby arrives but also what you can do during your pregnancy to help you bounce back more quickly.

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Water Learning

Author: Susan J Gross

If you're looking for a book that combines great fun with solid learning, then look no further! Water Learning contains fun-filled water activities that help children develop cognition, perceptual-motor abilities, physical fitness, social interaction skills, and self-esteem. Even though all of the 95 activities use water in some way, this book includes 51 activities in which a pool is not necessary, making this a wonderful resource for any setting. This book is not a "how to swim" book, but rather a guide filled with activities that can be

an integral part of physical, occupational, or recreational therapy;

integrated into traditional aquatic programs; and

used at home under the guidance of parents.

With this book, any adult can be a water learning facilitator. Using a movement exploration format and a problem-solving approach, the activities have success integrated into them. These activities are easy to stage, practical, and engaging; they also enhance the growth and development of all elementary-age children, particularly those with special needs.

In part I, you learn how water can both stimulate and enhance a child's growth and development. The author presents guidelines for establishing a safe, problem-solving learning environment and outlines how water learning can help children with special needs. You also learn how to set up and initiate a safe, fun, and effective water learning program.

Part II presents water activities for the pool as well as for places where pools are not available. An activity finder provides an index to help you locate activities specific to the learning needs of the child. Alsoincluded is an equipment index so you can quickly locate activities that use the equipment that you have available. Part II also explores planning and assessment issues that you will find useful in individualizing activities for different children.

Water Learning is a great tool to use whether you're a parent, a classroom teacher, a therapist, or swimming instructor. With its easy-to-use format, its adaptability and multiple uses, and its engaging and fun activities, Water Learning is an ideal resource to help children develop the cognition, motor skills, and abilities they need.

Table of Contents:

Activity Finder

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Foundations of Water Learning
Chapter 1. Introducing Children to Water Learning
Chapter 2. Implementing Water Learning
Chapter 3. Considering Health and Safety

Part II. Water Learning Activities
Chapter 4. Water Learning Activities for the Nonpool Environment
Chapter 5. Water Learning Activities for the Pool Environment
Chapter 6. Planning and Assessment

Resources
About the Author

I Need to Be Safe or Making Sense of Menopause

I Need to Be Safe: I'm Worth It!: How to Protect Your Child from Danger

Author: Janet Goliger

Whether or not you have taken self-defense classes before, this book will give you and your child the tools to be more aware and ready to take action. Children are invaluable and precious. The fact is children are small, they are weaker than their attackers, and they are vulnerable. However, they are not defenseless if we arm them with the appropriate tools. The key to our children's safety is to give them those specific survival tools so that they never enter that car, never grab that hand, and so they know how to get away before they are grabbed. This book, which includes specific photos, shows you how to teach your children to defend themselves in any threatening situation while learning in a non-threatening environment. Give them the opportunity to be our future.

Interesting textbook: Managerial Ethics or Reflections

Making Sense of Menopause: Over 150 Women and Experts Share Their Wisdom, Experience, and Commonsense Advice

Author: Faye Kitchener Con

As comforting as a talk with a good friend, Making Sense of Menopause is the prime-of-life guide that women have been waiting for. Combining the most up-to-date medical information with the experience and advice of dozens of women who have been there, Cone answers all the questions many women are too embarrassed - or may not know enough - to ask, such as:

• When will I start menopause, and how will I know when it happens?
• What can I do about a hot flash that strikes in the middle of the night? Or in the middle of a meeting?
• How do I make the decision for or against hormone replacement therapy?
• What do alternative treatments like homeopathy, acupuncture, or herbal medicine have to offer?
• How to men really feel about menopause?

Best Low Carb Cookbook or All about Osteoarthritis

Best Low Carb Cookbook

Author: Robert Ros

An outstanding collection of more than 475 low carb recipes.

By now all of us are aware of the low carb phenomenon and how enthusiastically it has been embraced by the general population. There are several popular low carb diet plans available and everyone seems to have their favorite. While the popular diet books contain loads of information on why and how low carb diets work, they fall short when it comes to recipes.

Delicious food that is easy to prepare and follows the low carb philosophy is the key to these diets. After the initial delight of consuming previously forbidden foods, like meat and cheese, recipes that are interesting and flavorful are crucial to staying on a low carb diet.

With more than 475 recipes to choose from, The Best Low-carb Cookbook provides literally a different dish to have every day for the next year, such as:

• Mushroom Sun-Dried Tomato Cheese Pate


• Seafood Garlic Antipasto


• Chicken Salad with Tarragon and Pecans


• Mussels with Sweet Bell Peppers and Garlic


• Curried Red Pepper Chicken


• Oriental Beef Bundles in Lettuce


• Bistecca alla Florentine


• Company Pork Roast with Fruit Stuffing.

Each recipe has a complete nutritional breakdown that includes the carbohydrate count.

Book about: Asthma or Back to Protein

All about Osteoarthritis: The Definitive Resource for Arthritis Patients and Their Families

Author: Nancy E Lan

Osteoarthritis afflicts about 25 million people in the United States--two-thirds of all people over 65--and the numbers will only grow in the coming years as baby boomers age. Yet few who suffer from this disease know much about it--how to relieve the pain, what exercises might help lessen their suffering, how to cut down on visits to the doctor.
In All About Osteoarthritis, two leading authorities on the disease--Nancy E. Lane and Daniel J. Wallace--join forces to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive discussion of osteoarthritis available, explaining what osteoarthritis is, how patients can help themselves, and how to find the best resources to manage the disorder. The authors offer information in a clear and accessible style, with detailed illustrations showing how key joints--knees, hips, fingers, backs, hands, and necks--degenerate. They take readers through the steps of diagnosis, how the body is affected, and ways to manage the disease. In user-friendly language, they describe all of the established treatment options, including new medications and their side effects, and help readers determine when surgery may be necessary. The authors also examine alternative treatments, clarifying which work, which may work, and which definitely do not. And they outline recent advances in the field and discuss where these breakthroughs may lead us.
While osteoarthritis most acutely affects the elderly, it starts years before, and many people suffer the aches and pains of the condition well before old age. For aging baby boomers, much can be done before osteoarthritis becomes chronic and debilitating. This comprehensive guide will provide an excellent resource for patientsand their families, caregivers, and medical professionals.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Pt. I	Introduction and Definitions	1
1	What Is Osteoarthritis?	6
2	The History of Osteoarthritis	9
3	Who Gets Osteoarthritis?	11
Pt. II	Boning Up on the Musculoskeletal System	23
4	Bone: A Living Tissue	25
5	Cartilage and Its Accomplices: The Body's Shock Absorbers	30
6	What Causes Osteoarthritis?	36
Pt. III	How Does a Doctor Evaluate Osteoarthritis?	39
7	What Happens at a Musculoskeletal Examination?	41
8	How Is Osteoarthritis Diagnosed?	47
9	The Many Faces of Osteoarthritis: Specialized Forms	53
10	How Can I Be Sure It's Really Osteoarthritis?	61
Pt. IV	How and Where can the Body be Affected by Osteoarthritis?	67
11	The Upper Body and Extremities	69
12	The Spine: Its Nooks and Tingles	80
13	The Lower Body: Undoings at Our Underpinnings	98
Pt. V	The Management of Osteoarthritis	117
14	You Can Conquer Osteoarthritis	119
15	Living Well with Osteoarthritis	127
16	Exercises to Improve Osteoarthritis	137
17	How Osteoarthritis Medications Are Tested	156
18	Medications that Work for Osteoarthritis	163
19	Local Medical Therapies	169
20	But Doctor, I'm in Pain!	175
21	When Do We Operate?	183
22	Alternative Therapies: Do They Work?	191
23	I Have Osteoarthritis: Who Should I Go to for Treatment?	197
24	Special Cases: Osteoarthritis from Childhood Events and During Pregnancy	203
Pt. VI	Outcome and Future Directions	209
25	Can Or Should I Work?	211
26	Prognosis	217
27	New directions: Is There Hope for a Cure?	222
	App. 1: Glossary	225
	App. 2: Resources	235
	Index	243

The Official Patients Sourcebook on Parkinsons Disease or A Drinking Life

The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Parkinson's Disease: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age

Author: James N Parker

This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to parkinson's disease (also Drug-Induced Parkinsonism; Paralysis Agitans; Parkinsonism; Postencephalitic Parkinsonism; Secondary Parkinsonism; Shaking palsy), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on parkinson's disease. Given patients' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Overview
Organization
Scope
Moving Forward
PART I: THE ESSENTIALS
Chapter 1. The Essentials on Parkinson's Disease: Guidelines
Overview
What Is Parkinson's Disease?
What Causes the Disease?
Who Gets Parkinson's Disease?
What Are the Early Symptoms?
What Are the Major Symptoms of the Disease?
Are There Other Symptoms?
What Are the Other Forms of Parkinsonism?
How Do Doctors Diagnose Parkinson's Disease?
How Is the Disease Treated?
Levodopa
Other Available Medications for Managing Disease Symptoms
Is Surgery Ever Used to Treat Parkinson's Disease?
Can Diet or Exercise Programs Help Relieve Symptoms?
What Are the Benefits of Support Groups?
Can Scientists Predict or Prevent Parkinson's Disease?
What Research Is Being Done?
What Is the Role of the NINDS?
What Can I Do to Help?
Information Resources
More Guideline Sources
Vocabulary Builder
Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance
Overview
Associations and Parkinson's Disease
Finding Associations
Finding Doctors
Finding a Neurologist
Selecting Your Doctor
Working with Your Doctor
Broader Health-Related Resources
Vocabulary Builder
Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Parkinson's Disease
Overview
Recent Trials on Parkinson's Disease
Benefits and Risks
Keeping Current on Clinical Trials
General References
Vocabulary Builder
PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL
Chapter 4. Studies on Parkinson's Disease
Overview
The Combined Health Information Database
Federally Funded Research on Parkinson's Disease
E-Journals: PubMed Central
The National Library of Medicine: PubMed
Vocabulary Builder
Chapter 5. Books on Parkinson's Disease
Overview
Book Summaries: Federal Agencies
The National Library of Medicine Book Index
Chapters on Parkinson's Disease
General Home References
Vocabulary Builder
Chapter 6. Multimedia on Parkinson's Disease
Overview
Bibliography: Multimedia on Parkinson's Disease
Chapter 7. Physician Guidelines and Databases
Overview
NIH Guidelines
NIH Databases
Other Commercial Databases
The Genome Project and Parkinson's Disease
Specialized References
Vocabulary Builder
Chapter 8. Dissertations on Parkinson's Disease
Overview
Dissertations on Parkinson's Disease
Keeping Current
Vocabulary Builder
PART III. APPENDICES
Appendix A. Researching Your Medications
Overview
Your Medications: The Basics
Learning More about Your Medications
Commercial Databases
Contraindications and Interactions (Hidden Dangers)
A Final Warning
General References
Vocabulary Builder
Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine
Overview
What Is CAM?
What Are the Domains of Alternative Medicine?
Can Alternatives Affect My Treatment?
Finding CAM References on Parkinson's Disease
Additional Web Resources
General References
Vocabulary Builder
Appendix C. Researching Nutrition
Overview
Food and Nutrition: General Principles
Finding Studies on Parkinson's Disease
Federal Resources on Nutrition
Additional Web Resources
Vocabulary Builder
Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries
Overview
Preparation
Finding a Local Medical Library
Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada
Appendix E. Your Rights and Insurance
Overview
Your Rights as a Patient
Patient Responsibilities
Choosing an Insurance Plan
Medicare and Medicaid
NORD's Medication Assistance Programs
Additional Resources
Vocabulary Builder
ONLINE GLOSSARIES
Online Dictionary Directories
PARKINSON'S DISEASE GLOSSARY
General Dictionaries and Glossaries
INDEX

Books about: Best Cellar or The Wicked West

A Drinking Life: A Memoir

Author: Pete Hamill

Rugged prose and a rare attention to telling detail have long distinguished Pete Hamill's unique brand of journalism and his universally well received fiction. Twenty years after his last drink, he examines the years he spent as a full-time member of the drinking culture. The result is A Drinking Life, a stirring and exhilarating memoir float is his most personal writing to date. The eldest son of Irish immigrants, Hamill learned from his Brooklyn upbringing during the Depression and World War II that drinking was an essential part of being a man; he only had to accompany his father up the street to the warm, amber-colored world of Gallagher's bar to see that drinking was what men did. It played a crucial role in mourning the death of relatives or the loss of a job, in celebrations of all kinds, even in religion. In the navy and the world of newspapers, he learned that bonds of friendship, romance, and professional camaraderie were sealed with drink. It was later that he discovered that drink had the power to destroy those very bonds and corrode any writer's most valuable tools: clarity, consciousness, memory. It was almost too late when he left drinking behind forever. Neither sentimental nor self-righteous, this is a seasoned writer's vivid portrait of the first four decades of his life and the slow, steady way that alcohol became an essential part of that life. Along the way, he summons the mood of a time and a place gone forever, with the bittersweet fondness of a lifetime New Yorker. It is his best work yet.

Vincent Patrick

Pete Hamill's 30 years of writing come to fruition in "A Drinking Life." It is constructed seamlessly, with the pacing and eye for telling detail learned as a novelist and the hard, spare prose of a fine journalist. -- New York Times

Publishers Weekly

Hamill's autobiography entails his long odyssey to sobriety. This is not a jeremiad condemning drink, however, but a thoughtful, funny, street-smart reflection on its consequences. To understand Hamill ( Loving Women ), one must know his immigrant parents: Anne, gentle and fair; Billy, one-legged and alcoholic. The first offspring of this union--Republicans in Belfast, Democrats in Brooklyn--Hamill has a special gift for relating the events of his childhood. He recreates a time extinct, a Brooklyn of trolley cars, Dodgers, pails of beer and pals like No Toes Nocera. He recalls such adventures as the Dodgers' 1941 pennant and viewing the liner Normandie lying on its side in the Hudson River. We partake in the glory of V-J day and learn what life in Hamill's neighborhood was centered on: ``Part of being a man was to drink.'' Puberty hits him and booze helps him to overcome his sexual shyness. But Hamill's childhood ended early. After dropping out of high school he lived on his own, working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and drinking with his workmates. Wanting more, he studied art, soon meeting a nude model named Laura who was a lot different from the neighborhood girls, those ``noble defenders of the holy hymen.'' And escape was always on Hamill's mind. First it was the Navy, then Mexico, but it was always the same--drinking nights which today he can't remember. There were fist-fights and jail time in Mexico and he learned that ``drinking could be a huge fuck you to Authority.'' Back home with a job at the New York Post , he mastered his trade at the Page One bar every morning, drinking with other reporters. Much time was spent in saloons away from his wife and two daughters and he remembers the taunts of his childhood, ``Your old man's an Irish drunk!'' Then one New Year's Eve 20 years ago he noticed all the drunkenness and had his last vodka. When asked why, he said, ``I have no talent for it.'' It may be the only talent Hamill lacks. Author tour. (Jan.)

Library Journal

The author of seven novels (e.g, Loving Women , LJ 4/1/89), Hamill has put in over 30 years as a reporter, primarily at the New York Post , where he was recently named, fired, and then rehired as editor-in-chief. Here he ranges from his Depression-era childhood to his years on the beat and as a recovering alcoholic. When the time comes, he'll be on the Today show to plug his book.

BookList

Malt may do more than Milton to justify God's ways to man, but quaffing mead was not ex-imbiber Hamill's means to metaphysical understanding. It enabled him to defy Authority and partake in a rite of male conviviality. By the end of his boozing days, in the early 1970s, he says he felt more like a wisecracking performer than a liver of life, and so abruptly knocked off the sauce. But his is hardly a story of battling the bottle, a part of his day as natural as sunset; rather, it's another tale of growing up in Brooklyn's evening days, the era of Ebbets Field. That's a tired subject, unless it is done as well as this. Hamill recalls his passages of adolescence--from fighting to fornicating to working to trying to love his father--with an eye of practiced unsentimentality expressed in robust, exclamatory style. Maybe sinking a few drinks per diem isn't the world's best idea, but when a wizened newspaper reporter like Hamill (now editor of the "New York Post") owns up to it and the troubles it begets, it makes great, gritty copy. Drink up!

Lifestyle Fitness Coaching or Cigarette Papers

Lifestyle Fitness Coaching

Author: James Gavin

Lifestyle fitness coaching is an emerging field in the health and fitness industry. Centered on an ongoing and guided process of dialogue, Lifestyle Fitness Coaching offers a systematic approach to help fitness professionals understand their clients' needs, interests, and personal orientations and use the information to direct clients toward achieving their health and personal goals.

Lifestyle Fitness Coaching contains detailed information on coaching dialogues between the health fitness professional and the client, addressing issues such as the types of questions to ask, how to provide feedback effectively, and how to make referrals. The text includes useful information for guiding program development and learning activities that help readers understand the material and relate it to their situations. In addition, an accompanying CD-ROM contains a Matching Activities and Personal Styles (MAPS) Inventory, a validated questionnaire that clients complete to identify their likes and dislikes. The MAPS Inventory software then generates a report that coaches and clients can use to guide the coaching process.
Lifestyle Fitness Coaching presents the necessary skills for professional development and offers a methodology for gathering and analyzing personal information about clients that enables coaches to engage in dialogue about the means and ends of clients' sport and fitness programming.

With this text, professionals can do the following:
· Learn the building blocks of information and skills for developing a career as a lifestyle fitness coach
· Appreciate the skills and coaching processes necessary for communicating with clients
· Engage clients in an ongoing process of dialogue informed by comprehensive fitness-related data concerning clients' needs, interests, and background
· Reinforce their understanding and practice their application of the skills presented
· Help clients develop profiles of personal style and related exercise options

This text teaches health fitness professionals how to step into the arena of lifestyle fitness coaching to motivate, guide, inform, and support their clients' personal change processes. The book delineates the bounds of care and advice that coaches should give and helps coaches aid clients in strategizing, planning, and implementing self-change and personal improvement programs. Issues are explored including the coaching relationship; goals, boundaries, and ethics in coaching; coaching stages and processes; and coaching skills. The book also examines assessments, applications, and opportunities and directions in lifestyle fitness coaching.
As such, Lifestyle Fitness Coaching is an invaluable resource for health fitness professionals who want to expand their skills and move toward more enriching and rewarding interactions with their clients.

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Cigarette Papers

Author: Stanton A Glantz

Around-the-clock tobacco talks, multibillion-dollar lawsuits against the major cigarette companies, and legislative wrangling over how much to tax a pack of cigarettes--these are some of the most recent episodes in the war against the tobacco companies. The Cigarette Papers shows what started it all: revelations that tobacco companies had long known the grave dangers of smoking, and did nothing about it.
In May 1994 a box containing 4,000 pages of internal tobacco industry documents arrived at the office of Professor Stanton Glantz at the University of California, San Francisco. The anonymous source of these "cigarette papers" was identified only as "Mr. Butts." These documents provide a shocking inside account of the activities of one tobacco company, Brown & Williamson, over more than thirty years. Quoting extensively from the documents themselves and analyzing what they reveal, The Cigarette Papers shows what the tobacco companies have known and galvanizes us to take action.

Library Journal

Two recent releases chronicle the history of the current political status of the controversial tobacco industry from different vantage points. Kluger's (The Paper, LJ 10/15/87) Ashes to Ashes is riveting and highly readable despite its length. From the Native American usage of tobacco through the lawsuits of the 1990s, Kluger follows the industry's agricultural and labor practices, technical advances, and marketing campaigns; he also considers research on tobacco's deleterious health effects and the tobacco control movement. Significant personalities and events such as the invention of the cigarette-rolling machine are featured. An extensive bibliography is provided, and a lengthy list of the Phillip Morris executives (and ex-executives!) are interviewed. Suitable for readers of high school age on up, this book belongs in every library. Much more scholarly, The Cigarette Papers focuses more on one companyBrown & Williamsonand one issuehealth effects. In 1994, Glantz received an anonymous package containing thousands of pages of internal documents from Brown & Williamson. The author's analysis of these indicate that, public statements to the contrary, the company did indeed know about the health and safety effects of their products and actively sought to suppress the information. The documents, made available by the University of California via the Internet (http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco), are quoted extensively. Also included is a statement by Brown & Williamson in response to the 1995 publication of some of these data in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This work is extemely thorough and at times makes for tedious reading. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.Eris Weaver, Marin Inst. for the Prevention of Alcohol & Other Drug Problems, Rohnert, Cal.

Booknews

Examines 30 years' worth of secret internal tobacco industry documents from one tobacco company, plus other material subpoenaed by Congress, quoting extensively from the documents and adding background and context to demonstrate that the industry has known for decades that smoking is addictive and causes disease and death. Discusses agricultural chemicals and additives, legal concerns facing the industry, and the nonsmokers' rights movement. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Kirkus Reviews

An eye-opening exposé of the workings of the tobacco industry, based on the leaked internal documents of a leading cigarette company.

The setup is that of a thriller: In the spring of 1994 an express-mail box filled with 4,000 pages of tobacco-company documents turns up on the doorstep of longtime industry critic Glantz (Medicine/Univ. of California, San Francisco); the return address read "Mr. Butts," the name of the fast-talking cigarette from Doonesbury. Glantz assembles a team of medical doctors and policy analysts to comb through the papers, which he lodges in the special collections division of the university library so that Brown & Williamson, the tobacco company in question, cannot block public access to them. The documents are astonishing, describing research projects with codenames like ARIEL (which sought ways to boost the nicotine kick of a cigarette), giving a behind-the-scenes look at the company's maneuverings around various lawsuits and congressional inquiries, and showing beyond any doubt that B&W, at least, was well aware of the cancerous effects of smoking decades ago, although it continues to maintain that "causation has not been proved" and that nicotine is not addictive. (Smokers may also be interested to know of B&W's experiments with various additives, including benzo(a)pyrene, cocoa, and deer tongue, a plant substance known to cause liver damage in test animals.) The editors' commentary helps make sense of the often arcane papers, which are couched in the language of law, chemistry, and medicine; even with their help, however, this makes for tough slogging.

"Stall any disclosure by industry as long as possible," one B&W memo urges. Difficult as it is to work one's way through this book, the labor yields disclosures of the sort that doubtless makes for an industry insider's worst nightmare—revelations that will add new fuel to the widening debate about smoking.

Table of Contents:

	List of Illustrations
	Foreword
	Preface
1	Looking through a Keyhole at the Tobacco Industry	1
2	Smoking and Disease: The Tobacco Industry's Earliest Responses	25
3	Addiction and Cigarettes as Nicotine Delivery Devices	58
4	The Search for a "Safe" Cigarette	108
5	Public Relations in the "Safe" Cigarette Era	171
6	Agricultural Chemicals and Cigarette Additives	201
7	Legal Concerns Facing the Industry	235
8	Lawyer Management of Scientific Research	288
9	Stonewalling: Politics and Public Relations	339
10	Environmental Tobacco Smoke and the Nonsmokers' Rights Movement	391
11	Where Do We Go from Here?	436
	Statements by Brown and Williamson	443
	List of Available Documents	447
	About the Authors	495
	Document Index	499
	Name Index	502
	Subject Index	512

Preparing for the Practical Exam or Women in Therapy

Preparing for the Practical Exam: Nail Technology

Author: Beborah Beatty

Preparing for the Practical Exam: Nail Technology provides clear, detailed information on all procedures required by state boards for the practical exam. Not all state boards require that procedures be performed the same way, and this book provides options, so that students can be prepared for their particular state's methods. Information on how to pack equipment is included. The author has contacted all state boards in order to make this workbook appropriate for all situations.

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Women in Therapy

Author: Harriet Lerner

In clear, lively prose, Harriet Lerner takes a bold look at women and the psychotherapists who work with them.

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Maggie Scarf
"The cover should be stamped in bold letters: Not for professionals only. I recommend it highly, for all women and for the men who care for and about them."

Fatigue as a Window to the Brain or ADHD Alternatives

Fatigue as a Window to the Brain

Author: John DeLuca

Although fatigue has been actively investigated for more than 100 years, we have progressed little in either its theoretical or practical understanding. Fatigue has been considered to be both a symptom and an illness. Fatigue is a primary reason for patient visits to the physician's office, but it is difficult to measure and offers doctors little important information for diagnosis. Fatigue as a Window to the Brain gathers experts on a wide variety of disorders to consider what the presence of fatigue tells us about how the brain works -- more specifically, to identify the neural mechanisms potentially responsible for fatigue. The book looks at many of the major conditions in which fatigue is observed, with the hope that patterns may emerge that will suggest paths for future research. It will be of interest to neuroscientists, clinical researchers, and physicians and other clinicians.

After discussing the nature of fatigue -- its history and epidemiology and its assessment, measurement, and interpretation -- the book turns to specific conditions associated with fatigue. It considers neurological conditions, including multiple sclerosis and stroke; psychiatric conditions as well as the overall treatment of fatigue in psychiatry; and general medical conditions, including HIV, heart disease, lupus, cancer, and others. The book then offers an overview of treatment approaches. It concludes with a definition of fatigue -- both "primary" and "secondary" -- and suggestions for future study.

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ADHD Alternatives: A Natural Approach to Treating Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Author: Aviva Romm

A holistic approach to treating ADHD by Aviva Jill Romm, a professional midwife and acting president of the American Herbalist Guild, and Tracy Romm, director of a high school for gifted students, where there is a large population of students diagnosed as ADHD.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Christopher Hobbs, L.Ac., AHG

Preface

1 The ADHD Epidemic

2 Ritalin: A Bitter Pill to Swallow

3 Parenting for Success

4 Nutrition and Childhood Behavior

5 An Herbal Approach to Behavioral Problems

6 Identifying and Treating the Root Causes of ADHD

Appendix: Common and Botanical Names for Herbs in This Book

References

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Change Your Food Change Your Mood or 100 Questions Answers About Sleep and Sleep Disorders

Change Your Food, Change Your Mood

Author: Janet Maccaro

Our moods affect our creativity, our productivity, our ability to be intimate...even how we give and receive love. When we are happy, we create a magnetizing effect, drawing people toward us. Conversely, a bad mood drives everything and everyone far from our lives.

In Change Your Food, Change Your Mood, you have a valuable tool to help you learn how to stabilize your moods simply by changing the foods you eat. Learn how, what, and when to eat for energy, focus, and an uplifted outlook.

About the Author:
Janet Maccaro, PhD, CNC, is a respected lecturer, author, and radio/television personality

Table of Contents:

Introduction     1
How Food Affects Your Mood
The Mind-Body Connection     5
Chemicals and the Brain     5
Emotions and the immune system     5
Moods and amino acids     7
Identifying Emotional Disorders     8
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)     8
Social anxiety disorder     10
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)     11
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)     12
Panic disorder     13
The Medication Maze     14
Brain Food for Your Mood     15
Hormones and Your Diet     17
PMS: The Period Before Your Period     17
PMS diet protocol     18
After the Fall: Cravings, Calories, and Hormones     20
Natural supplements     21
On to menopause     23
Hormones From Plants in Your Diet     24
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy     25
Stress and Your Diet     29
How Stress Affects Your Body     29
How Stress Affects Your Brain     30
Addressing Adrenal Exhaustion-Diet and Lifestyle     32
Symptoms     33
Protocols     33
Fatigue and Your Diet     35
Take a Look at Sugar     35
A Hidden Cause of Fatigue     38
Food Allergies and Fatigue     39
Juicing     41
Supplementation     41
Tired and Toxic?     42
Detoxification     42
Insomnia and Your Diet     44
Natural Sleep Aids     45
Depression and Your Diet     47
Bring on the Protein     49
Amino Acids: The Natural Tranquilizers     52
The Big B Connection     54
Other Supplements     56
GABA     56
Liquid serotonin     57
Magnesium gelcaps     57
Brain Link and Anxiety Control 24     57
How to Feel Your Best
The Feel-Good Diet Program     61
Meal Plan     61
Recommended Supplements     63
Mind Medicines     64
GABA     64
Magnesium     66
Progesterone     68
Other amino acids     68
Brain Balancers     68
Omega-3 fatty acids and your moods     69
Other brain/mood helpers     69
Hormone Helpers     70
PMS program      71
Menopausal program     71
Stress Busters     73
Stress busters from nature     75
Stress-busting drugs vs. herbs     77
Sleep Inducers     77
Foods to avoid before bedtime     78
Foods that promote restful sleep     81
Other sleep-promoting strategies     83
Energy Boosters     86
Protein = Energy     87
Nutrition for Adrenal Exhaustion     88
Mood Enhancers     89
Mood food: carbs     89
Mood foods that provide folic acid     90
Mood foods that provide magnesium     90
Mood foods that provide niacin     90
Mood foods that provide zinc     90
Mood foods are low in sodium     90
Mood foods in moderation     91
Feed Your Mind With Positive Food     91
Food Sources for Selected Vitamins, Minerals, and Other Nutrients     93
Food Sources of Calcium     93
Nondairy Food Sources of Calcium     94
Food Sources of Magnesium     96
Food Sources of Potassium     97
Food Sources of Iron     99
Sodium in Foods     101
Food Sources of Vitamin C      111
Food Sources of Vitamin A     112
Food Sources of Vitamin E     113
Carbohydrate Content of Selected Foods     115
Food Sources of Dietary Fiber     125
Dietary Sources of Protein     127
Sugars in Selected Foods     128
Product Sources     141
Dr. Janet's Balanced by Nature Products     141
Tranquility     141
Safe Passage     142
Women's Balance Formula (Progesterone cream)     143
Dr. Janet's Glucosamine Cream     144
Pain and Stress Center Products     144
Notes     145

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100 Questions & Answers About Sleep and Sleep Disorders

Author: Sudhansu Chokroverty

Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient with a sleep disorder, or are a friend or relative of someone suffering from a sleep disorder, this book offers help. This book gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions. Written by an expert on the subject, with insider commentary from actual patients, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone struggling with the medical, psychological, or emotional turmoil of this condition.

Eating Thin for Life or The New Living Heart Diet

Eating Thin for Life: Food Secrets & Recipes from People Who Have Lost Weight & Kept It Off

Author: Anne M Fletcher

In Eating Thin For Life, the real experts-hundreds of people from all walks of life who have shed unwanted pounds permanently-reveal how they manage their food lives: in the kitchen, at the table and in restaurants. From these 'masters' of weight loss, you'll learn how to enjoy food without being a slave to calorie counting. How to handle the tough times, from quitting smoking to having babies to dealing with pushy people. In short, you'll learn how these 'masters of weight control' get themselves to do the things we all know we should do-but can't seem to get ourselves to do-to lose weight permanently. Plus: --An easy weight-loss plan: 21 days of breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks from the masters. --122 of the masters' favorite low-fat recipes-from Pineapple Right-side-Up Coffee Cake to Oven-Fried Chicken to Rich Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Sauce.

Publishers Weekly

Following up on her bestselling Thin for Life, Fletcher records and organizes the experiences of 200 men and women who have successfully maintained over a number of years a significant weight loss (an average of 64 pounds). Fletcher calls her subjects, who have kept off 20 or more pounds for more than 10 years, masters. In Part I, she catalogues the strategies they have used to hold on to their weight loss, offering five main 'food secrets,'" e.g., 'Want To Be Thin More Than You Want to Eat the `Wrong' Foods'; 'Fix Your Full Button.' Each tip is fleshed out with stories from 'the masters' demonstrating how it has helped them.

The second section offers 21 days of menus for low-fat, reduced-calorie dishes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert, as well as snacks. Part III offers 100 recipes (with food counts) from the masters for recipes that have become mainstays on their tables. Included are recipes for Meatballs with Parsley and Sage, mixing ground round steak with grated potatoes; Crepes with Chicken and Mushroom Filling; Sweet Potato Puff with bananas; Deep Dish Pumpkin Pie, with a graham-cracker crust. The accompanying list, 'Tricks of the Low-Fat Cooking Trade,' is particularly helpful. As both inspiration and practical guide, this volume is likely to prove a great ally to readers who know that keeping off the pounds they lose is the larger part of a weight loss campaign.

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I had all but given up until I discovered your book. Now I'm encouraged to try again. -- Columbus, Ohio

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The New Living Heart Diet

Author: Michael E Debakey

More than ten years ago, a team of heart specialists and dietitians at Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, created the Living Heart Diet for their patients. Their best-selling book explained the relationship between nutrition and heart disease and helped change America's eating habits. Updated and completely revised, The New Living Heart Diet incorporates the latest information on how to minimize your risk factors for coronary heart disease and reflects changes in our tastes and eating habits. Drawing on recent research in health and nutrition, the New Living Heart Diet helps you make food and lifestyle choices to control blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, blood pressure, weight, and diabetes. It clarifies information about vitamins and minerals, interprets the new nutrition labels, and explains how to select among the array of foods in supermarkets. Also included is a special chapter on vegetarian eating. More than 300 new or revised recipes - along with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and holiday menus - are provided to make healthy cooking and eating convenient. The recipes and menus have easy-to-understand nutrient analyses and feature traditional American as well as international dishes. From the detailed guides for selecting food when eating out to the comprehensive tables describing the nutrient content of common foods, the New Living Heart Diet makes it easy for readers to enjoy delicious, healthy eating every day.

Publishers Weekly

Completely revised since its bestselling original 1984 edition, this cookbook from a team of heart specialists at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas includes new information about risk factors for coronary heart disease and the most recent dietary recommendations for preventing it. The first half relates such health considerations as cholesterol, diabetes and blood pressure to diet; menus and 300-plus recipes with complete nutritional analyses constitute the second half. The dense format and even-tone prose detract from the book's value and diminish the potential impact of fresh data, e.g., a diet that is low in fat (30% or less of the total daily calorie intake), saturated fat and cholesterol but that contains lean beef lowers blood cholesterol as effectively as a diet free of red meat. This workmanlike approach will help readers make changes for a more healthful diet, but in recent years, others have come up with more appetizing, interesting low-fat fare. (Jan.)

Table of Contents:

	About the Authors	7
	Acknowledgments	9
	Preface	11
1	Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease	13
2	The Living Heart Diet in Preventing and Treating High Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels	31
3	The Living Heart Diet in Weight Control	67
4	The Living Heart Diet in Preventing and Treating High Blood Pressure	89
5	The Living Heart Diet in Managing Diabetes	110
6	The Living Heart Diet for Vegetarians	116
7	The Living Heart Diet Guide to Selecting Food in Supermarkets	128
8	The Living Heart Diet Guide to Selecting Food When Eating Out	152
9	The Living Heart Diet Guide to Vitamins and Minerals	169
	The Living Heart Diet Menus	186
	The Living Heart Diet Recipes	203
	App. Food Groups and Serving Sizes	345
	App. Estimating Calorie Needs	356
	App. MEDFICTS: An Assessment Tool	360
	App. Recipe Substitutions to Lower Fat and/or Cholesterol	362
	App. Substitutes for Missing Ingredients	363
	App. Weights and Approximate Volumes of Selected Foods	363
	App. Conversion Tables	366
	App. Fat Replacers and Sweetening Agents	367
	App. Alcoholic Beverages	370
	App. Nutrient Content of Common Foods	372
	Subject Index	403
	Recipe Index	408
	Order Form for Other Books in This Series	415

Dr Atkins New Diet Cookbook or Vitamins Herbs Minerals and Supplements

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Cookbook

Author: Robert C Atkins

This book contains 250 of the most asked for recipes at the Atkins Center.

Publishers Weekly

In 1972, Atkins became a household name with his bestselling book, The Diet Revolution . In it, he claimed that to induce rapid weight loss one need only follow a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet--carbs were the culprit in keeping people overweight. Twenty years later, he published Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution , continuing to maintain that weight gain had little to do with fat intake--a controversial conviction. His latest work is a cookbook designed as a companion to the 1992 volume, and promising to provide the most ``mouth-watering meals for the most effective diet ever devised.'' In case readers are unfamiliar with his weight-loss program, Atkins describes its four stages and offers a selection of sample menus. Recipes range from the simple (hard-boiled eggs) to appetizers, salads, meats and poultry. No-holds-barred desserts call for heavy cream, eggs, sour cream and butter; despite Atkins's claims, his is not always light cooking. In the end, it's the desserts that illustrate the absurdities of the Atkins program: a recipe for cheesecake is chock full of cream cheese, eggs and creme fraiche, yet the final ingredient is 12 packets of a sugar substitute. ``Good cuisine has always rooted itself firmly in luxurious fat,'' writes Atkins in his introduction. Really? (June)

Library Journal

This complement to Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution (LJ 7/92) presents menus along with 200 recipes. Devised by Atkins Center director Fran Gare, the recipes follow the same high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet (including the complex carbohydrates) that Atkins proposes in his previous book. Atkins maintains that his diet controls diabetes, but the Atkins diet is contrary to information given by the American Dietetic Association and the American Diabetic Association. In the ``University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter'' (December 1992), Dr. Sheldon Margen cautions people against following this diet, arguing that it could harm some people, especially diabetics. All cheeses are allowed freely (though they are high in fat, sodium, and cholesterol), as are all meats. Several recipes for salad dressings contain raw eggs, which could lead to salmonella food poisoning. Since the recipes in this book could be dangerous if followed, it is not recommended.-Loraine F. Sweetland, Rebok Memorial Lib., Silver Spring, Md.

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Vitamins, Herbs, Minerals, and Supplements: The Complete Guide

Author: H Winter Griffith

Easy-to-use charts show how to use vitamins, herbs, minerals, and supplements correctly and safely.

Curaci n emocional or Expecting Fitness

Curaciуn emocional: Acabar con el estrйs, la ansiedad y la depresiуn sin fбrmarcos ni psicoanбlisis

Author: David Servan Schreiber

Seven natural treatments for stress-related disorders are presented in this guide to help readers move beyond traditional drugs and therapy by tapping into the emotional brain's self-healing processes. This ability to self-treat, rather than fall into a trap of drug prescriptions and therapy, originated with the emotional brain from which instincts, strengths, and innate identity originate. Benefits of alternative treatments such as acupuncture, dawn simulation, heart coherence, and nutrition for anxiety and depression are also documented, as are the reasons that they remain poorly understood and largely excluded from mainstream medicine and psychiatry.
 

El cerebro emocional es la fuente misma de nuestra identidad y de los valores que dan sentido a la vida. Se presenta en este libro un nuevo método que utiliza el cerebro emocional como medicina, sin medicamentos ni psicoterapias interminables. Presentados son siete métodos de curación particularmente eficaces, algunos de ellos totalmente desconocidos por el público en general: integración neuroemocional mediante movimientos oculares, regularización del ritmo cardíaco para controlar las emociones, sincronización de los relojes biológicos, acupuntura, ejercicio físico, aportación de ácidos grasos omega-3 y técnicas de comunicación afectiva.

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Expecting Fitness: How to Modify and Enjoy Your Exercise Program Throughout Your Pregnancy

Author: Birgitta Gallo

Current research has proven that it is not only safe for pregnant women to exercise, it is absolutely beneficial. Even if you are considered a high-risk pregnancy or are restricted to bed rest, you can and should exercise during this crucial time. This book includes specially designed exercises just for you.

Among the benefits of exercise and proper nutrition during pregnancy:
-Shorter, less painful labor
-Fewer birth defects
-Less excess weight gain
-Ease of regaining pre-pregnancy figure
-Healthier, calmer, and more intelligent babies

Birgitta Gallo's Expecting Fitness doesn't lead you through some leg lifts. It shows you how to modify your current sports activities-including tennis, golf, aerobics, swimming, even kickboxing-safely throughout your pregnancy. It also includes nutritional guidelines, relaxation and breathing techniques, and an illustrated guide to the changes the pregnant body goes through. It is a unique and comprehensive guide for any woman who wants to give her baby the best possible start in life.

Low Carb Juices and Smoothies or Pocket Guide to Macrobiotics

Low-Carb Juices and Smoothies: 50 Delicious Low-Carbohydrate Recipes

Author: Amanda Cross

Although fruit and vegetable juices offer many healthful benefits, most people don't realize that they can be high in carbohydates--and to those on low-carb diets, this can spell disaster. But worry not, carb watchers: these 50 recipes are delicious, healthy, and low in carbs. The secret using is using the right fruits and vegetables, and here you can find lists of them to use in creating your own delectable treats. Delight in a refreshing Grapefruit and Cucumber Crush or a snappy Blueberry and Mint Smoothie. Containing detailed analysis of carbs, calories, and vitamins, these thirst-quenchers will nourish and satisfy you while keeping carbs at bay.

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Pocket Guide to Macrobiotics

Author: Carl Ferr

Illuminating ... concise ... instructive ... The Crossing Press Pocket Series are little books packed with lots of valuable information. This comprehensive series explores today's vast universe of natural health, personal growth and spirituality in a clear, easy-to-use format. Pocket Guides are ideal introductions for the expanding consumer interest in improving health, quieting the mind, and healing the spirit. Pocket Guides also make the perfect gift. Attractive, space-efficient displays are available, free with low minimum orders.

Babycare Before Birth or Winter Blues

Babycare Before Birth

Author: Zita West

The prenatal program that gives your baby the best start in life!

Showing how a woman can make a dramatic difference to an unborn baby's health, well-being, and development by making small adjustments to diet and lifestyle. This amazing book explains how to give your baby the best possible start in life.

• Discusses nutritional basics, long-term health issues, and environmental hazards
• Pinpoints when a woman can maximize her baby's chance of healthy development
• Looks at multiple pregnancies and the symptoms and illnesses of pregnancy
  
  
  

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  Winter Blues: Everything You Need to Know to Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder

  Author: Norman E Rosenthal

  Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal's indispensable guide for readers who suffer from the "winter blues" is now more useful than ever. This authoritative book presents a wealth of new information on remedies for seasonal affective disorder (SAD), including recent advances in light therapy, research on the effectiveness of antidepressants, and new recipes to counterbalance unhealthy winter food cravings. Dr. Rosenthal distinguishes among various degrees of the disorder, ranging from winter blues to full-blown SAD; provides a self-test that readers can use to evaluate their own seasonal mood changes; and offers helpful advice, coping tips, and resources.

  
  
  

  Table of Contents:

  Pt. I	Seasonal syndromes
  1	Introduction : discovering SAD	3
  2	All about SAD	18
  3	How seasonal are you?	51
  4	What causes SAD?	61
  5	SAD in children and adolescents	81
  6	"Summer SAD" and other seasonal afflictions	95
  Pt. II	Treatments
  7	Light therapy	113
  8	Beyond light therapy : other ways to help yourself	166
  9	Psychotherapy and SAD	190
  10	Antidepressant medications	209
  11	A step-by-step guide through the revolving year	225
  12	"How can I help?" : advice for family and friends	247
  Pt. III	Celebrating the seasons
  13	A brief history of seasonal time	255
  14	Polar tales	260
  15	SAD through the ages	264
  16	Creating with the seasons	275
  17	Words for all seasons	284
  18	Winter light : life beyond SAD	294
  	Afterword : the end of an era, 1979-1999	307
  Pt. IV	Resources
  	Where to get further help for seasonal problems	311
  	Dietary advice, menus, and recipes	315
  	Further reading	341
  App. A	Daily mood log	347
  App. B	Core belief worksheet	349

Thriving with Heart Disease or Detox in a Weekend

Thriving with Heart Disease: The Leading Authority on the Emotional Effects of Heart Disease Tells You and Your Family How to Heal and Reclaim Your Lives

Author: Wayne M Sotil

Not only can you survive with heart disease, you can actually thrive with it -- for many, many years to come.

If you are one of the 61 million Americans diagnosed with heart disease -- whether you've had a heart attack or surgery, or you have high blood pressure or angina -- you can learn how to handle its psychological side effects with the lifesaving strategies in this book.

Acclaimed cardiac psychologist Wayne M. Sotile, Ph.D., reveals what every heart patient needs to know: how you feel about the illness and how you cope with it can determine how fully you recover. Dr. Sotile teaches you how to achieve emotional well-being over the four basic stages of recovery, during which you and your family learn to accept the disease, grasp what's involved in treatment and recovery, and learn to work together as a team. You will also learn to create and adapt to a "new normal" way of life and make a commitment to living with the illness, not in spite of it.

Written with reassuring warmth, sensitivity, and humor, Thriving with Heart Disease is your guide to creating the robust, healthy life you were meant to lead, surrounded by the people you love.

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Detox in a Weekend: An Easy-to-Follow Diet and Health Plan

Author: Maggie Pannell

Taking a weekend detox programme is the perfect solution for those who want to clean and rejuvenate their system but do not have the time to follow a longer-term body-cleansing course. Packed with expert advice and guidance, this comprehensive new book contains everything you need to know in order to detox safely and effectively over a short period.

Hand Reflexology or Beyond Pritikin

Hand Reflexology: Key to Perfect Health

Author: Mildred Carter

Now you can achieve lasting relief from aches, pains, and illness by unlocking the healing energies already present within your body -- quickly and easily, with the help of the centuries-old secrets of reflex massage.

Hand Reflexology guides you step-by-step through the simple finger-pressure techniques that send soothing relief surging to the sources of pain and discomfort.

This modern health classic helps you access the reflex centers where pain begins, and shows you how to make it disappear with a touch of a finger -- all without resorting to expensive drugs, difficult therapies or invasive surgery. You'll also learn how to apply these health-restoring therapies to other adults, small children, even pets.

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Beyond Pritikin: A Total Nutrition Program for Weight Loss, Longtivity, and Good Health

Author: Ann Louise Gittleman

Americans have never been more health- and diet- conscious than they are today, yet the percentage of overweight Americans is greater than ever before. Coult the fat-free, carbohydrate-rich diet often promoted for weight loss and health actually be causing sugar cravings, weight gain, fatigue, and other serious problems? Beyond Pritikin, based on a revolutionary dietary model using healthful essential fats and lower carbohydrate intake, is a complete lifestyle regimen for health, weight loss, and longevity. In this updated program, informed by the latest scientific research, Ann Louise Gittleman, former director of nutrition at the Pritikin Longevity Center in Santa Monica, tells you how to lower cholesterol, revitalize your immune system, control weight, and slow the aging process - the major health concerns of our time. Beyond Pritikin includes:

• The complete guide to the essential fats: how they work, and what foods and dietary supplements contain them
• How carbohydrates, when not balanced in the diet by sufficient protein and fat, stimulate insulin production - which promotes the storage of body fat
• Fat-burning nutrients - natural substances that boost the body's ability to burn fat
• A two-week "fat flush" to help detoxify your body and jump-start weight loss
• A 21-day eating program for natural weight loss - including balanced meal plans and delicious recipes to satisfy every taste
• Advice on how to purchase, store, and prepare foods on the Beyond Pritikin Diet Plan
• Plus vital information on the benefits of foods once considered "bad," the dangers of some "heart-healthy" foods, and much more!
  
  
  

Herbal Therapy and Supplements or The Lighter the Berry

Herbal Therapy and Supplements: A Scientific and Traditional Approach

Author: Merrily A Kuhn

This unique, portable clinical reference provides easily-accessible and clinically relevant monographs of herbs, spices, and aromatherapy oils for use by health care providers. The monographs, similar to those presented in nurses' drug handbooks, contain information on the health risks of taking these substances with over-the-counter and prescription drugs, a behavior that is increasing among the general public. Assessment guidelines help providers monitor side effects, toxicity, and drug-herb/drug-spice interaction. Specifics of monographs include action, current use, pharmacokinetics, toxicity, contraindications, side effects, long term safety, use in pregnancy/lactation and use for children. Appendices provide drug-herb interaction tables, contraindicated herbs, a listing of 'do not take together' herbs, and a listing by use/indication. Each monograph includes line drawings of each herb, and extensive reference and research listings.

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Reviewer: Edilma L. Yearwood, PhD, RN, CS (Pace University)
Description: This is an easy to use handbook on herbal products and supplements commonly used in the U.S. and Canada. Information on each product is presented in a monograph form.
Purpose: The authors have succeeded in developing a manageable, current, and easy to carry reference book for use by clinicians. The content on herbs and supplements is well organized, thorough, and comprehensive.
Audience: This is a timely reference for healthcare professionals who work with individuals who use herbal products and supplements. The authors are a nurse with a PhD in physiology and an herbalist. They state that one of their goals is to provide traditional information as well as available scientific data on the products described. Both students and experienced practitioners will find this book helpful in their practice with a variety of clients.
Features: Each herbal monograph and supplement includes the name of the product, description of the plant, action, ingredients, traditional and current use, available forms, dosage, contraindications, and side effects. Another positive feature is the inclusion of a bibliography at the end of each monograph. Appendixes list herbs or supplements that may be used in specific medical conditions and the herbs that are contraindicated in pregnancy and breast feeding. There is also a list of commonly used abbreviations and a glossary.
Assessment: This is an excellent reference for providers who prescribe these products or who work with clients who use herbal products. The authors have included known research and scientific information on products whenever possible. Well written, easy to access, and current in its information. this is a must have for providers.

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5 Stars! from Doody

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The Lighter the Berry: Race, Color and Gender in the Lives of African American and Mexican Women

Author: Margaret L Hunter

Women and the Politics of Skin Tone tackles the hidden yet painful issue of colorism in the African American and Mexican American communities. Beginning with a historical discussion of slavery and colonization in the Americas, the book quickly moves forward to a contemporary analysis of how skin color continues to plague people of color today. Margaret Hunter describes how colorism leads to discrimination resulting in lower levels of education, lower incomes, and lower status husbands. In addition to issues of color, Hunter also investigates the growing phenomenon of cosmetic surgery to Anglicize facial features such as noses and lips.

In startling interviews with African American and Mexican American women, Margaret Hunter also presents the voices of women of color who describe the personal, and often private pain of colorism in their own lives. Light-skinned women gain advantages in terms of beauty status and romantic relationships, while dark-skinned women ae typically viewed as more authentic members of their own racial/ethnic groups. This is the first book to explore this well-known, yet rarely discussed phenomenon.

Living with Hearing Loss or Secrets of a Good Nights Sleep

Living with Hearing Loss

Author: Marcia B Dugan

Living with Hearing Loss suggests strategies for dealing with everyday situations and emergencies. Chapters on speechreading, oral interpreters, assertive communication, and tips for improving communication will enable hard of hearing people to adapt and cope with most situations at work, at home, and while traveling. By following the advice in this helpful book, hard of hearing people will notice significant improvement in the quality of their lives.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Hearing Loss: The Early Signs	1
2	What Is Hearing Loss?	4
3	Myths about Hearing Loss: Fact and Fiction	7
4	How Your Hearing Loss Affects Your Family and Friends	11
5	How the Ear Works	14
6	Types of Hearing Loss	17
7	Causes of Hearing Loss	20
8	Effect of Medication on Hearing Loss	22
9	Noise	25
10	Tinnitus	27
11	What to Do If You Suspect a Hearing Loss	32
12	Understanding Your Hearing Evaluation	34
13	Choosing a Hearing Aid Dispenser	39
14	Will a Hearing Aid Help?	41
15	Types of Hearing Aids	43
16	The Importance of Fitting Hearing Aids	49
17	Purchasing a Hearing Aid	52
18	When Hearing Aids Are Not Enough	57
19	Hearing the Doorbell, Telephone, and Fire Alarm	66
20	Hearing on the Telephone	69
21	Cochlear Implants	76
22	Speechreading	80
23	Will an Oral Interpreter Help?	82
24	Assertive Communication	85
25	Tips for Improving Communication	88
26	Rearranging Your Home Environment	91
27	Living Alone	93
28	The International Symbol of Access for Hearing Loss	97
29	What Are Your Legal Rights?	98
30	Hearing in Restaurants	102
31	Hearing in Theaters and Movies	106
32	Hearing in Places of Worship	109
33	Hearing in the Hospital	111
34	Hearing When Traveling	117
35	Hearing in the Courtroom	122
36	Volunteering or Returning to Work	125
37	A New Friend: The Internet	128
38	Hearing Loss and Eldercare	132
39	Overcoming Psychosocial Effects of Hearing Loss	135
40	Healthy Living/Managing Stress	141
41	What Is SHHH?	147
42	Some Final Words	150
	Glossary	153
App. A	Information Resources on Hearing Loss	161
App. B	Statistics on Hearing Loss in the Aging Population	169
	Index	171

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Secrets of a Good Night's Sleep

Author: John Selby

If you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, you're not alone. Almost one-third of the adult population shares your problem. Now John Selby, a clinical psychologist who has helped hundreds of insomniacs-including himself-gives you his Secrets of a God Night's Sleep. You'll discover some fascinating facts about sleep, why it becomes a problem, and how you can overcome those sleepless nights. Learn:

• Why you lie awake when you long for sleep
• Why you wake up in the middle of the night
• The surprising sexual dimensions of sleep
• How to break the anxiety/worry habit
• How to adjust your bed for total relaxation
• Magic bedtime rituals to induce sleep
• Fabulous fantasies and techniqiues to put you in dreamland and much, much more!