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Younger You: Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Brain to Look and Feel 15 Years Younger - Paperback

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by Eric Braverman (Author)Break the aging code and feel 15 years younger--from the inside out. "Focusing on the critical role of hormones produced by the brain, Dr. Braverman outlines a totally integrative program to restore hormonal balance and thereby restore readers to a younger, healthier, and more vital self, regardless of chronological age." --Nicholas Perricone, M.D., FACN, Bestselling author of 7 Secrets to Beauty, Health, and Longevity, The Perricone Weight-Loss Diet, The Perricone P...

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by Bailey (Author) Number of Pages: 224 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 27, 2001

Putting It All Together: The New Orthomolecular Nutrition (H/C) - Hardcover

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by Abram Hoffer (Author) Number of Pages: 242 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 01, 1998

Calm Energy: How People Regulate Mood with Food and Exercise - Paperback

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by Robert E. Thayer (Author)Obesity is reaching alarming proportions. In this insightful new approach to understanding why this is happening, acclaimed mood scientist Robert Thayer offers a new appreciation of the real cause--emotional eating. But this is not just emotional eating as previously known; rather it is a new scientific analysis of exactly how different moods affect eating. He shows how unprecedented stress in society and epidemic levels of depression have led people to food as a p...

Life Program for MS: Lifestyle, Independence, Fitness and Energy - Paperback

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by Susan J. Epstein (Author)Due to some of the limitations imposed by MS, such as chronic fatigue, depression, and muscle weakness, patients often become sedentary, gaining excess weight and developing poor eating and exercise habits. The LIFE Program for MS is a user-friendly teaching tool that helps sufferers to incorporate new behaviors into their daily routines, to live a healthier life and reduce the chances of secondary illnesses, such as cancer, stroke, and heart disease. Drawing on he...

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by Abigail C. Saguy (Author)The United States, we are told, is facing an obesity epidemic-a "battle of the bulge" of not just national, but global proportions-that requires drastic and immediate action. Experts in the media, medical science, and government alike are scrambling to find answers. What or who is responsible for this fat crisis, and what can we do to stop it? Abigail Saguy argues that these fraught and frantic debates obscure a more important question: How has fatness come to be u...

The Joy Choice: How to Finally Achieve Lasting Changes in Eating and Exercise - Paperback

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by Michelle Segar (Author)Learn to live a happier and healthier life with the help of this book--start changing behaviors and create new habits using fun and easy science-based solutions. What if you could easily and joyfully resolve the in-the-moment conflicts that often derail your eating and exercise goals? Much of what we've been taught about creating change in eating and exercise is simplistic, outdated, and for many, misguided. Sustainable-behavior-change researcher and lifestyle coach ...

Don't Let What If? Ruin What Is: A Mom's Guide to Worry Less and Live More - Paperback

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by Alison Brown (Author)'Moms don't sleep. They just worry with their eyes closed.' Are you losing sleep while your mind jumps to every worst-case scenario? Are you parenting from a place of fear? If you're a helicopter mom who can't seem to relax, Alison can relate and she wants to help you break the habit of worry and live with peace instead - the way God intended. Most of what people worry about will never actually happen. If you're a chronic worrier, knowing this doesn't put the fire out,...

Don't Let What If? Ruin What Is: A Mom's Guide to Worry Less and Live More - Hardcover

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by Ariston Pallugna Jr. Awitan (Author)This book is an attempt at discussing the various factors that affect and increase a person's longevity--- avoid those that have been known to decrease it and encourage those that were known to increase it. You will learn how to prevent diseases and in some instances reverse diseases with the use of nutrients--minerals, vitamins, essential amino acids, and fatty acids, and by modifying your lifestyle, how you think, act, eat and handle stress in your lif...

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Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa - Paperback

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by Fred Eboko (Author)Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa　examines how the interplay between national state dynamics in Africa and the global political arena has shaped the global AIDS response, and in this context develops a framework for analysing public policy action more broadly in contemporary Africa. Author BiographyFred Eboko is a member of the Center for Population and Development (CEPED) at the French Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), University...

The Infertility Companion: Hope and Help for Couples Facing Infertility - Paperback

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by Sandra L. Glahn (Author), William R. Cutrer (Author)Endorsed by the Christian Medical Association.A Comprehensive Christian Guide to the Challenges of Infertility- Medical - Ethical - Emotional - Marital - Spiritual - BiblicalInfertility changes everything, shattering dreams and breaking hearts. But hope is available--today more than ever. The Infertility Companion draws on the Bible and on current medical knowledge, including the latest research, to shed light on such questions as: -Can p...

When Your Hormones Go Haywire: Solutions for Women Over 40 - Paperback

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by Pamela M. Smith (Author)You Can Feel Good Again A great book, loaded with practical information from an author I love and respect. If Pam Smith said it, I believe it. She's the best --DR. KEVIN LEMAN, Author of The Birth Order Book and Sex Begins in the KitchenIn When Your Hormones Go Haywire Pam Smith draws on breakthrough research to provide you with proven step-by-step solutions that will help you regain hormonal balance as you choose how to navigate the challenges of midlife. It includ...

Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical Miracle - Paperback

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by Thea Cooper (Author), Arthur Ainsberg (Author)It is 1919 and Elizabeth Hughes, the eleven-year-old daughter of America's most-distinguished jurist and politician, Charles Evans Hughes, has been diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. It is essentially a death sentence. The only accepted form of treatment - starvation - whittles her down to forty-five pounds skin and bones. Miles away, Canadian researchers Frederick Banting and Charles Best manage to identify and purify insulin from animal pancre...

Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Revised Edition - Paperback

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by Joel Fuhrman (Author)Hailed a "medical breakthrough" by Dr. Mehmet Oz, Eat to Live offers a highly effective, scientifically proven way to lose weight quickly. The key to Dr. Joel Fuhrman's revolutionary six-week plan is simple: health = nutrients / calories. When the ratio of nutrients to calories in the food you eat is high, you lose weight. The more nutrient-dense food you eat, the less you crave fat, sweets, and high-caloric foods. Eat to Live has been revised to include inspiring suc...

20 Years Younger: Look Younger, Feel Younger, Be Younger! - Hardcover

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by Bob Greene (Author), Diane L. McKay (With), Ronald L. Kotler (With)It's time to turn back the clock In 20 Years Younger, Bob Greene offers readers a practical, science-based plan for looking and feeling their best as they age. The cutting-edge program details easy and effective steps we can all take to rebuild the foundation of youth and enjoy better health, improved energy, and a positive outlook on life. The four cornerstones of the program are: an exercise regimen for fighting muscle a...

Eat Fat, Get Thin: Why the Fat We Eat Is the Key to Sustained Weight Loss and Vibrant Health - Hardcover

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by Mark Hyman (Author)A revolutionary new diet program based on the latest science showing the importance of fat in weight loss and overall health, from # 1 bestselling author Dr. Mark Hyman.Many of us have long been told that fat makes us fat, contributes to heart disease, and generally erodes our health. Now a growing body of research is debunking our fat-phobia, revealing the immense health and weight-loss benefits of a high-fat diet rich in eggs, nuts, oils, avocados, and other delicious ...

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by Nick Taylor (Author), Sidney J. Winawer (Author)A world-renowned cancer specialist puts his love for his wife before all that he has learned in medical school and journeys with her into the world of alternative medicine when she is given only a few months to live, in this compassionate and elegantly written memoir. Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 0.34 x 8.89 x 5.77 IN Publication Date: August 23, 2004

Work Stress: The Making of a Modern Epidemic - Paperback

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by Wainwright and Calnan (Author), David Wainwright (Author), Michael Calnan (Author)"This is a very comprehensive book on the subject matter with references that users can access and follow through. It is well structured and the writing style is appropriate for a wide range of students." Mo Nowrung, University of East Anglia, UK We are facing an epidemic of work stress. But why should problems at work which previously led to industrial disputes and political activity now be experienced as a ...

Predicting and Changing Health Behaviour: Research and Practice with Social Cognition Models - Paperback

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by Mark Conner (Author), Paul Norman (Author)This popular, established text has been expanded to include the most up-to-date research on social cognition models and health behaviours. Number of Pages: 458 Dimensions: 0.93 x 9.69 x 7.44 IN Publication Date: June 01, 2015

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by Dianne Hales (Author)EVERY DAY STARTS WITH A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP Did you just suppress a yawn? Are you one of the walking weary--the 100 million Americans who suffer from occasional or chronic sleep problems? If so, you know how serious the problem can be: troubled sleepers can lead troubled lives. On an average, we spend one third of our lives sleeping--and how we sleep can make the difference between feeling tired all of the time and facing each day with a fresh, energetic attitude. This...

Plough Quarterly No. 35 - Pain and Passion - Paperback

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by Randall Gauger (Author), Benjamin Crosby (Author), Lisabeth Button (Author)Pain is inevitable. Almost everyone is living with some kind of pain, whether the cause is physical, emotional, financial, social, or spiritual. Adesire to escape it has led thousands of Canadians to seek euthanasia, andcountless others into opioid addiction. What can we learn from people aroundthe world for whom pain is a fact of life? How can we help others bear theirpain? How might the wisdom of earlier eras help...

Glitter and Be Gay: 60 years of gaiety and grief - Paperback

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by Tim Hughes (Author)TIM HUGHES shares a selection of his writing from the past six decades - from Sixth Form juvenilia, with their early hints of campery, to his many articles in the gay press on both sides of the Atlantic.In London in the late 1960s he was an associate editor of JEREMY - the world's first glossy gay magazine - scoring early interviews with David Bowie, Ian Mckellan and Quentin Crisp, before they reached iconic fame.In New York we move from the 70s' post-Stonewall gained ga...

Keto Friendly Recipes: Easy Keto for Busy People - Paperback

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by Jennifer Marie Garza (Author)The best-selling cookbook from top keto expert, Jennifer Marie Garza of Keto Friendly Recipes and Low Carb Inspirations on Facebook Jennifer Marie Garza spent years struggling with her weight and trying every diet out there without success. Finally she tried out the keto lifestyle and lost an incredible 55 pounds--and kept them off. She knew she wouldn't continue to succeed without delicious food to make at home, so she started creating recipes of her own. The...

Mind Food and Smart Pills: A Sourcebook for the Vitamins, Herbs, and Drugs That Can Increase Intelligence, Improve Memory, and Prevent Brain Aging - Paperback

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by Ross Pelton (Author)Scientists now believe that the limits of our intelligence are not rigidly set in our brains at conception or birth, but that intelligence can be developed. This accessible book shows how to use antioxidants and nutritional supplements to increase mental alertness and preserve memory. 10 illustrations.Front JacketSharpen your memory and enhance your mental alertness using this clear, accessible guide to the foods and drugs that can affect and improve cognition. ...

Caring for the Healing Heart: An Eating Plan for Recovery from Heart Attack - Paperback

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by Eleanor Cousins (Author) Number of Pages: 172 Dimensions: 0.4 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: October 09, 2008

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by Lee Gutkind (Author)Although organ transplantation is the preeminent medical miracle of the last quarter of a century, Many Sleepless Nights is the first book to go beyond the headlines and describe the patients who have embraced this last chance to hold on to life, the intricate medical procedures that can save them, the surgeons and nurses who work in this emotionally charged world, and the ethics which complicate this miracle high-tech therapy. Lee Gutkind was granted unconditional acce...

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by Roy L. Walford (Author)In this illuminating volume, Roy L. Walford, a physician and a world renowned research scientist at the UCLA Medical School, explains what these breakthroughs will be and how they will come about. He breaks new ground by showing how an understanding of the fundamental biologic processes of aging will bring us lives of at least 120 years-lives that can be as rich, productive, and vigorous as are the 70 or so years of our present average life span. Groundbreaking too i...

Jane Brody's Good Food Book: Living the High-Carbohydrate Way - Paperback

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by Jane Brody (Author), Pierre Franey (Foreword by) Number of Pages: 732 Dimensions: 1.46 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: June 14, 2007

Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep - Paperback

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by David K. Randall (Author)Like many of us, journalist David K. Randall never gave sleep much thought. That is, until he began sleepwalking. One midnight crash into a hallway wall sent him on an investigation into the strange science of sleep.In Dreamland, Randall explores the research that is investigating those dark hours that make up nearly a third of our lives. Taking readers from military battlefields to children's bedrooms, Dreamland shows that sleep isn't as simple as it seems. Why di...

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by Martin Katahn (Author)Dr. Katahn, who revolutionized the science of weight loss with his T-Factor Diet, shows readers how to recognize the essential phytochemicals--the hundreds of different food compounds which help to keep the immune system working at maximum strength--and understand how they work together to keep cancer, heart disease, and other degenerative diseases at bay. Includes 100 recipes.Back JacketFor the past several years, evidence has been accumulating that the human body de...