Choice

Johnsgard -- who's served as an expert commentator for the CBS Winter Olympics -- also offers keen insights into how to get yourself motivated to do exercise, how to work exercise into your regular routine, and how to best use weight-loss and fat-reducing techniques. He explains in clear language the basics of exercise physiology and its effect on both your mind and your body, ushering in the results of studies that he and others have conducted. If depression and anxiety have overshadowed your life, or you just want to improve your mental outlook while enhancing your physical fitness, this book is a superb motivator to help you help yourself through the healthiest, least expensive, and simplest method available.

Keith Johnsgard, Ph.D. (Los Gatos, CA), is emeritus professor of psychology at San Jose State University.

Is your child overweight? Do you worry about the effects of excess weight on the health and self-esteem of your family's youngest and most vulnerable members? If so, you are not alone. Weight problems among children have now reached epidemic proportions. And its no wonder. High-calorie fast foods and soft drinks are everywhere, and they are heavily promoted in many of the 40,000 TV commercials that kids watch every year. A nationally recognised expert on child obesity, Dr Roa uses the latest and best medical evidence available to show you how to help your child avoid or overcome this prevalent and dangerous health problem. In the first part, he gives you the knowledge you need to understand the scope of the problem. In the second part, he carefully explains a rational approach to helping your child achieve or maintain a healthy weight, including the science of changing people's behaviour. Dr Roa makes it clear that despite all the talk about 'low-carb' and other fad diets, there are no magic bullets for treating childhood obesity. But the good news is that armed with the right information, parents can reverse this dangerous trend and succeed in helping their children become fit, trim and happy.

Osteoarthritis affects over 20 million Americans and is the most common degenerative disorder in the United States. it causes more disability than any other degenerative disease and is occurring in epidemic proportions throughout the world. In this novel approach to understanding and treating osteoarthritis, orthopaedic surgeon Peter Bales highlights the nutritional connection to this painful and debilitating condition, Dr Bales focuses on new genetic research, which shows that the same poor nutrition responsible for causing increased inflammation in our bodies, along with epidemic rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, is also fuelling the development of osteoarthritis. Among the topics discussed are the following: the mechanisms by which our joints become destroyed. The culprits are increased inflammation, increased oxygen free radicals causing our joints to "rust" from chronically elevated blood sugar levels and hormone imbalance. Dietary strategies to decrease the production of oxygen free radicals, and to turn off genes that lead to cartilage breakdown. Joint nutrients that can combat osteoarthritis and specific dietary recommendations for the treatment and reversal of osteoarthritis based on the more current genetic and nutritional research. The disadvantages of treating osteoarthritis with drugs and the exciting promise of using nutritional intervention that directly affects the expression of our genes. The only book to emphasise the link between poor nutrition and osteoarthritis, this important new approach to an often disabling disease offers hope for arthritis sufferers and will be of interest to anyone concerned about good health.

Why use EFT for back pain? Back pain afflicts over 80% of adults at some point in their lives. Back pain is the second most common reason for doctor visits. Back pain costs the world economy over two hundred billion dollars per year. Thousands of people have reported immediate relief from back pain with EFT. For more than a decade, back pain sufferers have been reporting quick shifts after using EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). How is EFT able to accomplish the relief of back pain, even in people who have suffered from it continuously for years? EFT provides a guide to identifying the emotional root causes of your pain. It then helps you to make small adjustments to your body's energy systems-small adjustments that often produce big results. This guide is filled with the stories of hundreds of people who've been amazed at the immediate benefits EFT brings to their back pain and associated emotional problems. It gives you the keys to pain-free living that they have discovered. It teaches you the basics of EFT, and how to apply these.

Gary Craig has been deeply interested in personal improvement through psychology from an early age. He is the originator of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). Gary is a Stanford engineering graduate, a Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming, and trained in other forms of Energy Psychology.

Blurb

This is a guide to understanding cancer and its causes. Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, a well-known consumer advocate, explains in layperson's terms what the average consumer can do to reduce the risks of contracting this most feared of diseases.

Blurb

Current medical and scientific evidence shows that exercise is one of the most useful and direct methods that anyone can use to combat most forms of arthritis. This book offers a well-organised program that will help arthritis sufferers of all ages manage the problems of living with this condition. Over 225 photographs make the instructions for each group of exercises clear and easy to follow. Exercise: minimises the pain and limitations of arthritis; keeps joints mobile and increases muscle strength; Strengthens bones and fragments.

Valerie Sayce is the physical activities educator at the Australian Arthritis Foundation in Victoria, Australia. Ian Fraser is the author of numerous handbooks for teachers.

Blurb

In every sport, at the level of casual runner or world-class athlete, eating correctly improves the quality of performance. Ultimate Sports Nutrition pays particular attention to the role of ergogenic aids (supplements both legal and questionable) which are so prevalent in the media currently. This includes things like Creatine, vitamin B-12, Omega-3 fatty acids, ginseng and phosphates among the other popular nutritional aids. There are also charts comparing "sports nutritionals" (sports drinks, bars, gels, liquid meals, and protein powders), a review of popular weight loss diets, discussions of fat, protein, carbohydrates, and vitamins and how they affect athletes. The authors also address the issues of hydration and body composition and the specific concerns of female athletes of all ages, rounding out the most up-to-date, comprehensive book for today's athlete.

Ellen Coleman is a registered dietician and exercise physiologist and a columnist for Sports Medicine Digest. As an athlete she has completed the Ironman Triathalon twice in addition to numerous marathons and distance bicycle races. Suzanne Nelson Steen is also a registered dietician currently working with college and Olympic athletes.

Blurb

Dieters who have been struggling to find that magical balance of proteins, fats, and carbs will be relieved to learn the key to this handbook: that the perfect mix is actually different for each person. Along with a guided self-assessment for determining an individual's ideal ratio, this book presents an easy, graphical system for making daily food choices and executing a plan of long-term weight loss. Using an accessible, practical approach, the author shares key findings from her years as a dietician and obesity researcher.

Josephine Connolly Schoonen MS RD is a former spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. She is a clinical assistant professor of family medicine and the director of the Dietetic Internship Program at the State University of New York, Stony Brook.

Blurb

Written for laypeople and professionals, this is an easy-to-read guide to maintaining healthy bones and taking charge of health care. It addresses the challenge of finding a competent centre that will discuss bone density results and offer preventative advice.

Renée Newman is a respected gemologist and author of several guides on gems and jewellery. Her books are used throughout the world as buying guides, sales-training tools, class texts and references for jewellery professionals.

Blurb

This book contains lifesaving information that every man, and his family, should know about: who is at risk; prevention options; safe, natural treatments for prostate disorders. Dr Redmon shows how mind, body, and emotions interact with and promote the overall health of the immune system. Prevention and treatment option feature: nutrition and dietary recommendations; enzyme therapies; energy medicine; highly effective herbs and supplements; detoxification programmes... and more.

Blurb

All natural health treatments, whether they involve dietary changes, vitamin or herbal supplementation, detoxification therapies, or bodywork, focus on removing the disease causing agents using the body's own power of healing. This process often brings on an unpleasant reaction known as the 'healing crisis'. Unlike a disease crisis (illness) the healing crisis is a sign of improving health. In this book you will learn how to distinguish between a healing crisis and a disease crisis. You will learn how healing works, what to do, and what not to do to facilitate healing, and how to cope with unpleasant symptoms until the crisis is over. If you undergo any type of natural healing program, you must be well informed about the symptoms and processes of the healing crisis. The book will guide you through the natural healing process.

Blurb

Vitamins are chemical compounds that the human body needs is small amounts. They make up one of the major groups of nutrients. Each vitamin has a specific use and cannot replace, or act for, another. Lack of one vitamin in an otherwise complete diet results in a vitamin deficiency disease. This guide will give you a wealth of information regarding various vitamins -- their functions, recommended daily allowances, sources and diseases resulting from a deficiency or surfeit of a vitamin.

Blurb

Can mandatory vaccines trigger developmental disorders and autoimmune diseases? Does the US government secretly calculate how many people will be permanently disabled and killed from vaccines? Did AIDS originate in diseased monkey organs used to incubate polio vaccines? Are new viruses tested on unsuspecting vaccine recipients? How safe is your child from the near and long-term effects of these 'miracle' shots? Are vaccines really safe and effective? Read what the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have to say. Find out what independent researchers have discovered. And listen to distraught mothers testifying before Congress regarding vaccine injury compensation. Then, you be the judge. This comprehensive book is packed with hundreds of important facts and figures. It includes 30 diagrams and more than 900 citations so that all of the information may be confirmed. As a concerned parent, you may then make an informed and responsible decision regarding the benefits and risks of vaccinating your child.

Neil Z Miller is a medical research journalist and natural health advocate. He is the author of numerous articles and books on vaccines. He is a frequent guest on radio and TV talk shows, including Donahue and Montel Williams, where he is often seen and heard debating doctors and other health officials. He lives in Northern New Mexico with his family. Neil began his crusade against mandatory vaccines when his son was born. Very little data could be found on this topic. His search for the truth led him to scientific journals. There he discovered numerous studies warning medical practitioners that vaccines are often unsafe and ineffective. His shock and anger at the suppression of this information culminated in his passionate advocacy of health freedom and informed parenting options. Miller is a health pioneer who presented documentation about vaccine safety and efficacy problems long before these concerns were made public. For example, several years ago he complained about toxic mercury being put into childhood vaccines and provided evidence linking vaccines and autism. Despite the many problems uncovered in Miller's research, he does not tell parents to reject the shots. Miller has publicly debated the pros and cons of mandatory vaccines with several paediatricians and other health practitioners, including the chief medical epidemiologist for the National Immunization Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He conducts lectures throughout the United States and is available to discuss his research on vaccines.

Blurb

Written by the Senior Biomechanics Consultant at the famous Parish and Bell clinic in Carshalton, Surrey, this book explodes the myths about foot and heel pain in a concise and jargon-free way. It will appeal to the layperson and even the health professional looking for an informative yet relaxed read about a subject poorly understood by the medical professional as a whole. The Parish & Bell Clinic has spent many years specialising in 'plantar fasciitis' and heel pain and has become the place to consult for all Europeans. This book gives many useful tips on avoiding and assisting in cases of foot pain. Readers will derive much help and encouragement from this book.

Blurb

You need this book. For better health and longer life and for more up-to-date information on medical treatments. A product of the combined knowledge and experiences of many doctors and scientists, this book offers a clear look at sickness and therapy -- therapy which uses both alternative care and conventional medicine. You owe it to yourself to own this Health Update.

Blurb

This sound alternative guide projects alternative methods of cure for back pain without recourse to medicine and drugs -- naturopathy, yoga, diet and acupuncture being some of them. Written by a knowledgeable health-care professional, this book will help us understand the basic concept about the spine, how it works, what ails it and how to take proper care.