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Healthy Home or Ask Dr Weil

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:27:00 +0000

Healthy Home: An Attic-to-Basement Guide to Toxin-Free Living

Author: Linda Mason Hunter

The Healthy Home gives a complete picture of indoor health, including a healthy home inspection checklist.

The New York Times called the book, "A sort of Whole Earth Catalog for the home, The Healthy Home has tips on soundproofing, safety, detecting carcinogens and an appendix of products and services."

Washington Post

Practical advice on making homes more healthful environments.

Interesting textbook: Sushi or 500 Low Fat Fruit and Vegetable Recipes

Ask Dr. Weil

Author: Andrew Weil

In his #1 New York Times bestsellers Spontaneous Healing and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, Dr. Andrew Weil opened our eyes to the body's wondrous ability to heal itself naturally. And after the tremendous response he received from countless readers, he launched the Web site "Ask Dr. Weil" (www.drweil.com), which is the HotWired Network's top-rated program on the Internet. Now, in this comprehensive edition of the complete Ask Dr. Weil book series, he offers guidance on the issues that matter to us most, including

Women's Health
—How can I fight PMS naturally?
—What are the best methods of birth control?
—Which herbs help hot flashes?

Your Top Health Concerns
—Am I a chocoholic?
—Is there help for chronic fatigue syndrome?
—Does red wine really help my heart?

Natural Remedies
—What is the best cure for a hangover?
—What can I do to stop snoring?
—What is the best treatment for a bee sting?

Common Illnesses
—How can I fight Lyme disease?
—Is there a natural cure for bad breath?
—Can I fight depression without drugs?

Healthy Living
—What is the best way to quit smoking?
—Does an aspirin a day keep the doctor away?
—Is decaf healthier?

Whether you are eager to learn about the best path to recovery from illness or hoping to enhance your overall well-being, Dr. Weil's expert advice will gently guide you toward the healthier, fuller life you deserve.

Testosterone Dreams or The HRT Free Menopause Breathrough

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:16:00 +0000

Testosterone Dreams: Rejuvenation, Aphrodisia, Doping

Author: John Hoberman

Testosterone has inspired dreams--of restored youth, recharged sexual appetites, faster running, quicker thinking, bigger muscles--since it was first synthesized in 1935. This provocative book investigates the complex, bizarre, and sometimes outrageous history of synthetic testosterone and other male hormone therapies. Exploring many little-known social arenas--both inside and outside the medical world--in which these substances are becoming increasingly available and accepted, Testosterone Dreams examines the implications and dangers of their use in professional sports, in the workplace, in our sex lives, and beyond.
Testosterone Dreams tells the story of testosterone's growing and sometimes concealed influence in our culture over the past 70 years. It explores such controversial topics as the invention and marketing of the male menopause, the disturbing history of hormonal and other medical treatments aimed at boosting or suppressing women's sexuality, and hormone doping in sporting events such as the Tour de France and the Olympics, and in Major League Baseball. It brings to light the hidden use of hormone doping by policemen, soldiers, and other workers in a variety of jobs. It also discusses the burgeoning steroid use in the gay community and its relation to AIDS, and takes a hard look at the pharmaceutical industry's promotional campaigns to create new markets for testosterone products.
Testosterone Dreams is the first book to bring together the whole story of testosterone and to consider its social and ethical implications: Where does therapy end and performance enhancement begin? How are changing medical technologies affecting how we think about our identities asmen and women and the elusive goal of "well-being"? This book will be essential reading as we move inexorably toward the wide-open, libertarian pharmacology that is now making these drug regimes available to a wider and wider clientele.

	Introduction : testosterone dreams : pharmacology and our human future	1
1	Hormone therapy and the new medical paradigm	13
2	The aphrodisiac that failed : why testosterone did not become a mass sex therapy	55
3	The mainstreaming of testosterone	119
4	"Outlaw" biomedical innovations : hormone therapy and beyond	149
5	Hormone therapy for athletes : doping as social transgression	179
6	"Let them take drugs" : public responses to doping	214
7	A war against drugs? : the politics of hormone doping in sport	239
	Epilogue : testosterone as a way of life	277

Books about: Echinacea or Yoga

The HRT-Free Menopause Breathrough: New Natural Alternatives

Author: Marilyn Glenvill

Focusing on the new discoveries recently announced in the media, HRT Free Menopause reveals what these latest studies really mean. It explores HRT and its side effects — including what the drug companies don't want you to know. The book details which tests, supplements, herbs, and foods can help women get through menopause naturally, safely, and as comfortably as possible. In clear, accessible writing, the author provides the most up-to-date, practical advice on how to eliminate night sweats, hot flashes, vaginal dryness, weight gain, and mood swings without drugs or HRT. Included as well is a discussion of the essence of so-called "natural" progesterone and the importance of soy-based phytoestrogen supplements. Glenville both outlines the underlying issues and provides specific tools for women so that they can be empowered to attain optimal health throughout menopause.

Feng Shui la Armonia de la Vida or Life Paints Its Own Span

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:05:00 +0000

Feng Shui la Armonia de la Vida

Author: Richard Taylor

De que manera pudieras arreglar tu casa para darle prosperidad a tu vida. El Feng Shui es un antiguo metodo chino para crear equilibrio entre nuestras vidas y todo aquello que nos rodea. Esta guía práctica nos enseña como vivir en armonía con nuestro propio entorno. Puedes utilizar esta guía para diseñar tu hogar, tu oficina o cualquier espacio interior en donde andes... Buena Suerte!

(In what way do you decorate any place in which you spend a lot of time. Can you bring more peace, harmony and prosperity by rearranging your furniture, your surroundings. Feng Shui written by two experts in Spanish.)

New interesting book: Is the American Dream Killing You or Milkshake Moment

Life Paints Its Own Span

Author: Susan Bach

OVER 200 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS
The pioneering work, Life Paints Its Own Span, with over 200 color reproductions, is a comprehensive exposition of Susan Bach's original approach to the physical and psychospiritual evaluation of spontaneous paintings and drawings by severely ill patients. At the same time, this work is a moving record of Susan Bach's own journey of discovery.

Natural Health for Kids or The Brain Disorders Sourcebook

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:54:00 +0000

Natural Health for Kids: Complimentary Treatments for Over 50 Ailments

Author: Sarah Wilson

A child's developing body is no place for harsh prescription drugs or chemical-based over-the-counter medicines—especially when there are effective alternatives easily available. The natural world holds a wealth of beneficial remedies, and 20 of the most effective cures are explained here. Solutions for more than 50 common physical and emotional ailments—from asthma and hay fever to ringworm and sleep problems—are addressed through a thoughtful application of alternative therapies. The book clearly lays out how, when, and where each step in the treatment is to be applied, and includes warning signs that may indicate the need for professional care.

New interesting textbook: Cooking Light Pasta Cookbook or Vegan Dinner Parties

The Brain Disorders Sourcebook

Author: Roger Cicala

Complicated and wondrous in its workings, the human brain is composed of trillions of cells, each assigned to a task that gives humans the capability to live, think, and remember. When something goes wrong within the brain, or interferes with its blood flow, the consequences can be serious. The Brain Disorders Sourcebook is a complete guide to the normal functioning of the brain and what happens when problems arise.

Roger S. Cicala, M.D., is a former professor of medicine and chief resident at the University of Tennessee. He is the author of The Heart Disease Sourcebook.

Alimentos Incompatibles or Your Body Revival

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:43:00 +0000

Alimentos Incompatibles: Como Combinar los Alimentos Para una Salud Mejor

Author: Doris Grant

Inside flap

Esta coleccion de libros, cuidadosamente seleccionados,presenta allector un abanico de titulos que tienen eldenominador comun de acercarlo a salud natural y sus beneficios. Las plantas medicinales, las flores de Bach, la reflexologia, los suplementos dieteticos,la aromaterapia, la importancia para la salud de los antioxidants o los alimentos incompatibles,son temas tratados con rigor y claridad en unas obras avaladas por el prestigio de sus respectivas areas. Asimismo, esto libros han recibido la aceptacion de lectores de todo elmundo, comolo demuestra elexito de ventas que cada uno de los titulos de esta coleccion ha conseguido desde su publicacion.

Interesting book: The Elephant and the Dragon or McIlhennys Gold

Your Body Revival: Weight Loss Straight Talk

Author: Dave Draper

Day by day you grow smarter, stronger, healthier and leaner with Your Body Revival

Points you clearly in the right direction
Motivates and stimulates with concise straight talk
Renews interest and restores confidence
Spotlights the benefits of exhilarating action
Discusses and dismisses false weight-loss approaches
Summarizes sound and basic nutritional facts
Provides a simple lean muscle, fat loss menu template
Emphasizes the vital importance of muscle and muscle building
Provides energizing exercise programs for all levels of interest

Within a few days you'll be applying yourself enthusiastically and proudly to the rhythm of Your Body Revival!

The Secret of Scent or Magic Cancer Bullet

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:32:00 +0000

The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell

Author: Luca Turin

One man's passion for perfume leads him to explore one of the most intriguing scientific mysteries: What makes one molecule smell of garlic while another smells of rose?

In this witty, engrossing, and wildly original volume, author Luca Turin explores the two competing theories of smell. Is scent determined by molecular shape or molecular vibrations? Turin describes in fascinating detail the science, the evidence, and the often contentious debate—from the beginnings of organic chemistry to the present day—and pays homage to the scientists who went before. With its uniquely accessible and captivating approach to science via art, The Secret of Scent will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered about the most mysterious of the five senses.

Kirkus Reviews

A behind-the-scenes look at perfume research and development; a demanding course in the chemistry of fragrance; and the story behind the development of a scientific theory about how humans detect odors. Biophysicist Turin, dubbed The Emperor of Scent in Chandler Burr's 2003 biography, now serves as chief scientist of a company that creates fragrance molecules to order. He derived his still-controversial theory that a substance's odor is based on the frequencies of its molecules' vibrations from a 1977 article by R.H. Wright, who in turn derived it from Malcolm Dyson's papers of the 1920s and '30s. The author gives full credit to both men, whose work was not recognized in their lifetimes, and makes clear that he too still struggles to have his vibration theory accepted by those who believe that molecules' shape gives them their odor. Although illustrated with diagrams and drawings, the chemistry sections may still daunt some general readers. Turin's metaphors help, however. What distinguishes this account, besides the author's wit and his enthusiasm for fragrance, is his florid writing about scents. Turin has a remarkable ability to detect and describe their complexity: For him, they are not simply odors; they speak and have personality and colors. "The voice of Nombre Noir was that of a child older than its years, at once fresh, husky, modulated and faintly capricious," he rhapsodizes. "There was a knowing naivety about it which made me think of Colette's writing in her Claudine books. It brought to mind a purple ink to write love letters with." Along with lily of the valley, sandalwood and musk, however, the author provides a heavy load of aldehydes, acetophenone and proteinsemiconductors. Occasionally impenetrable, but overall a fascinating tour of the world of fragrance, provided by a knowledgeable and passionate expert.

	Nombre noir : how I got into perfume	3
	A recipe	8
	How perfumes are composed	11
	What perfumes are not about : memory and sex	14
	What perfumes are about : beauty and intelligence	16
	A visit to the perfume museum	18
	Royal fern	21
	Why 'natural' does not always mean good	23
	Why 'chemical' does not always mean bad	25
	Feynman's answer	28
	The beginnings of smell : chemical words	33
	Smell becomes perfume : chemical poems	36
	Reading the poem line by line	38
	How molecules are made	40
	A problem of nomenclature	43
	The landscape of smell	46
	A bit of biology	82
	Locks and keys	85
	Who turns the key?	87
	Membrane receptors	88
	Fishing for receptors	90
	Seeing atoms	91
	Evolution as the great locksmith	94
	The smell alphabet	97
	The primary smells	100
	The smell in the mirror	102
	Some strange clues	108
	Malcolm Dyson	114
	His big idea	118
	Molecular chords	120
	The smell of rocket fuel in the morning	121
	Robert H. Wright	126
	The revival of vibration	130
	Searching for the way it works	132
	New problems	135
	The fall of vibration	137
	Mirrors again	141
	Physics to the rescue	143
	Jaklevic and Lambe	144
	Giaever's leap	146
	The search for ripples	149
	A close brush with smell	151
	Clifton Meloan	153
	John Blaha's observation	157
	Where I come in : the polarograph	159
	Protein semiconductors	165
	The perfume guide	167
	Funding from the blue	169
	Revelation in Portugal	172
	Experiments in a locked room	175
	The future of fragrance	189
	Potato crisps and other art forms	191
	The future tout court	192

New interesting book: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 with ASP ColdFusion and PHP or Adobe AIR

Magic Cancer Bullet: How a Tiny Orange Pill Is Rewriting Medical History

Author: Daniel Vasella

The remarkable story behind the revolutionary miracle cure for cancer, Gleevec. Novartis chairman Dr Dan Vasella describes its development and how he and Novartis orchestrated the break–neck approval and massive production of this amazing drug.

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis recently developed Gleevec, one of the first 'smart' drugs created to kill cancer cells without damaging healthy cells in the process. In early tests with a common form of leukemia and other types of cancer, Gleevec has been extraordinarily successful, and side effects have been astoundingly minimal. Gleevec communicates directly with cancer–causing chromosomes and interrupts the signal that causes excessive growth of certain white blood cells. Patients have seen their tumours shrink significantly, and some have disappeared altogether.

This is the inside story of the creation of this miracle drug, and how Novartis CEO and chairman Dan Vasella rallied the company to bring Gleevec to market in mass quantities and record time.

Publishers Weekly

Gleevec is one of the few cancer drugs hailed as a breakthrough that, so far, has largely lived up to its hype. Vasella, the CEO and chairman of pharmaceutical giant Novartis (which manufactures Gleevec), and Slater (Jack Welch & the GE Way) outline the development, remarkably successful clinical trials and accelerated production and approval process that led to the drug's speedy entry onto the market for the treatment of a rare cancer known as chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Although the story's components-devoted scientists, risk-taking executives and activist patients-lend themselves to a gripping insider narrative, the book lacks the details and depth of feeling needed to make that story come alive. Repetition and stilted writing slow the account down further. As a result, the book reads largely as an extended press release for Novartis. Things begin to pick up toward the end, particularly when Vasella defends the high cost of the drug and discusses the challenge of managing patient, media and investor expectations. Gleevec may indeed represent a new direction for cancer research, but the excitement that fact should generate is not captured here. (June) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Fit to Play Tennis or The Consumers Guide to Homeopathy

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:21:00 +0000

Fit to Play Tennis: High Performance Training Tips

Author: Carl Petersen

This physical and mental training manual arms athletes, coaches, parents, and sports scientists with an easy-to-follow, seven-point plan to enhance performance, limit injuries, and help tennis players avoid overtraining and burnout. Delivering practical tips and techniques that integrate the numerous factors influencing tennis performances into year-round training plans and schedules, the manual outlines key strategies such as structured on-court training, guidance on smart training and playing, and survival tips for staying healthy and keeping athletes playing at the top of their game.

New interesting book: Predictably Irrational or Freakonomics

The Consumer's Guide to Homeopathy: The Definitive Resource for Understanding Homeopathic Medicine and Making It Work for You

Author: Dana Ullman

Homeopathy is one of the fastest-growing alternative medicines available today. By triggering the body's own self-healing abilities, homeopathic remedies are a safe and effective way to treat everyday ailments as well as acute and chronic symptoms of mind and body. Not surprisingly, this treatment is winning more converts every day. The Consumer's Guide to Homeopathy is the most comprehensive resource to the vast array of products and services available. Renowned homeopathic expert Dana Ullman explains in clear, nontechnical terms how homeopathy works; how to choose the correct remedy, potency, and dosage; how to obtain professional homeopathic care; and much more.

Library Journal

Relatively speaking, homeopathy is one of the more recent developments in alternative health care. It is based upon a controversial theory of "similars" developed in the 18th century by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Hahnemann believed that by administering highly diluted tinctures derived from herbs, minerals, and other ingredients, the body would heal itself of diseases that had symptoms similar to those caused by the medicines. The Consumer's Guide to Homeopathy, written by the author of Homeopathic Medicine for Children and Infants (LJ 7/92) and other books on the subject, is a comprehensive study of homeopathy. The emphasis here is on research, with much of the book given to discussions of scientific studies and professional procedures, including a detailed appendix of homeopathic resources, books, software, organizations, etc. Although there is information on the use of homeopathic medicines in the treatment of specific conditions, the book's format is geared toward consumer education. It answers the most common questions asked about homeopathic medicine, including myths and misconceptions, describes what to look for when choosing a homeopathic physician, and provides readers with information necessary to make intelligent choices about their treatment. Conversely, Hammond's The Complete Family Guide to Homeopathy is a richly illustrated, visually stunning encyclopedia in the DK style. The information is presented in a very accessible way, perfect for anyone interested in trying the medications for themselves. The emphasis here is on home treatment, with fully half of the book dedicated to pictorial descriptions of the remedies used, as well as 100 pages of symptoms charts used to determine which remedies may be most beneficial. For those readers interested in a do-it-yourself guide or for libraries looking for a one-volume purchase on homeopathy, Hammond's book is a must. Ullman's title, though also recommended, may better serve larger or more specialized collections.Jeffery Ingram, Newport P.L., Ore.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	Homeopathy: A Modern View	3
2	Healing Disease Versus Suppressing Symptoms	17
3	The Homeopathic Renaissance	32
4	Scientific Evidence for Homeopathic Medicine	41
5	What Skeptics Say and How to Respond to Them	62
6	The Interface Between Homeopathy and Conventional Medicine	75
7	Homeopathic Self-Care: When to Use It and How to Make It Work for You	85
8	Seeking Professional Homeopathic Care	98
9	Working with Your Homeopath	123
10	Combination Homeopathic Medicines: The Single-Remedy and the Multiple-Remedy Controversy	133
11	Your Homeopathic Medicine Kit	141
12	Practical Issues in Using Homeopathic Medicines	147
	Conditions of Infants	169
	Children's Conditions	174
	Adolescent Complaints	184
	Women's Conditions	189
	Pregnant and Laboring Women	199
	Breastfeeding and Postnatal Conditions	205
	Men's Ailments	209
	Conditions of the Elderly	213
	Common Infections	223
	Headaches	233
	Digestive Disorders	240
	Skin Conditions	251
	Allergies	257
	Arthritis	264
	Insomnia	268
	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	273
	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	276
	AIDS	281
	Heart Disease	289
	Cancer	295
	Psychological Conditions	303
	Drug, Alcohol, and Nicotine Addiction	311
	Conditions of Travel and Recreation	322
	Injuries	329
	Pre- and Postsurgical Treatment	342
	Homeopathic Books: An Annotated Bibliography	353
	Homeopathic Tapes	364
	Homeopathic Software	365
	Source of Homeopathic Books, Tapes, and Software	366
	Homeopathic Organizations	366
	Sources of Homeopathic Medicines	368
	Homeopathic Training Programs	369
	Homeopathic Certification	374
	Homeopathic Journals and Newsletters	375
	Homeopathic Study Groups	379
	Homeopathic Medicines and Their Common Names	380
	Notes	385
	General Index	397
	Homeopathic Medicine Index	407

Dr Atkins New Diet Cookbook or Corazon Del Yoga

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:44:00 +0000

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.

Look this: Comunicazioni di Digitahi

Corazon Del Yoga: Desarrollando Una Practica Personal

Author: T K V Desikachar

YOGA

EL CORAZÓN DEL YOGA

"No puedo pensar en ningún libro mejor para reomendar a un amigo que empieza a entusiamarse con el yoga, pero que está desconcertado por la abundancia de diferentes escuelas y sus enseñanzas, contradictorias a veces. Además, me vería en apuros para pensar en u libro que pudiera recomendar más ampliamente a cualquier estudiante de yoga, que busca profundizar más en esta práctica. . . . El gran regalo de El corazón del yoga no radica simplemente en la profundidad del aprendizaje de Desikachar, sino en la compasión, la gentileza, el sentido práctico y el espíritu realista que impregna este libro."
Yoga Journal

"Lea este libro de principio a fin y empezará a entender de qué se trata el yoga."
The Sunday Times

"Quienes están interesados en entender lo que es el yoga, aquellos que buscan un contexto más extenso y se enfocan en su práctica hatha, aquellos que buscan el Yoga Sutra como un guía y todos aquellos directa o indierectamente, han amado y recibido algún beneficio de Krishnamacharya o Desikachar, desearán tener este libro."
Yoga International

"Una valiosa fuente de información sobre la teoría y práctica del yoga. Indispensable para estudiantes y maestros por igual."
Indra Devi, autora de Yoga for You

Sri Tirmalai Krishnamacharya, quien vivió más de 100 años, fue uno de los más grandes yoguis de la era moderna. Los elementos de su enseñanza se handifundido por todo el mundo, gracias a los trabajos de B.K.S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois e Indra Devi, en sus primeros años, fueron alumnos de Krishnamacharya. Su hijo T.K.V. Desikachar vivió y estudió con él toda su vida y ahora enseña la gama total del yoga de Krishnamacharya y tiene como base las enseñanzas fundamentales de su padre, donde se sostiene que las prácticas se deben adaptar continuamente a las necesidades cambiantes del individuo, para lograr el máximo valor terapéutico.

En El corazón del yoga Desikachar ofrece una síntesis del sistema de su padre y su propio acercamiento práctico, que describe como "un programa para la espina, a cualquier nivel, físico, mental y espiritual." Este es el primer texto sobre yoga, que da una idea general de la seuencia, paso a paso, para desarrollar una práctica completa de acuerdo a los antiguos principios del yoga. Desikachar discute todos los elementos del yoga-posturas y contraposturas, respiración consciente, meditación y filosofía-y muestra al estudiante de yoga cómo debe desarrollar una práctica que se ajuste a su estado actual de salud, su edad ocupación y estilo de vida. Krishnamacharya daba al Yoga Sutra de Patañjali un valor muy alto. En este libro se incluy en su totalidad, con la traducción y comentarios de Desikachar. A la segunda edición de El corazón del Yoga se agregó el Yogañjalisaram, treinta y dos poemas compuestos por Krishnamacharya que capturan la esencia de sus enseñanzas y aún más, hacen de El corazón del yoga un hito en la transmisión del yoga, de los antiguos maestros al mundo moderno.

Un ingeniero estructural teórico, T.K.V. Desikachar vivió y estudió con su padre hasta la muerte de éste en 1989. Ha dedicado su vida a la enseñanza del yoga a personas de todas condiciones y niveles de habilidad, y en la actualidad enseña en la escuela fundada en memoria de su padre en Madrás, así como en Europa, los Estados Unidos, Australia y Nueva Zelandia.

A structural engineer by training, T. K. V. Desikachar lived and studied with his father until Krishnamacharya's death in 1989. He has devoted his life to yoga instruction for people of all backgrounds and all levels of ability and currently teaches at the school founded in his father's memory in Madras, as well as in Europe, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.

Yoga Journal

I can think of no better book to recommend to a friend beginning to be excited by yoga but bewildered by the plethora of different schools and their sometimes-conflicting teachings. In addition, I would be hard-pressed to think of a book I would recommend more highly to any yoga student seeking to deepen a yoga practice. . . . The great gift of The Heart of Yoga lies not simply in the depth of Desikachar's learning, but in the compassion, gentleness, practicality, and down-to-earth spirit that permeate the book.

Una bendición por Indra Devi
Prólogo por Vanda Scaravelli
Introducción
La vida y el yoga de Sri T. Krishnamacharya
PARTE ILA PRÁCTICA DEL YOGA
1 El yoga: concepto y significado
2 Los cimientos de la práctica del yoga
3 Los principios de la práctica de Asanas
4 La construcción cuidadosa de una práctica de yoga
5 Variaciónes de Asanas
6 Pranayama
7 Los bandhas
PARTE II LA COMPRENSIÓN DEL YOGA
8 Las cosas que ensombrecen al corazón
9 Las acciones dejan huella
10 El mundo existe para verse y descubrirse
11 Vivir en el mundo
12 El mundo existe para liberarnos
13 Las cualidades de la mente
14 Los nueve obstáculos del camino del yoga
15 Los muchos caminos del yoga
PARTE III EL YOGA SUTRA DE PATAÑJALI
PARTE IV YOGAÑJALISARAM
Apéndice 1 Textos mencionados en este libro
Apéndice 2 Práctica de cuatro secuencias generales
Guía de Pronunciación Sanskrit
Glosario
Índice

Buddhist Healing Touch or A Womans Guide to Urinary Incontinence

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:32:00 +0000

Buddhist Healing Touch: A Self-Care Program for Pain Relief and Wellness

Author: Yen Ming Sun

An introduction to the unique healing practices of the Buddhist monks.

• Examines a wide range of specific conditions and includes detailed, illustrated instructions.

• First English translation of the most widely used book on self-massage in China and Taiwan.

When Dr. Ming-Sun Yen was sentenced to hard manual labor during China's Cultural Revolution, he served his sentence in the shadow of the Lin-Yang Shih, an ancient Buddhist temple in the mountains near Fuchow. There he witnessed the impressive healing work performed by a Buddhist monk on the Red Guard's prisoners, many of whom had sustained beatings and physical injuries. For the next three years he worked as the monk's assistant, learning techniques that had been handed down in Buddhist tradition for centuries.

In Buddhist Healing Touch, Dr. Yen teaches us how to care for ourselves naturally by using acupressure, self-massage, breathing techniques, exercises, and herbal remedies. He looks at a wide range of conditions, from abdominal cramps to sinusitis. A brief diagnostic description is provided for each condition, followed by a step-by-step guide to the most effective acupressure and massage techniques for treating it. Illustrations of the acupressure points accompany each treatment as well as tips regarding diet and relevant folk cures. Possible complications are also indicated with clear instructions for when to seek the care and advice of a qualified physician.

Book about: Fat Loss in 5 Simple Steps or At Home with Gladys Knight

A Woman's Guide to Urinary Incontinence

Author: Rene Genadry

Urinary incontinence causes discomfort and distress for millions of women, particularly those who have borne children, are postmenopausal, or have passed the age of forty. This condition can have a severe negative impact on one's quality of life, and successful treatment, while possible, is complex. Cowritten by a gynecologist and a urologist who have helped thousands of frustrated women, this new guide gives patients the information they need to understand their condition and make the right treatment decisions.

Dr. Rene Genadry and Dr. Jacek L. Mostwin explain how nerves, muscles, and other anatomical factors work in concert to control the bladder and how they can be affected by pregnancy, menopause, and aging. The authors discuss the common and uncommon causes of urinary incontinence, how the condition is evaluated and diagnosed, and how it can be treated. Drs. Genadry and Mostwin walk through the various treatment options -- including biofeedback and behavioral conditioning, pelvic floor exercises, medications, and surgery, as well as new and emerging therapies. They also discuss what to do if a particular treatment fails. The knowledge provided here gives the woman with urinary incontinence the power to choose treatments that meet her specific needs and preferences.

Friendly, accessible, and packed with valuable information, this guide is an essential resource for women who are troubled by urinary incontinence.

Lois K. Merry - Library Journal

Genadry (gynecology & obstetrics) and Mostwin (urology), professors and medical directors at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, have written an excellent resource for women with urinary incontinence and their caretakers. Wide in scope and thorough in coverage, the book describes the stages and types of incontinence, kinds of exams and tests, current drugs and methods of treatment, anticipated outcomes, and possible complications. Nonspecialists will appreciate that terms are defined within the text as well as in an eight-page glossary. The list of web sites is useful; however, in one case the authors miss an opportunity to guide readers to a site's A-to-Z topic list, instead recommending a search for two somewhat minor phrases. Line drawings illustrate the physiology of incontinence, while case examples tell of individual patients' experiences and outcomes. The book advises patients to advocate for their best individual care and emphasizes that every person's situation is unique. Conservative in their approach to treatment, Genadry and Mostwin eschew surgery in favor of less radical (and therefore reversible) cures. One of a few recent works on this topic for women, this is suitable for academic, public, or health-oriented libraries.

Preface     vii
Introduction: What Is Urinary Incontinence and What Can Be Done about It?     1
The Urinary System: Understanding How It Works     7
Stress, Urge, and Mixed: Types of Incontinence and Their Causes     16
Consulting a Doctor: How to Find the Right Physician and What You Can Expect     41
Medical Tests: Why and How Are They Done?     56
Nonsurgical Treatments: What Options Are Available?     68
Surgical Treatments: What Does Incontinence Surgery Involve?     94
Selecting Treatment: Which One Is Right for You?     125
Treatment Complications: What to Do if Something Goes Wrong     145
Summary: Taking Control of Urinary Incontinence     162
Glossary     165
Resources     173
Index     177

Pregnancy or The Easy Massage Workbook

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:20:00 +0000

Pregnancy (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:

Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

Give your baby a healthy start.

Congratulations! Now that you’re expecting, you want to do everything you can to make sure your baby is as healthy and happy as possible. Get ready for an exciting new chapter in your life by learning:

The most important aspects of prenatal care, from week 1 to delivery
Ways to deal with common pregnancy discomforts and complications
Essential preparations for labor, childbirth, and your baby’s first days at home

Interesting textbook: Regolazioni di sicurezze in breve

The Easy Massage Workbook: The Complete Massage Class in a Book

Author: Clare Harris

Learning how to give a massage has never been easier! With the help of a 60-minute CD, plus this comprehensive workbook, it’s simple to master a variety of basic techniques (stroking, kneading, knuckling, friction) and routines. In addition to instructions for a full-body massage, there are more focused ones that relieve such common ailments as backaches, tension headaches, and eyestrain. And there’s special attention given to vulnerable groups—pregnant women, babies, and the elderly—who can benefit from the healing touch, but who must be treated with extra care. An introductory section covers all the practical preparations, and an entire chapter is devoted to choosing the right oil—complete with recipes for some of the best.

Weights for Weight Loss or Overcoming Diabetes

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:08:00 +0000

Weights for Weight Loss: Fat-Burning and Muscle-Sculpting Exercises with Over 200 Step-by-Step Photos

Author: Ellen Barrett

Everyone knows that dieting without exercise doesn't work. But not all exercises are equally effective. Weights for Weight Loss explains why weight training is the best way to get in shape and provides readers with a comprehensive program that will guarantee success. The author dispels the five myths of weight training (fat turns to muscle, lifting makes for bulky muscles, weights are for men, it's easy to get hurt, heavier is better) and details the numerous benefits of building muscle, such as gaining more energy and a more youthful appearance, and -- most importantly -- greater fat loss with less effort. The book features exercises for all levels of fitness, from beginner to advanced.

Each exercise is clearly explained with step-by-step instructions and photos that show proper technique. Weights for Weight Loss's specialty programs include "The 10-Minute Body Blitz," which hits all the major muscle groups; "The 30-Minute Cardio Circuit," where exercises are performed at a fast pace with no rest in between; and "The 30-Minute Super Sculpt," where heavier weights are used for three sets in a row to exhaust muscles one at a time.

Overcoming Diabetes: The Complete Complementary Health Program

Author: Sarah Brewer

Internationally best-selling author Dr. Sarah Brewer presents one of the first books in an important new series: a highly authoritative, yet easy-to-follow program of complementary medicine and self-care treatments endorsed by the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation. It’s designed to support conventional treatment for this fast-growing and debilitating disease, and teach sufferers how to alleviate symptoms and enhance their well-being. Dr. Brewer builds her pioneering approach on the premise that we all have unique requirements based on our age, gender, lifestyle, and genetic background. She offers tailor-made solutions ranging from gentle to full-strength, all featuring nutritional plans, workouts, and other lifestyle changes that will help you manage your diabetes better, significantly reduce your risk of long-term health complications, and feel better and more in control.

Introduction     06
Understanding diabetes     08
What is diabetes?     10
Type 1 diabetes     14
Type 2 diabetes     16
Diagnosing and monitoring diabetes     18
The complications of diabetes     20
Treating diabetes     24
The natural health approach     28
Complementary approaches to treatment     30
Aromatherapy     31
Herbal medicine     32
Ayurvedic medicine     34
Naturopathy     35
Homeopathy     36
Magnetic therapy     37
Reflexology     38
Yoga and qigong     40
Acupuncture     41
Meditation     43
Nutritional approaches to treatment     44
Controlling your carbs     45
Following a low-glycemic diet     47
Cutting down on salt     50
Eating more fiber     51
Eating good fats     52
Getting the benefits of fish oils     54
Eating more fruit and vegetables     56
Superfoods for diabetes     58
Supplements for diabetes     62
Lifestyle approaches totreatment     66
Smoking and alcohol     67
Getting regular exercise     68
Maintaining a healthy weight     70
The natural health guru programs     72
The natural health guru questionnaire     74
Starting the programs     77
The gentle program
Introducing the gentle program     78
Daily plans     82
Continuing the gentle program     98
The gentle program recipes
Breakfast recipes     100
Lunch recipes     102
Dinner recipes     104
Dessert recipes     108
The moderate program
Introducing the moderate program     110
Daily plans     114
Continuing the moderate program     130
The moderate program recipes
Breakfast recipes     132
Lunch recipes     134
Dinner recipes     136
Dessert recipes     141
The full-strength program
Introducing the full-strength program     142
Daily plans     146
Continuing the full-strength program     162
The full-strength program recipes
Breakfast recipes     164
Lunch recipes     166
Dinner recipes      168
Dessert and snack recipes     172
Resources     174
Index     176
Acknowledgments     180

Mindbody Cancer Wellness or HIV and Drug Free

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:56:00 +0000

Mindbody Cancer Wellness: A Self-Help Stress Management Manual

Author: Morry D Edwards

Can "optimism" and "cancer" be uttered in the same breath?

Can "wellness" and "cancer" be lived in the same life? Can destructive and entrenched "habits of stress" be changed, even after decades?

Can one "get better" as a person during and after the life-altering experience of cancer?

Can this shattering event invite me, teach me, dare me, enable me --- to be "whole?"

If you or a loved one have been affected by cancer and its barrage of physical, emotional, and spiritual assaults, then Dr. Morry Edwards' new book MindBody Cancer Wellness A Self-Help Care Manual could be a valuable resource well worth tapping. You'll want to read it, "try" it, loan it, give it away, borrow it back, and read special pages again. And, if you sometimes feel controlled by the stress that pushes you to uncomfortable limits, you'll want this author's philosophy, if not his strategies, to seep into how you live your daily life. Why? Because Dr. Edwards' answer to all of those opening questions is a resounding YES. It is not a SIMPLISTIC YES, although he skillfully makes complex ideas quite understandable in simple, straight-forward language. Nor is it an EASY YES, since Morry challenges us to think a little differently, behave a little differently, and to appreciate our own capacities to grow as we walk with the uninvited companion of cancer. It is, however, a BELIEVABLE YES---not only because Morry carries professional credentials on his walls and more than twenty years of counseling under his belt, but also because Morry lost both of his parents to cancer and now carries them AND their optimism in his heart.

This self-care manual is intended to help readers develop skills and effectively use strategies designed to ease the stress of cancer and its treatment. It begins with basic information about the role stress plays in our lives, positively and negatively. The author translates complex information into ideas that can help anyone understand adverse stress reactions and how they can endanger the body, mind, emotions, and behavior. From this perspective, Dr. Edwards' book is scholarly. It tackles important aspects of the mind-body-spirit connection. From another view, Morry's work is a practical nuts 'n bolts approach to getting control of our fear, putting a bridle around the very real stresses that can drive us "nuts," or worse yet, make us ill and keep us unwell.

Introducing ideas like immune system "downers" and immune system "uppers," Dr. Edwards provides a comprehensive smorgasbord of relaxation strategies. In detail and with specific examples, he describes how they work, how they can be implemented, and how they can help us improve our own quality of life---as we collaborate with our medical team to strengthen our bodies' defense systems in achieving our own "wellness."

MindBody Cancer Wellness: A Self-Help Stress Management Manual is a grab-bag resource of ideas, strategies, and tools, any one of which might improve emotional and mental well-being. Don't hesitate a moment to reach into this one!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Morry Edwards, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, who has specialized in treating people with cancer and other chronic illness for twenty-five years. A nationally certified biofeedback practitioner, he has concentrated on psychoneuroimmunology, the scientific study of the effects of psychological factors on our bodies' physical defenses. He is an advocate of the holistic approach to health and wellness and encourages patients to take an active role in their treatment.

Book about: Homeopathic Medicine or The More We Find in Each Other

HIV and Drug Free: HIV, Cancer and the Immume Systems

Author: Eileen Renders

On February 4, 2001 the Herald-Tribune newspaper published an article quoting Federal Health Officials pertaining to an amendment of their long-held policy in the treatment of AIDS virus. Their original policy and approach in 1996 was to "hit early, hit hard" with drug therapy. However just five years later when they reviewed their guidelines policy, they had much concern over their findings. Many of the drug therapy treated patients had developed nerve damage, weakened bones, unusual accumulations of fat in the neck and abdomen, diabetes and a number of other serious side effects of therapy. Many developed dangerously high levels of cholesterol and other lipids in the blood, raising concern that HIV-infected people might face another epidemic-of heart disease.

The pendulum has swung from when few therapies were available and most people died from AIDS to a time when drug cocktails are effective but creating complications. To quote Fauci, co-chairman of the Federal Health Officials panel; "We are adopting a significantly more conservative recommendation profile." Their new guidelines written by the panel now calls for waiting until the immune system shows serious signs of weakening. This new attitude spares the liver toxicity while relying more on those therapies that are exactly what Renders Wellness has always provided. Those therapies are now available for everyone!

Eileen Renders N.D. shares her successful protocol for protecting and maintaining a healthy immune system. This protocol includes antagonists to avoid, toxins and suspected carcinogens (where they are found), healthier food replacements for traditional denatured and devitalized foods, generalrecommendations and non-toxic, non-addictive specific recommendations for addressing both the symptoms and the side-effects associated with both common disorders and/or disease.

1	Alternative Medicine Opportunity	1
2	N.I.H. - National Institutes Health Provides Legitimacy To Alternative Medicine	5
3	Renders Wellness is Sub-contracted By ACMC'S HIV Consortium	7
4	Renders Wellness Creates And Implements HIV/AIDS Protocol	10
5	Immediate Problematic Findings	15
6	Initial Intake Interviews	22
7	Case Histories	27
8	General Recommendations	44
9	Specific Recommendations	51
10	Antagonists, Devitalized foods, Including Suspected Carcinogens	55
11	Healthier Food Replacements	63
12	Drugs s used in the Treatment Of HIV	66
13	Tracking Bernie's Progress	79
14	Cancer	99
15	The Immune System	110
16	Recipes	123

Living Your Destiny or Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:44:00 +0000

Living Your Destiny

Author: Hal A Lingerman

Teaches you to identify and creatively harmonize your natural energies in the spirit of Pythagoras, the master teacher of ancient Greece. He describes a nine-fold spectrum of energies that can be utilized by all of us for enhanced living.

Books about: Woman in the Nineteenth Century or One Night in America

Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Insights from Practitioners and Patients

Author: Mari Skelly

Personal testimony from patients and their medical practitioners frames the resounding message of this book: there are a host of alternative therapies available to help people with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, a condition of chronic pain. An important resource for people with these conditions, this book also covers health insurance and disability benefit considerations.

Your Memory or Children With Cancer The Quality of Life

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:31:00 +0000

Your Memory: Use It or Lose It: The Use of Mnemonic Exercises in the Fight Against alzheimer's

Author: John David Merwin

USE IT OR LOSE IT

This little volume has been designed as a self-help tool for anyone intent on improving his or her memory skills. While it is an accepted fact that physical exercise is an essential element in maintaining a healthy body, there is seldom, if ever, a suggestion that regular brain exercises might play an important role in improving memory or in restoring a healthy brain. The author draws upon his personal experience and the extensive study of memory phenomena over a span of half a century in selecting and presenting a series of exercises, which, if conscientiously followed, can achieve meaningful results. Recent clinical studies at London's University College and at the Albert Einstein Hospital in the Bronx, New York, confirm that Alzheimer's patients who are beginning to forget names can learn to remember. After just one month of training several of the patients showed considerable improvement. Many of the feats of memory, which are recommended in the later chapters of this volume, are beyond the comprehension of the uninitiated and are often referred to as miracles. They are, in fact, nothing more than the achievements of anyone who is truly determined to succeed in improving and/or restoringhis or her memory.Should the mnemonic exercises described and recommendedherein also prove helpful in improving the mental condition of persons in the early stages of Alzheimer's the author's fondest hopes will surely be realized.

Interesting book: Perl and LWP or Information Security

Children With Cancer The Quality of Life

Author: Christine Eiser

"Physicians and families have become aware that cancer has huge implications for the quality of the child's life. Children with Cancer: The Quality of Life is an attempt to describe how quality of life is affected at different stages of the disease process. Comprehensive reviews are provided of the impact on the child's physical activity, social life, and school and educational achievements. Special consideration is given to children with leukemia (one of the more common cancers) and brain tumors." Cancer not only affects the child but every member of the family. Consequently, there is coverage of cancer's effects on parents and on healthy brothers and sisters. To the extent that improvements in survival have been achieved by national and international collaboration between clinicans, it is concluded that efforts to improve the quality of these children's lives is dependent on collaboration between clinicians, nurses, and behavioral scientists at national and international levels. This book provides an impetus for such collaboration.

The Seven Key Principles of Successful Recovery or Compulsive Overeater

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:19:00 +0000

The Seven Key Principles of Successful Recovery: The Basic Tools for Progress, Growth, and Happiness

Author: Mel B

The key principles of Alcoholics Anonymous are widely familiar as seven popular slogans: First things first. Live and let live. Easy does it. Let go and let God. One day at a time. Pass it on. Keep it simple.

This inspiring book explores the deep wisdom behind these simple sayings and shows how the underlying principles relate not only to recovery but also to living happily and well in a confusing world.

Mel B. and Bill P. offer a unique look at the historical, spiritual, and Twelve Step roots of the main principles of recovery. Full of practical help and support, this book gives readers a clear and useful sense of how these principles apply to the main goals of recovery: staying clean and sober, building emotional stability and maturity for successful living in sobriety, and finding the will and the way to get along with others and fulfill our full human potential.

Book review: End of Capitalism or Centennial Crisis

Compulsive Overeater: The Basic Text for Compulsive Overeaters

Author: Bill B

Bill B. tells the story of how he lost seventy-five pounds and maintained his weight loss for over ten years. Chapters focus on topics of real concern to us - abstinence, anger, fear and depression, relationships, and money. For those of us who struggle with compulsive overeating, Bill B. 's interpretation of the Twelve Steps and how they apply to overeating can be a valuable inspiration.

Chinese Magical Medicine or Quest for Conception

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:07:00 +0000

Chinese Magical Medicine (Asian Religions and Cultures)

Author: Michel Strickmann

This book argues that the most profound and far-reaching effects of Buddhism on Chinese culture occurred at the level of practice, specifically in religious rituals designed to cure people of disease, demonic possession, and bad luck. This practice would leave its most lasting imprint on the liturgical tradition of Taoism. In focusing on religious practice, it provides a corrective to traditional studies of Chinese religion, which overemphasize metaphysics and spirituality.

A basic concern with healing characterizes the entire gamut of religious expression in East Asia. By concentrating on the medieval development of Chinese therapeutic ritual, the author discovers the germinal core of many still-current rituals across the social and doctrinal frontiers of Buddhism and Taoism, as well as outside the Buddhist or Taoist fold.

The book is based on close readings of liturgies written in classical Chinese. The author describes and translates many of them, analyzes their structure, and seeks out nonliturgical sources to shed further light on the politics involved in specific performances. Unlike the few previous studies of related rituals, this book combines a scholar's understanding of the structure and goals of these rites with a healthy suspicion of the practitioners’ claims to uniqueness.

Booknews

This study of healing in the Taoist tradition examines how misdeeds and demonology cause illness per classic proto-Tantric and Buddhist texts. In completing this work of a late U. of California-Berkeley professor of Chinese religions, Faure (Asian religions, Stanford U.) added extensive reference materials. Illustrations include disease- curing seals. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Look this: Simple Asian Cookery or Create a Celebration

Quest for Conception: Gender, Infertility, and Egyptian Medical Traditions

Author: Marcia Claire Inhorn

In Quest for Conception, Marcia C. Inhorn portrays the poignant struggles of poor, urban Egyptian women and their attempts to overcome infertility. The author draws upon fifteen months of fieldwork in urban Egypt to present moving stories of infertile Muslim women whose tumultuous medical pilgrimages -- or their "search for children," as they call their quests for conception -- have yet to produce the desired pregnancies. Inhorn examines the devastating impact of infertility on the lives of these women, who are threatened with divorce by their husbands, harassed by their husbands' families, and ostracized by neighbors.

Beliefs about procreation and infertility causation and cure among the Egyptian urban poor derive from a five-thousand-year history of shifting medical pluralism. Although colonially produced Western biomedicine is the dominant system in Egypt today, it represents only one of an array of therapeutic alternatives. Infertile women seek help from both "biogynecologists" (practitioners of Western biomedicine) and "ethnogynecologists" (practitioners of indigenous ethnomedicine), often using the remedies of both simultaneously. Quest for Conception examines in detail the variety of ethnomedical and biomedical treatments for infertility and concludes that treatments of both types are often ineffective and sometimes harmful. Given this untherapeutic setting, the future of infertile Egyptian women is explored in light of needed changes in reproductive health policy and the introduction of new reproductive technologies.

Quest for Conception is the first comprehensive account of non-Western women's experiences of infertility and is a novel study within the literature on Middle Eastern women.

	List of Illustrations
	List of Abbreviations
	Acknowledgments
	Notes on Transliteration
	Preface: Hind's Story
Pt. 1	Problem, Place, and Procreative Theory
Ch. 1	The Infertility Problem in Egypt	3
Ch. 2	Ancient Alexandria and Its Modern Poor	39
Ch. 3	Past and Present in Theories of Procreation	49
Pt. 2	Ethnogynecology
Ch. 4	Healers, Herbalists, and Holy Ones	81
Ch. 5	Kabsa and Threatened Fertility	111
Ch. 6	From Humidity to Sorcery	158
Ch. 7	Divinity, Profanity, and Pilgrimage	206
Pt. 3	Biogynecology
Ch. 8	Biomedical Bodies	241
Ch. 9	Untherapeutic Therapeutics	286
Ch. 10	The Injection of Spermatic Animals	318
Ch. 11	Babies of the Tubes	334
Ch. 12	Futures for the Infertile	345
	Appendix 1. Fieldwork	357
	Appendix 2. Informants	371
	Notes	379
	Glossary of Arabic Terms	395
	References	401
	Index	429

Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children or Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:54:00 +0000

Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children

Author: National Research Council

Many of the pesticides applied to food crops in this country are present in foods and may pose risks to human health. Current regulations are intended to protect the health of the general population by controlling pesticide use. This book explores whether the present regulatory approaches adequately protect infants and children, who may differ from adults in susceptibility and in dietary exposures to pesticide residues.

The committee focuses on four major areas:

Susceptibility: Are children more susceptible or less susceptible than adults to the effects of dietary exposure to pesticides?
Exposure: What foods do infants and children eat, and which pesticides and how much of them are present in those foods? Is the current information on consumption and residues adequate to estimate exposure?
Toxicity: Are toxicity tests in laboratory animals adequate to predict toxicity in human infants and children? Do the extent and type of toxicity of some chemicals vary by species and by age?
Assessing risk: How is dietary exposure to pesticide residues associated with response? How can laboratory data on lifetime exposures of animals be used to derive meaningful estimates of risk to children? Does risk accumulate more rapidly during the early years of life?

This book will be of interest to policymakers, administrators of research in the public and private sectors, toxicologists, pediatricians and other health professionals, and the pesticide industry.

Booknews

Explores whether infants and children differ from adults in susceptibility and in dietary exposures to pesticide residues in food, and if so, whether the present regulatory approaches adequately protect them. Based on the committee's research, 1988- 93, summarizes pesticide use, data collection methods, toxicity testing, and federal regulations, emphasizing prenatal and perinatal toxicity, age-specific eating patterns, estimating pesticide residues, and mathematical risk modeling. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer

Author: Maria Hewitt

In Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer, the National Cancer Policy Board of the Institute of Medicine examines the psychosocial consequences of the cancer experience. The book focuses specifically on breast cancer in women because this group has the largest survivor population (over 2 million) and this disease is the most extensively studied cancer from the standpoint of psychosocial effects. The book characterizes the psychosocial consequences of a diagnosis of breast cancer, describes psychosocial services and how they are delivered, and evaluates their effectiveness. It assesses the status of professional education and training and applied clinical and health services research and proposes policies to improve the quality of care and quality of life for women with breast cancer and their families. Because cancer of the breast is likely a good model for cancer at other sites, recommendations for this cancer should be applicable to the psychosocial care provided generally to individuals with cancer. For breast cancer, and indeed probably for any cancer, the report finds that psychosocial services can provide significant benefits in quality of life and success in coping with serious and life-threatening disease for patients and their families.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Melody L McKinney, DNS, RN (Indiana State University)
Description: Nearly all women diagnosed with breast cancer experience psychological distress but most effectively cope and adapt to their situations. Yet, roughly 30 percent of women experience major or prolonged distress and would likely benefit from some form of psychosocial intervention. In this report by the National Cancer Policy Board of the National Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, the psycho-oncology literature on breast cancer is reviewed for the purpose of making policy recommendations to enhance the delivery of breast cancer care. This second report of a three-part series on cancer survivorship builds on an earlier recommendation that psychosocial support services are essential to quality cancer care.
Purpose: The purpose of this report is to "characterize the psychosocial consequences of a diagnosis of breast cancer; evaluate the effectiveness of services to alleviate psychosocial distress; assess the status of current psychosocial interventions; assess the status of professional education and training and applied research; and propose policies to improve the quality of care and life for women with breast cancer and their families."
Audience: The authors anticipate the report will be useful to "stakeholders and policy makers in cancer care, women with or concerned about breast cancer, and the general public."
Features: The report contains eight chapters. Chapters one and two provide an introduction and overview of the epidemiology of breast cancer. Chapters three and four examine the psychosocial needs of women experiencing breast cancer, along with psychosocial services and providers. Chapter five reviews the literature on psychosocial intervention research. Chapters six and seven focus on the structure and delivery of psychosocial services, along with barriers and the use of services. Chapter eight examines the status of breast cancer research, suggesting future research priorities and recommendations to research sponsors.
Assessment: This well-referenced and scholarly report fulfills its purpose of illuminating the psychosocial needs of women with breast cancer and making recommendations for clinical and research priorities. A multitude of tables and figures facilitate the presentation of vast amounts of information, yet are of questionable value to the general public. Appendix A, an agenda on a past research/educational offering, seems of little current value. Appendix B provides excellent table summarizations of clinical trials in breast cancer research from 1980 to 2002. As with findings from any focused research, caution should be taken in generalizing the findings and recommendations from this report on women with breast cancer to all cancer patients and survivors.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

	Executive summary	1
1	Introduction	11
2	Epidemiology of breast cancer	15
3	Psychosocial needs of women with breast cancer	21
4	Psychosocial services and providers	70
5	The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for women with breast cancer	95
6	Delivering psychosocial services	133
7	Barriers to appropriate use of psychosocial services	165
8	Research	199
App. A	Meeting psychosocial needs of women with breast cancer	229
	App. B : Tables and boxes summarizing evidence from clinical trials	234

La Salud en la Mujer or Behind the Smile

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:42:00 +0000

La Salud en la Mujer: Higiene, Prevencion y Tratamientos Naturales de las Enfermedades de la Mujer

Author: Guy Roulier

Escrito por un especialista que posee una sólida experiencia profesional.

Este libro está dirigido a todas las mujeres conscientes de que su bienestar pasa por concienciarse-ellas mismas-de su salud. Escrito por un especialista (osteópata, acupuntor, naturópata, fitoaromaterapéuta) que posee una sólida experiencia profesional, es un libro práctico que nos aportará una información objetiva sobre el conjunto de medicinas ("clásicas" y "alternativas") adaptadas a los problemas específicos femeninos.

En la primera parte, después de un breve repaso a la fisiología, el autor aborda las grandes etapas de la vida de una mujer: infancia, pubertad, embarazo, menopausia, envejecimiento... Subraya la importancia capital del terreno biológico que constituye individualidad, presenta tus tendencias y personaliza la elección de tus métodos de higiene y cuidados.

La segunda parte está dedicada a las patologías femeninas y a sus tratamientos: reglas dolorosas, problemas sexuales, amenorrea, esterilidad, malposición del útero, pérdidas, cistitis, caída de órganos, inflamaciones e infecciones, problemas circulatorios, fibromas, pólipos, enfermedades venéreas, quistes, senos, embarazo, menopausia... Para cada problema, se proponen varias soluciones y consejos prácticos.

Lejos de rechazar la medicina clásica (indipensable para detectar y tratar las afecciones graves), el autor analiza sin favorecer, las ventajas y los inconvenientes de los tratamientos alopáticos y de las medicinas benignas, ñas operaciones quirúrgicas, los medicamentos, los métodos contraceptivos clásicos o naturales... Ningún método, por bueno que sea, no es una panacea; cada uno posee su eficacia y sus límites más allá de los cuales es necesario recurrir a otras terapias. El razonamiento holístico (concepción del hombre total) es indispensable para hacer evolucionar y retroceder la enfermedad. Por último, basándose en su experiencia personal, Guy Roulier te explicará detalladamente que tratamientos puedes aplicarte tu misma. en tu casa sin riesgos: nutrición, complementos alimenticios, plantas, ejercicio físico, relajación...

Un libro que concilia las diversas corrientes de la medicina, desdramatiza la enfermedad y proporciona a cada mujer los medios para vivir mejor su feminidad.

	Introduccion	11
Parte 1	Fisiologia, Enfermedades Y Salud	13
Capitulo I	De la salud a la enfermedad	15
	Aprende a conocer el terreno	18
	Tu eres Yin o Yang?	19
	Los cuatro humores de Hipocrates	22
Biotipo 1	Linfatico (mujer de agua)	22
Biotipo 2	Sanguineo (mujer de aire)	23
Biotipo 3	Biliosa (mujer de fuego)	23
Biotipo 4	Nervioso (mujer de tierra)	24
	Resumen natural de salud	26
	Los grandes principios de la medicina natural	26
	La energia de la vida	26
	Las fuentes de tu energia	28
	El organismo es un todo	28
	El equilibrio de los tres pilares de la salud	30
	Tu psique: la predominancia del espiritu	31
	Tu psique: el papel de la mecanica	32
	Tu laboratorio interno: la bioquimica	32
	Los mecanismos naturales de defensa	32
	La homeostasis o la inteligencia del cuerpo	32
	La resistencia a las agresiones	33
	Del desequilibrio a la enfermedad	35
	La enfermedad evoluciona por niveles	35
	Saber reconocer los signos de alerta	35
Capitulo II	De la enfermedad a la salud: los metodos naturales	39
	El laboratorio interno: la bioquimica	41
	La alimentacion: la salud en tu plato	41
	Los complementos alimenticios	42
	Las plantas de la salud	43
	Los aceites esenciales (A.E.)	46
	La homeopatia	49
	La organoterapia	50
	La oligoterapia	50
	Las recetas para la salud	50
	Los metodos que tratan el cuerpo: la energia y la materia	51
	La acupuntura tradicional	51
	La osteopatia ginecologica: aspectos fundamentales	53
	Las reflexoterapias	54
	Manten y mejora tu fisico	55
	Las tecnicas de la mente	59
Capitulo III	El aparato genital femenino y el proceso de procreacion	61
	Organos genitales externos	61
	Organos genitales internos	62
	La vagina	62
	El utero	62
	Los ligamentos suspensores del utero	64
	Las trompas u oviductos	65
	Los ovarios	65
	Los nervios de la esfera genital	65
	Dolores de origen ginecologico	67
	Los ritmos de la mujer	67
	El ciclo femenino	68
	La fecundacion	73
Capitulo IV	Las etapas en la vida de una mujer: higiene y cuidados naturales	77
	La infancia	77
	Las infecciones mas frecuentes	77
	La importancia de la informacion sexual	79
	La pubertad, centro de la vida femenina	80
	La entrada en funcionamiento de las hormonas	80
	La primera regla	80
	Los problemas de la pubertad	81
	El embarazo	82
	Del huevo al embrion	82
	Los problemas del embarazo	83
	Elimina los factores de riesgo	84
	Tu cuerpo durante el embarazo	84
	La preparacion al parto y el parto	87
	Despues del parto	88
	El amamantamiento maternal	88
	El aspecto fisico	88
	El aspecto psicologico	89
	La premenopausia	90
	La menopausia	90
	Los arranques de calor	91
	Problemas nerviosos y de caracter	92
	La alteracion de la piel y del pelo	93
	La modificacion de los organos sexuales	93
	Despues de la menopausia: control	93
	Como retrasar el envejecimiento	94
	Plan de lucha contra el envejecimiento	95
	Osteoporosis y desmineralizacion	97
	Causas y consecuencias	97
	Luchar contra la osteoporis y la compresion	97
Capitulo V	La relacion sexual y la contracepcion	101
	Una pieza en cuatro actos	101
	Desarrollo aconsejable	101
	Lo que se debe saber	102
	Los problemas sexuales	103
	El vaginismo: bloqueo espasmodico	104
	La dispareunia: la relacion dolorosa	105
	La sequedad vaginal	106
	La disfuncion orgasmica: la frigidez	107
	Los metodos contraceptivos clasicos y naturales	108
	Los procedimientos mecanicos	109
	Procedimientos quimicos: la pildora anticonceptiva	109
	Los procedimientos naturales	111
	Los otros metodos	112
Parte 2	Las Medicinas Alternativas	115
	Esterilidad y metodos naturales	117
	Esterilidad o hipofertilidad?	117
	Las correcciones naturales de la esterilidad	117
	Amenorrea o ausencia de reglas	120
	Causas	120
	Cuidados naturales	121
	Las reglas dolorosas o sindrome premenstrual	121
	Varias causas y problemas	122
	El tratamiento natural tambien es complejo	122
	Las perdidas normales y anormales	123
	Las perdidas transparentes y blancas	123
	Las perdidas de sangre: metrorragias	124
	La posicion defectuosa del utero	125
	La anteversion	126
	La retroversion	126
	Tratamiento	126
	La caida de organos	129
	Prolapsos o ptosis	129
	Tratamiento natural	131
	Prolapsos de segundo y tercer grado	133
	Endometriosis: dolores e infecundidad	133
	El aborto natural	135
	Los problemas circulatorios	137
	Las varices	137
	Los edemas de origen linfatico	139
	Las inflamaciones e infecciones genitourinarias	141
	La jungla intestinal: una flora equilibrada	141
	La intoxicacion y las infecciones	142
	El estres y las infecciones	144
	Las zonas problematicas	144
	Las cistitis	145
	Las verdaderas cistitis	145
	Las cistalgias o pseudocistitis	146
	Las ETS (enfermedades de transmision sexual)	148
	La blenorragia	149
	La sifilis	150
	El herpes genital (y otras localizaciones)	150
	El SIDA (o Sindrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida)	151
	Los tumores benignos	152
	Los fibromas	152
	Los polipos	153
	Los quistes del ovario	153
	El tratamiento natural de los fibromas y quistes funcionales	154
	El seno: afecciones benignas	156
	Los dolores del seno	156
	Las perdidas	157
	Cuidados e higiene natural	157
	Los tumores malignos del aparato genital	158
	Los factores que favorecen el cancer	159
	Prevencion, deteccion, tratamientos	160
	Tratamientos medicos	161
	Metodos naturales y cancer	162

Behind the Smile: My Journey Out of Postpartum Depression

Author: Marie Osmond

"I was sitting on the kitchen floor, heaving in sobs, and all I could think was: 'This can't possibly be me.'" In a candid account, Marie Osmond, beloved actress, singing star, and television personality, discloses her heartwrenching battle with postpartum depression and the private pain behind her public persona. Sinking fast into numbing despair after the birth of her last baby, Marie Osmond joined the thousands of women each year who suffer from an illness not often discussed openly. Now she tells her inspiring story...

Behind the Smile

At age thirty-nine, known for her signature smile and upbeat attitude, Marie Osmond was living what seemed to be the picture-perfect life. She was beautiful, talented, happily married, co-hosting the successful Donny and Marie Show, and pregnant with her seventh child. What could go wrong-so wrong that it would send her on a tearful flight away from her home and make national headlines?

What went wrong was postpartum depression (PPD). Behind the Smile bravely and honesty reveals Marie Osmond's difficult road back from PPD and speaks out for other women who have experienced PPD's debilitating effects. Writing in her wonderfully vivacious voice-and sharing sixteen pages of private family photos-Marie describes her childhood in the famous Osmond family, her own career, and the births and adoptions of her beloved children. For the first time, she unveils her closely guarded home life to reach out to other women who are struggling.

But in Behind the Smile, Marie does more than tell a personal story of courage and triumph. Along with Dr. Judith Moore, who helped diagnose and treat her problem, she includes real help for women suffering from PPD. Readers will learn about the tests for PPD, where to find medical treatment, and what safe, natural therapies and diet guidelines can help rebalance the body's hormones. By sharing her healing journey and inspirational words, Marie Osmond gives others hope. By including Dr. Moore's wise advice, she provides a shining path for them to begin the journey too.

"I knew I had to leave until I could come to terms with what was happening to me.

"I couldn't let my children continue to see me this way.

"I walked down the stairs and put my precious newborn baby into the nanny's arms. I put three blank checks and my credit cards in her hand, saying, 'Please understand that I couldn't do this if I didn't have you here. I can't stay. There is something wrong, really wrong with me, and I have to leave until I figure it out. Brian is at this number. Call him. He'll come home.'

"I have no idea how my feet carried me to the car. I turned the key in the ignition, put the car in reverse, and backed down the driveway. When I shifted the gears into drive, something overpowering moved inside of me, from the deepest part of my soul. My body was racked with hysterical crying, and I began to understand for the first time why a person would want to take her own life."

Good Life or Aesthetics and Cosmetic Surgery for Darker Skin Types

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:31:00 +0000

Good Life: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Love, Ethics, Creativity, and Spirituality

Author: Jeffrey B Rubin

Explores how psychoanalysis can nurture and vitalize, rather than only focusing on affliction and neuroses.

Aesthetics and Cosmetic Surgery for Darker Skin Types

Author: Pearl Grimes

This unique book is the only comprehensive guide to both surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic treatment of patients with darker skin pigmentation, including patients of African, Asian, and Latin descent. It is authored by a wide range of international experts in this field from all continents and edited by a world-renowned researcher and academician on the topic of pigmentation disorders. Practical, concise chapters cover all common surgical and nonsurgical treatment approaches and address the broad range of cosmetic issues facing patients with darker skin pigmentation. More than 350 full-color illustrations complement the text.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Patricia Wong, MD(Stanford University Medical Center)
Description:Dermatologists performing cosmetic procedures and treating various skin conditions in individuals with darker skin types must take into account the structural and cellular differences in darker skin pigmentation. This book provides recommendations for therapy as well as precautions and also includes good basic dermatology information that doesn't necessarily pertain to just ethnic skin types.
Purpose:The purpose is to educate dermatologists on how to treat patients with darker skin.
Audience:The audience is dermatologists.
Features:Dermal filler injections, how a blepharoplasty is performed, and how to inject Botox are illustrated in photographs. There are many color photographs of good quality throughout the book, but some are referred to incorrectly in the text. For example, in the discussion on where to inject Botox in order to raise the eyebrows, the book refers to a photograph showing injections in the glabellar area to decrease frown lines. The plastic surgery chapters point out the anatomic differences in Asian eye shapes versus Caucasian eye shapes and the factors dermatologists should consider when trying to achieve a wider eye look.
Assessment:This is a good basic dermatology book with an emphasis on treating darker skin types. Procedures such as chemical peels, laser, surgery, etc., are succinctly described and a summary of the author's experiences treating darker skinned individuals follows the descriptions.

Like a Fish in Water or Herbs

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:13:00 +0000

Like a Fish in Water: Yoga for Children

Author: Isabelle Koch

• A playful introduction to the practice of yoga for the health and well-being of your child.

• Includes step-by-step instructions for more than 20 postures, as well as information on breathing and relaxation exercises.

• Each posture is demonstrated by a child whose image is magically woven into full-color illustrations.

• An invitation for children, ages three and up, to experience the healthy benefits of yoga.

In this exuberant and colorful book, author and illustrator Isabelle Koch introduces children to hatha yoga, inviting them into a world of good health and vitality through her use of playful analogies and whimsical illustrations. Like a Fish in Water provides step-by-step instructions for more than 20 yoga postures and the basics of breathing, as well as a variety of relaxation exercises. Each posture is demonstrated by a child whose image is magically woven into the brightly colored backgrounds and accompanied by text that clearly and simply guides the child through the movements, using language accessible to everyone.

Daily yoga practice can provide an island of calm in today's hectic world in which children are continuously bombarded with stimuli. Yoga fosters both physical and emotional health, sharpens focus, and improves attention span. Like a Fish in Water offers parents a perfect opportunity to spend time with their children, while engaging in a healthy and enjoyable activity. So whether it is used to get the day off to a positive start or to wind it down toward a peaceful end, Koch's book and the instruction it offers is ideal for parents, teachers, and, most importantly, children.

Children's Literature

In the preface by Laurent de Brunhoff, his first paragraph provides a good summary: "The practice of Yoga provides mental peace and, at the same time, a consciousness of one's own body. Certain postures develop suppleness and balance, others strengthen muscles." Like me, Laurent started Yoga well into middle age. If I had any idea of the benefits, I would have started much earlier in life and that is why I am delighted to see several good books available for young readers. In this one as with The Kids' Yoga Book of Feelings by Mary Humphry, there is emphasis on the importance of breathing when doing a pose. The introduction provides a little history but not really sufficient to understand the basis of Yoga and what the Mudras really are. Each pose is demonstrated in an illustration and the text explains how to do it and why it is good for the body and mind. The photographs of the girl in the poses are superimposed on backgrounds that have been created by the author. These illustrations have a childlike quality. The twenty described are known by various names and there seems to be a mixture of the Sanskrit and English. The text is fairly complex and the closing section addressing breathing and relaxation exercises is printed in black on a purple background, making it almost impossible to read. The layout and text are not nearly as child friendly as Humphry's book, but a good teacher or parent could use both effectively. Reviewer: Marilyn Courtot

Interesting textbook: NYPD or Friction

Herbs: Partners in Life: Healing, Gardening, and Cooking with Wild Plants

Author: Adele G Dawson

Adele Dawson's classic guide to the seasonal use of herbs for food, drink, and medicine.

• Clear directions for growing and using many wild and cultivated herbs.

• Detailed pen-and-ink drawings help readers identify 70 herbs.

With irresistible enthusiasm and an endless store of knowledge about the plant kingdom, herbalist Adele Dawson traces the human-plant relationship through the seasons, providing practical and enlightening information about every aspect of herbalism, including spring foraging, summer gourmet gardening, the preparation of remedies in autumn, and the brewing of healing potions in winter. The mysteries of preparing infusions, decoctions, tinctures, and essences are unraveled through the author's clear and cohesive chapters on how to identify, collect, and preserve herbs. Detailed pen-and-ink drawings show the essential elements of flower and leaf anatomy as well as 70 wild and cultivated plants in their budding, blossoming, and dormant stages. Sprinkled throughout the text are recipes for impromptu wild feasts such as milkweed buds tempura, directions for soothing hand lotions of marigold and milk, and an enormous variety of medicinal and culinary teas. In equal measure an herbal encyclopedia, a health-food cookbook, and a nature guide, this book deserves a place on the reference shelf of both the new and experienced herbalist.

Making Scents

A book with substance written by a true herbalist.

Foreword by Rosemary Gladstar
Preface
Introduction
Part I
1. Why Should We Use Herbs
2. Identification of Herbs
3. Where to Get Herbs
4. What Shall We Do with These Herbs?
5. Herbalists Mentioned in Part II
Part II
6. Salute Spring
7. Summer: Gourmet Gardening
8. Autumn: Battening Down
9. Winter: Season of Tisanes
10. The Armchair Herbalist
11. The History of Herbs
12. Honey and Vinegar
Appendix I Alphabetical Lists of Herbs
Appendix II The Language of Herbalists
Appendix III List of Vitamins and Their Effects
Appendix IV Sources of Herb Seeds and Plants
Bibliography
Index

Adele G. Dawson was a renowned herbal elder and wise woman who lived in the hills of Vermont.

Healthy Beauty or Caregiving

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:01:00 +0000

Healthy Beauty: Using Nature's Secrets to Look Great and Feel Terrific

Author: Letha Hadady

Learn the secrets to staying radiant, youthful, and beautiful. . . naturally

"The first book of its kind . . . an international beauty recipe of tried-and-true home preparations blended with the most modern, technologically advanced products on the market today . . . truly a celebration of beauty in all its diversity. "
–From the Foreword by Clif deRaita, National Director of Makeup at Georgette Klinger, Inc.

"I very much enjoyed reading Healthy Beauty and I learned a great deal. The timely information and spiritual aspects of the book will be appreciated now more than ever. "
–Michael York, actor, producer, and author

"This book is touched by genius. Letha Hadady has a great sense of beauty in everything she does. "
–Gad Cohen, celebrity stylist featured in Glamour, Vogue, and Cosmopolitan

"Healthy Beauty is fabulous! A must for anyone interested in beauty."
–Marietta Carter-Narcisse, Hollywood makeup expert featured in In Style

"There is a radiance that glows from within: it is the radiance of intent, passion, wholeness, and harmony with life. Letha Hadady lights the spark of that radiance with her book. In Healthy Beauty, we can be confident of finding beauty elixirs to create not only the face we present to the world, but the peace of mind we need in the quiet of our lives."
–Isisara Bey, Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Sony Music Entertainment

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Beauty Now and Forever
PART I: HEALTHY NARCISSISM
Your Mirror Image
Lola's Way
Stress Fighters
Your Seasons of Beauty
PART II: YOUR NEW BODY
Your Walk
Spot Slimming
Your Body Beautiful
Fragrance from Inside Out
Pretty Hands and Feet
PART III: BEAUTIFUL YOU
Sexy Hair Shines from Within
Alluring Eyes
Your Flawless Complexion
Out, Out Damned Spots
Your Best Face Forward
Style Genius
Your Voice Tells a Story
PART IV: BEAUTY KARMA
Beauty Survival Skills
Looking Young, Feel Young
An Annotated Resource Guide
Index

New interesting book: My Life as a Spy or Sex Science and Stem Cells

Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal

Author: Beth Witrogen McLeod

Helping your family and loved ones when they need you most

"Caregiving has a big heart–on a much-needed topic. A rare book of spiritual and practical wisdom."–Sue Benderauthor of Plain and Simple and Everyday Sacred

"A poignant, wise, and in-the-trenches view of caregiving that is both practical and spiritual, especially of value to midlife adults."–Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., author of Goddesses in Everywoman and Close to the Bone

"Lovely. . . . Beth McLeod’s experience and wisdom shine through as she shares her heartfelt journey of loss, surrender, hope, and healing."–David Simon, M.D. medical director, the Chopra Center for Well Being, author of Vital Energy and Return to Wholeness

Sooner or later it will touch us all: A family member or loved one becomes ill or disabled, and we step in to help. This is caregiving, and in this powerful, unique book, prizewinning writer and advocate Beth Witrogen McLeod leads us through the caregiving journey with unflinching authority and compassion. Framed by the author's personal odyssey as a caregiver and richly informed by the inspiring and poignant tales of others, Caregiving explores medical and financial problems, all aspects of spirituality, and such issues as depression, stress, housing, home care, and end-of-life concerns. A rare blend of powerful storytelling and practical information, Caregiving is a revelation.

Total Heart Health for Women Workbook or Walking the World in Wonder

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:50:00 +0000

Total Heart Health for Women Workbook: Achieving a Total Heart Health Lifestyle in 90 Days

Author: Jo Beth Young

The Total Heart Health for Women Workbook teaches women the unique connection between the physical heart and the spiritual heart by identifying medical facts vital to the health of a woman's physical heart, and biblical truths vital to the health of a woman's spiritual heart. It presents practical steps for applying the truths of Scripture to their walk with Christ and it encourages readers as they change unhealthy behavior patterns and replace them with a healthy behavior.

The Total Heart Health for Women Workbook presents the reader with a 90-Day Challenge, designed to help them embark on a lifestyle transformation. The reader will be encouraged to sift out old, bad habits and replace them with new, healthy habits. It will also challenge them to work out and fine-tune the good habits they have established.

It takes 21 days to break an existing behavior, 40 days to establish new behavior, and 90 days to transform the new behavior into a lifestyle. This workbook will guide, challenge, and motivate through it all.

Go to: Ten Natural Remedies That Can Save Your Life or Massage and Bodywork

Walking the World in Wonder: A Children's Herbal

Author: Ellen Evert Hopman

Introduce children to the magic of using herbs for healing, cooking, and nature crafts and inspire a lifelong interest in the natural world.

• Designed especially for children ages five to ten.

• A hands-on book for children, filled with fun, easy-to-follow activities.

Walking the World in Wonder covers the medicinal and magical uses of sixty-seven common herbs. Each herb playfully introduces itself and talks about its habitat and many uses. With fun, easy-to-follow activities, herbalist Ellen Evert Hopman teaches children basic herbal skills and invites them to make a sunflower seed mosaic, sew a catnip-filled mouse, and dig for Jerusalem artichoke roots. The book also includes simple recipes that children can use, with adult supervision, to treat minor ailments--peppermint tea to soothe a troubled tummy or horse chestnut salve to heal a scraped knee. Children gain a sense of self-sufficiency and awe for the earth's treasures by eating wild nettle greens, sprinkling a sandwich with nasturtium flowers, making strawberry honey, and learning to season food with dill they've gathered themselves. Parents and teachers will appreciate how these earth-centered activities are placed within a broader social and environmental context. Sixty-seven full-color photographs enable children, parents, and teachers to identify these herbs during walks and field trips. Walking the World in Wonder gives children a direct and joyous experience of their connection to the natural world and inspires a lifelong interest in their own health and that of the planet.

Herb Network

Not only is this book beautiful, my kids love it! That is the whole point of the book, introducing children to herbs. Beginning with a few pages of information for parents, the book is laid out to make finding and gathering herbs fun! What a wonderful concept.

Children's Book Watch

Kids ages 5-10 and their parents will find Walking The World In Wonder an inviting survey of the medicinal and magical uses of over sixty common herbs. Each herb introduces itself and talks about its uses, with activities reinforcing the lessons on basic herbal skills, along with simple recipes kids can use.

A Note to Parents and Teachers
Introduction
The Wheel of the Year
Autumn
Barberry, Burdock, Fennel, Juniper, Oak, Partridgeberry, Walnut, Wintergreen
Winter
Bayberry, Holly, Mistletoe, Pine
Spring
Birch, Chives, Curled Dock, Dandelion, Ferns, Hawthorn Tree, Hemlock Tree, Horsetail, Lamb's-quarters, Maple Tree, Milkweed, Plantain, Pokeweed, Stinging Nettle, Wild Strawberry, Trillium, Violet, Yarrow
Summer
Basil, Bee Balm, Blueberry, Calendula, Wild Carrot, Catnip, Chamomile, Cinquefoil, Club Moss, Coltsfoot, Comfrey, Daisy, Daylily, Dill, Echinacea, Elderberry, Ginger, Goldenrod, Jerusalem Artichoke, Lavender, Lemon Balm, Marjoram, Mint, Nasturtium, Parsley, Poplar, Purslane, Raspberry, Red Clover, Rose, Rosemary, Sage, Staghorn Sumac, Sunflower, Thyme, Willow, Witch Hazel
Epilogue
Bibliography
Resources

Ellen Evert Hopman is a Druid priestess, master herbalist, and lay homeopath who holds an M.Ed. in mental health counseling. She is a founding member and co-chief of the Order of the White Oak (Ord na Darach Gile), serves on the Grey Council of Mages and Sages, and is a professor of Wortcunning at the Grey School of Wizardry. She is the author of A Druid’s Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year; Walking the World in Wonder; Being a Pagan, Tree Medicine, Tree Magic; and Priestess of the Forest. She lives in Massachusetts.

Ten Years Younger or Cross Training For Dummies

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:38:00 +0000

Ten Years Younger: The Amazing Ten Week Plan to Look Better, Feel Better, and Turn Back the Clock

Author: Steven MD Masley

How would you like to look and feel ten years younger in just ten weeks time?

Studies show that Americans on the whole are aging faster than ever with conditions like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease occurring increasingly earlier on in life-along with everyday age indicators like wrinkles and love handles. Now, Dr. Steven Masley, former medical director of the prestigious Pritikin Longevity Center and a pioneer in anti-aging medicine, delivers a breakthrough plan to turn back the clock, inside and out-no matter what your age!

Originally featured on the Discovery Channel, the Ten Years Younger Program is designed to combat the roots of accelerated aging. Poor nutrition, toxins in the environment, stress, and exposure to free radicals all make us old before our time, along with a little-known aging culprit: low- and no-carb diets. As Dr. Masley shows, low-carb diets deprive the body of anti-aging phytonutrients and fiber, accelerate osteoporosis, and damage brain cells. So the first secret of turning back time is: Eat your carbs!

Each week, Ten Years Younger guides you through an age-busting combination of cutting-edge nutritional choices, relaxation techniques to reduce the aging effects of stress, and simple workouts designed to build lean muscle and trim and tone your body from head to toe. By following the plan for just ten weeks, you will:
Achieve significant weight loss-up to twenty-five pounds
Boost your energy levels
Rejuvenate your skin
Enhance brain function
Prevent and reverse the onset of diabetes and heart disease
Lower your cholesterol and blood pressure
Improve sexual vitality

With tools to helpyou assess how your body is really aging, weekly shopping lists and meal plans, and over 100 delicious recipes packed with antioxidants and anti-aging nutrients, Ten Years Younger is the healthiest, safest, and fastest way to take off the years-no surgery required!

New interesting textbook: Generational Accounting or Public Speaking

Cross Training For Dummies

Author: Ryan

Anyone can get into a fitness rut. You could be exercising regularly but feeling unmotivated about your current routine. Or you could be enjoying your workouts but not getting the results you really want. You can even be on health club hiatus and looking for a way to get back into exercise-mode. Whatever your situation, cross-training is a practical solution. Cross-training is a well-rounded way of approaching exercise. It allows you to vary your workouts so you can inject a little excitement into your fitness routine, while you receive better results out of your exercise plan.

If you have a real thirst for fitness knowledge then Cross-Training For Dummies is for you. Whether you just want to use cross-training as a way to spice up a dull workout routine or you’re looking to develop specific skills that will enhance your performance in a specific activity or sport, this book can get you on track.

Cross-Training For Dummies will keep you motivated, intere sted, strong, and injury-free as you strive to improve your level of fitness. From savvy tips that’ll turbo charge your workouts to great advice on weight lifting, fitness activities, and team sports, this book has just what you need to advance to a higher level of fitness. Cross-Training For Dummies also covers topics hat will help you to:

• Assess your fitness level

• Set personalized exercise goals

• Have fun with individual and team sports

• Incorporate kickboxing, Pilates, spinning, and other cutting-edge workouts into you routine

• Understand the five elements of fitness

Challenging your body to new fitness levels is hard work, but the results are well worth it. Cross-Training For Dummies will help you understand how cross-training works and show you how to put together a well-balanced training program that will keep you happy and healthy.

Introduction.
PART I: Wake Up Your Workouts.
Chapter 1: Your Ever-Changing Body.
Chapter 2: A Rock-Hard Rear Is Not Enough.
Chapter 3: Variety Is the Spice of Life.
PART II: Let's Get Specific.
Chapter 4: Get A Goal (Be Smart Before You Start).
Chapter 5: Weak? Who Me? Just Test Me!
Chapter 6: Huffin' and Puffin' Cardio.
Chapter 7: Gruntin' and Groanin': Muscle Strength, Stamina, Power, and Flexibility.
PART III: Cross-Training Plans.
Chapter 8: How to Follow the Plans.
Chapter 9: Base Fitness Plan.
Chapter 10: Weight Loss Plan.
Chapter 11: Athletic Plan.
Chapter 12: Mix-n-Match Plan.
PART IV: Fabulous Moves.
Chapter 13: Technique, Technique, Technique.
Chapter 14: Your Weight Lifting Questions Answered.
Chapter 15: Warm-ups and Stretches.
Chapter 16: Basic Moves Revisited.
Chapter 17: Simple Muscle Moves.
Chapter 18: Multimuscle Moves.
Chapter 19: Key Gym Equipment.
Chapter 20: Power Moves.
Chapter 21: Fast, Tricky Moves.
PART V: Move That Body!
Chapter 22: The Solo Sporting Life.
Chapter 23: Movin' to the Groove.
Chapter 24: Strutting Your Stuff on the Field.
PART VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 25: Ten Things You Should Know about Muscles.
Chapter 26: Ten Ways To Maximize Rest Days.
Chapter 27: Ten Ways to Stick to It.
Chapter 28: Ten Great Bench Stretches.
PART VII: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Glossary.
Appendix B: Resources.
Appendix C: Workout Logs.
Index.
Book Registration Information.

Lying in Weight or Get Fit Stay Fit

noreply@blogger.com (Diet Books) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:26:00 +0000

Lying in Weight: The Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women

Author: Trisha Gura

It is commonly held that the sufferers of anorexia nervosa and bulimia are angst-ridden teenage girls who impose unrealistic beauty standards on their still-developing bodies. In Lying in Weight, Gura explodes the myths that adolescence is the only time of life that these disorders manifest and that women who achieve a normal weight after contending with eating disorders are "cured." Shockingly, tens of millions of American women -- overlooked by the medical and mental health communities because they're older than 25 and understudied -- suffer from "food issues" that can be linked to any number of disruptive changes and challenges throughout their lives. These triggers -- marriage, the birth of a child, menopause, stress from child rearing, marital difficulties and depression -- bring about emotional, psychological and medical problems that play out under the radar in women who live in the throes of food obsessions.

Interesting book: Between Existentialism and Marxism or Fear No Evil The Classic Memoir of One Mans Triumph over a Police State

Get Fit, Stay Fit

Author: William E Prentic

This brief, user-friendly text is designed for students with little or no background in developing a personal fitness program. Topics covered in Get Fit, Stay Fit include principles of cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, limiting body fat, and nutrition. Key points have been emphasized to explain why certain aspects of physical fitness should be important to individuals, and how to become an informed consumer of physical fitness equipment and services

1	Getting Fit: Why Should You Care?	1
2	Creating a Healthy Lifestyle	13
3	Starting Your Own Fitness Program	39
4	Developing Cardiorespiratory Fitness	53
5	Improving Muscular Strength, Endurance, and Power	77
6	Increasing Flexibility Through Stretching	117
7	Limiting Your Body Fat Through Diet and Exercise	137
8	Eating Right	173
9	Becoming a Wise Consumer	203
10	Practicing Safe Fitness	217
	Appendix A Food Composition Table	230

Warming up to Living Foods or Cancer Talk

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Warming up to Living Foods

Author: Elysa Markowitz

A raw foods diet doesn't have to be cold. Living foods expert Elysa Markowitz shows how to warm raw foods and still preserve their vital enzymes. She includes recipes for dishes that are spicy, flavorful, and supremely good for you, many of which have been featured on her Los Angeles television show Elysa's Raw and Wild Food Show. A week-long menu planner will help you organize your ingredients so you'll have everything ready when you need it.

New interesting textbook: Noni Natures Amazing Healer or Mastering Your Diabetes

Cancer Talk: Voices of Hope and Endurance from the Group Room, the World's Largest Cancer Support Group

Author: Selma R Schimmel

For the first time, Cancer Talk provides a support group in a book.

Research shows that cancer patients who attend support groups can survive longer and lead fuller lives than patients receiving medical treatment alone. Cancer Talk, based on "The Group Room®," the nation's only talk-radio cancer support show, brings hope, information, and inspiration to everyone affected by cancer. Show host Selma Schimmel, a cancer advocate and longtime survivor, has gathered the voices of cancer patients and survivors, family and friends, physicians, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to create an invaluable guide to help you:

Deal with the wide range of emotions a cancer diagnosis provokes
Cope with relationships, intimacy, and physical changes
Optimize the doctor-patient relationship and navigate treatment options
Handle the side effects of treatment
Understand legal, workplace, and insurance issues
Live with and beyond cancer

Anyone whose life has been touched by cancer will find new support from the intimate and empowering voices of the only real experts out there—the people who live with cancer.

Library Journal

Terrified. Angry. Confused. Lost. Alone. All aptly describe one's reaction after a cancer diagnosis. Author Schimmel was diagnosed with breast cancer 16 years ago and felt that cancer patients needed more than the patronizing, often paternalistic attitude of some doctors. She founded Vital Options, a nationwide communications organization that offers information, support, and advocacy through a radio talk show, "The Group Room®." The words of cancer patients, family members, physicians, and therapists along with commentary from Schimmel comprises Cancer Talk. The book is divided into four main categories, "Handling the Medical Aspects of Cancer," "Dealing with Your Emotions," "The Legal and Social Aspects of Cancer," and "Beyond Cancer," and discusses cancer in young adults and children, the needs of caregivers, and negotiating the maze of managed care, among other issues. Each chapter ends with a bulleted list of things to do, and a resource list concludes the book. People undergoing cancer treatment and their families will find this (and its radio show sire) an invaluable source of information, advice, encouragement, and comfort. Highly recommended for public libraries and patient health collections. [The reviewer is no relation to coauthor Fox.--Ed.]--Bette-Lee Fox, "Library Journal" Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

USA Today - Katy Kelly

This worst thing about this book is that someday you will need it. You, or someone you care about, will be diagnosed with cancer. The best thing about htis book is that it will help. A lot. Cancer Talk is about hope, endurance and survival...There is no question that cancer is a difficult journey, but this book lets readers know they are not travelling alone.

Kirkus Reviews

Advice and support from those with cancer, based on "The Group Room," a talk-radio cancer support show. Schimmel, the show's host, was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 28 (16 years ago), shortly after her mother's death from ovarian cancer. She and Fox (The Arthritis Cure, etc.) include advice from those with the disease, from their families and friends, from physicians and therapists—all of which is carefully selected and clearly presented, and all of which reflects Schimmel's down-to-earth approach. Her own diagnosis and treatment were delayed by poor medical care—it was then, she says, that she first understood the difference between being a passive patient and being an active medical consumer. As there were many cancer deaths in her family, "I had absolutely no role models for survival." Her goal here is not so much to give exact medical advice as to give some reassurance and "some sense of direction out of the haze." She succeeds, sometimes with pointers on getting the best medical care (having an advocate with you at all appointments; getting into a clinical trial), sometimes with support in negotiating fear, sadness, and grief. Schimmel compassionately offers help for those facing imminent mortality, including psychological support, with ideas for symptom and pain control. An up-to-date resource list is included. (Radio satellite tour)

1	Psychoanalysis and creative living	9
2	Values and ethics in psychoanalysis	25
3	Psychoanalysis at play in the garden of love	45
4	There's more than meets the I : psychoanalytic reflections on spirituality	61
5	Psychoanalysis and the good life	87

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Healthy Home or Ask Dr Weil

Healthy Home: An Attic-to-Basement Guide to Toxin-Free Living

Washington Post

Ask Dr. Weil

Testosterone Dreams or The HRT Free Menopause Breathrough

Testosterone Dreams: Rejuvenation, Aphrodisia, Doping

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The HRT-Free Menopause Breathrough: New Natural Alternatives

Feng Shui la Armonia de la Vida or Life Paints Its Own Span

Feng Shui la Armonia de la Vida

Life Paints Its Own Span

Natural Health for Kids or The Brain Disorders Sourcebook

Natural Health for Kids: Complimentary Treatments for Over 50 Ailments

The Brain Disorders Sourcebook

Alimentos Incompatibles or Your Body Revival

Alimentos Incompatibles: Como Combinar los Alimentos Para una Salud Mejor

Your Body Revival: Weight Loss Straight Talk

The Secret of Scent or Magic Cancer Bullet

The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell

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Magic Cancer Bullet: How a Tiny Orange Pill Is Rewriting Medical History

Publishers Weekly

Fit to Play Tennis or The Consumers Guide to Homeopathy

Fit to Play Tennis: High Performance Training Tips

The Consumer's Guide to Homeopathy: The Definitive Resource for Understanding Homeopathic Medicine and Making It Work for You

Library Journal

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Dr Atkins New Diet Cookbook or Corazon Del Yoga

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Cookbook

Publishers Weekly

Library Journal

Corazon Del Yoga: Desarrollando Una Practica Personal

Yoga Journal

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Buddhist Healing Touch or A Womans Guide to Urinary Incontinence

Buddhist Healing Touch: A Self-Care Program for Pain Relief and Wellness

A Woman's Guide to Urinary Incontinence

Lois K. Merry - Library Journal

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Pregnancy or The Easy Massage Workbook

Pregnancy (Quamut)

The Easy Massage Workbook: The Complete Massage Class in a Book

Weights for Weight Loss or Overcoming Diabetes

Weights for Weight Loss: Fat-Burning and Muscle-Sculpting Exercises with Over 200 Step-by-Step Photos

Overcoming Diabetes: The Complete Complementary Health Program

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Mindbody Cancer Wellness or HIV and Drug Free

Mindbody Cancer Wellness: A Self-Help Stress Management Manual

HIV and Drug Free: HIV, Cancer and the Immume Systems

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Living Your Destiny or Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Living Your Destiny

Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Insights from Practitioners and Patients

Your Memory or Children With Cancer The Quality of Life

Your Memory: Use It or Lose It: The Use of Mnemonic Exercises in the Fight Against alzheimer's

Children With Cancer The Quality of Life

The Seven Key Principles of Successful Recovery or Compulsive Overeater

The Seven Key Principles of Successful Recovery: The Basic Tools for Progress, Growth, and Happiness

Compulsive Overeater: The Basic Text for Compulsive Overeaters

Chinese Magical Medicine or Quest for Conception

Chinese Magical Medicine (Asian Religions and Cultures)

Booknews

Quest for Conception: Gender, Infertility, and Egyptian Medical Traditions

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Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children or Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer

Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children

Booknews

Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer

Doody Review Services

Rating

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La Salud en la Mujer or Behind the Smile

La Salud en la Mujer: Higiene, Prevencion y Tratamientos Naturales de las Enfermedades de la Mujer

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Behind the Smile: My Journey Out of Postpartum Depression

Good Life or Aesthetics and Cosmetic Surgery for Darker Skin Types

Good Life: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Love, Ethics, Creativity, and Spirituality

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