Great Gluten Free Baking or Diabetes Meals on the Run

Great Gluten-Free Baking: Over 80 Delicious Cakes and Bakes

Author: Louise Blair

Coeliac disease—or gluten intolerance—affects more than one million people in the United States. Now, thanks to these luscious, easy-to-follow recipes, all those people can eat a gluten-free diet and still enjoy delicious cakes, pies, muffins, cookies, and other fabulous baked goods. In this tempting selection of more than 90 gluten-free treats—from melt-in-your-mouth cookies to rustic home-baked breads—the author, a leading authority on cooking for people with special dietary needs, delivers plenty of lip-smacking flavor. Enjoy decadent creations like Tiramisu Cupcakes, Hazelnut and Chocolate Macaroons, and Coconut and Mango Cake. She also includes lots of recipes children will love to eat (and help bake), including Messy Marshmallow Crispies and Flower Fairy Cakes.

Book review: Saving Dinner the Low Carb Way or Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Diabetes Meals on the Run: Fast, Healthy Menus Using Convenience Foods

Author: Betty Wedman St Louis

From fast foods to frozen entrees to deli takeout to salad bars, there is an abundance of tasty, convenient meal options catering to our hurry-up lifestyles. But as a person with diabetes you must follow strict nutritional guidelines and things can be quite a bit more complicated. Written by a leading national diabetes educator, Diabetes Meals on the Run is the first-ever guide to adapting fast foods and convenience foods to a diabetes nutrition regimen.

Betty Wedman-St. Louis, Ph.D., R.D., L.D., is a former president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. She is the author of four other books on diabetes and nutrition and lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Table of Contents:

	Preface	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction	1
Chapter 1	Diabetes Meal Planning Basics	5
Chapter 2	Food Safety	11
Chapter 3	Reading the Nutrition Label	15
Chapter 4	Menus for Quick Meals	23
Chapter 5	Recipes for Quick Meals	37
Chapter 6	Menus Featuring Prepared Foods	83
Chapter 7	Prepared-Food Comparisons	99
	Cereals	100
	Frozen Breakfast Items	102
	Fruit Juice and Drinks	104
	Salads	106
	Salad Dressings	107
	Complete Prepared Meals	109
	Main-Dish Kits	113
	Frozen Seafood Items	115
	Macaroni and Cheese	118
	Skillet Meals	119
	Pizza	120
	Cheese	122
	Vegetarian Meal Choices	123
	Meal Accompaniments	128
	Pasta Sauces	130
	Seasoned Coating Mixes for Main Dishes	132
	Baking Mixes	133
	Cookies	135
	Sweets and Treats	137
	Snack Bars	140
Chapter 8	Caution: Restaurant Meals	143
Chapter 9	Deli and Sub Meals	149
Chapter 10	Fast-Food Comparisons	153
	Arby's	154
	Boston Market	155
	Burger King	156
	Dairy Queen	157
	Domino's	158
	Hardee's	159
	Kentucky Fried Chicken	160
	Long John Silver's	160
	McDonald's	161
	Pizza Hut	162
	Subway	163
	Taco Bell	164
	Wendy's	165
	Appendix	167
	Food Label Terms	167
	Exchange List for Meal Planning	168
	Starch List	169
	Fruit List	171
	Milk List	173
	Other Carbohydrates	174
	Meat and Meat Substitutes List	176
	Fat List	178
	Glossary	181
	References	187
	Index	191

In the Lap of the Buddha or Sports and Exercise Nutrition

In the Lap of the Buddha

Author: Gavin Harrison

In this book a teacher of insight meditation offers personal testament, healing words, and wise instruction to help meet the suffering that comes with catastrophic life events. Speaking openly about his own struggles with memories of childhood sexual abuse and with the HIV diagnosis he received in 1989, Gavin Harrison reveals how compassion offers refuge and help for all who suffer from similar crises of body, heart, and spirit. Among the topics covered are: Dealing with fear, anger, and self-hatred Working with difficult relationships Confronting physical pain and the fear of death Transforming the legacy of sexual abuse The question of karma and "Why me?" Grappling with issues of faith, freedom, hope, and miracles Basic insight meditation instructions, plus guided meditations for forgiveness, compassion, and equanimity

Publishers Weekly

With its emphasis on emptiness and detachment, Buddhism's path sometimes seems an esoteric, disengaged, distant trek removed from the realities of life in the emotionally, physically, culturally crowded world. White South African Gavin Harrison's loving manual, however, casts light on the application of meditation to real-life conditions like HIV and AIDS, memories of childhood sexual abuse and the less dire fear and pain of daily life. The heartfelt prose rings true, as do the parallels between the lives of contemporary Americans and the life of Siddartha Gautauma; and Harrision's life itself, here documented, convincingly makes the case that Buddhist meditation practices are not a path away from life but rather a road into and through it. (Aug.)

Library Journal

In this courageous and articulate personal testimony, a gay man uses Buddhist insight meditation to deal with the suffering he has experienced from child abuse and from being HIV positive. He describes how he has been able to open himself to the suffering as he follows the five Buddhist precepts of refraining from harming, stealing, using false speech, engaging in sexual misconduct, and using intoxicants. Many subsections within the six chapters begin with accounts of the Buddha's life and teachings taken from Buddhist scriptures. These are followed by Harrison's reflections on how we deal-usually ineffectively-with suffering. Instructions are also given on the way Buddhist meditation practice is done. This is a powerful presentation by an effective writer who uses Buddhist teaching and meditative practice to effect a triumph of the human spirit. Highly recommended for libraries whose patrons need books to help them cope with the universal experience of human suffering.-David Bourquin, California State Univ., San Bernardino

Interesting textbook: HTML 4 For Dummies or A Gift of Fire

Sports and Exercise Nutrition

Author: William D McArdl

This highly researched text teaches interactions between nutrition and exercise concepts and practical applications. Readers receive a strong foundation in the science of exercise nutrition and bioenergetics, plus insight about how the principles work in the real world of human physical activity and sports medicine. The text is logically organized with fundamental information about nutrient digestion, absorption and assimilation presented first, followed by how nutrients provide energy to the body.

Julie A. Patten

This book is an historical perspective and a six-component model for a cross-disciplinary field of exercise nutrition. The model is focused on the areas of nutritional enhancement, peak physiologic function, health and longevity, safety, energy balance and body composition, and optimal growth. The authors skillfully present an historical perspective and their ideas for the creation of the field they call exercise nutrition. The book is designed for a one-semester course that logically sequences concepts of exercise physiology, energy metabolism, and nutrition. It is written primarily as an upper division college course text for students who need nutrition content integrated with concepts of exercise physiology and energy metabolism. The authors provide an excellent historical overview linking the fields of nutrition and exercise to bolster their proposed model of a discipline of ""Exercise Nutrition"" that integrates data from chemistry, exercise physiology, nutrition, biochemistry, medicine, and physiology. They adeptly integrate current, research-based exercise and nutrition-related information relevant to physically active individuals. Numerous color figures, tables, and equations are expertly used to illustrate and elucidate text content. The extensive appendix provides current, reliable information and sources to support the content of the text. The authors have a web site to support the text. The authors' effort to integrate exercise and nutrition-related information along with an historical overview of the two disciplines is unique and commendable. There is in-depth, valid information for those desiring an integrated approach to the study of human nutrition and physicalactivity. Regardless of whether a discipline of ""Exercise Nutrition"" is established or not as proposed by the authors, this book demonstrates the successful integration of valid nutrition-related topics and exercise information.

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Reviewer: Jude Christopher Sullivan, MS (University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics)
Description: This book is a condensed compilation of centuries of our cumulative understanding of human function in health and disease and the role nutrition assumes in this process. In addition, it strives to endorse an integrated understanding of this body of science and, in turn, promote a positive impact on how one can use this information where it is necessary:ultimately in the care of a practitioner's clients and/or patients. This book is the second edition of a book originally published in 1999.
Purpose: The implied and discussed intent of this book is to skillfully blend many different contributing existing scientific disciplines (e.g. biochemistry, exercise physiology, medicine, etc.). The authors promote their agenda to recognize a new field referred to as "exercise nutrition." It is meticulously prepared in order to describe our basic understanding of the role nutrition has on normal human biology and function, but also strives to describe the many different paths that result in the course of our lives (e.g., aging and resulting osteoporosis) and the decisions we might make to eat and live a certain way (e.g., a healthy athlete vs. one with a disordered eating profile). The authors' efforts are worthwhile and they meet their stated objectives in that they provide the necessary scientific background to augment one's fundamental understanding and then take it one step further by providing very real and necessary practical application points.
Audience: The book is written by pre-eminent experts in the field of nutrition and exercise physiology and it would serve as a useful resource for a diverse group. It provides excellent fundamental information for nutrition, exercise physiology, and normal health required by an undergraduate in virtually any health-related course. Its comprehensive literature review at the end of each chapter serves as an excellent resource to any research scientist. And, there are basic concepts of identification and guidelines that would be useful to a clinical healthcare practitioner.
Features: This is designed to be a "cutting edge" teaching tool, learning tool, and reference resource. It provides such information as the latest Dietary Reference Intakes, normative tables (e.g., standards for overweight and obesity), up-to-date indices for monitoring change in health status (e.g. regional body fat distribution and health risks), as well as expanded chapters addressing the nutritional needs of physically active people and those in sports competition. The authors take steps to build on each previous section in order to develop a logical line of thought that ultimately evolves into practice. Although it is impossible for one to become an expert in a single semester (which is the length of time recommended for completion of this text), it provides a sound template from which a practitioner could work. The additions and modifications to the original publication serve to provide an updated list of resources for reference as well as hands-on ideas and methods to be used for immediate practical application situations. In particular, two companion interactive CD-ROM discs are provided along with technical support. The first disc is a nutritional analysis program which can also be used as a reference of nutrition data as well as a report generator which can be used to assist with client counseling. The second disc is a study guide providing 300 multiple choice and true/false questions along with an annotated answer key. It would be advantageous for the authors to expound on the notion of body composition as a "relatively exact" science. They correctly point out that error does exist with in vivo measurement, but this point is all too frequently glossed over in practice. I would recommend addressing the need for continued validation of currently accepted field modalities (e.g. skinfolds, BIA and Bod Pod) against a multicomponent criterion. The authors make an important point regarding the need for extensive practice in administering such technology. It would also be helpful to emphasize the need to expertly, delicately, and honestly interpret results for an individual such as an obese client on a weight reduction program, or an excessively lean athlete striving to lose additional weight/fat in order to enhance performance. Their use of case studies might be valuable here to provide a basic framework of useful dialogue that could be engaged in by the practitioner.
Assessment: This second edition publication is an improvement over its predecessor. It is a valuable teaching tool for the instructor, learning tool for the student, and information resource for the healthcare provider.

Booknews

A textbook for a one-semester course, arranged so as to build each discussion on previous ones. Covers the digestion, absorption, and assimilation of food nutrients; nutrient bioenergetics in exercise and training; making informed and healthful choices about optimal nutrition; thermoregulation and fluid balance during heat stress; purported ergogenic aids; and body composition, weight control, and disordered eating. Colorfully illustrated throughout. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Table of Contents:

Pt. I Food Nutrients: Structure, Function and Digestion, Absorption, and Assimilation

1 The Macronutrients

2 The Micronutrients and Water

3 Digestion and Absorption of the Food Nutrients

Pt. II Nutrient Bioenergetics in Exercise and Training

4 Nutrient Role in Bioenergetics

5 Macronutrient Metabolism in Exercise and Training

6 Measurement of Energy in Food and During Physical Activity

Pt. III Optimal Nutrition for the Physically Active Person: Making Informed and Healthful Choice

7 Nutritional Recommendations for the Physically Active Person

8 Nutritional Considerations for Intense Training and Sports Competition

9 Making Wise Choices in the Nutrition Marketplace

Pt. IV Thermoregulation and Fluid Balance During Heat Stress

10 Exercise Thermoregulation, Fluid Balance, and Rehydration

Pt. V Purported Ergogenic Aids

11 Pharmacologic and Chemical Ergogenic Aids Evaluated

12 Nutritional Ergogenic Aids Evaluated

Pt. VI Body Composition, Weight Control, and Disordered Eating Behaviors

13 Body Composition Assessment and Sport-Specific Observations

14 Energy Balance, Exercise, and Weight Control

15 Disordered Eating

Appendix A Nurtritive Values for Common Foods, Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Beverages, and Specialty and Fast-Food Items

Appendix B Energy Expenditure in Household, Occupational, Recreational, and Sports Activities

Appendix C Assessment of Energy and Nutrient Intakes: Three-Day Dietary Survey

Appendix D Body Composition Assessment

Appendix E Body Composition Characteristics of Athletes in Different Sports

Appendix F Three-Day Physical Activity Log

Rolfing or Addressing the Challenging Behavior of Children with High Functioning Autism Asperger Syndrome in the Classroom

Rolfing: Reestablishing the Natural Alignment & Structural Integration of the Human Body for Vitality and Well-Being

Author: Ida P Rolf

This seminal work made its debut in 1977, and it has since remained the most important reference for Rolfers around the world. In this new edition, the late Dr. Rolf illustrates her theory and practice of Structural Integration, which brings the body into alignment and balance by manipulation of the connective tissue. Rolfing has helped thousands of people to stand taller, look better, move with greater ease, and have a greater sense of vitality and well-being.

This is the original and classic text, with more than 600 illustrations and photographs

An indispensible reference for the hundreds of Rolfers in this country, it will also appeal to other professional bodyworkers and the interested lay person.

Table of Contents:

Rolfing
Reestablishing the Natural Alignment and Structural Integration of the Human Body for Vitality and Well-Being

Foreword
Preface
1 Twentieth-Century Monism
2 Roadmap to Structure
3 Fascia-Organ of Support
4 Feet: The First Challenge
5 In a Balanced Body, When Flexors Flex, Extensors Extend
6 The Seat of the Soul is Physiological
7 Your Psoas
8 The Pelvis Has Many Faces
9 The Joint that Determines Symmetry
10 Function is Movement
11 The Function of a Normal Erect Spine is to Distribute Weight
12 Function as a Relationship
13 The Bipolar Unit
14 The Upper Movement System
15 The Vertical Thrust
16 The Upper Pole
17 Many People Refer to This Drama as Pain
18 Evolution is the Expression of Internal Events
Index

Ida P. Rolf received her Ph.D. in biochemistry and physiology from Columbia University in 1920, and subsequently worked at the Rockefeller Institute in chemotherapy and organic chemistry. She is the founder of the Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colorado. She is also the author of Rolfing and Physical Reality.

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Addressing the Challenging Behavior of Children with High Functioning Autism/Asperger Syndrome in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers and Parents

Author: Rebecca A Moyes

How do teachers and parents of children with autism address a child's social skills? And what do they do about problem behaviors? This book provides possible explanations for these behaviors, and a wealth of practical help for both teachers and parents to address them. Teachers learn how to create environmental supports and how to incorporate specific teaching strategies. Students with autism learn the new skills they might need, and ways of making their behavior more acceptable. This book is full of practical tips on how to tackle different kinds of challenging behaviors both in the classroom and outside it.

Gemstones A to Z or Never Be Fat Again

Gemstones A to Z: A Handy Reference to Healing Crystals

Author: Diane Stein

Legendary healer Diane Stein shares her extensive knowledge of gemstones in this concise agate-to-zircon reference. Each listing includes the stone's common name, its corresponding color and chakra, and a concise resume of its healing properties. Stein suggests ways to use stones to support physical and psychic well-being, by simply carrying one in a hand or pocket, wearing it as jewelry, or engaging in more advanced practices like the "laying on of stones." She also presents a glossary of terms designed for beginning students of metaphysical healing practices, and teaches how to clear, dedicate, and maintain crystals to maximize their beneficial effects.

*A quick reference to 550 gemstones and crystals including diagrams of the Kundalini (physical) and Hara Line (emotional) chakra healing systems for simplified cross-referencing with the stones.

Go to: Big Book of Pasta or Fish Shellfish

Never Be Fat Again: The 6-Week Cellular Solution to Permanently Break the Fat Cycle

Author: Raymond Francis

Fight Fat at Its True Source . . . Your Cells.

An M. I. T. -Trained Scientist Explains the ONE Secret You Need to Know to Lose Weight and Keep It Off.

Raymond Francis is the scientist people turn to when diets don't work. His groundbreaking approach treats excess weight for what it reall y is--a disease caused by malfunctioning cells. As Francis explains, many of the foods we eat every day, especially the 'health' and 'diet' ones we dutifully buy to lose weight, have the opposite effect . Full of hidden toxins and lacking nutrients, they actually poison your cells and alter your weight-control genes, causing your body to put on the pounds. Like he's done for thousands of other people, Raymond Francis can help you turn this fat cycle around and reclaim your waistline--and your health.

His simple yet scientifically supported plan will have you looking and feeling better than you have in years-- in just six weeks. You'll discover:

Which low-fat and no-fat products actually make you fatter

How one missing nutrient can signal your body to store fat

Which food additives are most toxic--and how to spot them on a label

The 'Big 4' worst foods to eat--with delicious and nutritious alternatives

How to sneak more fiber- and nutrient-rich foods into your day

Plus, delicious recipes for meals and snacks and week-by-week to-do lists to keep you on track

Your body already knows how to regulate its weight--you just need to give it a fighting chance. Now you can--for life.

Understanding Women with Ad HD or Dr Earl Mindells Amazing Apple Cider Vinegar

Understanding Women with AD/HD

Author: Kathleen G Nadeau

Understanding Women with AD/HD is designed to be a practical and readable guide for women at any age, with special chapters focusing on different stages of life.

Interesting book: Tassajara Cooking or The Rocky Mountain Wild Foods Cookbook

Dr. Earl Mindell's Amazing Apple Cider Vinegar

Author: Earl Mindell

Long championed by folk medicine as one of nature's great healing agents, apple cider vinegar has been shown to help regulate blood pressure, fight infections, relieve arthritis pain, promote digestion, and even prevent dandruff! Written by a bestselling health author, Dr. Earl Mindell's Amazing Apple Cider Vinegar explains everything the pungent tonic can do and how you can make full use of it. The book provides documented evidence of the many benefits of making it part of a healthy diet along with numerous recipes and directions on how to make a batch of homemade apple cider and apple cider vinegar.

Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D., is an internationally recognized proponent of natural health and has written a dozen books and articles on the subject. A popular lecturer, he is an authority on nutrients, supplements, and natural health.

All New Complete Step by Step Diabetic Cookbook or Aspergers Syndrome

All-New Complete Step-by-Step Diabetic Cookbook

Author: Anne Cain

One of our most consistently popular diabetic cookbooks just got a whole lot better. This all-new edition is packed with more than 300 totally new, dietitian-designed recipes that meet nutritional guidelines and exchange values. Plus, these down-to-earth recipes will appeal to everyone in the family, diabetic or not. That's because each one has been rigorously tested in the kitchens of Cooking Light and Southern Living to ensure great taste and easy preparation.

Features:

• 300 all-new recipes kitchen-tested by Southern Living and Cooking Light
• 100 recipes take 30 minutes or less prep time
• Large print makes the step-by-step recipes easy to follow
• Concealed wire-o binding allows the book to lay flat and stay open
• Each recipe lists updated carbohydrate counts and fiber values
• Includes sugar substitute guide, updated exchange values & more

Interesting textbook: The Medical Malpractice Myth or Marx Went Away but Karl Stayed Behind

Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Author: Tony Attwood

Providing a description and analysis of the unusual characteristics of Asperger's syndrome, with strategies to reduce those that are most conspicuous and debilitating, this guide brings together the most relevant and useful information on all aspects of the syndrome, from language and social behaviour to motor clumsiness. Incorporating case studies from the author's own practical experience, the book contains many examples of, and numerous quotations from, people with Asperger's syndrome

Amity Ruth

This guide to Asperger's syndrome outlines the disorder, its associated deficits, and some frequently asked questions about the syndrome, and also provides additional resource materials. The purpose of this book is to provide an inclusive overview and description of Asperger's syndrome for non-specialists. It provides advice to parents and teachers about an unusual and, until recently, largely under-diagnosed syndrome. The author provides information regarding diagnostic criteria, the evaluation process, associated symptomatology, and practical suggestions for relating to individuals with Asperger's syndrome. The book also includes a qualitative description of the syndrome using vignettes and quotations providing insight into the experience of the disorder. This text is geared towards parents, teachers, and nonspecialists. This guide is useful to general practitioners as an introduction to the disorder, but is primarily designed as a comprehensive but general overview and should not be relied on as a technical treatment guide. The author provides some unique features in this text. A summary list at the end of each chapter helps summarize clinical strategies. The text includes rating scales, some clinical measures, and an appendix of formal clinical criteria to help identify the syndrome. It also provides reference materials on Asperger's syndrome and related subjects, including publications and web sites. This book provides a complete and clear description of Asperger's syndrome. It is well organized and gives substantive information on aspects of this disorder without confusing the reader with technical terminology. It is a particularly good text for teachers and parents whowish to gain a better understanding of the syndrome. The book not only outlines the clinical aspects and diagnostic criteria, but also provides the reader with a good sense of what it is like experientially for individuals with Asperger's syndrome and for those who interact with them.

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Reviewer: Amity Ruth, BA (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)
Description: This guide to Asperger's syndrome outlines the disorder, its associated deficits, and some frequently asked questions about the syndrome, and also provides additional resource materials.
Purpose: The purpose of this book is to provide an inclusive overview and description of Asperger's syndrome for non-specialists. It provides advice to parents and teachers about an unusual and, until recently, largely under-diagnosed syndrome. The author provides information regarding diagnostic criteria, the evaluation process, associated symptomatology, and practical suggestions for relating to individuals with Asperger's syndrome. The book also includes a qualitative description of the syndrome using vignettes and quotations providing insight into the experience of the disorder.
Audience: This text is geared towards parents, teachers, and nonspecialists. This guide is useful to general practitioners as an introduction to the disorder, but is primarily designed as a comprehensive but general overview and should not be relied on as a technical treatment guide.
Features: The author provides some unique features in this text. A summary list at the end of each chapter helps summarize clinical strategies. The text includes rating scales, some clinical measures, and an appendix of formal clinical criteria to help identify the syndrome. It also provides reference materials on Asperger's syndrome and related subjects, including publications and web sites.
Assessment: This book provides a complete and clear description of Asperger's syndrome. It is well organized and gives substantive information on aspects of this disorder without confusing the reader with technical terminology. It is a particularly good text for teachers and parents who wish to gain a better understanding of the syndrome. The book not only outlines the clinical aspects and diagnostic criteria, but also provides the reader with a good sense of what it is like experientially for individuals with Asperger's syndrome and for those who interact with them.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Gracefully or Trigger Point Therapy for Headaches Migraines

Gracefully: Looking and Being Your Best at Any Age

Author: Valerie Ramsey

A stunning 68-year-old Ford Model inspires you how to age--beautifully, healthfully, gracefully

This world-famous beauty reveals the best-kept secrets behind her timeless face, toned body, and unstoppable spirit. With an upbeat, inspiring tone, she shows you how to enhance your natural beauty, increase your energy and live life to the fullest--at any age. You will learn her professional tips on skin care, make-up, exercise and nutrition, as well as her secrets for nourishing the soul and stimulating the mind. It’s a complete home regime filled with invigorating ideas and empowering exercises to beautify the body, strengthen the mind, and cherish the spirit . . . gracefully.

Publishers Weekly

Ramsey's best friend in high school was the beautiful Ali MacGraw, who "hopscotched right over the gawky stage" of adolescence. With such a friend, Ramsay says, "you couldn't help but feel insecure." Readers might be tempted to feel the same as Ramsey describes hopscotching over her own gawky, aging stage. Beautiful and accomplished, she has gone from happy stay-at-home mom of six (of whom coauthor Hummel is one) to older career woman and runway model in her 60s. But while few women have her genes, or her success, they may benefit from Ramsey's frank advice and beauty tips. She includes such useful information as how to pose for a photograph, strategic uses for Botox, what to eat, how to exercise, what makeup to use, the advantages of meditation and how to stay sexual in a long-term marriage. None of it is particularly original, but it is heartfelt and admirably health conscious (except perhaps for the Botox). Not everything has been roses for Ramsey. She's a survivor of uterine cancer and was diagnosed with a weak heart. How, then, does she do it? Ramsey attributes much of her success to the power of positive thinking. And then, of course, there are those genes. (May)

Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Trigger Point Therapy for Headaches & Migraines: Your Self-Treatment Workbook for Pain Relief

Author: Valerie Delaun

"I have such a bad headache!" For many of us, this is an oft repeated cry of anguish. Statistics about headaches and migraines are downright astonishing: One in six people have frequent headaches, and, of those, one in ten suffers from migraines. You are not alone. Headaches and migraines result in more than 10 million doctor visits each year. If you struggle frequently with headache pain, this book offers a welcome solution. Trigger point therapy is an effective self-care approach you can use to get relief from headache pain.

Trigger points form in a portion of the muscle cell where blood flow is reduced and metabolic wastes are not being exchanged for oxygen and nutrients. When enough trigger points are located together, they can form palpable knots in the tissue. Trigger points can cause pain, either in the area of the trigger point, or by referral to other areas of the body. Trigger points can be treated by applying pressure to affected areas, often providing instant relief. This book explains trigger point physiology and then offers a complete program for self-care that includes detailed illustrations of all pressure and stretching techniques. In addition, it provides an in-depth look at the factors that cause and perpetuate trigger points, such as body mechanics, injuries, diet and nutritional deficiencies, hormonal imbalances, and emotional factors, and provides solutions to address each perpetuating factor.

About the Author:
Valerie DeLaune, L.Ac., is a licensed acupuncturist and certified neuromuscular therapist

Table of Contents:

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction 1

Part I Trigger Points, Headaches, and Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction

Chapter 1 What Are Trigger Points? 7

Chapter 2 Treating Trigger Points 13

Chapter 3 Headaches and Migraines 19

Chapter 4 Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Dysfunction 27

Part II What Causes Trigger Points and Keeps Them Going-Perpetuating Factors

Chapter 5 Body Mechanics 33

Chapter 6 Diet 43

Chapter 7 Other Perpetuating Factors 55

Part III Trigger Point Self-Help Techniques

Chapter 8 General Guidelines for Self-Help Techniques 67

Chapter 9 Which Muscles Are Causing the Pain? 73

Chapter 10 Trapezius 79

Chapter 11 Posterior Neck Muscles 89

Chapter 12 Sternocleidomastoid 99

Chapter 13 Temporalis 107

Chapter 14 Facial and Scalp Muscles 113

Chapter 15 Masseter 121

Chapter 16 Lateral Pterygoid 127

Chapter 17 Medial Pterygoid 135

Chapter 18 Digastric 141

Appendix A A Word About Fibromyalgia 147

Appendix B A Special Note to Therapists Teaching Self-Help Techniques 151

Resources 155

References 157

Index 159

The Great American Detox Diet or Extraordinary Healing

The Great American Detox Diet: 8 Weeks to Weight Loss and Well-Being

Author: Alex Jamieson

Here, for all those eagerly awaiting the paperback edition, is the detox plan featured in the hit movie Super Size Me—the program that reversed the damage filmmaker Morgan Spurlock did to his body in a month of gorging on nothing but fast food

Alex Jamieson, a certified holistic health counselor and vegan chef—presents the everyman's version of the detox plan that helped Spurlock lose 14 pounds in 8 weeks. Flexible and easy to follow, this 8-week strategy lays out a step-by-step plan for not only ridding the body of harmful toxins but also ending addictions to sugar, fats, and carbohydrates that damage both mental and physical well-being. Filled with 100 unique, delicious, and healthy recipes, The Great American Detox Diet can help anyone begin a lifetime of wellness and good health – and regain control of their body and lose weight.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword 1	vii
	Foreword 2	x
Part 1	Don't Diet-Detox!
	Introduction: My Own Detox Experience	3
Chapter 1	The All-American Guinea Pig: Morgan's Story	13
Chapter 2	The Sad, Sad American Diet	24
Chapter 3	Why Americans Need to Detox-Not Diet	33
Part 2	The 8-Week Detox Plan
Chapter 4	Everyone into the Pool!	47
Chapter 5	How Sweet It Isn't	64
Chapter 6	The Caffeine Crutch	84
Chapter 7	The Skinny on Fat	97
Chapter 8	A Carb Is Not a Carb Is Not a Carb	113
Chapter 9	Too Much of a Good Thing?	128
Chapter 10	Beyond Your Diet	145
Chapter 11	Detoxing Your Life for Life	159
Part 3	Recipes and Resources
	Recipes	173
	Products for Transitioning	269
	A Week's Worth of Sample Detox Menus	273
	Diet Diversity: Why Different Cultures Eat Different Things	276
	Pantry Staples: The Essential Foods and Spices to Have in Your Kitchen	279
	Web Sites You'll Like	281
	Additional Reading	282
	Organizations That Support the Detox Lifestyle	283
	Index	284
	Acknowledgments	292

Go to: No Salt Lowest Sodium Light Meals Book or Healing Arthritis the Natural Way

Extraordinary Healing: The Amazing Power of Your Body's Secret Healing System

Author: Arthur H Brownstein

This book reveals the miraculous workings of the human body's least-understood system: the healing system. Dr Brownstein shows how you can rev up your healing system.

Puberty Girl or The Sensual Bath

Puberty Girl

Author: Shushann Movsessian

Offering a fun, sassy, and girl-power–inspired approach to understanding puberty, this beautifully packaged guide offers tweens an appealing and fresh take on entering adolescence. This celebration of maturing bodies and spirits is invariably positive, while providing factual information on menstruation, pubic hair, acne, eating disorders, and other issues essential to girls entering puberty. The emotional challenges of this stage are also addressed, including information on sexual abuse, bullying, maturation reluctance, and conflict resolution. With straightforward and conversational advice on everything from tampons to teasing, Puberty Girl is a trustworthy resource for girls seeking answers to embarrassing questions and looking for a way to embrace their new selves. Inspiring photographs of real girls create a sense of shared community, while instructional illustrations teach young girls about their changing bodies.

The Dallas Morning News

"Addresses puberty issues in teen speak, mixing questions with suggestions and exercises to help girls get over their embarrassment."

Calgary's Child

"Takes a sassy, intelligent approach to educating girls...as they transition to their teen years."

Island Family Magazine

"Takes a fun, sassy approach to educating 'tween girls."

Children's Literature

This colorful book was designed for girls ages 9 to 15, the age range of puberty in most industrialized countries. It is written by a professional counselor who has worked with young girls in Australia about this life transition. Many of the girl's ideas, questions, and comments are included in this helpful guide which lends a personal touch to descriptions of the usual physiological changes. The attractive layout, colorful photos, drawings, and frank text deal with issues such as anatomy, nutrition, cramps, protection and hygiene, emotional issues, and self concept. Some young girls may appreciate all of this information, while others may find it a bit disconcerting. An adult may want to review the book first to judge if it is appropriate for their child. A glossary is included.

School Library Journal

Gr 4-8-While the basic information presented here is sound, the book is marred by a reliance on an overly cute presentation that frequently slops over into silliness-"That whole area between your legs is known as the vulva-. Please don't confuse this with Volvo which is something your parents might drive you to school in-." The Australian slang will be unfamiliar to readers in the United States (such as "surfboards" for sanitary pads and "minties" for tampons). Overall, the book is visually appealing, featuring splashy graphics and bold color photos of girls, but the ethnic representation is almost exclusively Caucasian. The question-and-answer format is readable and practical, and the sidebars based on interviews are interesting and personable. Lynda Madaras's The What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls (Newmarket, 2000) is a solid resource about puberty, written in a more sensitive manner, and presenting its information in a more straightforward, less distracting way.-Joyce Adams Burner, Hillcrest Library, Prairie Village, KS Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Go to: Ethics for Fundraisers or An African Miracle

The Sensual Bath: Soaking in Pleasure and Passion

Author: Tamar Lov

Couples can soak in pleasure with this lush, gorgeous, and sexy guide to a lover’s bath. Beautifully and sensuously photographed, it comes complete with rituals, sex positions, massage techniques, and advice on accoutrements such as waterproof sex toys, sensual robes, oils, salts, sponges, lotions, and more. Sidebars discuss such exquisite indulgences as hot tubs, Eastern lovemaking techniques, creating a seductive environment, and even music to set the right mood. Whether a twosome is interested in a little self-pampering, an erotic wet-n-wild adventure, or recreating an ancient bathing ritual in the comfort of home, they can find the inspiration they need in this fabulous bath-side collection.

Gentle Birth Choices or The Yoga Tradition

Gentle Birth Choices

Author: Barbara Harper

FAMILY / CHILDBIRTH 

”Should I give birth at home, in a birth center, or in a hospital? Should I see a midwife or an obstetrician for prenatal care? What approach to pain relief should I use during labor? How does a waterbirth work?”

Expectant parents are faced with a daunting array of choices to make about prenatal care, labor, and birth. In Gentle Birth Choices Barbara Harper, renowned childbirth advocate, nurse, midwife, and mother of three, explains all the available choices and shows how to plan a truly meaningful, family-centered birth experience. She dispels the medical myths that so often shift control of birth away from women and reimagines birth without fear or violence and with minimal pain. Harper reveals the abundant range of gentle birth approaches, including:

• giving birth in an independent birth center, at home, or in a hospital birthing room
• finding a primary caregiver who shares your philosophy of birth
• deciding how to best use current technologies

She also provides practical advice for couples wishing to explore options such as hiring a doula or laboring in water to avoid the unwanted effects of drugs and epidurals.

“Exactly the sort of guide that pregnant women have been needing to help them sort through the myriad choices and options that confront them today.”
ROBBIE DAVIS-FLOYD, author of Birth As an American Rite of Passage

“Gentle Birth Choices provides a new model of maternity care that reduces the need for high-tech crisis intervention and focuses instead on preparation and health.”
HEALTHWORLD

“A must-have for expectant mothers and their loved ones. . . . Gentle Birth Choices is an intelligent and sympathetic guide to birthing options that explores nontraditional ways that put women and their babies first.”
NEW AGE RETAILER

The author’s accompanying 60-minute Gentle Birth Choices DVD blends interviews of midwives and physicians with footage of six different birth experiences--including a home birth, waterbirths, vaginal birth after a prior Cesarean section, and birth with other children present. The DVD vividly demonstrates the strength of women during childbirth and the healthy and happy outcome of women exercising gentle birth choices. It is a moving and powerful instructional tool, not only for expectant parents, but also for midwives, hospitals, birth centers, and doctors.

“Brace yourself for a powerful experience. This remarkable production combines art, education, and politics. Highly recommended.”
MOTHERING MAGAZINE

BARBARA HARPER’s passion for natural birth led to the founding in 1988 of Global Maternal/Child Health Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to education and research about natural childbirth. She lectures worldwide on maternity care reform and waterbirth. She lives outside of Portland, Oregon.

Interesting textbook: Rivals or Ted White and Blue

The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice

Author: Georg Feuerstein

From the foremost living authority on yoga comes a work of impeccable scholarship. The Yoga Tradition. This is a complete overview of the great traditions of Raja, Hatha, Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Tantra, Kundalini, Mantra and other, lesser-known yoga forms. It covers all aspects of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain yoga, including their history, philosophy, literature, psychology and practice. The book includes translations of more than 20 famous yoga treatises, such as the Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali, as well as a first-time translation of the ancient Hatha yoga text known as the Goraksha Paddhati. It is an essential resource for all students and scholars of yoga.

Booknews

The author is founder-director of the Yoga Research Center in Northern California and the author of 30 books on yoga. The present volume is a revised and greatly enlarged edition of the author's 1989 work, . Its objective is to give the lay reader a comprehensive introduction to Indian spirituality, to the evolution and complexity of yoga, and to the relationship of yoga to other aspects of India's culture. Chapters are arranged in sections on yoga foundations, pre-classical yoga, classical yoga, post- classical yoga, and power and transcendence in tantrism. This is a detailed historical and philosophical treatise for the serious student; don't look here for simple treatment of complex ideas, discussion of yoga postures, or a brief guide to spiritual growth. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Parabola - Edward Brennan

...[A] volume to which every serious student of Yoga -- indeed, everyone personally interested in this topic -- might seek access....Feuerstein's book can be recommended to just about every person who has embarked upon, or is seriously interested in, authentic spiritual practice.

Getting Ready for Baby or Your Miracle Brain

Getting Ready for Baby: The Ultimate Organizer for the Mom-to-Be

Author: Helene Tragos Stelian

With tips on everything from finding the perfect obstetrician to choosing the right baby gear, Getting Ready for Baby will ease first-time mothers from pregnancy to birth and beyond. An information guide, organizer, and record book all in one, everything a mother-to-be needs is stashed in this handy and portable planner.

New interesting book: Information and Information Systems or Preserving Power Through Coalitions

Your Miracle Brain: Maximize Your Brainpower *Boost Your Memory *Lift Your Mood *Improve Your IQ and Creativity *Prevent and Reverse Mental Aging

Author: Jean Carper

Bestselling author Jean Carper reveals the astonishing new discoveries that have caused brain researchers to completely revise their ideas about the brain's marvelous capabilities for change through "nutritional neuroscience." In this amazing book you will learn how you can mold your brain to optimize memory, intelligence mental achievement, and mood by eating the right foods and taking specific brain-boosting supplements: from common vitamin E to alpha-lipoic acid, ginkgo biloba, and coenzyme Q10. Here, too, is astounding information on raising your children's IQ before they are born; which vitamins can boost intelligence and memory; how high blood pressure can shrink your brain; what foods to eat to sharpen memory and rejuvenate brain cells, and much more.

Zone Perfect Meals in Minutes or Toddler Cafe

Zone-Perfect Meals in Minutes: 150 Fast and Simple Healthy Recipes

Author: Barry Sears

Two million people are already in the Zone, enjoying peak mental alertness, increased energy, and a reduced likelihood of chronic disease –– all while losing excess body fat. Want to get into the Zone but don't have the time? Now, in this all–new collection of easy and delicious recipes, Dr. Barry Sears, the bestselling author of The Zone and Mastering the Zone shows you how to prepare more than 150 Zone–Perfect recipes in minutes.

If you want to think better, perform better, look better, and live better, Zone–Perfect Meals in Minutes will get you there and keep you there.

Go to: Building More Effective Organizations or Think Tanks Public Policy and the Politics of Expertise

Toddler Cafe

Author: Jennifer Carden

Every toddler goes through the stage where they want nothing but "O"-shaped cereal. The challenge for parents is getting kids to ask for fruit salad instead of cupcakes. Faced with this seemingly impossible task with her own child, Jennifer Carden has created The Toddler Caf , a guide to making mealtime with children fun and interactive. It offers simple, creative ways for kids to identify with their food, like saying tuna salad is what mermaids eat, or making Minty Pea Pops in ice cube trays. Carden has created over 50 unique recipes that encourage families (including toddlers) to work together to prepare, eat, clean up, and best of all, look forward to a healthy, delicious meal.

Barbara Kraus Calories and Carbohydrates or Total Heart Rate Training

Barbara Kraus' Calories and Carbohydrates

Author: Barbara Kraus

A dictionary listing of over 8,500 brand names and basic foods with their calorie and carbohydrate counts. Includes the latest food items and new products, such as:

Blimpie's
* Starbuck's Coffee
* IHOP Restaurant
* Weight Watchers
* Main Street Bistro Meals
* Chili's Restaurant Items
* Mrs. Field's
* Amy's Organic Food Products
* And more....

The most complete and comprehensive guide in existence. (Gene Shalit)

Interesting textbook: Depression Fallout or Reversing Diabetes

Total Heart Rate Training: Customize and Maximize Your Workout Using a Heart Rate Monitor

Author: Joe Friel

Total Heart Rate Training shows anyone participating in aerobic sports, from novice to expert, how to increase the effectiveness of his or her workout. It's like having a personal trainer guide the reader step-by-step during exercise. By following the author's carefully constructed program and utilizing a heart rate monitor, readers can coach themselves -- knowing when to push harder and when to back off. This guide teaches readers how to use the latest tools, including training analysis software and new high-tech intensity measuring devices, for precise training that practically guarantees success while minimizing the chance of injury. The author also makes it easy to use new gizmos such as power meters and GPS units that allow readers to compare the body's input, as measured by heart rate, with output. Section for novices show how to use a heart rate monitor for the first time while chapters aimed at experienced athletes describe how to gain that extra competitive edge thanks to heart rate training.

Ten Years Thinner or Praying Through Cancer

Ten Years Thinner: 6 Weeks to a Leaner, Younger-Looking You!

Author: Christine Lydon

What if you could have slimmer hips, firmer thighs, flatter abs, more defined arms, and clearer, younger-looking skin in just six weeks? Based on years of her groundbreaking research and four clinical trials, Dr. Christine Lydon has developed an innovative diet and exercise regimen to burn fat and alter one’s body chemistry, resulting in rapid, dramatic results that you will begin to see and feel within the first week. Governed by ten simple dietary guidelines and ten easy, at-home exercises, Ten Years Thinner emphasizes healthy eating from protein, carbohydrate, and fat sources and demands only twenty to twenty-five minutes of hand-weight exercises a day. There is no calorie counting, messy measuring, or complicated points to calculate; the program requires very little initial physical fitness and promises no more boring and time-consuming cardio workouts. With more than thirty-five delicious recipes and sixty-five easy-to-follow exercise photos, Ten Years Thinner is a simple, sustainable road map to the physique you’ve always dreamed of having!

Ingrid Levin - Library Journal

Physician Lydon (Look Hot, Live Long) presents a six-week nutrition and exercise plan designed to promote weight loss, improve fitness, and reduce the signs of aging. Rooted in research and the author's medical knowledge and background in nutrition and fitness, this serious and occasionally technical work eschews fad-diet trends for clear and in-depth explanations of Lydon's recommendations. While advocating the nutritional importance of lean protein, judicious intake of good fats, and plenty of lower-glycemic carbohydrates like fruits and vegetables, she also strongly emphasizes the greater value of shorter, high-intensity weight-bearing exercise sessions over lengthy periods of aerobic exercise. Clearly illustrated exercise routines, self-tracking forms, recommended-foods lists, and a small recipe section round out the text. Neither condescending nor dumbed down, this intelligent guide will make a worthwhile and refreshing addition to the fitness-and-nutrition genre. Readers interested in physician-authored diet books may also like Nicholas Perricone's The Perricone Weight-Loss Dietor Andrew Weil's Eating Well for Optimum Health. Highly recommended for all public libraries.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments     xiii
The Blueprint
Introduction     3
The Un-Diet     11
Protein for Pulverizing Paunch     25
Fat for a Fabulous Physique     37
Carbohydrates Part I: Friendly Fire for Burning Fat     51
Carbohydrates Part II: Glycemic Response and the Bane of the Grain     63
Micronutrients that Keep You Lean and Wrinkle-Free     75
Exercise: Why Smart Is Better than Long     83
The Ten Years Thinner Diet     95
The Ten Years Thinner Workout     111
Forever Young     169
The Tools
Diet and Exercise Guidelines for Weeks 1-3     179
Diet and Exercise Guidelines for Weeks 4-6     193
Self Tracking     211
The Ten Years Thinner Recipes     221
References     245

New interesting book:

Praying Through Cancer: Set Your Heart Free from Fear: A 90-Day Devotional for Women

Author: Susan Sorensen

Cancer can't be explained away. No amount of Christian cliches will decrease its power. Enter Praying Through Cancer, a daily devotional written specifically for cancer patients by cancer patients with insight, wisdom, and clarity found only through personal trial. Even with cancer, an uncertain future, and a complete lack of control it is possible to experience the grace and provision of Christ's love. The focus of each daily devotional is prayer - personal encounters with God - where fears and anger are transformed into confident expectation and pure worship. Readers will feel as though they are meeting kindred spirits, old friends who will come alongside them in their journey, encouraging them and understanding what no one else can. Contributors include Kay Warren, Pat Palau, Barbara Johnson, Joyce Wright, and many more.

Healing for Damaged Emotions or Depression Free Naturally

Healing for Damaged Emotions

Author: David A Seamands

A realistic, Bible-based approach to dealing with the painful past. With over 1,000,000 copies sold, it has helped hundreds of thousands of readers deal successfully with their inner hurts.

New interesting textbook:

Depression-Free, Naturally: 7 Weeks to Eliminating Anxiety, Despair, Fatigue, and Anger from Your Life

Author: Joan Mathews Larson

Joan Mathews Larson, Ph.D., the brilliant nutritionist who founded Minnesota's esteemed Health Recovery Center, offers her revolutionary formulas for healing emotional disorders—biochemically.

Twenty years of working with both addicted and non-addicted patients ahs shown arson that unhealthy and unstable moods are not psychological in origin. Feed and imbalanced brain its missing substances3certain key hormones. EGAs, and the right amino acids—and most mental disorders, even if they have a genetic basis, will disappear.

In Depression Free, Naturally, Larson shares her proven formulas to combat depression and anxiety with vitamins and minerals…sharpen thinking and improve memory with amino acids…stabilize emotions and promote a sense of well-being with the help of essential fatty acids…and reverse aging with key natural hormones. With these tools many readers will relieve their depression and achieve lasting emotional contentment for the first time in their lives.

About the Author:
Joan Mathews Larson, Ph.D. holds a doctorate in nutrition and is the founder of the pioneering Health Recovery Center in Minneapolis. She is the author of the national bestseller Seven Weeks to Sobriety. She lives in Minneapolis.

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A treasure trove of vital new information.
—(Julia Ross, author ofThe Diet Cure)

Testosterone for Life or Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder

Testosterone for Life: Recharge Your Sex Drive, Muscle Mass, Energy and Overall Health

Author: Abraham Morgentaler

Your user-friendly guide for treating low testosterone--from an expert at Harvard Medical School

Low testosterone can cause a wide range of symptoms including reduced sex drive, erectile dysfunction, depression, fatigue, muscle loss, impaired cognition, and osteoporosis. This comprehensive and accessible guide from a leading researcher in testosterone therapy covers the most up-to-date information and treatments available. You will learn if hormone replacement therapy is right for you, along with other smart, safe suggestions for leading a healthier, more fulfilling life.

Abraham Morgentaler, M.D., graduated from Harvard Medical School, where he is currently an associate clinical professor of surgery in urology. His work on testosterone has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, and the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Interesting textbook:

Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder

Author: James Lock

Always harmful and potentially deadly, eating disorders can wreak havoc on families. Unfortunately, the same can often be said of their treatment: blaming parents for the illness, many eating disorder programs exclude parents and widen the rift in an already shattered family. This powerful and controversial book by top researchers James Lock and Daniel le Grange argues that parents are not the culprits but the key to their teen's recovery. Based on new research, Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder shows how parents can break the disorder's control over their child's mind and re-establish normal eating and family relations. The odds for full recovery drop precipitously if treatment is delayed. A radically important wake up call, this book urges parents to act now.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Tammy Yuen, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book on adolescent eating disorders is geared towards parents and families to help them better deal with a very difficult condition.
Purpose: The purpose is to help parents understand and deal with a teenager's eating disorder on many levels. The objectives set out by the authors are very worthwhile and are easily met within the context of the book.
Audience: The intended audience is parents, but there likely is some value for pediatricians and school workers as well. The authors are quite credible and knowledgeable on the topic.
Features: The book does an excellent job at helping parents to identify, understand, and work with treatment of eating disorders. A particularly nice feature is the inclusion of examples of various presentations of teenagers with eating disorders at various stages of the disease. The book has references of other helpful materials or books at the end of each chapter. In addition, at the end of the book there are many valuable resources to help families. It is particularly nice that the issue of how families can work with healthcare professionals is addressed.
Assessment: The book is of high quality and would be of help to any family facing this difficult situation.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Table of Contents:

1	Act now	11
2	Get together	36
3	Don't waste time on "why?"	58
4	Know what you're dealing with : the complexity of eating disorders	77
5	Get into your child's head : the distorted thinking behind your teenager's behavior	96
6	Understand your options : what the research says about the best ways to treat anorexia and bulimia	118
7	Taking charge of change : how to apply the family approach to treating eating disorders	137
8	Playing a supporting role : other ways you can be a part of your child's recovery	180
9	Harnessing the power of unity : how to stay on the same page in your fight against eating disorders	206
10	Staying empowered and informed : how to work with professionals who are trying to help your child	229

The Dirt on Clean or Healing Psoriasis

The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History

Author: Katherine Ashenburg

The question of cleanliness is one every age and culture has answered with confidence. For the first-century Roman, being clean meant a two-hour soak in baths of various temperatures, scraping the body with a miniature rake, and a final application of oil. For the aristocratic Frenchman in the seventeenth century, it meant changing your shirt once a day and perhaps going so far as to dip your hands in some water. Did Napoleon know something we didn’t when he wrote Josephine “I will return in five days. Stop washing”? And why is the German term Warmduscher—a man who washes in warm or hot water—invariably a slight against his masculinity? Katherine Ashenburg takes on such fascinating questions as these in Clean, her charming tour of attitudes to hygiene through time.

What could be more routine than taking up soap and water and washing yourself? And yet cleanliness, or the lack of it, is intimately connected to ideas as large as spirituality and sexuality, and historical events that include plagues, the Civil War, and the discovery of germs. An engrossing fusion of erudition and anecdote, Clean considers the bizarre prescriptions of history’sdoctors, the hygienic peccadilloes of great authors, and the historic twists and turns that have brought us to a place Ashenburg considers hedonistic yet oversanitized.

Publishers Weekly

According to Ashenburg (The Mourner's Dance), the Western notion of cleanliness is a complex cultural creation that is constantly evolving, from Homer's well-washed Odysseus, who bathes before and after each of his colorful journeys, to Shaw's Eliza Doolittle, who screams in terror during her first hot bath. The ancient Romans considered cleanliness a social virtue, and Jews practiced ritual purity laws involving immersion in water. Abandoning Jewish practice, early Christians viewed bathing as a form of hedonism; they embraced saints like Godric, who, to mortify the flesh, walked from England to Jerusalem without washing or changing his clothes. Yet the Crusaders imported communal Turkish baths to medieval Europe. From the 14th to 18th centuries, kings and peasants shunned water because they thought it spread bubonic plague, and Louis XIV cleaned up by donning a fresh linen shirt. Americans, writes Ashenburg, were as filthy as their European cousins before the Civil War, but the Union's success in controlling disease through hygiene convinced its citizens that cleanliness was progressive and patriotic. Brimming with lively anecdotes, this well-researched, smartly paced and endearing history of Western cleanliness holds a welcome mirror up to our intimate selves, revealing deep-seated desires and fears spanning 2000-plus years. 82 b&w illus. (Nov. 15)

Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

Scott H. Silverman - Library Journal

Freelancer Ashenburg is drawn to mining universal cultural experiences, although her previous book, The Mourner's Dance: What We Do When People Die, had more sober subject matter than this irony-laden, "greatest hits" sampling of Western hygienic history. The Greeks bathed for their gods, contemporary Americans are wallowing in long showers. In between these temporal poles a lot of filth accumulated, providing fertile base for endemic lice. Indeed, the appalling sanitary conditions of medieval Europe-persisting into the 19th century-made each individual a fine host for the Plague-bearing fleas that jumped from rodent to human. Ashenburg piles one delightful (delight in the grotty being a taste decidedly more for some than others) anecdote upon another. It turns out, for instance, that Louis XIV may have been the Sun King but not because he exposed his skin to air (or water). A final strength of this not particularly analytical history is the concluding chapters' demonstration of the triumphant intersection of technology (e.g. Procter & Gamble's serendipitous discovery of how to mass-produce bar soap) and the rise of the advertising industry and its key distribution vehicle, the middle-class-aimed illustrated journals. Recommended.

School Library Journal

Adult/High School- This is a fascinating examination of the changing notions of what it means to be clean, and how those concepts fit into the worldview of different societies. The book is especially valuable for exploring the daily lives of people in past societies, but also for providing perspective on our attitudes toward ourselves, our bodies, and our world. It begins with the communal baths of the Greeks and Romans and explores the religious and ritual aspects of bathing, including Christian baptism. The public bath returned with the Crusaders, who brought the custom back to Europe in the form of the Turkish bath. With the plague and fears of communicable diseases, people avoided water-which they feared made the body vulnerable-in favor of linen cloth, which could be changed regularly, in lieu of bathing. Fear of immersing the body in water continued into the 20th century. Ashenburg, who uses interesting quotes from contemporaries to illustrate her history, speculates that in the future, when water shortages dictate new concepts of cleanliness, our own day may be seen as an age of excessive bathing and deodorizing.-Tom Holmes, King Middle School, Berkeley, CA

Kirkus Reviews

Cleanliness has a surprising history. The morning routines of Americans generally include a shower, but people in other times and places have thought differently about what constitutes an appropriately clean body, writes Ashenburg (The Mourner's Dance, 2003, etc.). Many cultures find body odor sexy; the choicest illustration appears in a letter from Napoleon, who wrote to Josephine, "I will return to Paris in five days. Stop washing." Beginning with the social significance of the public bath in ancient Greece, the author moves on to consider early Christian ascetics' disdain for cleanliness ("dirtiness became a uniquely Christian badge of holiness") and the appearance of instructions about face-washing in medieval etiquette guides. During the 19th century, the burgeoning American middle class got serious about keeping bodies and houses clean, and cleanliness was imputed with a new moral value; people could judge another's worthiness by the glow of their skin and the shine of their hair. In clear and straightforward prose, Ashenburg condenses a vast amount of information into smooth chapters that are free of padding. She includes many quirky tidbits of cultural history, such as the role played by bathing in Eliza Doolittle's transformation from Cockney flower-seller to fair lady and the appearance in the 1930s of vaguely menacing magazine ads that threatened women with spinsterhood if they dared let their breath or armpits smell. She closes on a disturbing note, pointing out that Americans have developed the standards of cleanliness they enjoy today at least in part because modern irrigation and rainfall levels made it possible for millions of people to shower regularly. If the globalclimate changes, our current habits may strike our 22nd-century descendants as odd, if not shocking. Dozens of charming illustrations distinguish a book notable for its engaging design as well as its illuminating content.

Table of Contents:

"But Didn't They Smell?"     1
The Social Bath: Greeks and Romans     15
Bathed in Christ: 200-1000     49
A Steamy Interlude: 1000-1550     73
A Passion for Clean Linen: 1550-1750     97
The Return of Water: 1750-1815     125
Baths and How to Take Them: Europe, 1815-1900     161
Wet All Over at Once: America, 1815-1900     199
Soap Opera: 1900-1950     229
The Household Shrine: 1950 to the Present     263
Acknowledgments     299
Notes     301
Selected Bibliography     329
Index     335

Interesting textbook: Preemies or ADA Complete Guide to Carb Counting

Healing Psoriasis: The Natural Alternative

Author: John Pagano

In Healing Psoriasis, a leading researcher and physician shares his natural remedies for psoriasis.

Preface

A New Beginning

Chapter 1 —PSORIASIS: The Inside Story

Chapter 2 —Does It Work?

Chapter 3 —About Psoriasis

Chapter 4 —The Natural Alternative

Chapter 5 —Internal Cleansing

Chapter 6 —Diet and Nutrition Basics

Chapter 7 —Herb Teas

Chapter 8 —The Role of the Spine

Chapter 9 —External Applications

Chapter 10—Right Thinking: The Role of the Mind.

Chapter 11—The Emotional Factor

Chapter 12—The Crowning Glory

Chapter 13—Psoriasis—Hands, Feet, and Nails

Chapter 14—The Healing Process

Chapter 15—Pushing the Panic Button

Chapter 16—The Arthritic Connection: Psoriatic Arthritis

Chapter 17—Cases of Eczema

Chapter 18—What about the Failures?

Chapter 19—The Question of Recurrence

Chapter 20—Achieving the Goal: A Mini-Review

Chapter 21—Where Do We Go from Here?

Appendix A:      Nutritional Considerations in the Natural Healing of Psoriasis, Eczema, and Psoriatic Arthritis

Appendix B:      Self-Hypnosis Recording for the Psoriatic

Appendix C:      Product Suppliers

The Perricone Promise or TD Jakes Speaks to Women

The Perricone Promise: Look Younger, Live Longer in Three Easy Steps

Author: Nicholas Perricon

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Book about: Windows Server 2008 Resource Kit or Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit

T.D. Jakes Speaks to Women!: Deliverance for the past, Healing for the Present

Author: T D Jakes

150 power-packed quotes from Bishop T.D. Jakes that will inspire you to reach for God's best, while leaving behind the problems of the past. Each page contains God's good news that Jesus has set you free.

Daily Meditations for Women Who Love Too Much or Changing Course

Daily Meditations for Women Who Love Too Much

Author: Robin Norwood

Robin Norwood revolutionized the way we look at love, with a compassionate, intimate book offering a recovery program for women who love too much - women who are attracted to troubled men, who neglect their own interests and friends, and who are unable to leave tormented relationships for fear of being "empty without him." Norwood now enhances the practical wisdom of that book with years' worth of deep reflection and study. The result is a series of daily meditations that promote sane loving and serene living no matter what is - or isn't - happening in your personal life. Illuminated by Richard Torregrossa's humorous yet sensitive pen-and-ink drawings, each page of this book stimulates awareness, offers guidance, and fosters inner growth.

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Changing Course: Healing from Loss, Abandonment, and Fear

Author: Claudia A Black

In Changing Course, the best-selling sequel to It Will Never Happen to Me, Claudia Black extends a helping hand to individuals working their way through the painful experience of being raised with addiction.

"How do you go from living according to the rules—Don't Talk, Don't Trust, Don't Feel—to a life where you are free to talk and trust and feel?" Black asks. "You do this through a process that teaches you to go to the source of those rules, to question them, and to create new rules of your own," she explains. Using charts, exercises, checklists, and real-life stories of adult children of alcoholics, Black carefully and expertly guides readers in healing from the fear, shame, and chaos of addiction.

Key features and benefits

• a proven seller by a trusted recovery author
• presents a clearly articulated process for healing
• excellent self-help resource for overcoming the experience of abandonment

The Anxiety Cure for Kids or The Cure

The Anxiety Cure for Kids: A Guide for Parents

Author: Caroline M DuPont

A comforting, practical guide to helping your child deal with anxiety

Fear, worry, stomach pains, self-doubt–– these are all classic symptoms of anxiety in children and teenagers. Anxiety affects both boys and girls, regardless of age, size, intelligence, or family specifics. And the only way your family can be free of anxiety is to confront it every time it appears. This book will show you how.

The bestselling authors of The Anxiety Cure present a reassuring guide to help adults and children understand the way anxiety works. Using characters such as the Dragon and the Wizard, The Anxiety Cure for Kids explains how to overcome the negative impacts of anxiety and turn anxiety into a positive opportunity for the whole family. It outlines specific action steps to regain full control of your anxious child’s life. You’ll learn how to communicate effectively with your child, help him or her confront fear, and boost your child’s feelings of accomplishment and self-esteem. The book also includes helpful advice for anyone who works with anxious children, such as teachers, coaches, therapists, and school nurses.The plentiful exercises and tips reveal how to:

• Recognize the symptoms of anxiety in your child

• Evaluate your child’s need for medication and/or therapy

• Utilize a journal to gain a clear perspective

• Assess the role of your family in anxiety disorders

• Set goals for the future–– including what to do if anxiety returns

Overcoming anxiety in children takes time and persistence–– but it can be done. By making changes little bylittle, your child can get well and stay well. The lessons in The Anxiety Cure for Kids have helped many children break free from anxiety and, with your family’s help, your child will too.

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The Cure: Heal Your Body, Save Your Life

Author: Timothy Brantley

According to Dr. Timothy Brantley, most health problems are not caused by genetics or germs but by the standard American diet. Drawing on Brantley's groundbreaking research and his years of working with nutritional healing, The Cure contains a revolutionary step-by-step program that can flush toxins out of the body, restore balance, promote natural healing, and increase vitality.

Table of Contents:

Preface     ix
Acknowledgments     xiii
The Search for Balance
Balance and Imbalance     3
My Quest for Truth     19
Indecent Exposure     33
Curing the Incurables     47
Kathy's Story     63
Creation, the Real Healer     73
The Tin Man     83
Sonya's Story     101
Water, the River of Life     113
My Study     123
The Program for Balance
The Brantley Road Map to Balance     135
A Little Inspiration     139
What to Drink and When     143
What to Eat and When     149
Taking Out the Garbage     175
Sun, Spirit, Exercise, Rest, Relaxation, Fun, and Forgiveness     185
The Obesity Cure     189
The Antiaging Cure     197
A Final Word: Health Is Your Divine Birthright     201
Author's Products     205
Bibliography     216
Index     218

Stealth Germs in Your Body or Whole Foods Allergy Cookbook

Stealth Germs in Your Body: How Hidden Infectious Organisms Can Jeopardize Your Health

Author: Erno Daniel

Would you have suspected that your stomach ulcer was due to bacteria, or that a viral infection causes cervical cancer? Faced with mounting evidence that “stealth germs”—smoldering chronic infections in the body (some treatable or even preventable)—are at the root of numerous health problems, Dr. Erno Daniel provides the first-ever medical reference book on the subject for the general public. Dr. Daniel is a recognized expert in the field who specializes in diagnosing such illnesses, so he has both the scientific background and illuminating case studies to offer. Organized by type of germ and where in the body each manifests itself, this invaluable guide will help patients overcome their lack of medical awareness; understand the variable ways individuals react to such infections; and navigate the complexities of physician-patient communication about multiple symptoms. It’s all done with an important life-saving goal in mind: helping people know more so they can get an accurate diagnosis of their ailments and get the treatment they need. Weaving cutting-edge scientific research together with a fascinating history of infectious disease and practical guidelines for collaborating with your doctor to avoid misdiagnosis, Stealth Germs is that rare health book that’s also a fascinating reference. Readers will turn to it again and again for valuable insight.

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Whole Foods Allergy Cookbook: 200 Gourmet & Homestyle Recipes for the Food Allergic Family

Author: Cybele Pascal

The Whole Foods Allergy Cookbook is an important health resource for you and your family. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive recipe book that eliminates the top eight food allergens as identified by the Food and Drug Administration.

There is no need to miss out on nutrition, variety, or flavor - even if you can't tolerate certain foods. These recipes include all of the foods you can eat, and they will reward you with the added benefits of improved health and great taste.

Library Journal

A lifelong enthusiastic cook, Pascal had to change how she thought about food completely when her four-month-old son was diagnosed with severe food allergies. This book is the result, containing more than 200 recipes that are free of the eight most common allergenic ingredients: dairy, egg, wheat, soy, peanut, tree nut, fish, and shellfish. Anyone following a vegan diet will also find this a valuable resource for baked goods since all of the breads, cookies, and cakes are dairy- and egg-free. It is not a specifically vegetarian cookbook, though, as it contains recipes for comfort foods like Chicken Potpie and Lamb Stew. There are recipes for every occasion, whether it's for Chocolate Layer Cake or Homemade Granola Bars. Most important, the author understands how real families shop, cook, and eat and offers suggestions on how to adapt to the food-allergic lifestyle. Of particular value are the lists of foods to keep on hand, what to buy at the grocery store, and a list of great mail and Internet resources. Highly recommended for public libraries.-Wendy Bethel, Southwest Public Libs., Grove City, OH Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Conquer Back and Neck Pain or Dr Bernsteins Diabetes Solution

Conquer Back and Neck Pain: Walk It Off! A Spine Doctor's Proven Solutions for Finding Relief Without Pills or Surgery

Author: Mark D Brown

Renowned spine surgeon Dr. Mark Brown, MD, PhD, explains exactly what causes back pain and why humans are so predisposed to spinal problems. He provides a detailed questionnaire that allows you to identify which of seven types of back pain you are experiencing, and then he explains each of those types in clear and easy-to-understand language. Contrary to what you might expect from a spinal surgeon, Dr. Brown actually advocates against turning to surgery in most cases of spinal pain. In his 35 years of experience, he has found that the vast majority of back pain cases will resolve with minimal treatment. In fact, the very best thing you can do is to simply allow your body to heal itself by avoiding the many treatment pitfalls that people with back pain commonly fall into when looking for relief. Avoiding these mistakes, along with incorporating gentle aerobic exercise, will almost always allow you to "walk off" your back or neck pain naturally.

Midwest Book Review

Conquer Back & Neck Pain: Walk it Off! is highly recommended for sufferers of back and neck pain, and for community library health collections.

Dana Ladd - Library Journal

With this well-organized, easy-to-follow book, spine surgeon Brown (emeritus, orthopedics & rehabilitation, Univ. of Miami) helps sufferers of back and neck pain make informed decisions about when to seek treatment for their pain. He begins by describing seven different types of back pain, providing a checklist to help readers identify which type they are experiencing, then illustrates various situations that make clear when sufferers can walk off the pain and when they should seek help immediately. Brown advises against surgery in most cases, instead espousing light aerobic exercise as an effective means of treatment. He defines medical terms and describes medical procedures (e.g., magnetic resonance imaging) in great detail as well as provides many helpful-though at times too small-illustrations. The chapter on prevention could have been expanded to include more information, but, all told, the book is quite useful. Recommended for large public libraries and large consumer health collections.

Table of Contents:

Foreword     5
About the Author     7
Acknowledgments     7
Introduction     9
Back Pain Is Very Common, and Here's Why     11
How Our Genes Lead to Back Pain
How Spinal Discs Work
Why Disc Degeneration Causes Pain
Which of the 7 Types of Back Pain Do You Have?     20
Take This Questionnaire to Find Out What Type of Back Pain You Have
Acute Severe Back Pain: What Could It Be, and What Should You Do?     28
How to Know If You Need Immediate Help
Some Urgent Conditions That Require Emergency Care
Choosing The Right Kind of Doctor     35
Emergency Physicians
Primary Care Physicians
Physiatrists
Chiropractors
Spinal Surgeons
Neurosurgeons vs. Orthopaedic Surgeons
Other Specialists
Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists, and Personal Trainers
What You Should Know - And Do - If You Have a Herniated ("Slipped") Disk     43
How You Know If It's a Herniated Disc
Do You Really Need Surgery?
MRI Scans, CAT Scans, and Myelograms
Surviving an MRI Scan When You Have Claustrophobia
What Does It Mean to "Walk It Off?"
Epidurals
Types of Surgery and Risks
Spinal Stenosis: What Is It and What Can You Do About It?     71
How Spinal Stenosis Causes Pain
When to Suspect Spinal Stenosis
Causes and Symptoms
When Surgery Is Necessary, and How It Is Performed
What To Do If Your Pain is From an Unstable or Deformed Spine     86
Spondylolisthesis: The Most Common Spinal Deformity
What Does 'Unstable Spine' Mean?
Scoliosis
Osteoporosis
What Is a Spinal Fusion and How Is It Done?
Chronic Back Pain: What To Do When the Pain Just Won't Go Away     99
Determining the Cause
Arthritis
Degenerative Disc Disease
How Depression and Stress Affect Back Pain
How to Take Control of the Pain
A Plethora of Back-Pain Care: Pills, Exercise, Injections, and Alternative Treatments     107
Anti-Inflammatories, Narcotics, and Muscle Relaxants
Chiropractic
Traction
Types of Exercise
Stretching
Physical Therapist vs. Trainer
Pain Management
Minimally Invasive Treatments
Destroying Sensory Nerves to Treat Pain
Back Braces
'Touch' Therapy
What You Can Do to Avoid 'Failed Back Syndrome'     131
Don't Have Back Surgery If You're Unprepared
Spinal Stenosis and Spinal Instability As Causes
Missed Diagnosis or Multiple Sources of Pain
Adjacent Segment Failure
Unmet Expectations of Surgery
How to Prevent Back Pain From Ruling Your Life     137
Everyday Things You Should Avoid
Exercise: The Best Preventive Medicine
Why Quitting Smoking Is So Important
How to Avoid Pain From Spinal Deformity and Osteoporosis
Managing 'Whiplash' Injuries
Sex and Back Pain
Disc Transplants, Replacements, and Gene Therapy: They Sound Good, But Do They Work?     149
Risks of Artificial Disc Replacement
Disc Transplants - Potential for the Future?
Hope in Gene Therapy
Glossary     157
Index      162

Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars

Author: Richard K Bernstein

Since its first publication in 1997, Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution has become the bible for diabetics. Dr. Richard Bernstein's groundbreaking approach to diabetes care enables you to take control of the disease by regulating your blood sugars. Dr. Bernstein himself is living proof of the success of his methods. Diagnosed with diabetes at age twelve, he was a successful business executive and engineer when he happened to discover a way to normalize his blood sugars, which in turn reversed many of the complications he had suffered from for years. At the age of forty-five, he entered medical school in order to publish his findings and eventually treat other diabetics. In this revised and updated edition, Dr. Bernstein provides an accessible, detailed guide to his revolutionary approach to regulating blood sugars and outlines his methods for preventing or reversing the long-term complications of diabetes. He offers the most up-to-date information on new products, medications, and supplements.

He explains the connection between obesity and type 2 diabetes, shows how to interrupt the cycle of obesity and insulin resistance, and reveals a new method for losing weight quickly and easily. With a strong emphasis on proper diet, Dr. Bernstein tells you what foods to avoid and why. His indispensable discussion of dietary planning includes guidelines for creating a customized meal plan, complete with forty new gourmet recipes in addition to forty low-carb, high-protein recipes from the first edition. Dr. Bernstein discusses the most recent breakthrough science and potential cures, including new uses of medication and exercise to control weight gain. The only book to detail step-by-step methods for normalizing blood sugars in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution will help you take charge of your diabetes and live a longer, healthier life.

Real Food for Healthy Kids or 21 Pounds in 21 Days

Real Food for Healthy Kids: 200+ Easy, Wholesome Recipes

Author: Tracey Seaman

Real Food for Healthy Kids
200+ Easy, Wholesome Recipes

Chapter One

What to Feed Your Kids and Why

Scaling the Food Pyramid

There's a reason why kids have to be in their late teens to vote, drink, or drive. It isn't until then that they've gained some measure of maturity or self-discipline. That need for good judgment also applies to their nutritional choices. Just as we would never leave a six-year-old unsupervised with a kitchen knife, nor should we leave him with a cupboard packed with candy. Kids of all ages need some healthy eating guidance to ensure that they are getting a nutritious diet. This book will help you help them, providing you with wholesome recipes. Yes, there are also some delicious treats and desserts included, but even the vast majority of these we gave a nutritional make over so you'll feel better about making them (plus, we feel strongly that kids need to learn moderation, not deprivation). But first, in order to determine what your kids should eat on a daily basis, you need to learn about the basic food groups they should have each day and what constitutes an appropriate portion for their age.

How much kids eat is almost as important as what they eat, and learning about portion control is crucial, even at an early age. The concept of teaching young children about portion control is a relatively new one. Parents used to insist kids clean their plates (some still do) and now we are told that we should allow young children to regulate themselves, eating what they need and leaving the rest on the plate. However, even that modern theory is in dispute. A study of preschoolers published in a 2005 issue ofAppetite magazine found that how much the kids ate correlated strongly with the amount of food placed on their plates. So, whether you have toddlers or teenagers, it's best to give them the appropriate portions for their ages and sizes. Kids who tend to leave food on the plate should be allowed to do so, unless you feel they are not getting enough protein, calcium, vitamins, and the like. For kids who are natural clean-plate clubbers, give them appropriate portions, and if they ask for seconds, offer them more fruit and veggies first.

It's also never too early for children to learn about healthy and unhealthy foods. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute sponsored a study tracking almost six hundred kids aged eight to thirteen. They found that kids who attended nutrition classes ate a significantly healthier diet, even years later, than those who did not. In response, the institute introduced the idea of "Go Foods," which were healthy everyday foods; "Slow Foods," which you could indulge in a couple of times a week; and "Whoa Foods," which you would have only occasionally. (For more information on this and other health and nutrition information for kids, go to www​.realfoodforhealthykids​.com​.)

What follows is a brief synopsis of the latest government guidelines on what and how much children should eat, broken down by age. It's important to follow these basic tenets for good nutrition, modifying them slightly for your particular child's needs. Obviously, a healthy diet and exercise go hand in hand, something our video-game-playing, computer-glued kids should be reminded of daily. It bears remembering that doctors have concluded that this is the first generation who may not outlive their parents, due to unhealthy weight and its resulting problems such as diabetes and heart disease: Childhood obesity is up 45 percent in the last decade, and at this printing, 16 percent of our children aged six to nineteen are overweight or obese, and another 20 percent are at risk of becoming overweight or obese. There has been a sharp increase in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes and there is a direct correlation between a diet high in sugar and fat and little physical activity.

Daily Nutritional Guidelines

The United States Department of Agriculture created a food pyramid of daily guidelines for kids. (It's available online at www.mypyramid​.gov, although the guidelines are only applicable for children aged two and up.) Some nutritionists feel the government should have been more strict, for instance, requiring all, not just some, of the grains to be whole grains, insisting on reduced fat when recommending milk and dairy products, and completely restricting sodas and sports drinks, rather than labeling them as drinks to be used occasionally. Essentially, a child's daily diet should be composed mostly of calories from complex carbohydrates and lean proteins and no more than 20 percent of calories from fat. Here are particulars about each category of food and the specific daily nutritional breakdown for preschoolers, elementary school children, and teenagers, all derived from the U.S.D.A. and the Institute of Medicine.

Daily Foods

Vegetables: Opt for bright and dark veggies: spinach, sweet potatoes, and carrots are great choices. Starchy, whiter foods, such as baking potatoes and corn, are less nutritious.

Fruits: Choose vitamin-rich fresh fruits, such as strawberries, peaches, mangoes, and apples. Fruit juices should be consumed as little as possible. When offering juice, make sure it is 100 percent real fruit juice with no sugar added.

Grains: Use whole or multigrain flours, whole-grain breads, oatmeal, whole-grain low-sugar cereals, brown rice, and whole-wheat pasta. Ban white bread and white rice from your house as much as possible.

Meats and Beans: Serve lean proteins, such as beef, pork, chicken, fish, beans, tofu, or eggs. When preparing any protein-rich food, opt to serve it steamed, baked, or grilled, not fried.

Dairy: Serve lean sources of dairy, such as low-fat milk (check with your doctor to determine whether your child should have whole or reduced-fat milk), low-fat yogurt, ricotta, or cheese.

Oils: Use monounsaturated oil, such as olive—preferably extra-virgin—safflower, and canola oils. They provide vitamin E for healthy skin and the development of cells.

Fats and Sweets: Limit intake of butter, cream, sugary cereals, soda, candy, and the like as much as possible.

Real Food for Healthy Kids
200+ Easy, Wholesome Recipes. Copyright © by Tanya Steel. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.

21 Pounds in 21 Days: The Martha's Vineyard Diet Detox

Author: Roni Deluz

Detox diets are making news as the quickest, easiest way to shed pounds, boost your energy, and get yourself on a wellness track. Popular in the 1970s, cleansing fasts are again all the rage among celebrities like Gisele Bundchen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Stella McCartney, and Madonna.

One of the key advocates of the health benefits of cleansing detoxes is Roni DeLuz, ND, a licensed naturopathic and health practitioner at Martha's Vineyard Holistic Retreat, part of the renowned Martha's Vineyard Inn. The idea behind DeLuz's new detox plan is the belief that the foods we eat (along with the coffee, tea, and alcohol we drink and the air we breathe) contain harmful and toxic substances that accumulate in our bodies and need to be removed in some way. In 21 Pounds in 21 Days, DeLuz offers three different detox programs, including the original and most effective 21-day "MasterFast," which promises a 21-pound weight loss in just three weeks and focuses on detoxification through antioxidants, fasting, stress reduction, and lifestyle changes. Also included in the book are:

• Maintenance plans
• Dozens of easy, delicious recipes
• Real-life tips
• An extensive glossary of terms
• A guide to supplements

Meals consist of supplement-laden drinks, herbal teas, thick, delicious vegetable purees, and "live" juices, along with nutritional supplements, vitamins, and enzymes designed to keep the body's systems stable and its cells nourished while harmful toxins are flushed out. 21 Pounds in 21 Days isn't just for those looking to lose weight; everyone can benefit from this revolutionary detoxdiet that results in a clean, refreshed system that functions at its best.