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From Library Journal

This updated version of Jane Fonda’s Workout Book (1981) puts more stress on the role of a healthy diet and suggests a weight-loss program high in fiber and complex carbohydrates and low in fat. A sample menu is provided. But, as with the earlier book, the major emphasis and appeal is in the exercise or workout section. The new exercises, which Fonda states are based upon the most current information about exercise physiology, are divided into beginning and a (more…)

Unique in its approach and coverage, Weight Control and Slimming Ingredients in Food Technology identifies those ingredients that promote weight loss based on credible science review. Numerous ingredients are presented and analyzed according to the varying levels of supporting scientific evidence available, ranging from the well researched ingredients like green tea polyphenols and CLA to ingredients with only limited available data such as capsaicin. Coverage includes analysis (more…)

The Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition is a concise reference for professionals and students interested in the role of lipids in nutrition. Over 100 tables and illustrations provide quick access to the most current data available.

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Practical, clinically-relevant content on herbs and supplements prepares you for successful patient counseling in the pharmacy setting

With all of the essential information you need on herbal pharmacotherapy for the pharmacy setting, Natural Standard Herbal Pharmacotherapy provides practical guidance on the use of herbal therapies for medical conditions. The text’s unique expanded outline format allows you to quickly review facts and identi (more…)

Amazon.com Review

Two colleagues of the late Dr. Robert Atkins take on the obesity epidemic’s deadly twin: type 2 diabetes. Dr. Mary Vernon and Jacqueline Eberstein, RN, adapt the carb-cutting, fat-allowing Atkins nutritional approach as a preemptive strike against this fast-growing killer. Diabetes–defined here as a condition in which glucose or blood sugar is above the normal range–is viewed as a preventable problem. “What we hope we have created in this book is a realistic a (more…)

From Publishers Weekly

According to futurist Kurzweil (The Singularity is Near) and homeopathic medical doctor Grossman (The Baby Boomer’s Guide to Living Forever), medicine is transforming into an information technology, which by its nature advances at an exponential rate. Thus, those interested in “radical life extension” must make it their immediate goal to live through the next 20 or so years, in order to see advances like DNA reprogramming and submicroscopic, cell-repairing (more…)

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From the reviews: “This text focuses on the science of lipidology and the management of lipid disorders. Therapeutic Lipidology is intended for practicing clinicians who manage patients with dyslipidemias. … The book is well written … and geared toward advanced-level practitioners. … Overall, the material is very up-to-date and timely. … This is an excellent text for clinicians desiring a current reference on lipid metabolism and the pathophysiology of lipid dis (more…)

TIRED OF LOGGING HOURS AT THE GYM AND NOT GETTING RESULTS?WANT TO EAT DELICIOUS FOODS AND STILL LOSE WEIGHT?SHAKE THINGS UP AND SLIM DOWN WITH THE WEIGHT LOSS PHENOMENON THAT’S TAKING THE COUNTRY BY STORM…ZUMBA!Created by celebrity fitness trainer Beto Perez, Zumba® combines fun, easy-to-follow dance steps with hot Latin beats to help you shed pounds and inches fast. Now the DVD and classes that have hooked millions are available in book format, with a complete workout progr (more…)

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Stay up to date and safeguard your patients with this objective, evidence-based reference

Covering 400 herbs and supplements, Natural Standard Herb & Supplement Guide: An Evidence-Based Reference provides the high-quality, up-to-date, unbiased information you need to advise your patients. No other book can match its expertise and attention to evidence! Each monograph is concise and easy to read, and includes uses, dosage information, safety (more…)

Eating fish offers major health advantages. The primary benefit found from including fish oils in the diet is the diminished risk for sudden cardiac death. What this means is that fish eaters decrease the chance of dying suddenly from a heart attack (there are different kinds of heart attacks). Two mechanisms explain how this may work. First, it seems that the fish oil fatty acids reduce blood clotting by decreasing the stickiness of blood platelets. Second, omega-3 oils may pla (more…)