Summaries of books about Health & Fitness:
The pH Miracle
Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health
Robert O. Young|Shelley Redford Young
The book advocates for an alkaline diet, arguing that maintaining the body's pH balance through consuming primarily alkaline foods can lead to better health and help prevent diseases. It provides dietary recommendations, recipes, and lifestyle changes aimed at reducing acidity in the body to promote wellness.
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Anti-Diet
Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating
Christy Harrison
The book challenges the diet culture that glorifies thinness and promotes a healthier relationship with food through intuitive eating, which involves listening to the body's hunger cues and rejecting the guilt associated with eating. It provides strategies for dismantling diet mentality, improving body image, and finding well-being without obsessing over weight control.
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Alcohol Explained 2
Tools for a Stronger Sobriety
William Porter
The book provides practical strategies and psychological insights to help individuals maintain sobriety and overcome alcohol addiction. It builds on the concepts introduced in the first volume by offering actionable advice and coping mechanisms to deal with cravings and social pressures related to alcohol use.
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A New Way to Age
The Most Cutting-Edge Advances in Antiaging
Suzanne Somers
The book explores the latest advancements in anti-aging, discussing how to maintain vitality through holistic and alternative medicine, nutrition, exercise, and hormone replacement therapy. It provides insights from experts and personal anecdotes to guide readers toward aging with better health and an empowered approach to life's later years.
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Acupressure's Potent Points
A Guide to Self-Care for Common Ailments
Michael Reed Gach
The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the practice of acupressure, detailing how to apply pressure to specific points on the body to alleviate various common health issues. It includes clear illustrations and instructions for self-treatment, covering a wide range of ailments from headaches and neck pain to stress and insomnia.
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Lose Weight Now The Easy Way
Includes Free Hypnotherapy Audio
Allen Carr
The book provides a unique approach to weight loss that focuses on changing the reader's mindset about food and eating habits through psychological insights and practical advice. It includes a hypnotherapy audio component designed to reinforce the book's concepts and help readers overcome cravings and emotional eating without relying on willpower or feeling deprived.
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A Mind of Your Own
The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives
Kelly Brogan
The book challenges conventional understanding of depression, particularly in women, advocating for natural approaches to mental health that focus on diet, detoxification, and lifestyle changes. It criticizes the pharmaceutical industry's reliance on antidepressants and offers a holistic, step-by-step plan to address the root causes of depression and achieve wellness without medication.
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Patho Phlash! Pathophysiology Flash Cards
Valerie I Leek
The book contains a set of flashcards designed to help students learn and review key pathophysiology concepts and diseases. Each card highlights clinical conditions with their signs, symptoms, and mechanisms in a concise, easy-to-digest format ideal for quick learning and retention.
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Life Without Diabetes
The Definitive Guide to Understanding and Reversing Type 2 Diabetes
Roy Taylor
The book presents a comprehensive approach to understanding the causes of type 2 diabetes and offers a scientifically supported program for reversing the condition, based on calorie restriction and weight management. It explains the Twin Cycle Hypothesis, detailing how excess fat in the liver and pancreas can lead to diabetes, and provides practical advice for diet and lifestyle changes to restore normal glucose metabolism.
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The Essential Oils Hormone Solution
Reclaim Your Energy and Focus and Lose Weight Naturally
Mariza Snyder
The book provides a comprehensive guide to using essential oils and lifestyle changes to balance hormones and improve overall well-being. It includes recipes, protocols, and strategies for addressing issues such as stress, fatigue, weight management, and hormonal imbalances.
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