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HEALTH & FITNESS
The sensation of throbbing or soreness in the upper body can be misdiagnosed by physicians as well as patients. Internal organs generate a diffused pain that is difficult to localize. When a perceived case of indigestion turns out to be a heart attack, the importance of addressing each painful sensation becomes apparent. Doctors have access to journals and articles explaining the origins and conditions symptomatic of chest pain; however, it is hard for those not in the medical community to decipher this medical jargon. After much encouragement from his own patients, Albert J. Miller saw the need for a layman’s volume. Anyone who has a family history of heart disease, an existing heart condition, or is aging will benefit from this quick reference.
Why settle for fad diets and exercise programs you won’t stick with for more than a few months? With Mackie Shilstone’s Feelin’ Good About Fitness, you will discover that eating well and exercising regularly are rewards in themselves. When you’re in shape, your whole outlook is brighter, and when getting in shape is so much fun, you won’t need to make any excuses for not sticking with your program. Paperback.
New Orleans is known for its love of food, family, and fun. It is also known for its unhealthy eating habits, its plethora of fried food, and its bacchanal celebrations. The New Orleans Program: Eat, Exercise, and Enjoy Life sets out to balance the scales by replacing the unhealthy indulgences of the Crescent City—and America’s increasingly poor eating habits—with a multifaceted food and fitness program, combining the joie de vivre of New Orleans with sound advice on building mental, physical, and spiritual health.
When illness strikes we are thrown into a maze of medical consultations, tests, procedures, and pronouncements. Life seems out of control and we feel helpless. However, in Prevention: The Ultimate Cure, Bill L. Little provides the tools to wrestle back control of our health. Little shares successful responses of empowerment drawn from his nine years of research with cancer patients and demonstrates that we all have power over our bodies.
No fads, no pills, no gimmicks—just proven methods working together to establish a lifelong pattern of good habits. Good nutrition, regular exercise, and appropriate eating patterns, drawn together within a behavioral psychology framework, make this the most medically and psychologically sound approach yet devised for losing weight and keeping it off.