Saturday, December 5, 2009

Driving Dilemma or Alberto Salazars Guide to Running

Driving Dilemma: The Complete Resource Guide for Older Drivers and Their Families

Author: Elizabeth Dugan

It's no secret that our population is aging. In fact, it won't be long before one in four drivers will be over the age of 65. Research suggests we'll outlive our ability to drive by almost ten years - but knowing when to stop or limit driving isn't always clear.

The Driving Dilemma is a comprehensive resource for older drivers and their families facing questions about driving safety. Dr. Dugan provides clear, useful information about the effects of age, medical conditions, and medications on driving. She offers practical advice on how to discuss this issue with loved ones. Such talks can be difficult, and the book provides not only the facts, but also a research-based approach to communication, with useful sample dialogue scripts that will help you discuss driving with your loved ones. Also included are state-by-state listings of available resources, making this book a total information source for families.



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Alberto Salazar's Guide to Running: The Revolutionary Program That Revitalized a Champion

Author: Alberto Salazar

A sensible, balanced, low-stress approach to running


In ALBERTO SALAZAR'S GUIDE TO RUNNING, the three-time New York City marathon winner and former marathon world-record-holder draws on the latest research to show you that a twenty-minute, two-to three-mile run can be just as beneficial as a longer, harder run. He offers a complete year-long program designed to build beginning runners' weekly distance to a relatively short fifteen to twenty miles. Salazar also points out the many advantages of helping your running program with aerobic and strength-building activities.


Interspersed throughout the book you'll find fascinating and instructive anecdotal sidebars in which Salazar shares the hard-won lessons he's learned about running, fitness, avoiding injuries, and more. There's also valuable advice for more experienced runners on trail running, winter training, cross training, and increasing distance.

From one of the greatest champions of all time comes a sensible, easy-to-follow fitness program for people of all ages

Here's a revolutionary approach to running for fitness and pleasure developed by one of the all-time great marathon runners. Once Alberto Salazar was renowned for grueling training schedules that included running as many as 130 miles every week. Now, Alberto rarely runs more than five miles at a time, and he's running injury-free and enjoying every minute of it. In Alberto Salazar's Guide to Running, the marathon hall-of-famer draws on the latest research and his own experiences to show why, when it comes to reaping the many health and fitness benefits of running, harder and longer isn't better, and consistency matters most. He shares his hard-won lessons on running and outlines a sensible adaptable low-impact training program for nonrunners wanting to get fit, runners dissatisfied with their current workouts, or recovering from injuries, and anyone looking for a fitness program they can follow for years to come.

Running is an ideal way to burn calories, tone muscles, improve cardiovascular health, and simply put, feel better. Unfortunately, most people presume that any useful running program requires a tough, time-consuming regimen. But nothing could be further from the truth. Three-time New York City marathon winner and marathon world-record holder Alberto Salazar explains why in this groundbreaking guide. Drawing on his personal experiences, as well as the latest research, he shows that a gentle, low-stress workout of just 20 to 30 minutes, 3 to 5 times a week is all you really need.


In Alberto Salazar's Guide to Running, Salazar introduces a sensible, balanced approach to running, suited to people of every age, body type, and degree of fitness. Based on training principles that allowed an athlete once known for his extreme methods to emerge from early retirement after ten years and win the world's leading ultramarathon, the revolutionary year-long program outlined here is designed to help you to build gradually from your first quarter mile to a distance of 15 to 20 miles a week—and have fun doing it!

Alberto Salazar's Guide to Running covers all the bases. You get guidance on choosing the best running shoes, warming up, achieving and maintaining optimum body weight, and dealing with aches, pains, and common injuries. You also learn about the advantages of supplementing your running program with other aerobic and strength-building activities, such as bicycling, cross-country skiing, rowing, weight training, walking, and hiking. For more advanced runners there are valuable tips on trail running, winter training, cross-country training, and increasing speed and distance. And, interspersed throughout the book, you'll find fascinating and inspiring anecdotes in which Salazar shares his hard-won lessons about running and fitness, avoiding injuries, and more.

Alberto Salazar's Guide to Running is must-reading for anyone who wants to take full advantage of the most natural, enjoyable, and beneficial method of improving health and fitness.



Table of Contents:
Acknowledgmentsvii
Introduction1
Running 101.Running for Fun and Fitness
1.Welcome to the New Era of Running11
2.Running for the Decades: A Conservative Program for Lifestyle Running19
3.The Running Life33
4.Equipping Yourself60
5.Running Form85
6.Stretching97
7.Weight Training and Cross-Training109
8.Achieving and Maintaining Healthy Body Weight126
9.Aches and Pains139
Running 201.Expanding your Horizons
10.Challenges and Adventures161
11.Race Training171
12.Race Day187
Index203

Friday, December 4, 2009

Moldea tu cuerpo or Everything Dieting Book

Moldea tu cuerpo

Author: Jennifer Wad

Different forms of exercise and bodywork that relieve tension, increase strength, improve balance, and heighten awareness of the physical body and its well-being are presented in each volume of this affordable series.



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Everything Dieting Book

Author: Sandra K Nissenberg

Have you tried every fad and crash diet that's been advertised -- only to find that they don't work? The Everything Dieting Book helps you determine the best diet that will work for your individual health concerns. Registered dietitian Sandra K. Nissenberg provides sensible information about nutrition and exercise, giving you the tools you need to lose weight safely and effectively. Including several health-conscious recipes and a daily diet journal, The Everything Dieting Book helps you develop a fun and encouraging dieting experience -- with guaranteed success!



Table of Contents:
Introductionxi
Chapter 1Facing the Weight Challenge1
Overweight Versus Obesity2
So Why Lose Weight?3
How Your Shape Affects Health Risk4
Other Factors Affecting Risk of Obesity5
What Causes Obesity?6
Where Do Eating Habits Come From?8
Evaluating Your Lifestyle9
Making Permanent Changes10
Chapter 2What Should I Weigh?13
The Benefits and Limitations of the Bathroom Scale14
Understanding Body Weight15
Determining a Healthy Weight16
Determining Body Fat19
Body Mass Index23
Accepting Yourself for Who You Are25
Chapter 3Why We Eat What We Eat27
Factors Affecting Food Choices28
What about the Media?30
Behaviors that Lead to Overeating31
Physical Versus Emotional Hunger33
What Type of Eater Am I?34
Tackling the Challenges of Overeating and Uncontrollable Overeating37
Starting a Diet Diary38
Chapter 4How Fast Can I Lose?41
The Current Diet Industry42
The Real Story of Fad Dieting43
The All-Dreaded Diet44
Psychological Concerns from Excess Dieting48
Spotting a Fad Diet49
What about Weight-Loss Medications?50
Surgery as a Weight-Loss Option54
Chapter 5Dietary Guidelines for Americans55
Current Guidelines56
Aim for Fitness56
Build a Healthy Base57
Choose Sensibly62
Chapter 6Smart Eating/Smart Snacking71
The Food Guide Pyramid72
Daily Serving Recommendations75
It All Takes Planning82
Chapter 7What's the Best Way to Lose?87
Are You Ready to Lose?88
Losing Weight Safely and Effectively88
Examining Your Attitude about Food90
Seeking a Plan That Works for You91
Setting Some Weight-Loss Rules95
Seeing How Small Changes Add Up96
Looking at Commercial Weight-Loss Programs97
Identifying Secrets to Successful Weight Loss99
Chapter 8Understanding Energy and Caloric Needs101
What Is a Calorie?102
Where Do Calories Come From?103
Carbohydrates: Your Primary Energy Source105
Protein: The Body's Building Blocks106
Fat: An Essential Nutrient108
How Many Calories Do You Need?111
Understanding Nutrition and Weight Loss113
The Connection Between Age and Decreasing Metabolism114
Chapter 9The Noncaloric Nutrients: Vitamins, Minerals, and Water117
Vitamins: The Organic Compounds118
Fat-Soluble Vitamins118
Water-Soluble Vitamins120
Minerals: The Inorganic Elements123
Macrominerals123
Microminerals124
Phytonutrients126
Are Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Necessary?127
What about Water?129
Chapter 10The World of Sugar and Fat Substitutes131
Cutting the Sugar out of Food132
Types of Sugar Substitutes132
Using Sugar Substitutes135
Removing the Fat from Food136
Types of Fat Replacers137
Safety Concerns139
Reducing Total Sugar and Fat Calories140
Chapter 11Going Vegetarian143
Why Become a Vegetarian?144
The Health Benefits144
A Vegetarian Food Pyramid145
What Does Going Vegetarian Mean?146
The Challenges of Vegetarian Eating148
Vegetarian Meal Planning152
Chapter 12Problems Associated with Eating Disorders155
What Causes an Eating Disorder?156
Who Is at Risk?158
Early Signs of Eating Disorders160
Anorexia Nervosa: The Starvation Disorder161
Bulimia: The Bingeing-Purging Disorder163
Binge Eating Disorder: Compulsive Overeating165
Seeking Proper Treatment166
Chapter 13Handling an Overweight Child169
Potential Causes of Weight Gain170
How to Recognize a Problem170
Encouraging Healthier Habits in Children173
Building Positive Body Image in Your Child177
Establishing Good Habits You Can Live With179
Chapter 14Fitting in Fitness183
The Truth about Exercise184
The Benefits of Physical Activity185
What Kind of Exercise Should I Do?189
How Much Should I Exercise?191
Getting Started on Your Exercise Program192
Starting a Walking Program195
What about Fluids?196
Measuring Your Heart Rate197
Exercise Motivators199
Chapter 15Eating Out201
Why We Eat Away from Home202
Weight Control and Maintenance Challenges202
Healthy Choices in and Around Town203
The Fast-Food Dilemma206
Restaurant Choices: Good and Bad207
Packing Lunches to Go216
Chapter 16Meal Planning and Shopping219
Planning Appealing Meals220
Managing Your Food Budget221
Preparing Shopping Lists223
Stock Those Staples227
Reading Food Labels231
The Nutrition Facts Label234
Chapter 17Taking It off and Keeping It Off237
Accepting Body Weight238
Setting Realistic Goals239
Creating Meal Plans239
Keeping Active242
Making Changes to Last a Lifetime242
Resisting Fads and Trends245
Making the Transition from Losing to Maintaining246
Chapter 18Suggested Meal and Snack Plans249
Evaluating Your Favorite Meals250
Creating Meal Plans for Weight Loss250
Using Meal Plans to Meet Your Needs251
Chapter 19Keeping Your Personal Records and Diet Diary257
Your Records258
Setting Goals259
Creating Your Diet/Exercise Diary261
Evaluating Results267
Chapter 20Recipes for Dieting Success269
Appendix AIndex of Recipes296
Appendix BResource Information297
Appendix CHelpful Web Sites298
Index299

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Plantas Para Triunfar or The Perricone Weight Loss Diet

Plantas para triunfar: 22 nuevas alternativas para la salud

Author: Octavio Deniz

If you believe in the curative power of plants, this new work by Octavio Déniz will become an invaluable resource guide. This book provides descriptions of more than twenty plants capable of curing and preventing the most common modern illnesses. You will learn about the properties of the most important traditional herbs, as well as become familiar with the healing powers of recently discovered plants.



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The Perricone Weight-Loss Diet: A Simple 3-Part Program to Lose the Fat, the Wrinkles, and the Years

Author: Nicholas Perricon

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Perricone– respected physician, award-winning research scientist, and trusted expert on health and beauty–comes the biggest breakthrough in weight loss since Atkins.

Millions of women and men have restored youthful radiance, smoothness, and suppleness to their skin through Dr. Nicholas Perricone’s advice, care, and transformative eating plan–and all with the welcome yet unexpected benefit of losing excess weight along with the wrinkles! Building on this discovery, Dr. Perricone breaks new ground with his trademark anti-inflammatory program based on the foods, supplements, and lifestyle changes with the proven ability to accelerate fat loss by increasing metabolism and building and maintaining muscle mass.

Consider this staggering fact: As we age, we can expect to gain ten pounds of fat and lose five pounds of muscle each decade. In three easy steps, Dr. Perricone shows how to fight this weight gain and rebuild muscle mass, and avoid the haggard, aging, and drawn appearance that results from other weight-loss programs.

Inside The Perricone Weight-Loss Diet discover

• the rejuvenating and slimming secrets of the anti-inflammatory diet
• which foods, supplements, and lifestyle changes enable us to lose fat while maintaining muscle
• how to control hormones such as insulin and cortisol to lose weight
• how to maintain youthful, firm, and radiantly toned skin on the face and body during weight loss

As an added bonus, as you follow Dr. Perricone’s program you’ll sleep better, have more energy and less stress, and experience greatermental clarity without the food cravings. Lose the weight, the wrinkles, and the years!

Library Journal

The Perricone prescription for toning down the wrinkles can also help tone down the fat and keep up the muscle as we age. With a national tour. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.



Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Lighting the Lamp of Wisdom or Recovery from Smoking

Lighting the Lamp of Wisdom: A Week Inside a Yoga Ashram

Author: John Ittner

The powerful combination of exercising both mind and body in the quest for spiritual enlightenment is integral to Hindu spiritual life, and the ashram is where it takes place. This guide introduces you to the typical ashram schedule as experienced in three different communities -- India, New York, and the Bahamas -- to show you what you can expect from the yoga, meditation, worship, and study that define an ashram retreat. Whether you're simply curious about this millennia-old spiritual practice, or interested in experiencing it firsthand, this is the ideal handbook to get you started, no matter what your faith tradition. A helpful glossary of terms, a list of resources for further reading, and a directory to yoga ashrams in North America and elsewhere will enable you to set up your own visit and explore the spiritual benefits of yoga ashram life for yourself.

Publishers Weekly

This installment in SkyLight Paths' "Week Inside" series opens the doors of an ashram, introducing a community of yoga practitioners as taught by venerable Indian guru Swami Sivananda. The author is himself a yoga teacher, freelance journalist and veteran of the New York Post, who offers testimony from his experience of the healing and cleansing power of yoga practice. As serious students know, yoga is the Sanskrit word for "yoke," implying discipline. The sets of postures that many Americans know as yoga are only one part of a comprehensive system of mind-body training, which Ittner outlines by explaining key concepts and activities that characterize yoga practice. Chapters explore different aspects of the disciplined life, including diet and work, making for an appropriately holistic approach. The personal frame of reference and Ittner's everyday-guy voice (with a discernible New York accent) are the greatest virtues of the book, offering you-can-do-it-too encouragement to curious beginners who don't know asana (yoga posture) from ahimsa (the principle of non-harming). These and other commonly used Sanskrit terms are defined in a helpful glossary. The reading list is a little short; there are plenty more doors offering access to this vast spiritual mine. On the whole, however, the book is a competent, friendly introduction to a complex and ancient spiritual tradition that was exotic to Americans little more than 100 years ago. (Nov.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

A journalist and yoga instructor, Ittner casually engages the reader in stories of his many adventures visiting yoga ashrams in both the United States and abroad, treating the reader to what feels like an enjoyable dinner conversation with a friend. He flows from topic to topic and ashram to ashram, with transitions that are sometimes so seamless that readers may forget where he has taken them, though they will feel light and relaxed from the journey. Like other titles in the "A Week Inside" series, this volume serves as a handbook for spiritual retreat. Ittner gives details about each aspect of the typical ashram day, including meditation, chanting, spiritual talks, asana (posture) classes, work, free time, and eating. He ends the book with his personal, day-to-day journal of one particular week spent in an ashram in the Bahamas. The short glossary, selected bibliography, and directory of ashrams will help those who would like to pursue the experience further. Recommended for all libraries with religious or spiritual collections.-Annette Haines, Univ. of Michigan Lib., Ann Arbor



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Recovery from Smoking: Quitting with the Twelve Step Process

Author: Elizabeth Hanson Hoffman PhD

Second Edition

Elizabeth Hanson Hoffman rationalized her smoking for 27 years, then she finally accepted the fact that she was powerless over cigarettes. Using her own story, the Twelve Steps and techniques she has developed as a practicing psychologist, Hoffman will help you find the strength to finally let go of smoking.



Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Every Bite Is Divine or Doing It All Isnt Everything

Every Bite Is Divine: The balanced approach to enjoying eating, feeling healthy and happy, and getting to a weight

Author: Annie B Kay

Are you in lifestyle conflict with yourself? Does one part of you want to shed pounds while another part of you feels deprived... or too tired to exercise... or that it's just not worth the effort? Every Bite Is Divine presents an innovative, balanced approach for getting to the weight that's truly best for you. You may already be a lot closer than you think.

The key is cultivating unconditional love for yourself as you are right now. It is a brilliant blend of stress relief through yoga with cutting-edge science and practical techniques that support you in restructuring your health and weight reality. As you proceed, you will find yourself...: ...Relaxing, ...Becoming comfortable as you awaken to your "natural body", ...Getting back to eating well as a way to celebrate life and give yourself the care you deserve. You can embrace gentle, nurturing methods for getting past false conceptions of weight and step into a more real and joy-filled experience of yourself. Consider it a "spiritual exercise," to help you naturally align body, mind, and spirit to recognize and love your more authentic weight and shape. It's hard to succeed-at anything-when you're fighting with yourself. Every Bite is Divine will put you back on track to getting your whole self enthusiastically moving in the same direction: toward a healthy weight and a happy you.



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Doing It All Isn't Everything: A Woman's Guide to Harmony and Empowerment

Author: Stephanie Allen

Tired of "doing-it-all-to-have-it-all?" In a gentle and wise way, this book shows how women can become whole, authentic individuals who can create and lead harmonious lives--where multiple roles can be fulfilled--and provides the encouragement and tools they need to make sound choices about investing their talents, energy, and passion. "A beacon of common sense".--Dr. Judith Briles (Woman to Woman). (New Perspectives Press)



Table of Contents:
Our Partnership11
Acknowledgments17
Pt. 1The Roots of the Quest
1Creating Harmony in Your Life21
2Empowering Yourself31
3The Masculine and Feminine Perspectives35
Pt. 2The Facets of Empowerment
4Authenticity: Knowing Who You Are47
5Risk Taking: Using Your Knowledge, Experience, and Competence59
6Vision: Seeing What Is and What Could Be69
8Doing It All Isn't Everything
7Health: Using Your Energy Wisely83
8Humor: Approaching Life With a Light Heart93
9Harmony: Bringing Your Many Roles Into Harmony99
10Receptivity: Having an Open Mind115
11Accountability: Taking Responsibility for Your Life127
12Contentment: Experiencing Love and Joy141
13Graciousness: Being Comfortable to Be Around149
14Alignment: Aligning Your Thoughts, Feelings, Actions, and Values159
15Communication: Communicating Well With Others167
16Versatility: Working Effectively With Men and Women181
Pt. 3Moving Forward
17Last Thoughts on the Journey197
Bibliography200
Index203
The Athena Group207