Showing posts with label Personal and public health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Personal and public health. Show all posts

6/04/2010

Review of Tone Your Tummy Type: Flatten Your Belly and Shrink Your Waist in 4 Weeks (Paperback)

I'm so glad that finally Denise wrote a book concerning this problem. I finally understood why I couldn't loose weight in that area. Now I can see a clear picture why, after all of those workouts in the past -my stomach still looked horrible. In this book you can go through the test-that will show you your tummy type, so you will know how to work on it. This program is so easy to follow, I actually had fun reading and finding about all of those new things for me (fun tummy truth and how to pick the right product at the store). I kind of had a feeling that I was starting a new life-organizing my kitchen and planning my day. I became more organized with everything. My husband and kids started eating so much better. Denise is just such a good motivator. I finally made myself get up every morning and exercise.

Product Description
Every woman yearns for a tight tummy and a narrow waist-and in this breakthrough target-toning book, bestselling author and fitness guru Denise Austin gives women the weapons they need to win the war against even the most stubborn belly fat.


All belly bulges is not created equal! Drawing on the latest scientific studies about the five different kinds of abdominal fat, Austin helps every woman identify her particular Tummy Type-and then carefully explains and illustrates the specific exercises that work for that type. Features that distinguish Tone Your Tummy Type:


  • A cutting-edge program-combining nutrition, fitness, and lifestyle advice-that works to blast away belly fat faster and more effectively than ever before




  • A 4-week weight-loss plan complete with recipes and shopping lists




  • Inspiring success stories with before-and-after photographs




  • The remarkable motivational skills that have made Denis Austin's top-rated Lifetime fitness shows "Fit & Lite" and "The Daily Workout" so enormously popular


Women of all ages at all stages of life will find the right program for themselves in these pages-and there's even a bonus chapter for men!




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3/30/2010

Review of Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents (Paperback)

If you're someone who finds yourself inexorably drawn to living the healthy life and want the best for your child's health, you should consider buying this book.It's the most concise, accurate treatise I've seen on the subject of children's health.In fact, I intend to buy 10 copies and give them out to friends and relatives as they have kids!

Dr. Neustaedter not only covers traditional subjects like coughs, colds, ear infections, and supplements, but he also broadens the net to include assessments of water filters, safe crib mattresses to reduce SIDS, breastfeeding how-tos, Vitamin K shots at birth, etc.This is but a sampling of what's included!I would highly recommend this book to anyone considering getting pregnant (since the subject matter covers conception to pre-teen health).

What's taken 80% of my leisure time in the last 4 years to investigate on my own, he's drawn together in one handy book for you.Wish he'd published this 4 years ago :-)

BTW, who am I?I am a woman who is into all things healthy and am the lodestone for all I know IRL who want to find out what being healthy means.They've always suggested I should publish a book, but now, I don't have to - Dr. Randy's done it :-)

Lastly, the other book you should have is Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child - which includes every possible illness under the sun, and 4 or 5 alternative, home remedy, and allopathic treatments for each.




Product Description
The number of children taking prescription drugs for every type of ailment has reached epidemic proportions. Child Health Guide offers sensible alternatives to this disturbing trend, providing the information parents need to make informed decisions about natural healing for their children and the integration of natural treatments into their children's medical care. The book covers the prenatal period through infancy, toddlerhood, and into middle childhood, with emphasis on extended breastfeeding, co-sleeping, a natural foods diet, avoidance of toxic chemicals, limited use of vaccines, and treatment of health problems with homeopathic medicines and herbs. Child Health Guide respects parents' choices while providing persuasive arguments for building a healthy immune system by avoiding conventional drugs and stressing natural methods. Using an educational and informative tone, the book discusses preventive medicine, the causes of poor health in children, and common foods and chemical exposures that can contribute to chronic illness. It also provides nutritional interventions that strengthen immunity and promote healing.

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1/16/2010

Review of Natural Health, Natural Medicine: The Complete Guide to Wellness and Self-Care for Optimum Health (Paperback)

This review is written by a former hospital administrator of just under 2 decades. I have been studying health and nutrition for more than decade. I became very interested in alternative medicine when a family member was diagnosed with kidney cancer and the allopathic doctors (traditional MD's) could give no reason for the tumor.

The purpose of this book is to present a complete guide to preventative health maintenance.With preventative health maintenance described as a timely and appropriate investment of energy in your well being that will save you trouble down the road.

He subdivides his book as follows:

PART ONE: PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE (The basic information about designing a healthy lifestyle)
1. What Should I Eat?
2. Answers to Common Questions About Diet and Health
3. What Will You Have to Drink?
4. Air and Breath
5. A Guide to Exercise for People Who Hate the Whole Idea of It
6. Relaxation, Rest, and Sleep
7. Habits
8. Connections

PART TWO: SPECIFIC PREVENTION:OUTWITTING THE KILLERS (Specific advice about reducing your risks of getting the diseases that kill most people prematurely in our society)
9.How Not to Get a Heart Attack
10. How Not to Get a Stroke
11. How Not to Get Cancer
12. How to Protect Your Immune System

PART THREE:BASIC NATURAL TREATMENTS (the tools in the forms or natural treatments that we can use ourselves)
13. Simple Measures
14. Vitamins and Supplements
15. The Herbal Medicine Chest

PART FOUR:A TREASURE OF HOME REMEDIES FOR COMMON AILMENTS (this section deals with common ailments that respond well to gentle, natural therapies and lifestyle modification)
APPENDIX A:Finding Practitioners
APPENDIX B:Finding Supplies
APPENDIX C:Sample Recipes

In part one of the book the doctor does a wonderful job of explaining what we should and more importantly should not eat.The first chapter of the book is worth the price of the book alone.The doctor outlines 9 principles for a healthy diet that he explains in great detail without losing those of us that are not trained physicians or nutritionists.These principles are simplistic but very powerful.If you are a follower of a low carbohydrate diet you will not agree with what you will read in this section.

The doctor also goes into great detail regarding his recommendations for physical activity.He discusses all the common forms of exercise and the pros and cons of each form of exercise.How much exercise do we need?Thirty minutes of aerobic exercise at least 5 days a week.Not much of a surprise, but after you read the section on exercise you will understand why you need that much aerobic exercise, and hopefully that will get all of us off the couch, or away from our computers with a little more frequently.The doctor also discusses stretching and strength training and how much of these we need and why.

Part two of the book, on how to avoid specific diseases, is very well written, easy to understand, and easy to follow for those individuals that are highly motivated.The suggestions will not be palatable to everyone.But, if health is your primary motivation, there are wonderful ideas and suggestions contained in these chapters.

In Part three of the book the doctor has a brief chapter on simple measures that is very informative.In this chapter the doctor discusses simple techniques that we can all use at home to improve the overall quality of our health.I use the techniques in this chapter to feel better when I get a cold, or just don't feel like myself.The techniques really are simple and easy to use, but have a power effect on my overall well being.

Part four of the book covers the resources that any of us would need to follow the practices brought forth in the other portions of the book.

In Summation, I feel that this book is very well written and easy to understand.Once you have read this book I believe it will become your bible for how to maintain optimum health and treat common ailments.I highly recommend this book to anyone that has an interest in health.




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