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The Whole Heart Solution: Halt Heart Disease Now with the Best Alternative and Traditional Medicine

Joel Kahn · The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.,
Pages: 308
Format: Print book

Cardiovascular disease (CV) is the number one killer in the Western world. But it doesn't need to be. The truth is that more than 75 percent of cases of heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular disease events are preventable. In The Whole Heart Solution, America's Holistic...

Healing Herbs of Paradise: Discover Useful, Practical Cures and Treatments from a Rich Herbal Tradition Almost Unknown in the Western World

Al Sears MD · Wellness Research & Consulting
Pages: 312
Format: Print book

In Healing Herbs of Paradise, Dr. Sears explains in detail the healing benefits and properties of the Bali's tropical plants, fruits, and herbs. He states, "Every chapter will introduce the reader to one of Bali's many herbs. Some will be familiar-with unfamiliar uses. Others...

The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care

Angelo Volandes · Bloomsbury
Pages: 220
Format: Print book

There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine--keeping patients alive at any price. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions tethered to machines and tubes at bankrupting costs, even though research shows that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved...

Let Food Be Your Medicine: Dietary Changes Proven to Prevent or Reverse Disease

Don Colbert · Worthy Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Most of us think God is not concerned with what we eat, but the Bible actually offers great insight and instruction about the effects of food on our bodies. Dr. Colbert introduces a revolutionary sugar detox method, combined with an anti-inflammatory form of the modified Mediterranean diet...

A Dignified Life: The Best Friends

David Troxel MPH · HCI; Rev Exp edition
Format: Paperback

More than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia. By the year 2030, experts estimate that as many as 66 million people around the world will be faced with this life-altering disease. Unfortunately, these staggering statistics impact...

The Sugar Smart Diet: Stop Cravings and Lose Weight While Still Enjoying the Sweets You Love!

Anne Alexander · Rodale Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller, Prevention's Sugar Smart Diet by Anne Alexander, with Julia VanTine provides a powerful, proven 32-day plan to help you beat food cravings, gain energy, lower your risk of heart disease and diabetes, and enjoy weight loss like never...

Unretirement: How Baby Boomers are Changing the Way We Think About Work, Community, and the Good Life

Chris Farrell · Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The budget battles of recent years have amplified the warnings of demographic doomsayers who predicted that a wave of baby boomers would bleed America dry, bankrupting Social Security and Medicare as they faded into an impoverished old age. On the contrary, argues award-winning journalist...

The DASH Diet to End Obesity: The Best Plan to Prevent Hypertension and Type-2 Diabetes and Reduce Excess Weight

William M. Manger · Hunter House
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Called the "good nutrition bible" by one reviewer, The DASH Diet to End Obesity is the ultimate guide to common sense-lifestyle changes that will improve the health of the entire family. With a special emphasis on prevention, this book is written for parents, teachers, and anyone...

The Diabetes Solution: How to Control Type 2 Diabetes and Reverse Prediabetes Using Simple Diet and Lifestyle Changes--with 100 recipes

Dr. Jorge E. Rodriguez · Ten Speed Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

An authoritative guide to preventing, reversing, and managing prediabetes and diabetes, featuring a comprehensive and holistic diet, fitness, and lifestyle plan, along with 100 recipes, from the authors of The Acid Reflux Solution. Control Diabetes and Reverse Prediabetes Proper management...

Vitamin K2: The Missing Nutrient for Heart and Bone Health

Dennis Goodman · AuthorHouse
Format: Print book

Some people are aware that Vitamin K1 is important for blood clotting, but relatively few are aware of Vitamin K2 and its essential role in bone and heart health. There is now an impressive body of research showing that Vitamin K2 plays an integral role ensuring that our bones grow strong...

Eat Wheat: A Scientific and Clinically-Proven Approach to Safely Bringing Wheat and Dairy Back Into Your Diet

John Douillard · Morgan James Publishing
Pages: 325
Format: Print book

Are you gluten-free or dairy-free? If so, you might not have to be. Eat Wheat is a scientific and clinically-proven approach to addressing food intolerances. After 3.4 million years of eating wheat and only 500,000 years of hunting meat, we are actually genetically better equipped to eat wheat...

Tasty: The Art and Science of What We Eat

John McQuaid · Scribner; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating and deeply researched investigation into the mysteries of flavor - from the first bite taken by our ancestors to scientific advances in taste and the current "foodie" revolution.Taste has long been considered the most basic of the five senses because its principal...

Run, Don't Walk: The Curious and Chaotic Life of a Physical Therapist Inside Walter Reed Army Med ical Center

Adele Levine · Avery
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover

M*A*S*H meets Scrubs in a sharply observant, darkly funny, and totally unique debut memoir from physical therapist Adele Levine. In her six years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Adele Levine rehabilitated soldiers admitted in worse and worse shape. As body armor and advanced trauma...

Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues

Martin J Blaser · Henry Holt & Co
Pages: 273
Format: Book

A critically important and startling look at the harmful effects of overusing antibiotics, from the field's leading expert Tracing one scientist's journey toward understanding the crucial importance of the microbiome, this revolutionary book will take readers to the forefront of trail-blazing...

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