Total Heart Health for Men: A Life-Enriching Plan for Physical and Spiritual Well-Being
July 21st, 2010
Ancient Secrets of Facial Rejuvenation: A Holistic, Nonsurgical Approach to Youth and Well-Being
July 15th, 2010
Product Description
This natural skin care program is designed around the principle that the face reveals what the body feels. It incorporates whole body healing to prevent and counteract signs of aging without surgery or harsh chemicals — and at no cost. Derived from massage, aromatherapy, acupressure, and traditional Chinese healing arts, these gentle techniques produce a more youthful face and lead to a healthier lifestyle. The book describes the layers of the skin and its function as one of the body’s major organs, and shows how to use touch and massage on the facial pressure points to improve the appearance of the skin and the health of the other organs. The simple techniques take just minutes to do and are easy to include in regular morning routines like putting on makeup or shaving. Breathing exercises, routines for specific problems, and affirmations to rid the body and mind of toxins round out the book.
Ancient Secrets of Facial Rejuvenation: A Holistic, Nonsurgical Approach to Youth and Well-Being
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being
April 16th, 2010
Product Description
Optimum Health . . . The Healthy Kitchenin each of his widely acclaimed, best-selling books, Dr. Andrew Weil has been an authoritative and companionable guide through a uniquely effective combination of traditional and nontraditional approaches to health and healthy living. Now he gives us a book about aging that is unlike any other in the breadth and depth of its information and understanding. Hugely informative, practical, and uplifting, it is infused with the engaging candor and common sense that have been the hallmarks of all his books.
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being
The Art of Aging: A Doctor’s Prescription for Well-Being
March 10th, 2010
- ISBN13: 9780812975413
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
In his landmark book How We Die, Sherwin B. Nuland profoundly altered our perception of the end of life. Now in The Art of Aging, Dr. Nuland steps back to explore the impact of aging on our minds and bodies, strivings and relationships. Melding a scientist’s passion for truth with a humanist’s understanding of the heart and soul, Nuland has created a wise, frank, and inspiring book about the ultimate stage of life’s journey.
The onset of aging can be so gradual that we are often surprised to find that one day it is fully upon us. The changes to the senses, appearance, reflexes, physical endurance, and sexual appetites are undeniable–and rarely welcome–and yet, as Nuland shows, getting older has its surprising blessings. Age concentrates not only the mind, but the body’s energies, leading many to new sources of creativity, perception, and spiritual intensity. Growing old, Nuland teaches us, is not a disease but an art–and for those who practice it well, it can bring extraordinary rewards.
“I’m taking the journey even while I describe it,” writes Nuland, now in his mid-seventies and a veteran of nearly four decades of medical practice. Drawing on his own life and work, as well as the lives of friends both famous and not, Nuland portrays the astonishing variability of the aging experience. Faith and inner strength, the deepening of personal relationships, the realization that career does not define identity, the acceptance that some goals will remain unaccomplished–these are among the secrets of those who age well.
Will scientists one day fulfill the dream of eternal youth? Nuland examines the latest research into extending life and the scientists who are pursuing it. But ultimately, what compels him most is what happens to the mind and spirit as life reaches its culminating decades. Reflecting the wisdom of a long lifetime, The Art of Aging is a work of luminous insight, unflinching candor, and profound compassion.
From the Hardcover edition.
Total Heart Health for Men: A Life-Enriching Plan for Physical & Spiritual Well-Being
February 27th, 2010
Product Description
Heart disease is the number one killer of men in America – but the cause may be more complex than cutting out saturated fat and salt. There is an increasing body of research supporting the link between physical and spiritual health. It’s difficult to have a truly healthy physical life without a healthy spiritual life and vice versa. In Total Heart Health for Men, well-known author and pastor Ed Young teams up with two of the country’s leading physicians from the world-renown Texas Heart Institute, Dr. J. Michael Duncan and Dr. Richard Leachman, to offer men the guidance they so desperately need to achieve total heart health in their lives. As part of the ‘30-Minutes-a-Day Total Heart Health Challenge,’ men will be inspired and supported in making practical changes toward a healthy heart, by honoring Christ both physically and spiritually, with their total hearts.
Total Heart Health for Men: A Life-Enriching Plan for Physical & Spiritual Well-Being
Total Heart Health for Women: A Life-Enriching Plan for Physical & Spiritual Well-Being
February 24th, 2010
Product Description
In the age of the “extreme makeover,” women have a unique set of pressures and expectations, but more often than not, it’s about transforming the ouside in a vein attempt to heal the inside. Obviously, women are not being healed. Total Heart Health for Women explores the undeniable link between our physical bodies and our spiritual state of mind. Women need to reclaim their identities in Christ and learn to be cherished and wholly loved by their Maker. In Total Heart Health for Women, well-known author and pastor, Ed Young, and his wife, Jo Beth Young, team up with two of the country’s leading physicians for the world-renown Texas Heart Institute, Dr. J. Michael Duncan and Dr. Richard Leachman, to bring women the guidance they so desperately need to achieve total heart health in their lives. With practical health and fitness tips, smart recipes and strategies for an authentic spiritual life, women will learn to get heart healthy by honoring Christ physically and spiritually with their total hearts.
Total Heart Health for Women: A Life-Enriching Plan for Physical & Spiritual Well-Being
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Well-Being
February 20th, 2010
- ISBN13: 9780307277541
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
In each of his widely acclaimed, best-selling books, Dr. Andrew Weil has been an authoritative and companionable guide through a uniquely effective combination of traditional and nontraditional approaches to health and healthy living. Now he gives us a book about aging that is unlike any other. Drawing on the new science of biogerontology (the biology of aging) as well as on the secrets of healthy longevity — diet, activity and attitude — Dr. Weil explains that there are a myriad of things we can do to keep our bodies and minds in good working order through all phases of life. Hugely informative, practical, and uplifting, Healthy Aging is infused with the engaging candor and common sense that have made Dr. Weil our most trusted source on healthy living.
With detailed information on:
-Learning to eat right: Following the anti-inflammatory diet, Dr. Weil’s guide to the nutritional components of a healthy lifestyle
-Separating myth from fact about the would-be elixirs of life extension — herbs, hormones, and anti-aging “medicines”
-Learning exercise, breathing and stress-management techniques to benefit your mind and body
-Understanding the science behind the aging process
-Keeping record of your life lessons to share with loved onesAmazon.com Review
Dr. Weil has raised dispensing health advice to an art form. Instead of making his audience feel inadequate or guilty about bad habits, he seems to subconsciously convince readers to do better merely by presenting health facts in a non-threatening way. Healthy Aging is his most scientifically technical book yet (you’ll learn all about enzymes like telomerase and cell division and the chemistry behind phytonutrients like indole-3-carbinol, and the connection between cancer and other degenerative diseases like diabetes) yet by far his most fascinating.
His main mission here is to recommend “aging gracefully,” which he considers accepting the process instead of fighting it. As the director of the country’s leading integrative-medicine clinic (combining the best of traditional and alternative worlds), of course he disses Botox and the slew of $100-a-jar face creams out there. It’s also no surprise that he focuses on proper nutrition, moderate exercise, and meditation and rest among his “12-point program for healthy aging.” (Triathletes and exercise addicts should take special note of the research linking excessive exercise and ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.) He occasionally references his earlier works, including 8 Weeks to Optimum Health. But the most eye-opening sections are those that discuss the spirituality of aging and its emotional aspects. “Aging can bring frailty and suffering, but it can also bring depth and richness of experience, complexity of being, serenity, wisdom, and its own kind of power and grace,” he writes. At 63, Weil is still a bit shy of senior status, but is aging well indeed, with the legacy of his late 93-year-old mother (who’s touchingly eulogized by Weil in this book) to guide him.–Erica Jorgensen
American Heart Association Complete Guide to Women’s Heart Health: The Go Red for Women Way to Well-Being & Vitality
February 20th, 2010
- ISBN13: 9780307450609
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Heart disease poses the greatest health threat that women in the United States face: One in every three women will die from it each year. But that doesn’t have to be the case. Heart disease is not an inevitable part of growing older. In fact, if you reach the age of 50 without developing the major risk factors for heart disease, you can live your entire life without it, and your chances of dying from it decrease from 50 percent to a strikingly low 8 percent. The key to preventing heart disease is embracing a heart-healthy lifestyle—and the sooner, the better. In this groundbreaking book, the American Heart Association shows you how even the smallest changes can make a big difference over time to protect the health of your heart.
The Complete Guide to Women’s Heart Health explains how gradual and sustainable shifts in your routine, such as using just a little more than one percent of your time each week to exercise or losing just 10 percent of your body weight, can have a far-reaching impact on your health. With specific pointers on diet, exercise, and health care, this book shows you how to get past the common obstacles as well as how to make taking care of your heart easy and attainable for the busy life you lead, at every age.
In chapters targeted for every decade of a woman’s life from her 20s to her 70s and beyond, the American Heart Association gives women age-appropriate advice on healthy lifestyle choices and heart-health care. Additional information addressing issues of special interest to women and how those issues affect the heart include:
· Smoking
· Pregnancy
· Menopause and hormone therapy
· Aging
· Diabetes and other health conditions
With the latest guidelines on prevention, suggestions on how to work with your healthcare providers to maintain and improve your vitality, details on screening technologies, and facts about common diagnoses and treatment options, this book is the ultimate resource to help you—and all the women in your life—fight heart disease.