Diet Books

This book is pretty short and is very easy to read -Its filled with a lot of interesting information. I would highly recommend it.

This book is so informative. I really think every woman should read this. I have learned so much!

I liked the way this book didn't take a completely one-size-fits-all approach, but gave you ideas about changes or suppliments that may help with different common female complaints. The exceptions were in regard to sugar and sweeteners (the authors don't like most of them) and the requisite meal plan and recipes at the end. If I tried to eat that menu, I'd be sick as a dog from dairy and gluten issues. However, the rest of the book was good enough to earn a place on my (relatively small) reference book shelf.

This books really should be read by every woman. It's very user-friendly, it explains simply how many problems women typically suffer from are simply symptoms of conditions that can be easily solved (and she tells you how).
This is not a diet book per se, but she includes also an explanation of what might be hindering a woman's weight loss efforts. However she also targets things that go more to the general wellbeing, and you can choose to implement all of her suggestions or just a few - either way, you'll see a definite improvement in your health and wellbeing!

This is one book you'll want to share with every woman you know. But don't lend out your copy for too long, you'll want to refer to it again and again because it contains so much info and it's so accessible.

Ann Louise Gittleman a nutritionist and weight loss expert has put together a fantastic comprehensive guide that is educational and eye opening. This book is full of common sense health and nutrition advice every woman should know.

The book begins by categorizing general eating habits based on the current nutritional trends of the last 45-50 years and then details to our horror, how insufficient those eating habits are in maintaining a healthy weight let alone a healthy body. Whether low fat, low carb, high carb, or chronic dieting the book demonstrates the damage women inflict on their health by indulging in diets that are trendy and harmful. The book promotes balance and natural foods for both weight loss and overall health while detailing the importance of quality choices in our food consumption.

For me the most interesting and educational are the chapters that deal with fats and sugars in our diets. Gittleman's theorem is that the right kind of fats can be and are beneficial to women. For example, omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids are essential to proper bodily function and assist in the distribution of other vitamins and minerals throughout the body.

I also found the book informative in regards to the hormonal and reproductive health of women and the correlation to proper and balanced nutrition. She not only explains why but how to get all that you need by making wise choices in available foods and how they effect menstrual cycles, menopause, and P.M.S..

I will admit at times the book will detail scientific studies by different doctors and universities that reaffirm Gittleman's nutritional stance that although necessary I thought a bit dry. Overall this book is full of information about what women should be eating, should be avoiding, and how to go about it. On top of all the education the book has recipes, suggested menus, and a shopping list to help you on your way to a more balanced healthy lifestyle. I thought the book exceptional.

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My grandson is THE pickiest eater I have ever experienced, and this book gave me insight on how to relate to it! Relax, children will eat when they are hungry!!!

There wasn't anything that I thought was revolutionary here, but since I tend to get really stressed when my son doesn't eat (especially since he's pretty slim) this book helped and continues to help me relax some about it. I understand that my pushing food on him is a bad tactic in the long run. So, I'm glad I have it. Two unique things: a focus on our own "food legacy" that for some may ring true but for me was just not really an issue (I didn't have overly involved parents pushing or preventing my food habits) and two-a stronger focus on OVEReaters (reasonable in this era of obesity but far from my area of concern).

It may give you some peace of mind.

Finally a book that really addresses the needs and wants of both parents and children. As a mother of four, I am finally able to help each one of my children develop their own eating styles that will enable them to have a healthy lifestyle. Thank you!

"I was constantly running after my 2 year old with food; that's how worried I was that he was too thin. Even though my doctor said not to worry, I always left the office wondering what to do, and how to stop worrying; this book saved me from becoming a nervous wreck and from creating more problems!"

I was being driven nuts by all my kids' different demands for meals! This book helped me figure out how to deal with all of their differences, and to stop fighting about it with my husband! Excellent guide !

This book is meant to be heard. It almost like getting a three hour therapy session for 15 bucks. Dr. Gullo is right on the money almost 100% of the time with his observations and recommendations. I have listened to the book twice already and I plan to listen to it again whenever my diet falters. If you are ready to live life as thin person starting today, you want to buy this CD.

If your ready for real permenant change, this book is for you. Not only will Gullo give you the tools to lose weight, forever, he'll help you to face your food history. This book isn't for those that want to lose a quick ten pounds, this book is for women/men that want real permenant change. As a lifestyle and beauty reporter, this is the only book I have ever given 5 stars in the diet category.

My review won't be as fancy sounding as the others, but I'm here to tell you, this guy is right on the mark! After listening to his audio book, I started treating food like the addition it is (for me). Since reading this book, weight loss has become as much a mental diet as a physical one. He not only tells you what you need to do in a reasonable way, he tells you how to actually do it. Extremely practical. Very motivational.

To add to the other reviews, Gullo does address the part of losing weight tht is never addressed in other weight loss material, which is the mindset needed to actually succeed. Most people go from diet to diet or exercise program to exercise program trying to find the perfect program that will actually work. This is why the diet industry is a billion dollar industry. This program cuts to the very core issues that will make the difference between success or failure regardless of what diet or exercise program you use.

Are you struggling to lose weight, or, worse, avoiding even starting to try to lose weight because you're afraid you won't be successful? Have you reached your goal weight and are worried about maintaining your loss?

Then think about treating yourself to Stephen Gullo's CD of "The Thin Commandments Diet."

This is absolutely the best information I've run across on dieting (habitual eating). Just one of his tips has already saved me thousands of calories. (When you think you might be tempted to eat but know you don't really want or need the food, slip a Listerine breath strip into your mouth--he's right all desire for food vanishes!)

Briefly, the thin commandments are:

1) Strategy is stronger than willpower. While he gives you general suggestions that may apply to everyone, he also helps you figure out what your strategies should be for your particular eating issues.

2) Think historically, not just calorically. He helps you understand that a Thin Mint isn't 80 calories if eating "just one" leads you to eat the entire box.

3) The problem may be in the food, not in you. He presents the newest research on the connection between genetics and food cravings.

4) Structure gives control. He tells you what to snack (and when!) and gives you suggestions on how to put together a "Thin Pack" so you never get caught ravenous with only fast food options to quench your hunger.

5) Separate mood from food. He gives some great suggestions on how to talk yourself out of mood eating.

6) Take control of your favorite foods. He elaborates on the strategies of "boxing in" (having your favorite foods only under certain circumstances or on certain days of the week) and "boxing out" (deciding that a certain food doesn't work for you and you'd rather choose omitting it from your life than wearing it around an expanded waistline).

7) Slips should teach you, not defeat you. He explores the various methods of working through a slip-up in a way that puts you back in control quickly.

8) Stop feeling deprived. He helps you understand that choosing to be thin isn't a deprivation--it's a source of joy that you freely choose.

9) Treat your calories like dollars. He introduces the concept of "calorienomics" and tells you how to get the best "deals" (including what foods burn the most calories while they are digested).

10) Losing weight is half the job; keeping it off is the other half. He walks you through the nine steps you'll want to take to keep the weight off (number 1 is "wear tight or form-fitting clothes").

However good all this information may sound, I'm not even close to conveying how helpful this CD is.

Are there some things I don't agree with? Yes, he doesn't spend that much time on portion sizes (other than saying it's possible to fail to lose weight because you're eating too much of the right foods). And he doesn't give nearly enough emphasis to exercise,IMHO.

There's a book by the same name that contains a lot more information than the CD. I've got that too and would also recommend it. Specifically I think I remember some information better when I see a list than when I just hear it, and the book has more anecdotes that make the commandments come alive.

But the CD (three discs) is something you can pop in the car and listen to on your commute or at the gym as you pound out an additional ten minutes on the elliptical. And the information on the CD goes into your brain in a different way. Already in certain challenging situations I hear Stephen Gullo's voice telling me I can choose to be thin.

Treat yourself to this CD! You'll be glad you did.

Benson's book "Timeless Healing," contrary to its subtitle, "The Power and Biology of Belief," is not just for believers. Benson defines belief in epistemologically correct way: belief is nothing other than a set of operating assumptions, as a substitute for immediate and direct experience. It is with this epistemologically value-neutral manner that Dr. Benson approaches the topic at hand - the biology of expectation.

Benson - as most psychologists know from their grad studies - is the guy that brought the Relaxation Response to the West. Sure, the East-West synthesis had predated his writings and research, but Benson is arguably the first to have empirically studied and reported on the physiology that underlies relaxation.

The present book is an excellent resource for a behavioral medicine/health psychology clinician as well as for a general reader who is interested in leveraging the mind-over-body self-help. The book offers a cogent, highly accessible coverage of the concept of placebo (and its "evil twin," nocebo); it details the psycho-neuro-physiology of the relaxation response; it examines the variables that potentiate therapeutic suggestion and expectation in the clinician-client interactions; the book summarizes the mind-over-body research, and generally succeeds in making a good case for the need to infuse a greater degree of psychological savvy into the Western medical training.

The book is in some ways auto-biographical. Benson shares his journey from the medical establishment to the study of the relaxation response and, arguably, back to the medical establishment but on a mission of integrating what he had learnt.

As such, the book is a kind of life-review, perhaps, an attempt at professional legacy, and a suggested mission statement. A particularly secular reader might find Benson's book to be slightly evangelical. But Benson doesn't deceive: he checks his faith at the door, so to say, and offers an explicit "disclosure of belief." As a scientist-practitioner, he appears to be acutely aware of his potential for bias and narrates in a respectfully parenthetical manner, always seemingly cognizant of not overstepping the value boundaries of his hypotheses.

In short, Benson's "Timeless Healing" is an effective attempt to redefine "faith healing" in medical terms and to ground it in the axioms of behavioral medicine. Benson - in my opinion - succeeds in leaving a cosmopolitan enough legacy that is compatible both with secular and non-secular worldviews.

Pavel Somov, Ph.D.
Author of "Eating the Moment: 141 Mindful Practices to Overcome Overeating One Meal at a Time" (New Harbinger, Nov. 2008)

This book is WONDERFUL not only for the one needing to be healed but for the "healers." I highly recommend it to anyone who is going through an illness or recovery process and those who are helping them through it.

I think what is amazing about this book is that Herbert Benson states without a doubt that faith in God is healthy for us. While our ancestors took it for granted that God healed them, as Dr. Benson explains, we have been taught to see healing purely in technical scientific terms. Dr. Benson explains that when we repudiated the importance of belief in healing we deprived ourselves of a powerful healing force.

Dr. Benson knows that his rational-scientific audience will be skeptical of his arguements. So, he provides us with well-reasoned arguements supported by ample evidence. He explains that we need to relax our over-stressed minds on a regular basis. We need this as an antedote to our hurried lives that stress us out and make us sick. He cites many studies (much from his own research) that daily meditation stimulates the bodies natural healing mechanisms.

Now, the radical finding of Dr. Benson's research is that belief in God makes a difference in healing. If a person meditates regularly using a spiritual phrase they are more likely to heal than those who use a secular word such as "peace". The person's religion doesn't matter. It seems that God is an equal opportunity healer.

Through many of the medical observations made by the authors, this book provides some interesting ideas about the connection between the mind and body. Even though we all know that stress (which comes from our minds) influences our health, many of us find it difficult to put the mind and body together in one equation. This book is a great attempt to begin making the bridge between the subjective and objective world. It is full of insightful ideas and inspiring anecdotes. Just excellent overall. If you'd like to read about a sound theoretical framework that explains many of these things, I strongly suggest "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato. When I read Sato's book, everything clicked so much is was unbelievable!

This is a well-written book that clearly describes the links between our thoughts and our physical health. It is written in an accessible personal style, without the "guru" overtones of works by Deepak Chopra or Wayne Dyer (good writers, just with a different style). Everyone, regardless of their view of God, can benfit from the concepts of Remembered Wellness and the Relaxation Response described in this book. A personal recomendation - couple this book, with its "unproven healing energy", with Greg Bradden's "The Divine Matrix", which describes this energy, and you will be good to go.

We've all experienced what the author refers to as "hare-brained" diets, crash diets low in calories and high in failure. The first week of these plans seems almost reasonable (given that we are willing to try anything to get the extra weight off). We even lose a few pounds, comprised mostly of retained water. Then, suddenly our metabolism shuts down. The cravings become crazy and within no time we have fallen off the diet wagon once again.

Patricia Church had tried many of these diets and had only succeeded in gaining more and more weight. Finally, she tried something different. Gradually, over three years of conscious living, she lost 120 lbs. Not only did she not feel starved but she actually gained energy and motivation as the pounds slowly dropped away.

The Tortoise Diet looks at more realistic long term weight loss accomplished simply by eating smaller more frequent meals, exercising, and getting rid of the junk food. There are tips on how to increase your metabolism and to protect against loss of muscle. The author also includes some healthy recipes, some of which are quite tasty.

"By chipping away at bad habits, one at a time, you'll soon see a noticeable difference in your life...if you make the commitment to begin your `journey of a thousand miles,' and do it one step at a time, you will succeed." ~ pg. 5

The Tortoise Diet is not a quick solution to weight loss, it is a long-term solution to permanent weight loss. In this informative book you learn how to achieve your perfect weight through a series of lifestyle changes.

Patricia S. Church discusses fad diets and explains why eating seven specific items each day will help you lose more weight. Is a Low-Carb Diet really the best choice? Tricks like eating fruit after dinner and making sure you have vinegar on your salad are tried and true diet winners. If you love cooking there are ideas for blending your own flour or using stevia in your recipes. Some of the recipes include:

Olive Tamponade
Spinach-Artichoke Dip
Pesto Sauce
Mango Salsa
Thai Chicken Salad

Overall this is an excellent book that sums up the diet choices and then points the way to lifestyle changes that will help you keep the weight off for the long-term. Food Planning and Preparation Habits, Exercise Habits and Energy Management Habits are all discussed.

The meal plans and dinners at the end of the book are helpful if you are trying to figure out anything from a 125 to a 575 calorie meal plan. Instead of having to calculate each food, you can select a group of foods and work it into your daily meal plan. The recipes are also well suited to anyone counting calories as portions are given according to the final calories.

~The Rebecca Review

Here is a collection of life-changing ideas that alter your eating habits forever. You get a series of training assignments, such as eating more fiber, jotting notes in a notebook (it's surprising if you do this; how many meals last week did you grab in the car because you were rushed? And were they salads and water and a small burger or were they double-quarter-pounders with extra fries?) How much do you really drink? Is it one glass of wine (a small one?) or is it two big beakers a night? These things add up.

Some of the habits are really helpful, not only to dieters but to the poor eater; case in point, eating protein along with carbohydrates at each meal. I know someone who is skinny and always hungry. A hardboiled egg or a slice or two of meat with a starchy snack replaced his endless empty munching of cookies.

In the appendix are meal plans graded by how many calories. Not everyone should be eating 1100 calories a day, so it helps to know what constitutes a 525 calorie meal, for example. Here's a 550 Calorie meal:

275 Calorie serving of whole grain, high fiber cereal, 8 ounces non-fat milk, 1 slice whole grain toast, 1 tbs no sugar all fruit jam spread, one orange.

Interesting; this meal is very high in fiber, and it isn't particularly low in calories (300 and under.)

The author also gives hints on taming the craving monster, if you want something creamy (no-sugar pudding versus fatty ice cream, crunch--carrots or peapods versus chips.)

Finally, there are charts for progress and a discussion of alternative methods like pills, surgery and liquid diets, with their pros and (mostly) cons.

This is probably the most complete eating book I've ever read. You might never need another. Big thumbs up here to Pat Church.

This is the last diet book you will ever need. If you follow the principles outlined in the Tortoise book, and take the slow and steady approach to weight loss described in the book, you will have changed the behaviors that have allowed food to be your enemy rather than your ally. There is also online support to help chart your progress. This is optional, but I highly recommend it. You are not alone, so what are you waiting for?

Very highly recommended for health and weight conscious readers, The Tortoise Diet: Win The Race To Lose by Patricia S. Church offers a series of outstanding weight-loss techniques for an effective and healthy way to loose significant weight. Introducing readers to and extensive set of step-by-step assignments, The Tortoise Diet engages readers in a permanent weight loss program with twenty-five essential habits, realistic solutions, and a wealth of attractive menus and compatible recipes. The Tortoise Diet is an excellent and "user friendly" compendium of weight-loss ideals from the writing of a woman who experienced significant weight loss first hand.

I bought the Training Fan and the Yoga Fan recently. Both are excellent at giving concise step by step approaches to exercise and to yoga poses. Their size is good as you can easily carry them with you to exercise and the fan makes finding and keep the page open much simpler. A handy idea !

The winner of the Writer's Digest's 10th Annual International Self-Published Book Awards in the "Reference Category", The Training Fan is a very clever, quite compact training guide composed of 96 pages of bookmark-size strips bound in such a manner as to easily spread out like a fan. Exercises are organized by color-coded muscle groups and include anatomical illustrations, explanations of muscle mechanics, guidelines for strength and cardiovascular training, feature an erasable training log, and is enhanced with three complete workouts, using body weight, machines and dumbbells or resistance bands. Unique, "user friendly", highly portable, The Training Fan is a welcome and highly recommended addition to any personal exercise and physical health reference collection

I am very impressed with this training fan. It's compact, so you truly can bring it anywhere you choose to go. If you don't have room in your suitcase for free weights (too heavy, or what have you), that's okay because there is an "equipment-free" workout outlined in this "fan". How awesome is that? Of course, if you have a little extra room in the 'ol Samsonite, you might want to throw in an exercise band or two. There are outlined exercises for those, too! Oh yeah, and if you are near a gym, bring this little thing with ya...there are exercises and a full routine explained in this fan. Yes, this truly is the mother of all strength training workout guides. What a unique gift to give the exercise ethusiast, too!!!

This book makes working out easy-- even for a beginner like me. The exercises are well illustrated and easy to understand. I also like how it is divided into sub-groups based on what you have to work out with. Since I don't have a gym membership it's a really helpful guide to use at home, and small enough to travel with too!

I absolutely love this product! I read about it in a health related magazine and bought it specifically for a friend who is a fitness trainer. Unfortunately, she may not get it because I plan to keep it in my gym bag for reference.

The price is right for what it contains. I'm a competitive racewalker although I'm currently training for a half marathon. Definitely try to market this product to health clubs--it's terrific!

_Treasury of Science Fiction_ (1948) is Groff Conklin's second science fiction anthology; his first was _The Best of Science Fiction_ (1946). Thes two anthologies did much to shape how later sf anthologies were done. _Treasury_ is slightly smaller than the first book, but still very large-- 517 pages. The selections are more modern, come from less diverse sources (most are from _Astounding_), and are, I think, of a generally higher quality.

A sampling of the thirty stories are "Tomorrow's Children" by Poul Anderson and F.N. Waldrop, "Rescue Party" by Arthur C. Clarke, "With Folded Hands..." by Jack Williamson, "No Woman Born" by C. L.Moore, "Child's Play" by William Tenn, "The Ethical Equations" by Murray Leinster, "It's Great To Be Back" by Robert A. Heinlein, and "Juggernaut" by A.E. van Vogt. All of the stories, not just those listed, are of good to excellent quality. If many of these stories seem a bit familiar to you, remember: This collection was where many of them were appearing in book form for the first time. And if they seem a bit old-fashioned in some ways, I would argue that quality tells; they still hold up remarkably well.

The contents are divided up into seven categories: The Atom and After, The Wonders of the Earth, The Superscience of Man, Dangerous Inventions, Adventures in Dimension, From Outer Space, and Far Traveling. Categories such as these may have led to the development of Conklin's "theme anthologies" in the fifties.

In another review I once asked if anybody today still remembered Groff Conklin. Since that time, I have stumbled across a piece of scholarship by Bud Webster called _41 Above the Rest: An Index and Checklist for the Anthologies of Groff Conklin_ (2005). It is a 70 page checklist of Conlin's anthologies and the stories reprinted in them. It is perhaps a sign that this man of intelligence and taste is not wholly forgotten.

Back in the day, science fiction was about a story and meaning. These tales had depth and people used them to express hopes, fears and dreams for the future.

This book is a fantastic collection from the golden days, some of these stories range for the 40's onwards.

There are a range of authors here youd know and some you've never heard of.
If youve seen and loved the I,robot movie be sure to get a copy of this to read " With Folded Hands" its clearly a more perfect synopsis of this movie than Asimovs book could be.
Guaranteed a keeper, 5 stars is not enough!

BOUGHT IT AS A YOUNG ADULT AND LOVED IT. GREAT STORIES BY KNOWN AND UNKNOWN AUTHORS. WOULD APPEAL TO SCI-FI READERS OF ALL AGES. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT, IF YOU CAN FIND A COPY.

This is Groff Conklin's second anthology, published originally in 1948. It consists of 30 stories, mostly from the 1940's, and a large number of those were from 1946 and 1947. This differs from his previous collection, which tried to cover short fiction from the entire history of the genre. All but five of these stories first appeared in the pages of "Astounding Science Fiction".

It is amazing how well these stories hold up even today. Yes there are some things which are dated, but on the whole the stories work nearly as well today as they did when they were first published. Included are stories from some of the great masters of Science Fiction, such as Arthur C. Clarke, L. Sprague De Camp, Murray Leinster, Robert A. Heinlein and more. There are also many stories by lesser known writers.

Surprisingly only two of these stories have been recognized in reader polls. These are "With Folded Hands..." by Jack Williamson which was tied for 32nd on the Locus All-Time Poll for novelettes in 1999, and "Rescue Party" by Arthur C. Clarke, which was tied for 9th on the 1971 Astounding/Analog All-Time Poll of short fiction. The Anthology itself was rated 20th on the 1952 Astounding/Analog All-Time Poll of books.

When I was a kid I got this book and read it till the pages turned to dust!

Im not into holidays and celebrations and I bought this recipe because it has one specific recipe in it that I happened to be looking for what it was I cant remember. Anyway I say all that to say I ended up coming across a great book with alot of good tasty recipes in it. nava Atlas has done it again I am a fan of her books and she never lets us(vegans) down. This a good book to add to your collection!

Like all of Nava Atlas's books, this one is wonderful, filled with clear descriptions and phenomenal recipes with an eye toward good health. My one and only quibble is that the recipes are hardly "updated" as described on the cover ... I went through it page by page comparing it to the original version, but the only changes I could find were to delete "water" as an ingredient, and to change "margarine" to "reduced-fat margarine" -- which hardly seems worth the cost of a new book; mine is going right back to Amazon. However, if you don't already own the original version, I highly recommend this book for uniquely delicious recipes (many of them kid-pleasing, and appealing to omnivores as well as vegetarians) designed to promote good health, with as little fat and sodium as possible without sacrificing flavor. Although I own almost every vegetarian cookbook in print (no exaggeration), this is one of my all-time favorites, and most dependable ones.

this book provides recipies grouped into entire menus. no more finding a recipie for a dish you like and not being able to figure out what to serve with it. this book also provides step by step directions for preparing dishes ahead of time. perfect for entertaining.

As thanksgiving is only a few days away and I pulled out this cookbook once again to look for some ideas on what to take to my relatives (who are not vegetarians but are getting to like the ideas better) I thought I better write a review. This is a great cookbook and as I mentioned, I pull it out at certain holidays, either when I'm cooking a full vegetarian celebration dinner or when I'm just bringing a couple of dishes over to our relatives houses.

The chapters in the book are actually the celebratory event:
New Years, Valentines Day, Easter & St. Patricks Day, Passover, Mothers day and Fathers day, memorial day, etc etc

Within each chpater there are a couple of different menus, usually 3 or 4 so you have some variety on what to pull together. For thanksgiving, for example, the menus are: A family Thanksgiving, A Harvest Feast for friends, Substitite Main dishes for thanksgiving dinner, and Substitite Stuffings

There are breads, salads, main dishes, side dishes, the whole works. Everything I've made so far has been great. I still use my other cookbooks at holidays too but this one definitely has the right dishes paired up with the different themes of the holidays.

This is the cookbook I've turned to again and again -- it has the most food stains of any cookbook in my collection, which is a good sign! I had no idea vegetarian cooking could be so tasty until I bought this. Not a single recipe has been a disappointment, and what a great idea to organize them according to traditional celebrations. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!

My midwife gave me this chart and I put it on the fridge so I could make sure I'm getting enough iron and calcium during my pregnancy. I've found it really helpful. It was nice to take down all those post - its I had everywhere!

I really appreciated the detail andorganization that went into this chart. It is very informative, graphically pleasing to the eye, and make a great reference tool to ensure nutrition and health. Way to go!

What a great tool to have hangin' around. Finally somebody has put all of this great info together in a simple and attractive format. Very Helpful.

What a wonderful find, this nutitional poster! Yes, the colors are great. Yes the graphics are wonderful but what impressed me so much was the amount of research that went into this poster to provide an at a glance, simple, pure, healthy way to eat for life. No gimics here, just good eating sense for optimim health and wellness.

The Vitamin & Mineral Kitchen chart fits nicely on the refrigerator and encourages healthy food choices in order to meet vitamin and mineral requirements. The importance of each essential item is enhanced with food and herbal sources. Now if you are lacking in Potassium, bananas are not the only option. You can choose apricots, dates, figs, potatoes, raisins or yogurt. This expands knowledge about foods you can reach for when you feel you need to increase say your vitamin C intake.

Paprika, Parsley can be added to cooking or you can increase your intake of papayas, strawberries or cantaloupe. This goes beyond eating citrus fruits and opens up entire new categories of food you may have never considered for health. This chart will encourage and enhance health through a deeper awareness of healthy foods with healing benefits. Using four magnets, this fits nicely on the freezer door of your refrigerator for easy reference.

~The Rebecca Review

Street and subways in urban areas are increasingly inhospitable to walkers even as health publications advocate more walking for health: that's why the message in WALK FOR YOUR LIFE: RESTORING NEIGHBORHOOD WALKWAYS TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY LIFE, IMPROVE STREET SAFETY AND REDUCE OBESITY is so essential. Author Marie Demers, Ph.D. has been a health researcher for the past twenty-five years: her background of psychology, biology and anthropology lend to a survey of urban environments and what creates and encourages a 'walkable' environment to bring back both health and community sense. An excellent call for better urban planning reinforcing the health benefits of walking.

In Walk For Your Life!: Restoring Neighborhood Walkways To Enhance Community Life, Improve Street Safety And Reduce Obesity, author Marie Demers draws upon her more than twenty-five years experience as a health researcher, an epidemiology, as well as her background in psychology, biology, and anthropology, and worldwide travels to create a comprehensive and utterly persuasive argument in favor of creating safe, health inducing, walkways in urban and suburban locales so that men and women of all ages and health conditions can obtain the undeniably benefits of regular exercise through the simple means of walking. Indeed, Demers lays out a clear and convincing case for the restoration of a "walkable" environment that would have the additional social benefits of enhancing community life while addressing the current obesity epidemic. Walk For Your Life! is "must" reading for anyone seeking to establish the opportunity for more mobile, healthy inducing, pleasurable opportunities and conditions in their community allowing them to walk their way into a better physical, mental, and emotional condition.

My wife picked up this book for me, since she knew I am interested in walkable communities, and it didn't disappoint.

It is filled with the history of communities, and takes a page from Kunstler's earlier works regarding suburbia and sprawl. I liked the ties that she made between our increasingly sedentary lifestyles and obesity, illness, and childhood disease. Ms. Demers discusses our dependence on cars, the hostile environment design to limit walking to desitinations. She finishes the book with some suggested solutions, for individuals, communities, and the design of future neighborhoods. Some of the information in the book I have gathered from other sources, but it is a good overall reference for walkable communities, and increasing the amount of walking that you do in your daily life. I especially liked some of the "side" stories that she had in there. For example, how advances in packaging and decreased food preparation and clean-up has made our lives easier, but has led to more time on the couch and less time that would have been spent standing to prepare a meal and then clean it up after. (That's why that fat-free cake didn't lead to my weight loss...heh heh)

It comes with a 4/5 star recommendation from me. I would have given the 5th star if there was more information on how to go about affecting change in your community (petitions, attending town meetings, etc.) Pick it up from Amazonm for a good quick informative read.

This is one of those elephants in the living room sorts of book. I liked reading it because it articulated many of my own frustrations about my neighborhood and my ability to be outside. "Is there a simpler or more natural activity than walking? Then, how could such a healthy human activity become so dangerous and unwelcome in just a few decades?" In Walk for your Life! these questions are asked and answered. How DID we suburbanites get to accepting, to not even thinking about the disappearance of walking as a daily occurrence, a no big deal sort of activity? I'm a baby boomer. I remember walking to school, staying out playing until dark. In my case, I now live in a neighborhood where our family has always commented on how completely convenient our home is to everything. And it is. We live on a lake, our home is very attractive. It's also within walking distance to the local convenience store, a little further a complete supermarket, the sports club, the post office and Fed Ex, seven or eight restaurants, bookstore, and every sort of retail store. And, when I first moved here, I actually did try to walk to these places. But, sporadic sidewalks give way to narrowed or non-existent shoulders on the roads where I had to wait until the cars let up and then sprint across those areas. Not to mention, I felt conspicuous as I walked along. Not another soul in sight the entire walk, other than in passing cars. I remember thinking that if I ever tried this again, I needed to be dressed as a jogger. What I had been trying to do was walk as a means of transportation, not for exercise or as a special leisure activity. I didn't realize that until I read this book. A ha! I saw a really big elephant and it's shaped like a SUV! So, our home IS convenient, as long as we use our car. Walk for your Life! points out what is wrong with this picture, and offers ways to bring back all kinds of walking into our lives.
The book made me think about my own life as a walker and also about the big picture -- road and town planning and zoning, about watching life on TV rather than being outside in it with my neighbors, about reduced health and being fat for not moving around more. It's not only worth reading, it's also well written and very readable. It's also got a great list of resources - organizations that promote walking, other books, websites.

Walk For Your Life is an articulate perspective on why the art of walking is on the decline in our computerized, automated and industrialized world. With obesity at an all-time high, especially among children and teens, and obesity- and sedentary lifestyle-related diseases precipitously on the rise, this is an important and timely new book!

Epidemiologist and walking enthusiast, Dr. Marie Demers, explains how our attitudes toward walking are a sociological phenomenon and not just an idiosyncratic personal response to environmental factors. We drive cars to the supermarket or the mall because our communities have been designed around the automobile rather than the on the human scale of the older walkable neighborhoods and communities.

This book offers encouragement to individuals to walk more regularly and purposefully. It offers advise to community planners, zoning boards and educators on how to create and/or maintain the "walkability" and pedestrian safety of our communities. And it offers a vision for a healthier, friendlier and more active society where walking is enjoyed by all as a essential part of everyday life.

I heartily recommend Walk For Your Life! to everyone who wants
to be healthier and who wants to live in a healthier, safer and friendlier community.