Download or read book Strong Women and Men Beat Arthritis written by Miriam E. Nelson Ph.D and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-03-04 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of Strong Women Eat Well and fellow Tufts University scientists present a simple plan that has been proven to reduce the pain and immobility caused by arthritis… Strong Women and Men Beat Arthritis shows the direct connection between a strength-training program you can do at home and the reduction—and even prevention—of arthritis symptoms. No other research study using an exercise program has ever showed the results that the Tufts study achieved: a 43% reduction in pain, a 44% improvement in physical function, and a 71% improvement in strength. This book offers all the tools you need—and more: · An exercise program designed specifically to protect the joints and relieve stiffness and soreness · A scientifically based eating plan to reduce inflammation and pain · A hands-on guide to the latest medications · The real story on complementary therapies—which ones work? Which ones don’t? · ...
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Download or read book Strong Women Strong Bones written by Miriam E. Nelson Ph.D and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the latest scientific information, and including practical advice on the best nutrition, exercise, and medication, Strong Women, Strong Bones is an essential guide for any woman who wants to know more about the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Includes: A one-hour-per-year plan for healthy bones A self-test to assess risk factors Facts on the most accurate bone-density tests Tips on supplements beyond calcium, plus new findings on soy The best workouts for strong bones, fully illustrated, with an effective new two-minute exercise Facts on the latest medical breakthroughs A special chapter for men
Download or read book The Strong Women s Journal written by Miriam E. Nelson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A year-long journal designed to help women reach their individual fitness goals helps readers track their goals, progress, daily eating and exercise patterns, and thoughts and feelings along the way, with a step-by-step plan to shape up, dietary tips, aerobic and strength-training exercises, inspirational quotes, charts, and more. Original.
Download or read book Strong Women Stay Slim written by Miriam Nelson and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling authors of Strong Women Stay Young, an exciting, medically sound program to help you boost your metabolism and melt away fat! Scientific research has shown that strength training increases metabolism--a key to permanent weight loss--by as much as 15 percent. In fact, a Tufts University study comparing women on identical diet plans found that the strength-training group lost 44 percent more fat than the diet-only group. Strong Women Stay Slim has everything you need to shape up and feel great--no matter what your age or fitness level: Fully illustrated exercises especially designed for weight loss Up-to-the-minute information about weight, appetite, nutrition, and fitness--explaining why this program works A hunger-free food plan, including menus and delicious recipes from award-winning cookbook author Steven Raichlen Progress logs and extra guidance for the first ten weeks Motivational secrets...and more
Download or read book Strong Women Strong Hearts written by Miriam E. Nelson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide for women shares up-to-date advice on diet, exercise, weight loss, stress reduction, and other strategies that may help prevent or reverse heart disease, in a volume designed to inform readers on their risks and treatment options. By the author of Strong Women, Strong Bones. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
Download or read book Strong Women Stay Young written by Miriam E. Nelson and published by Lothian Children's Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scientifically-proven strength training programme that turns back the clock - replacing fat with muscle, reversing bone loss, and increasing strength and energy.
Download or read book Strong Women Eat Well written by Miriam E. Nelson Ph.D and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-05-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Miriam Nelson clears away the misconceptions and myths-often fueled by the proponents of diets that focus on weight loss-and explains how to make the right food decisions. She offers sound, scientifically based advice, and shows women how to finally find pleasure in eating-and eating well. Included are: Why high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets are ineffective and potentially dangerous How to read and understand "Nutrition Facts" The formula for determining how much protein is needed Advice on whether to buy organic What "fat-free" really means on a label The latest information on genetically engineered foods Advice on supplements 50 recipes and more
Download or read book The Better Half written by Dr. Sharon Moalem, MD, PhD and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guardian Book of the Week Longlisted for the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award An award-winning physician and scientist makes the game-changing case that genetic females are stronger than males at every stage of life Here are some facts: Women live longer than men. They have stronger immune systems. They're better at fighting cancer and surviving famine, and even see the world in a wider variety of colors. They are simply stronger than men at every stage of life. Why is this? And why are we taught the opposite? To find out, Dr. Sharon Moalem drew on his own medical experiences - treating premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit; recruiting the elderly for neurogenetic studies; tending to HIV-positive orphans in Thailand - and tried to understand why in every instance men were consistently less likely to thrive. The answer, he discovered, lies in our genetics: two X chromosomes offer a powerful survival advantage. With clear, captivating prose that weaves together eye-opening research, case studies, diverse examples ranging from the behavior of honeybees to American pioneers, as well as experiences from his personal life and his own patients, Moalem explains why genetic females triumph over males when it comes to resiliency, intellect, stamina, immunity and much more. He also calls for a reconsideration of our male-centric, one-size-fits-all view of medical studies and even how we prescribe medications - a view that still sees women through the lens of men. Revolutionary and yet utterly convincing, The Better Half will make you see humanity and the survival of our species anew.
Download or read book Treat Your Own Knees written by Jim Johnson and published by Hunter House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Johnson has researched hundreds of scientific journal articles to find and test the simplest most effective do-it-yourself treatments for knee pain. In this compact and accessible book, he shows readers exactly how to improve and maintain the functioning of their knees by enhancing the four crucial abilities every knee must have: ** muscular strength ** flexibility ** responsiveness (proprioception) ** endurance A chapter is devoted to each of these four functions, showing why they are essential. The reader is shown exactly how to do simple home exercises designed to restore or improve that particular ability. The last chapter is a "master plan" that pulls together all the concepts and exercises into a time-efficient exercise program. The author guides the reader effortlessly through the exercise routine. Clear drawings illustrate the muscles responsible for knee pain and the exact way to do the exercises. All the information is based on research trials and studies and evidence from peer-reviewed journals. The author has chosen for this book the best techniques for relieving knee pain.
Download or read book Strong Women Strong Backs written by Miriam E. Nelson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive reference for women shares practical advice and high-energy anecdotes on how to maintain back health, discussing such topics as the role of stress in back pain, women-specific exercises, and creating a back-friendly home and office environment. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
Download or read book A Bittersweet Season written by Jane Gross and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wise, smart, and ever-helpful, an essential guide to caring for aging parents. When Jane Gross found herself suddenly thrust into a caretaker role for her eighty-five year-old mother, she was forced to face challenges that she had never imagined. As she and her younger brother struggled to move her mother into an assisted living facility, deal with seemingly never-ending costs, and adapt to the demands on her time and psyche, she learned valuable and important lessons. Here, the longtime New York Times expert on the subject of elderly care and the founder of the New Old Age blog shares her frustrating, heartbreaking, enlightening, and ultimately redemptive journey, providing us along the way with valuable information that she wishes she had known earlier. We learn why finding a general practitioner with a specialty in geriatrics should be your first move when relocating a parent; how to deal with Medicaid and Medicare; how to understand and provide for your own needs as a caretaker; and much more. Includes chapters on the following subjects: Finding Our Better Selves The Myth of Assisted Living The Vestiges of Family Medicine The Best Doctors Money Can Buy The Biology, Sociology, and Psychology of Aging Therapeutic Fibs
Download or read book Nutrition and Arthritis written by Margaret Rayman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthritis affects millions of people throughout the world and while its treatment is usually medical or surgical, there exists an increasingly large body of evidence concerning the positive effects of nutrition on the condition. There are over two hundred forms of rheumatoid disease, with conditions varying in prevalence. In this important title the authors have focussed on osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common arthritic diseases with the largest body of dietary data. Including coverage of disease incidence and prevalence, pathology, aetiology and measures of disease assessment and dietary risk factors, Nutrition and Arthritis is a clear, concise and user-friendly book gathering the latest research to bring the reader state-of-the-art information on: Micronutrients (e.g. vitamins C, D and selenium), food supplements and their potential to ameliorate arthritis Polyunsaturated fatty acids, with particular attention paid to n-3 fatty acids Glucosamine and chondroitin The value of exclusion, vegetarian, vegan and other dietary approaches Nutritionists and dietitians, including those working in the health services, rheumatologists, orthopaedic surgeons, general practitioners, osteopaths and commercial organisations involved in the formulation of dietary supplements will find this book an important and practical reference source. Libraries in medical schools and universities and research establishments where nutrition, dietetics and food science are studied and taught will find it a valuable addition to their shelves.
Download or read book The Grace of Silence written by Michele Norris and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, Kansas City Star. A profoundly moving and deeply personal memoir by the co-host of National Public Radio’s flagship program All Things Considered. While exploring the hidden conversation on race unfolding throughout America in the wake of President Obama’s election, Michele Norris discovered that there were painful secrets within her own family that had been willfully withheld. These revelations—from her father’s shooting by a Birmingham police officer to her maternal grandmother’s job as an itinerant Aunt Jemima in the Midwest—inspired a bracing journey into her family’s past, from her childhood home in Minneapolis to her ancestral roots in the Deep South. The result is a rich and extraordinary family memoir—filled with stories that elegantly explore the power of silence and secrets—that boldly examines racial legacy and what it means to be an American.
Download or read book The Power of Adrienne Rich written by Hilary Holladay and published by Nan A. Talese. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive biography of Adrienne Rich, feminist and queer icon and internationally revered National Book Award winning poet. Adrienne Rich was the female face of American poetry for decades. Her forceful, uncompromising writing has more than stood the test of time, and the life of the woman behind the words is equally impressive. Motivated by personal revelations, Rich transformed herself from a traditional, Radcliffe-educated lyric poet and married mother of three sons into a path-breaking lesbian-feminist author of prose as well as poetry. In doing so, she emerged as both architect and exemplar of the modern feminist movement, breaking ranks to denounce the male-dominated literary establishment and paving the way for the many queer women of letters to take their places in the cultural mainstream. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished materials, including Rich's correspondence and in-depth interviews with numerous people who knew her, Hilary Holladay digs deep into never-before-accessed sources to portray Rich in full dimension and vivid, human detail.
Download or read book The Arthritis Handbook written by Grant Cooper and published by DiaMedica Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to conventional wisdom, arthritis pain is an inevitable part of aging. Not so, says Dr. Grant Cooper in this practical, accessible guide. For those who do develop osteoarthritic conditions, this book offers a blend of commonsense advice, dietary info, targeted exercise, and tips on useful supplements. According to the author, sufferers can often entirely avoid the use of medication, injection therapy, and surgery - approaches that, when necessary, can be used as an opportunityto return to exercise and nutrition to slow the disease's progress. The book features easy, illustrated exercises, including aerobics and strength training, that can be done at home, at a gym, or under a trainer's or physical therapist's supervision. Nutritional and supplement strategies - including glucosamine and fish oil - are presented in detail, along with suggestions for ways to keep on track. Dr. Cooper not only explores each topic in depth but explains how it fits into an overall holistic treatment program.
