You’re no idiot, of course. You’ve been meaning to get on track to a happier, healthier life, and you’ve heard that walking burns the same amount of calories as jogging. But your path, while paved with good intentions, is also filled with roadblocks—like having too little energy, or too many unwholesome distractions. Lace up your sneakers! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Walking for Health will help you develop a walking program and be with you every step of the way. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • Simple steps to figure out your waist-to-hip ratio and fitness level. • Easy ways to stay motivated and energetic. • Time-saving tips on incorporating walking workouts into your busy life. • Expert advice on how walking helps you age gracefully.
In this newly updated and repackaged follow-up to Fit For Life, one of the bestselling diet books of all time, nutritional specialist Harvey Diamond teaches readers how to live a long healthful life by making smart dietary changes, adopting a clean diet, and offering a blueprint for optimal health, pain-free living, increased energy and weight loss without deprivation. This ultimate diet and health plan is a comprehensive, cutting-edge program to reduce weight, lower cholesterol, combat serious diseases, and maintain vitality.
These three volumes sort out the science behind nightly news reports and magazine cover stories, and help define the interdisciplinary field of lifestyle medicine and health.
And special programs allow readers to exercise while at work or on the road. The third edition of "Getting Back in Shape includes a new section on running by Jeff Galloway, Olympic athlete and author of the bestseller "Galloway's Book on Running.
The Exercise Exchange Program is for anyone who has ever found diet and fitness programs restrictive, regimented, dull, and just plain ineffective. Dr. James M. Rippe, author of the bestselling Rockport Walking Program, has developed an innovative concept of nutritional and exercise "exchanges" that lets you mix and match many different foods and activities as you develop a plan designed to fit your own unique tastes and needs.
To Your Health! Recognizing that consumers sometimes feel overwhelmed by the relentless and often conflicting stream of medical reports, New York Times health reporter Jane E. Brody and her colleagues distill the information you really need from current findings, present balanced assessments of often contradictory medical advice, and offer sensible guidelines that won't go out of date overnight. Some of the pressing--and puzzling--questions they cover include: GOOD HEALTH VERSUS BAD HABITS * What are the "seven deadly sins" that sabotage good health? WHY WEIGHT GAIN IS HEALTH'S LOSS * Which newly identified hormone helps set our weight? THE MANY BENEFITS OF EXERCISE * Which is better--running or swimming? * Is moderate exercise really good enough? THE SCIENCE OF EATING RIGHT * What do we really know about fat and health? * Can drinking alcohol help your health? VITAMINS AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTS * Is beta-carotene a washout? PROTECTING THE HEART * How does heart disease differ for men and women? * Does testosterone protect our hearts? AVERTING CANCER RISKS * How do we interpret the new genetics of breast cancer? STAGES OF LIFE * Does fetal monitoring make any difference? * Do children really need low-fat diets? * What do we really know about hormone replacement?
Only a fifth of adults in the United States do enough physical activity to meet the guidelines set by Centers for Disease Control. The health benefits of regular physical activity are beyond dispute, yet less than 40% of physicians routinely counsel their patients on the importance of physical activity. Increasing Physical Activity: A Practical Guide equips healthcare practitioners to include physical activity counseling in the daily practice of medicine. Written by lifestyle medicine pioneer and cardiologist, Dr James Rippe, this book proves inactivity is a stronger risk factor than other lifestyle factors for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and many other diseases. It provides evidence-based information on the role of physical activity in preventing and treating chronic conditions and includes practical strategies for healthcare practitioners to prescribe this powerful method to enhance both short and long-term health and quality of life. Features: Specific chapters explain the role of physical activity in reduction of risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, osteoarthritis, dementia and many other chronic conditions. Chapters begin with bulleted, key points and conclude with a list of clinical applications. Strategies are provided to encourage previously sedentary individuals to adopt regular physical activity. Physical activity is placed in the context of other lifestyle medicine concepts including maintenance of a healthy body weight, following sound nutritional practices, stress reduction and other practices which impact on health and quality of life. Written for healthcare practitioners at all levels, this is a user-friendly, evidence-based manual for healthcare practitioners looking to incorporate more physical activity counseling into either general medicine or subspecialty practices.
The world's leading expert on walking for fitness has written the most comprehensive book available. Special advice on walking for women, for people over fifty, for injury and cardiac rehabilitation, for pregnant women--plus walking gear, preventing injury, motivation, stretching, hiking, nutrition and more!
