Health

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you're not breathing properly.There is nothing more essential to our health and wellbeing than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability ...

#1 New York Times BestsellerFood. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend itBecause in the socalled Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusionmost of what we?re consuming today is no longer the product of nature but of food science. The result is what Mich...

The hugely acclaimed New York Times Best Seller, now available in paperback!A National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2014:The New York Times Book Review (Top 10), Entertainment Weekly (Top 10), New York Magazine, Chicago Tribune (Top 10), Publishers Weekly (Top 10), Time Out New York (Top 10), Los Angeles Times, Kirku...

Bring meaning and joy to all your days with this internationally bestselling guide to the Japanese concept of ikigai (pronounced eekeyguy)the happiness of always being busyas revealed by the daily habits of the worlds longestliving people.Whats your ikigaiOnly staying active will make you want to live a hundred years. Japanese proverb According...

Eric Schlosser’s exposé revealed how the fast food industry has altered the landscape of America, widened the gap between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and transformed food production throughout the world. The book changed the way millions of people think about what they eat and helped to launch today’s food movement.In a new afterw...

Dr. John E. Sarno's groundbreaking research on TMS (Tension Myoneural Syndrome) reveals how stress and other psychological factors can cause back painand how you can be pain free without drugs, exercise, or surgery.Dr. Sarno's program has helped thousands of patients find relief from chronic back conditions. In this New York Times bestseller, Dr. ...

From the National Magazine Awardwinning Runner?s World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contributor, and Cambridgetrained physicist: a fascinating and definitive exploration of the extraordinary science of human endurance and the secrets of human performance, for fans of The Sports Gene, Born to Run, and Grit.From running a twohour marathon...

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This book will literally change the way you think about your next meal. Food psychologist Brian Wansink revolutionizes our awareness of how much, what, and why we?re eating?often without realizing it. His findings will astound you. ? Can the size of your plate really influence your appetite? Why do you eat more when you dine with friends? What ?h...

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Along with the many benefits of leisureclass living comes obesity and its attendant ailments. In The Warrior Diet, Ori Hofmekler looks not forward but backward for a solution–to the primal habits of early cultures such as nomads and huntergatherers, the Greeks, and the Romans. Based on survival science, this book proposes not ordinary dietary cha...

With a detailed introduction to the ancient philosophical, ethical, and religious Chinese practice of Taoism, The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity is a unique, comprehensive, and practical selfhelp guide to live a balanced and positive Taoist lifestyle.Written by a Westerner for the Western mind, The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity is perfect f...

Moneyball meets medicine in this remarkable chronicle of one of the greatest scientific quests of our time—the groundbreaking program to answer the most essential question for humanity: how do we live and die—and the visionary mastermind behind it.Medical doctor and economist Christopher Murray began the Global Burden of Disease studies to gain a ...

A story of courage and risktaking, House on Fire tells how smallpox, a disease that killed, blinded, and scarred millions over centuries of human history, was completely eradicated in a spectacular triumph of medicine and public health. Part autobiography, part mystery, the story is told by a man who was one of the architects of a radical vaccinat...

The founder of a femalefocused recovery program offers a radical new path to sobriety.“You don’t know how much you need this book, or maybe you do. Either way, it will save your life.”—Melissa Hartwig Urban, Whole30 cofounder and CEOWe live in a world obsessed with drinking. We drink at baby showers and work events, brunch and book club, graduati...

From Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM, the physician behind the trusted and wildly popular website Nutritionfacts.org, and author of the New York Times bestselling book How Not to Die, comes a beautifullydesigned, comprehensive cookbook complete with more than 120 recipes for delicious, lifesaving, plantbased meals, snacks, and beverages.Dr. Michael ...

A Goop Book Club Pick A new twist on keto: The fatburning power of ketogenic eating meets the clean green benefits of a plantcentric plateThe keto craze is just getting warmed up. The ketogenic diet kickstarts your body's metabolism so it burns fat, instead of sugar, as its primary fuel. But most ketogenic plans are meat and dairyheavy, creati...

OB/GYN, writer for The New York Times, USA Today, and Self, and host of the show Jensplaining, Dr. Jen Gunter now delivers the definitive book on vaginal health, answering the questions you've always had but were afraid to askor couldn't find the right answers to. She has been called Twitter's resident gynecologist, the Internet's OB/GYN, and one...

Two of North America's foremost vegan dietitians present the complete reference to plantbased nutrition designed for health practitioners, nutrition professionals, college coursework, or the sophisticated lay reader. The "express" edition of Becoming Vegan helps lay readers understand the impact of a vegan diet on their health and that of the plan...

The inspiring, hilarious memoir of a ?Bridget Joneslike writer? (The Washington Post) who transforms her life by learning to run, with stories of miserable defeat, complete victory, and learning to choose the right shoes.When Alexandra Heminsley decided to take up running, she had hopes for a blissful runner?s high and immediate physical transform...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF 10% HAPPIERToo busy to meditate Can't turn off your brain Curious about mindfulness but more comfortable in the gym This book is for you.You'll also get access to guided audio meditations on the 10% Happier app, to jumpstart your practice from day one.ABC News anchor Dan Harris used to think that ...

Clean lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow shows that delicious food can also heal the bodywith 100 foodlover's recipes that can be customized into targeted meal plans and detox programs.Gwyneth Paltrow stands behind the power of simple, quality food. Her recipes always focus on delicious flavors and clean ingredientspillars that have launched her c...

As seen on Dateline NBC Healthy, delicious, and simple, the Paleo Diet is the diet our genes were made for. This book presents readers with a program that causes weight loss in overweight people up to seventyfive pounds in six months while normalizing blood cholesterol, and increasing energy levels....

ABC?s chief medical correspondent helps you ring in the New Year right with a resolution that?s actually doable: a yearlong plan to improve your emotional and physical health?from giving up alcohol to a doing a digital detox, but each for only one month.Dr. Jennifer Ashton is at the top of her field as an obgyn and news correspondent. But even at...

Celebrating 10 years of helping hundreds of thousands of women achieve pregnancy, avoid pregnancy naturally, and gain better control of their health and lives, the 10th Anniversary Edition of the classic bestseller will include:New 'Preface to the 10th Anniversary Edition"Updates on new fertility technologiesNatural approaches to conceptionUpda...

You can take control of your health, lose weight, prevent disease, and enjoy a long and healthy life. The unique nutritional program outlined in Eat Rich, Live Long is designed by experts to help you feel great while you eat delicious and satisfying foods. Millions of people have gotten healthy through lowcarb plans over the years?and a growing nu...

From elite bodybuilding competitors to gymnasts, from golfers to fitness gurus, anyone who works out with weights must own this book?a book that only Arnold Schwarzenegger could write, a book that has earned its reputation as ?the bible of bodybuilding.?Inside, Arnold covers the very latest advances in both weight training and bodybuilding competit...

The ketogenic diet has taken the world by storm, and deservedly so: its results in helping people lose weight, manage chronic health conditions, and simply feel great are unmatched. Bestselling cookbook author Maria Emmerich sits at the forefront of the keto movement and has become the goto source for highfat, lowcarb recipes that both please th...

What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you.Drawing upon her thirtyplus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation?s leading midwife, shares the benefits and joys of natural childbirth by showing women how to trust in the ancient wisdom of their bodies for a healthy and fulfilling birthing experience. Based on the femalec...

Key Benefits: Why use this coloring book For more than 35 years, The Anatomy Coloring Book has been the #1 bestselling human anatomy coloring book! A useful tool for anyone with an interest in learning anatomical structures, this concisely written text features precise, extraordinary handdrawn figures that were crafted especially for easy colori...

For modern spiritual seekers and yoga students alike, here is an irreverent yet profound guide to the most sophisticated teachings of the yoga wisdom traditionnow brought to contemporary life by a celebrated author, psychotherapist, and leading American yoga instructor.While many Westerners still think of yoga as an invigorating series of postures...

Queen Afua is a nationally renowned herbalist, natural health expert, and dedicated healer of women?s bodies and women?s souls who practices a uniquely Afrocentric spirituality. Her classic bestseller, Heal Thyself, forever changed the way African Americans practice holistic health. Now, with Sacred Woman, she takes us on a transforming journey of ...

There is a difference between Exercise and Training. Exercise is physical activity for its own sake, a workout done for the effect it produces today, during the workout or right after you're through. Training is physical activity done with a longerterm goal in mind, the constituent workouts of which are specifically designed to produce that goal. ...

Depression can feel like a downward spiral, pulling you down into a vortex of sadness, fatigue, and apathy. Based in the latest research in neuroscience, this audiobook offers dozens of little things you can do every day to rewire your brain and create an upward spiral towards a happier, healthier life.Depression doesn't happen all at once. It star...

The definitive guide to yogic breathing from B.K.S. Iyengar, the world's most respected yoga teacher. B.K.S. Iyengar has devoted his life to the practice and study of yoga. It was B.K.S. Iyengar's unique teaching style, bringing precision and clarity to the practice, as well as a mindset of 'yoga for all', which has made it into a worldwide phenome...

The ketogenic diet has gained in popularity, but that has led to some bad information being shared. You can do keto right, and you can do keto wrong. This book is all about how to do keto the right way!Despite what health science has beaten into us over the last fifty or so years, humans thrive on highfat, lowcarb diets. Millions of people around...

The Diet Dictocrats don't want you to know that... Your body needs oldfashioned animal fats Newfangled polyunsaturated oils can be bad for you Modern whole grain products can cause health problems Traditional sauces promote digestion and assimilation Modern food processing denatures our foods but Ancient preservation methods actually increa...

With Quick Easy Ketogenic Cooking, nutritionist and popular food blogger Maria Emmerich takes the guesswork out of ketogenic cooking.What is the ketogenic diet It's a way of eating that shifts your body from being a sugar burner to being a fat burner. It's also a revolutionary way to support better health?it can improve everything from epilepsy to...

A passionate, compelling, and scientific argument for plantbased nutrition Are you ready to feel better, look better, and heal the planet at the same time Then it?s time to revolutionize your health from the inside out. With The PlantBased Solution, leading cardiologist Dr. Joel Kahn shows how everyone can cultivate optimal wellbeing with a who...

HOW WOULD IT FEEL TO HAVE THE BODY YOU?VE ALWAYS WANTED, A HUGE BOOST IN ENERGY, AND THE MINDSET TO KEEP IT FOREVER Have you ever felt frustrated about not getting the results you want Do you feel you are eating the right foods and doing the correct workouts but your body still isn?t changing as quickly as you want Are you grinding through your ...

Are you a triathlete, runner, cyclist, swimmer, crosscountry skier, or other athlete seeking greater endurance The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing teaches athletes how to stay healthy, achieve optimal athletic potential, and be injuryfree for many productive years. Dr. Philip Maffetone?s approach to endurance offers a truly ?individual...

The founder and CEO of Onnit, the mega lifestyle brand and one of the fastest growing companies in the country, teaches us how one single day of positive choices leads to a lifetime of concrete strategies for better living, optimal performance, and a stronger mind, body, and spirit.Human optimization thought leader Aubrey Marcus?s personal and prof...

A Sports Illustrated Best Health and Wellness Book of 2017Plantpowered recipes to power you?perform better, recover faster, feel great! A fastgrowing global movement, No Meat Athlete (NMA) earns new fans every day by showing how everyone from weekend joggers to worldclass competitors can become even healthier and fitter by eating whole plant foo...

An eyeopening handbook from a leading Ayurvedic physician that blends cuttingedge science on "clock genes" with ancient eastern wisdom to help us understand how to harness the power of chronobiology to effortlessly lose weight, sleep better, exercise stronger, reduce stress, and boost our wellbeing."It?s not you, it?s your schedule." Does it soun...

The newest treatment for pain is one of the oldest, most effective strategies for painfree living; meditation. With Break Through Pain, meditation expert Shinzen Young teaches you how to retrain your relationship to pain through traditional meditation practices. Drawing from 30 years of results in the field, this widely respected teacher offers th...

Celebrating 30 years as a classic in its field and recommended by therapists worldwide, The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook is an unparalleled, essential resource for people struggling with anxiety and phobias. Living with anxiety, panic disorders, or phobias can make you feel like you aren?t in control of your life. Tackle the fears that hold you back...

No Meat Athlete is a new kind of athletic guide that will take you from starting block to finish line, while providing encouragement, tricks, and advice along the way.No Meat Athlete combines the winning elements of proven training approaches, motivational stories, and innovative recipes to create a guide for meatless athletes unlike anything print...