Practical Nutrition for Sports Medicine and Fitness Professionals concentrates on the use of regular dietary means of improving performance nutrition. This e-book arms sports medicine and fitness professionals with the knowledge to help clients achieve their goals through proper nutrition. Readers will learn to navigate the USDA’s MyPlate recommendations, interpret food labels, answer questions regarding weight loss, and distinguish fact from fiction regarding sport nutrition clai...

From alpine skiing to wrestling, and all sports in between, The Sports Rules Book is an all-inclusive resource covering 54 sports.Quickly glean information on each sport's origin and history, basic procedures, terminology, equipment, competitive playing areas, scoring systems, player positions and primary features, common rule violations and their consequences, and, where applicable, officials' signals.The Sports Rules Book is your guide to understanding a...

Health on Demand and Health and Wellness for Life provide professors teaching general-ed health courses the option to customize their student textbooks to match their syllabi. With a custom Health on Demand text, your students pay for only the material you'll actually cover in class, plus you can match the text's content to the unique needs of your setting. The standard text, Health and Wellness for Life, offers a ready-made option for those looking for ...

metabolic balance®metabolic balance® has proven to be one of the most successful nutritional and diet programs in recent years. A recent independent scientific study confirms that metabolic balance® not only leads to effective long-term weight loss, but also improves general blood count and overall health. The program is based on a nutritional plan that is devised for each individual according to his blood count and other personal data. This compact guide is a comprehensible, easy-...

Jenny Ruhl creator of the Blood Sugar 101 website, explains what peer reviewed research and the experience of Successful Low Carb Dieters can tell us about:* How Low Carb Diets Repair Unhealthy High Normal Blood Sugars* How Low Carb Diets Achieve Weight Loss* The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Diet as Revealed by Research* The Facts that Debunk Exaggerated Claims Pro and Anti Low Carb Diets* How the Low Carb Diet Affects Hunger and Hunger Hormones...

In Incurable Me, a maverick physician brings transparency to some of medicine’s most closely guarded secrets. As he establishes a link between commerce and medical research, K. P. Stoller also explains how to treat some of the most worrisome diseases and conditions afflicting humans today-including Lyme disease, brain trauma, dementia, and autism.Dr. Stoller maintains that the best evidence in medical research is not incorporated into clinical practice unless the medical ca...

What's your unique body type? And why is it important for muscle building? In this book you will learn the three-different body-types as once described by Dr. William Herbert Sheldon and how it relates to your genetic body type on building impressive muscle or losing weight. In knowing your somatotypes:Ectomorph – long and slender body,difficult time gaining weight/muscle.Endomorph – large bone structure, pre-positioned to carry on extra weight, short limbs.Mesomorp...

Concerned about making enough milk for your baby? Wondering how to make more? Two lactation experts are here to help.Separate fact from fiction with help from this comprehensive book about improving low milk supply. Written by two leading experts who have been there themselves and officially recommended by La Leche League International, The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk incorporates the latest research and discoveries about causes of low...

Doctors and researchers are increasingly learning that by the time a woman gets pregnant, she may have already missed a critical window of opportunity to give her baby the best start in life. In this friendly and authoritative guide, Dr. Michael C. Lu, an expert in the field, offers a step-by-step prepregnancy plan that will help you have a safer pregnancy and a smarter and healthier child.Dr. Lu's plan explains how you can help prevent pregnancy complications such as gestational d...

Just diagnosed with diabetes? Afraid you won't be able to eat pasta or chocolate ever again? Worried you'll need insulin shots? Unsure what this means for your health and your life? Fear not! The editors of Prevention magazine, America's #1 healthy lifestyle brand, have created a simple guide just for you--and the other 24 million Americans who suffer from this life-threatening disease. Based on the advice of doctors, nutritionists, certified diabetes educators, and other health p...

Now completely revised and updated, the classic guide that helps mothers- and fathers-to-be conceive more easily and boost the odds of a healthy pregnancyCovering preconception and interconception (between-pregnancy) well-being for women and men, Amy Ogle and Lisa Mazzullo draw on new research from their complementary fields of expertise and reveal how good preconception health can lower the risk of pregnancy complications and improve lifelong health. Why a ninety-...

Featuring brand-new targeted food and supplement lists specific to diabetes that readers won't find anywhere else.America's fastest-growing health problem just got dealt a major blow. Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo, the creator of the Blood Type Diet, which has forever changed the way people approach health and weight loss, now brings readers a targeted plan for fighting diabetes. This volume of Dr. D'Adamo's Health Library has specific tools not available in any other book,...