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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery: Ensure Post-Surgery Success and Win the Weight Loss Battle for Good
by Joseph Ewing Margaret FurtadoEssential info for the quarter million people a year adjusting to life after weight loss surgery . . . With an increasing array of weight-loss procedures to choose from, more and more are opting for it. But once patients return home, they need guidance for keeping the weight off, while nourishing themselves. Included here are the challenges they face, how to overcome them, meal plans, and 150 recipes tailored for them.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Well on a Budget: Fantastic Food on a Frugal Budget
by Lucy Beale Jessica PartridgeEating both plentifully and nutritionally for less...includes 150 recipes The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Eating Well on a Budget is packed with tips, strategies, ideas, and more than 150 recipes for those who are either new to food budgeting or have had to greatly tighten their food budgets. Readers will not only learn how to do savvy grocery shopping, they will learn how to eat out on a budget. • Features preparation and cooking strategies • More than 150 budget-conscious recipes • The current tough economic times more Americans than ever need to watch what they spend on food • Addresses the challenge of buying healthier foods—which are often more expensive—and maintaining a careful budget
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Well with IBS: Eat Well, Be Well—with Fewer IBS Symptoms
by Kate ScarlataSoothe your digestive system with 200+ meal plans and recipes The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Eating Well with IBS will introduce readers suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) to the information they need to identify the foods that trigger symptoms and prepare recipes meal plans that alleviate those symptoms. • Features more than 200 recipes and meal plans • Kate Scarlata is a licensed dietician with 20 years of experience helping IBS patients with their condition, and an IBS sufferer herself • Thirty-five million Americans are estimated to suffer from IBS, the second leading cause of worker absenteeism
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Feng Shui, 3rd Edition
by Elizabeth Moran Joseph Yu&“An American masterpiece that tops the lot.&” —Feng Shui For Modern LivingConsidered the feng shui bible by classical practitioners and teachers, The Complete Idiot&’s Guide® to Feng Shui has been updated to include more case studies and feng shui readings to make the practical application of feng shui even more accessible; new chapters feature before and after photos of feng shui makeovers and explain Ming Gua—the Guardian Star that influences a person&’s character—and much more. • One of the few Western books that focuses on &“classical&” feng shui, which is growing in popularity now that the topic has become more mainstream • Joseph Yu is one of only five world-renowned classical feng shui masters
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fibromyalgia
by Lynne Matallana Laurence A. BradleyThe co-founder of the National Fibromyalgia Association presents information to empower patients to better manage all aspects of this often misunderstood chronic pain condition. The guide outlines practical steps for communicating with health care practitioners and family members, and explains different approaches to pharmacologic, behavioral, alternative, and psychosocial treatment.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fibromyalgia, 2nd Edition: Live with Fibromyalgia—on Your Terms
by Lynne Matallana Laurence A. BradleyNearly eight million Americans suffer from it Cutting through the history and medical jargon found in more exhaustive and incomprehensible reference books, this guide focuses on the most important things readers need to know in order to effectively understand and manage fibromyalgia, especially important now, with 22 new fibromyalgia-fighting drugs on the market. This new edition teaches readers how to:• Communicate better with doctors and healthcare providers• Evaluate pain medications and non-medical therapies• Develop exercise and diet regimens• Identify and treat symptoms
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fighting Fatigue: Boost Your Energy—and Your Life!
by Nadine SaubersA boost of energy for your customers (and your sales) Exhaustion is rampant nowadays—for both medical and lifestyle reasons. In this helpful guide, a healthcare professional and scientific researcher explains the common causes of fatigue, both physical and emotional—and the most effective ways to prevent and combat it. Readers will be able to recognize the warning signs of systemic fatigue; figure out when medical treatment is required; learn lifestyle solutions; discover alternative therapies; and consult a resource section for even more information. • Expert author brings an integrated approach—both traditional and alternative—to the prevention and treatment of fatigue • Can be used by the millions of people suffering from such conditions as fibromyalgia
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Functional Training Illustrated
by Frances Sharpe Justin PriceLengthen spine, tuck pelvis under, bend knees . . . and shovel that driveway! The goal of functional training is getting the various muscle groups to work together for real-life activities, such as snow shoveling. The guide includes:• A functional fitness self-assessment• More than 120 exercises for different levels, using either props or one's own body weight• More than 300 photographs demonstrating proper movements• Warm-up and cool-down exercises• Sample workout plans for personalized results. • An appealing, practical approach to exercise, with more than 120 highly–illustrated exercises.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting a Tattoo: The Art and Craft of Beautifying Your Body
by John ReardonGot ink? Having a tattoo is now thoroughly mainstream—but getting it done is still scary for most regular folks. Does it hurt? Is it safe? How much does it cost? Written for the novice and aficionado alike, this book walks the reader through every step of the process: making the big decision, handling the physical event, and finally, taking proper care of your own personal work of art. • Expert advice from a high-profile professional • Includes 30 original designs, exclusive to this book • Includes 8-page full-color insert • Millions of people of all ages get inked each year • Tattoo shops have sprung up everywhere to meet this growing demand, and cable shows such as "Miami Ink" and "Inked" draw huge audiences
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Gluten-Free Cooking
by Jean DuaneThe Complete Idiot's Guide® to Gluten-Free Cooking makes it easy to prepare delicious gluten-free meals and to make substitutions in your favorite recipes. Featuring more than 200 mouth-watering recipes for every meal of the day—including breads, pizza crust, pasta, dumplings, stuffing, and all kinds of desserts—as well as resources for finding gluten-free off-the-shelf foods, this cookbook is a must-have for anyone on a gluten-free diet and those who need to avoid a host of chronic illnesses due to gluten intolerance.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Gluten-Free Vegan Cooking: To Your Fabulous Health! The Best of Two Culinary Worlds
by Julieanna Hever Beverly BennettThe ultimate guide for those suffering from celiac disease and other gluten intolerances!• With more than 200 recipes, this guide offers more delicious dishes than other cookbooks• Simplifies preparing delicious gluten-free meals
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Glycemic Index Snacks: Snack the Right Way to Lose Weight and Feel Great
by Lucy Beale Julie Alles• Includes over 200 delicious snacks and small plate meals, each with a low GI rating • Offers recipes for each part of the day, including vegetarian and vegan alternatives
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Glycemic Index Weight Loss, 2nd Edition
by Lucy Beale Joan Clark-WarnerA fully updated and expanded edition of a weight loss program that readers can count on This fully updated and expanded edition clearly explains just how and why a glycemic index diet works by showing readers how to eat the right kind of foods—more complex carbohydrates, fiber, grains, and fruit. • The glycemic index diet is a solution for many people at risk for Type II diabetes or those with insulin-sensitivity or resistance • Includes information on supplements, easy recipes, food lists, and sample meal plans • Includes an appendix with glycemic index counts and loads for all sorts of food • Features a new study on how eating certain foods cold can make a big difference
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Smoothies: 150 Energizing Recipes to Cleanse Your Body and Boost Your Metabolism
by Bo RinaldiGreen smoothies are not the sugary concoctions that come to mind when people hear the word "smoothie." They are instead highly nutritious creations that are intended to increase energy, boost metabolism, burn fat, and cleanse the body of toxins. Green smoothies utilize fresh, healthful foods, "superfoods," and a multitude of fantastic ingredients that together offer amazing health benefits. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Green Smoothies starts with the health benefits of green smoothies and how to make them properly and fully enjoy them, while the bulk of the book is comprised of 150 fun, nutritious, and delicious recipes, supplemented with numerous variations throughout.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Healthy Weight Loss, 2e
by Lucy Beale Sandy G. CouvillonShed those pounds the healthy way. This brand-new edition of The Complete Idiot&’s Guide to Healthy Weight Loss not only gives readers critical information on nutrition and health—it also delivers everything they need to know about the mental and exercise pieces of the weight-loss puzzle. In addition, it presents a comprehensive overview of today&’s most popular diets, chapters on such major diet types as low-fat, low-sodium, low-carb, and low-cal, as well as chapters on dieting for kids, dieting for diabetics, dieting for heart health, and more. Best of all, readers will find five unique diet plans to help them lose weight—and keep it off—starting today! • Features new research on how nutrition and certain foods affect body weight • Expanded information on surgical and pharmaceutical options for weight loss, plus the skinny on supplements and over-the-counter remedies • Upload exercise chapters with more fat-burning exercises and updated charts for calorie burning (including suggestions for meeting the U.S. Government&’s new exercise recommendations)
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hearing Loss: Learn What You Can Do to Improve Your Hearing
by House Clinic William M. LuxfordApplying straightforward sense to one of our most important sense. Hearing loss and impairment is a problem that millions of adults and children suffer from. With a wide array of symptoms, it is important to have one authoritative resource for information. Written by certified otolaryngologists under the auspices of the world renowned House Ear Clinic, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Hearing Loss covers all conditions and symptoms, along with methods of prevention and treatment, including: • The most familiar symptoms of hearing impairment and loss • Details about such conditions as inner ear infections, tinnitus, cochlear problems, otosclerosis, and dizziness • Complete treatment information, including details about hearing aids, surgery, and protective devices
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Herbal Remedies
by Frankie Avalon WolfeYou're no idiot, of course. You've heard it's possible to stave off a cold with echinacea, and St. John's wort is said to help lift you out of a funk. But when it comes to knowing which of the hundreds of herbal remedies are effective, you feel like you might as well go eat the daisies. Don't graze in your garden just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Herbal Remedies is a comprehensive guide to the vast and varied herbs and natural agents that are purported to prevent everything from the sniffles to cancer.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to High-Fiber Cooking: Get All the Benefits of Fiber—Deliciously!
by Liz ScottGet healthy with fiber, without sacrificing taste. Research shows that a high-fiber diet may help prevent cancer, heart disease, diabetes, digestive disorders, and other serious ailments. In this guide, readers will discover types of fiber and what foods are highest in them; recipes for delicious high-fiber breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, and desserts; tips on how to put fiber into foods that aren&’t high in fiber; and more. • The New England Journal of Medicine reports that diabetic patients who included 50 grams of fiber in their daily diet lowered their glucose levels by 10 percent. • Research has proven that increasing the amount of fiber can help people lose weight. • A higher-fiber diet reduces cholesterol levels.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hormone Weight Loss: Put Your Hormones to Work for You—and Your Waistline
by Alicia StantonHow to stay slim . . . even when your hormones are working against you. For many people, trouble losing weight isn't about will power-it's about hormones. Stress, estrogen loss, thyroid imbalance, are just a few of the hormonal conditions that can lead to weight gain regardless of how much one diets or exercises. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Hormone Weight Loss offers detailed yet accessible explanations of these conditions and provides readers with diet plans, eating strategies, exercise tips, and other useful information that will enable them to win the uphill battle against unwanted weight gain.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hypnosis, 2nd Edition: Mesmerizing Facts About Using Hypnosis for Mind and Body Health
by Roberta TemesFrom treating cigarette addictions to losing weight, from setting career goals to getting a good night's sleep, this updated second edition by noted psychologist and hypnotherapist Roberta Temes shows how to use hypnosis responsibly to improve one's quality of life. Includes updated step-by-step instructions for self-hypnosis, plus clear explanations of what hypnosis is and how it works, tips for finding a reputable hypnotherapist, tips on solving problems in one's love life, career, health, and more.• First edition is the bestselling book on hypnosis on the market• Revised and updated with more thorough step-by-step instructions for self-hypnosis• Author websites: www.drroberta.com and www.hypnosisbyphone.com"Want to kick a habit or a field goal? The secrets in this book will improve your game and your life." - Bob Reese, Peak Performance Specialist
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Indigo Children: An Enlightened Approach to Nurturing an Indigo Child
by Carolyn Flynn Wendy H. ChapmanForget the Age of Aquarius and hang on tight . . . The term &“Indigo Children&” entered the lexicon in 1982 when psychic and author Nancy Ann Tappe talked about the coming Indigo Age in her book, Understanding Your Life Through Color. In this guide, the authors explain why Indigo Children require lots of attention: they tend to think holistically and intuitively, and they process emotions differently. Parenting these high-level children is a challenge, and their years in school may be challenging.• Articles about the Indigo phenomenon have appeared in newspapers throughout the U.S. and as far away as Russia over the last few years, including one in the New York Times (1/06)• Author Wendy H. Chapman is considered one of the foremost experts on Indigo Children
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Juice Fasting: Over 75 Fresh and Tasty Recipes to Cleanse and Nourish Your Body
by Bo Rinaldi Steven PrussackJuice fasting can be a powerful, transformative undertaking that does absolute wonders for the body. From detoxifying and cleansing, to weight loss, to increased energy and a reinvigorated digestive system, a juice fast can transform the body in a matter of weeks, or even days. However, maintaining a fast can also be a difficult undertaking without proper instruction and an understanding of the nutritional components of the fast — so clear guidance and recipes that satisfy the palate are essential to success. The authors of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Juice Fasting take readers through a number of different fasts and help them choose the right fast to lose the pounds, cleanse their systems of undesirable waste and toxins, and be on their way to feeling renewed and recharged. The authors arm readers with over 75 fantastically delicious and powerful juice recipes that will not only give readers what they crave in taste, but will help them fully recognize the transformational benefits of the juice fast.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Juicing: Get Your Daily Fruits and Vegetables—in One Delicious Drink
by Ellen BrownGet the fruit your body needs—in a glass.This creative collection from an award-winning author includes tasty juicing recipes that can be made using a juicer or a blender/food processor. The simple recipes come with suggestions for substitutions for even more variety—for happier, healthier readers! - Written by an award-winning food and beverage author Ellen Brown, who is also the founding food editor of USA Today. - Accessible to everyone: recipes come with hints for substitutions and can be made with a blender, food processor, or juicer. - Contains information on the health benefits of juicing, how to purchase and store perishable produce, and nutritional information.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Kabbalah: Make Your Life’s Path a Spiritual One
by Collin Canright Rav Michael LaitmanWhat the Kabbalah can do for you. According to the authors of this comprehensive guide, the Kabbalah that Madonna popularized is far from authentic. In fact, the Kabbalah is much bigger—and better. Here, readers will discover how it can deliver money, love, health, and many other things.- An international authority on authentic Kabbalah was a consultant for this book.- Blends religion/spirituality with New Age mysticism.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Life After Death: A Fascinating Exploration of Afterlife Concepts and Experiences
by Diane AhlquistGet an (after) life! A belief in the afterlife is common to almost every faith and culture around the world. Even people who don't consider themselves "spiritual" share a fascination in life after death. In this powerful guide, author and intuitive Diane Ahlquist shares her own knowledge of the subject, as well as the views of such religious and spiritual leaders as Edgar Cayce and the Dalai Lama.