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The Carb Cycling Diet
by Roman MalkovStay Younger Longer with the Real Life Answer to Low-Carb DietsBuild muscle and lose fat with the real-life answer to no-carb/low-carb diets. Low-carb diets like Atkins and South Beach are notoriously difficult to maintain over time and have been deserted by millions of people. Health-conscious people all over America are ready for something better. Discover the secret that athletes and trainers have been using for years with a healthy carb cycling diet.By allowing you to eat full, nutritionally balanced meals on any day, The Carb Cycling Diet breaks away from the "deprivation model" of most diets on the market today. Alternating between limited-carb and normal-carb days, you have your cake and eat it, too, without having to rely on supplements or sugar substitutes.The Carb Cycling Diet includes easy recipes and meal plans for normal- and low-carb days. Monitoring what you eat is simple with the Carbohydrate Content and Glycemic Index tables included. Plus, The Carb Cycling Diet provides tips on exercise, sports supplements, and how to keep motivation high.As former Nutritional Consultant for the Russian National Athletic Team, physician and exercise physiologist Roman Malkov, M.D., understands the secret that the world's top athletes have used for years. Carb cycling works for them and it can work for you!Easily adaptable to anyone's lifestyle, The Carb Cycling Diet is a groundbreaking, sustainable, scientifically based diet to build muscle, lose fat, and stay healthy for life.
Carb Cycling for Beginners: Recipes and Exercises to Lose Weight and Build Muscle
by Andy KellerGet started on healthier living and weight loss through carb cycling Whether you're just beginning your fitness journey, or you've hit a weight loss plateau and need an extra push, carb cycling can help. This straightforward guide introduces you to regulating carb consumption, helping you burn fat and build muscle mass more quickly—while still enjoying foods you love. Getting started is simple with a flexible 7-day diet and workout plan along with delicious high- and low-carb meals to alternate. Learn about nutritional macros and discover the best foods to support your diet. Find out how to set a schedule that combines low- and high-carb days—and stick to it for fitness success. An in-depth intro—Explore the science behind carb cycling, learn why it's effective, and find tips for adapting it to your lifestyle so you can start right away. Meal and exercise plans—Dive in to an easy, adaptable 7-day meal plan along with cardio, high-intensity interval training, and strength training routines. Craveable recipes—Satisfy your appetite with low carb recipes like Chopped Italian Salad and Asian-Style Chicken Stir-Fry, plus higher carb choices like Huevos Rancheros and Pan-Seared Pork Chops with Mashed Sweet Potatoes. With this introduction to carb cycling for women and men alike, you can begin building muscle while losing weight.
Carb Cycling for Weight Loss: 21-Day Meal and Exercise Plan
by Shoshana PritzkerKick your weight loss into overdrive with this carb cycling guideDiscover a new diet approach that doesn't make you sacrifice the carbs you love. Carb Cycling for Weight Loss provides all the tools you need for weight loss with guidance that helps you stick with the plan. With comprehensive tips and meal plans, you'll enjoy a new lifestyle with carb cycling and fat-burning workouts. Discover easy-to-prepare meals that are perfectly portioned to cycle carb intake and fuel your workouts.Inside Carb Cycling for Weight Loss, you'll find:Nutrition info at a glance—Discover recipes that include clean, simple ingredients and macronutrient breakdowns, including necessary carbohydrate counts.Carb cycling 101—Learn the science and find tips for losing weight, and discover why strategically eating carbs works.A guided exercise plan—Discover a step-by-step regimen for properly burning fat with a 21-day meal and workout plan.Kick-start your weight loss today with a carb cycling plan that works.
The Carb Lovers Diet: Eat What You Love, Get Slim for Life
by Ellen KunesThese foods will make you thin! Dieters just like you reached their weight-loss goals in record time on CarbLovers. Here's how!
The Carb Sensitivity Program: Discover Which Carbs Will Curb Your Cravings, Control Your Appetite, and Banish Belly Fat
by Natasha Turner<p>You've heard about "good" carbs and "bad" carbs—but what you may not realize is that even good carbs are not good for everyone. <p>Healthy foods such as carrots, black beans, and quinoa could be making you fat. <p>Through research and hundreds of patient trials, renowned health expert and naturopathic doctor Natasha Turner, ND has discovered that the vast majority of us have different degrees of sensitivity to carbohydrates without realizing it. <p>Her ground-breaking program helps you uncover the right types of carbs for you, allowing you to curb cravings, control appetite and beat belly fat in just six weeks. <p>Your body's response to different carbohydrates (such as bread, grains, vegetables, fruit, and beans) determines the size of your waistline. <p>This explains why some people fail to lose weight, get stuck on a plateau or even gain despite following a perfectly balanced diet. <p>Knowing your sensitivity to foods like chickpeas or butternut squash could be the key to dropping pounds and keeping them off. <p>The Carb Sensitivity Program (CSP) gives you a personalized plan that sheds body fat, increases energy and optimizes health. More than just a diet, the CSP is a carb rehab plan that actually repairs your metabolism and helps you reintroduce carbs without rebound weight gain, cravings, bloating or mood swings. <p>Now you can finally achieve your best body—for life.
The Carb Sensitivity Program
by Natasha TurnerBestselling author and naturopathic doctor Natasha Turner is back, with a revolutionary discovery about individual sensitivities to carbohydrates. The Carb Sensitivity Program is a simple nutrition plan (with recipes!) that produces quick, consistent and lasting weight-loss results. Did you know that healthy foods such as sweet potatoes, black beans, or quinoa could be making you fat? Renowned health expert Dr. Natasha Turner has made a groundbreaking discovery that can help curb cravings, control appetite and beat belly fat in just six weeks. Her research and hundreds of patient trials have revealed that the vast majority of us have different degrees of sensitivity to carbohydrates without realizing it. This means the degree to which you are sensitive to carbohydrates (such as bread, vegetables, pasta, rice, fruits and beans) determines how much fat you are accumulating on your waistline. This explains why some people fail to lose weight, hit an unbreakable plateau or increase their weight even when they're following a perfectly balanced diet. Something as simple as chickpeas could actually be a major contributor to weight gain! The Carb Sensitivity Program helps the reader discover the perfect carbohydrates for his or her body, and walk away with a personalized plan that sheds fat, increases energy and optimizes health by producing quick, consistent and lasting weight loss. With so many people in danger of heart disease, stroke and diabetes, there truly is not a single individual who would not benefit from this uncomplicated yet revolutionary discovery.From the Hardcover edition.
Carbivore: 130 Healthy Recipes to Stop Fearing Carbs and Embrace the Comfort Foods You Love
by Phoebe LapinePut Carbs Back on the Table! Diet trends come and go, but over the last decade, no one food group has been vilified and misunderstood as much as carbs. A hundred years ago, our relatives got more than 50 percent of their nutrients from carbs, and yet the chronic conditions we grapple with today were rare. The good news is that carbs don&’t have to be the enemy of your blood sugar or hormone health, nor are they the secret agents of inflammation.Carbivore is a new way to reclaim your favorite comfort foods without the consequences. Whether you&’re suffering from keto-fatigue, have been told carbs are off the table because of health issues, or just want to embrace food freedom without fear, Phoebe Lapine offers a delicious solution with 130 completely fiber-forward (gluten-optional) recipes that are organized by your favorite type of carb—noodles, grains, loaves, spuds and more. As she did in her invaluable gut health guide, SIBO Made Simple, Phoebe will cure your carb confusion and show you how to &“have your cake and eat it too&” with strategies like her signature &“carb companions.&” This book is a mouth-watering culinary adventure that will allow you to balance your blood sugar, support hormone health, and limit autoimmune symptoms, all while embracing the foods you love.
The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet
by Rachael F. Heller Richard HellerDoes this sound like you? *After eating a full breakfast, are you hungrier before it's time for lunch, than you would be if you had only had time for a cup of coffee? *Do you have a hard time stopping once you start to eat bread, pasta or sweets? *Do you have a tendency to gain weight easily, or if you lose weight, to gain it back again? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions you may not be experiencing a lack of willpower but rather a physical addiction to carbohydrates-- a compelling or recurring craving for starches, snack foods, or sweets. Now, Drs. Rachel and Richard Heller of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York have discovered a revolutionary new diet that eliminates the cravings and helps you to overcome the yo-yo syndrome-- permanently-- without deprivation. Based on the Hellers' nine years of research, thousands of case studies, and their own personal victories over cravings and weight (maintaining a 200-pond loss between them!), this healthful, unique diet features a pleasurable way that adapts to your lifestyle and does away with measuring, food exchanges and calorie counting. A daily Reward Meal, along with wholesome, balanced Complimentary Meals, fit easy into busy schedules, restaurant meals, holiday celebrations, and vacations. Filled with sound advice and effective strategies-- including wonderful recipes and menu plans-- this groundbreaking book helps eliminate carbohydrate cravings and puts you in control of your eating and your weight-- for life.
The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet
by Richard Heller Rachel HellerThis book postulates a carbohydrate addiction syndrome. The carb addict is profiled and a diet to break the addiction is described. The book includes some recipes.
The Carbohydrate Craver's Diet Cookbook
by Judith J. Wurtman Margaret LeibensteinThis cookbook includes a carbohydrate-rich, nutritionally well-balanced, 1100-calorie diet, menu plans and recipes for everything called for by the diet.
Carbon Detox: Your Step-by-step Guide To Getting Real About Climate Change
by George MarshallReduce your carbon footprint from day 1 - "Carbon Detox" explains the changes each of us can make at home, at work and in every aspect of our lives. From summer heat waves to rising sea levels, climate change affects us all. The main cause is carbon dioxide and our carbon emissions are growing year by year at a frightening rate. However, there is hope. The changes we make now can slow the effects of climate change and preserve the planet for future generations. George Marshall shows you how to carbon audit your life and start reducing your impact today. He also explains how to overcome psychological blocks such as scepticism, fear and feelings of insignificance. This book includes advice on low carbon transport options and holidays and how to create an energy-efficient home. With the help of "Carbon Detox" you will be able to make real differences from day 1.The author's charity will provide extensive cross-promotional support including talks and workshop events. This is the first book to show how the ordinary 'non-greenie' can make realistic and meaningful changes. It is written by an expert author who lives in a low carbon home. It features carbon calculators for the home, transport and food.
Carbon Detox: Your step-by-step guide to getting real about climate change
by George MarshallReduce your carbon footprint from day 1 - "Carbon Detox" explains the changes each of us can make at home, at work and in every aspect of our lives. From summer heat waves to rising sea levels, climate change affects us all. The main cause is carbon dioxide and our carbon emissions are growing year by year at a frightening rate. However, there is hope. The changes we make now can slow the effects of climate change and preserve the planet for future generations. George Marshall shows you how to carbon audit your life and start reducing your impact today. He also explains how to overcome psychological blocks such as scepticism, fear and feelings of insignificance. This book includes advice on low carbon transport options and holidays and how to create an energy-efficient home. With the help of "Carbon Detox" you will be able to make real differences from day 1.The author's charity will provide extensive cross-promotional support including talks and workshop events. This is the first book to show how the ordinary 'non-greenie' can make realistic and meaningful changes. It is written by an expert author who lives in a low carbon home. It features carbon calculators for the home, transport and food.
Cardápio cetogênico 2018
by HealthyLivingEntre em cetose agora com essas receitas cetogênicas satisfatórias Quem disse que você não pode comer receitas deliciosas e satisfatórias e ainda perder peso sem esforço com alimentos básicos fáceis de preparar que podem ser facilmente encontrados no mercado? Se você quer ver receitas épicas de cardápio cetogênico que você pode fazer para café da manhã, almoço para levar, e jantar, esse livro de receitas é para você. Todas as ideias de refeições nesse livro de receitas provadamente ajudam a perder peso e atingir a cetose em pouco tempo. Esse livro de receitas é perfeito para iniciantes, e aqueles que estão procurando um cardápio cetogênico para melhorar a sua dieta. Esse plano alimentar também contêm imagens de cada receita para mostrar o resultado final de cada receita. O que você irá encontrar nesse livro inclui: • Um guia passo a passo de como fazer 21 receitas cetogênicas de dar água na boca para entrar em forma em 7 dias. •Um guia passo a passo para fazer as melhores smoothies que você pode adicionar à sua dieta (com imagens) • Sumplementos recomendados para aqueles que estão em rotina de pré-treinos And many More... Baixe agora a sua cópia para começar sua trajetória de fazer deliciosas receitas cetogênicas
Cardápio de jantar para 14 semanas
by Valerie PikeGostaria de apresentar-lhes o segundo livro de receitas da minha série "52 Semanas de Planejamento de Jantares". Primavera, é para mim, a estação mais adorável, tão colorida, tão inspiradora de novas ideias, de renascimento, renovação, representa um novo começo. Esta estação acontece de março a maio. Então, venha, vamos celebrá-la com todas estas receitas deliciosas e fáceis de fazer. Incluí 14 semanas de receitas e a lista de compras necessária. Os corredores que agrupei nas listas de compras de ingredientes foram de acordo com a “Ralph's grocery”, uma mercearia da minha cidade natal. Outras mercarias poderão ter os produtos agrupados de forma semelhante.
Cardiac Management of Oncology Patients: Clinical Handbook for Cardio-Oncology
by Gonzalo Baron Esquivias Riccardo AsteggianoThis book is designed for clinical cardiologists and other physicians working with cardiac patients, where specific specialized teams of cardio-oncologists are not available and who are called to perform a clinical consultation to evaluate both the cardiac condition and the eligibility for chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment, and to evaluate if a cancer treatment produces toxic effects on a patient treated with chemo or radiotherapy and if appearance of new symptoms is due to this treatment. In recent years, progress in oncologic therapy has resulted in important developments and the prognostic improvement of patients with malignancy. The cornerstone of chemotherapy are the anthracyclines (and the analogue Mitoxantrone), that are direct cellular toxic agents and that are among the most powerful anti-neoplastic drugs, but their cardiac toxicity is well known. Significant breakthroughs in cancer therapy have also been achieved with the introduction of signalling inhibitors, such as VEGF inhibitors, HERB2 inhibitors or TK inhibitors used alone or in combination with direct cellular toxic drugs. However, these signalling inhibitors may interact also with cardiovascular signalling and therefore may have functional or structural effects on the myocardium. This can be permanent or reversible, with impairment of the global conditions and important side effects, and increase both morbidity and mortality and worsening of quality of life. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy can have acute detrimental effects that can be present for years after treatment and that can lead to cardiac consequences also after long periods of no clinic sequelae. Patient numbers with cancer problems will dramatically increase in the next years and thus every cardiologist will need to have the correct information and the skills to manage these situations in the correct way. This book will provide these tools for them.
The Cardiac Recovery Cookbook: Heart-Healthy Recipes for Life After Heart Attack or Heart Surgery
by Sari Greaves M. Laurel CutlipHelp Your Heart by Eating Right!If you are looking to eat healthier and still enjoy mealtime, open your kitchen to The Cardiac Recovery Cookbook. This indispensable companion to The Cardiac Recovery Handbook contains over 100 quick, easy, and delicious NIH-approved recipes to help cardiac patients eat well on the road to wellness.Whether you want a quick meal, a nutritious dinner, or a heart-healthy dessert, this book is packed with great tasting recipes the whole family can enjoy.All the recipes are reduced in saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium, and come complete with detailed nutritional information. Eat to your heart’s content with The Cardiac Recovery Cookbook.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Manual
by Josef NiebauerThis book fulfills the need for practical guidance among all professionals involved in the management of these patients, from residents and fellows of cardiology and internal medicine, surgical teams, physiotherapy professionals, critical care physicians and family medicine practitioners. The thoroughly updated content takes into account recent developments in cardiac rehabilitation, and incorporates practical advice on how to use guidelines in clinical practice. There will be one new chapter on patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy and all the others will be updated to keep up-to-date with the guidelines and current practice. Cardiac rehabilitation is of key importance to ameliorate long-term morbidity and mortality resulting from cardiac diseases and events. However, much of the current literature is dense, unwelcoming and academic in style and format. For those physicians understanding the scope of cardiac rehabilitation there is a need to distill the guidelines and various management options available to them into a concise practical manual. Up until now, all references have looked at the general options, but there is definite need to investigate the practicalities of individual patient groups.
Cardio Core 4x4: The 20-Minute, No-Gym Workout That Will Transform Your Body!
by Jay Cardiello Pete WilliamsChange your life without changing your lifestyle with this revolutionary workout that provides the benefits of cardio and strength training in one anytime, anyplace 20-minute program.We all want to be fit and healthy, but few of us have the time or inclination to log the countless hours in the gym it takes to sculpt a physique on par with the Hollywood elite. Enter Jay Cardiello's Cardio Core 4x4, which shows you that your body can be your gym.Cardiello tailored this program for his tight-on-time celebrity clients, but you don't have to be a celebrity to get these kinds of results. Cardio Core 4x4 provides a program that requires only 20 minutes--which includes both the cardio and core workouts--and it's equipment-free, enabling readers to train whenever and wherever they can.Cardiello offers a dynamic approach with a series of specific movements for a well-toned core. His fit tips provide readers with bite-sized takeaways for optimal nutrition and total health. Cardio Core 4x4 is an excuse proof, surefire fitness package.
The Cardio-Free Diet
by Jim KarasAre you constantly pounding away on the treadmill but never losing a pound? Does every step on the StairMaster become more and more painful? Are you tired of endless workouts that only make you want to eat more? Cardiovascular workouts do burn a few calories, but far fewer than you think. And the more cardio you do, the hungrier you feel. Not only does cardio fail to help you lose weight, but it kills -- it kills your time, your energy, your joints, and your motivation. You burn a few measly calories but then eat twice as many afterward. The result? Weight gain -- and lots of it. The Cardio-Free Diet is a revolutionary four-phase program that emphasizes strength training to boost your metabolism; build lean, sexy muscles; and achieve all the same heart-healthy benefits of cardio. With just twenty minutes a day, three days a week, you can look and feel noticeably leaner, stronger, and younger than ever before. Weight loss expert Jim Karas has shaped the bodies of Diane Sawyer, Paula Zahn, Hugh Jackman, and even Oprah's best pal, Gayle King. With easy-to-follow instructions, Jim shows you how to exercise the right way in order to see incredible results. You won't just lose weight -- you'll sculpt a whole new physique. Watch the pounds disappear as you prepare delicious dishes such as apple balsamic chicken, Dijon turkey, feta vegetable omelets, and grilled tomato tuna. You can even enjoy a daily glass of wine! With detailed shopping lists, a variety of daily menus, and helpful tips on how to maintain your diet when eating out or ordering in, you'll never have to worry about what to eat. The Cardio-Free Diet offers maximum results in minimal time -- so break free from the mindless, ineffective cycle of cardio and get the body you've always wanted!
Cardio-Obstetrics: A Practical Guide to Care for Pregnant Cardiac Patients
by Afshan B. Hameed and Diana S. WolfeCardiac disease is one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Catastrophic outcomes typically encountered are due to gaps in knowledge and communication between health care providers. There is a great need for a standardized approach for care of this very high-risk group of pregnant women. The book encompasses detailed obstetrics and cardiology perspectives that are crucial in the management of the commonly encountered cardiac conditions in pregnancy. This text aims to provide guidance to the whole team caring for a pregnant cardiac patient consisting of obstetricians, maternal-fetal medicine, hospitalists, cardiologists, obstetric anaesthesiologists, emergency physicians, primary care providers and nurses. Features: Cardio-Obstetric team organization Preconception counselling and family planning considerations Cardiovascular disease screening and risk stratification of a pregnant cardiac patient Management of a wide spectrum of cardiovascular diagnoses through use of checklists and algorithms in a simple format Essential key points for each cardiac diagnosis
Cardio Strength Training: Torch Fat, Build Muscle, and Get Stronger Faster
by Robert Dos RemediosCut workout time in half and get double the results!If you're a guy with little time to work out and pounds of fat to burn, the thought of having to spend hours in the gym lifting weights and doing cardio can be a daunting proposition. Cardio Strength Training solves both problems with simple, fast, and effective workouts that incorporate challenging, muscle-building combination moves and fat-frying cardio exercises to help you kill two birds with one stone. Built on the same principles Robert Dos Remedios uses to train Division I collegiate athletes, Cardio Strength Training provides safe and innovative workouts and nutritional advice for anyone looking to drop pounds of flab and build a functionally strong physique. Every workout is no longer than 15 minutes and is built on the same training methods outlined in the highly successful book, Men's Health Power Training.
Cardiovascular Disease: Diet, Nutrition and Emerging Risk Factors (British Nutrition Foundation #1)
by Bnf Keith N. Frayn Sara Stanner Sarah CoeA comprehensive, accessible summary of the latest research in heart disease risk factors Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is a major cause of early death and disability across the world. The major markers of risk—including high blood cholesterol, smoking, and obesity—are well known, but studies show that such markers do not account for all cardiovascular risk. Written by a team of renowned experts in the field, this comprehensive and accessible book examines the evidence for emerging and novel risk factors, and their relationship with diet and nutrition. Fully updated throughout, Cardiovascular Disease: Diet, Nutrition and Emerging Risk Factors, 2nd Edition covers everything from the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, to genetic factors, to inflammation and much more – offering invaluable advice on reducing risk factors and preventing CVD. This new edition: Authoritatively reports on the link between emerging aspects of diet, lifestyle and cardiovascular disease risk Focuses on novel risk factors of CVD, including the human gut microbiome and fetal and childhood origins, and how it can be prevented Features recommendations for interventions and future research Includes references, commonly asked questions that summarise the take-home messages, and an online glossary Cardiovascular Disease: Diet, Nutrition and Emerging Risk Factors, 2nd Edition is an important book for researchers and postgraduate students in nutrition, dietetics, food science, and medicine, as well as for cardiologists and cardiovascular specialists.
Cardiovascular Disease: Fight it with the Blood Type Diet
by Catherine Whitney Dr Peter J. D'AdamoDr. Peter J. D'Adamo, the author of the Eat Right 4 (for) Your Blood Type Diet series, with more than two million copies in print, has now created a targeted plan for fighting arthritis and cardiovascular disease. Using specific tools not available in any other book, sufferers can find their own, individualized battle plan for defeating the pain of these debilitating diseases. Here, D'Adamo offers individualized battle plans for preventing and treating heart conditions, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, vascular problems, and angina.
Cardiovascular Health: Living Your Best with a Healthy Heart (Your Health #6)
by Barbara Sandilands Dr Frcp Martin Juneau M. Ps. Pierre LavoieA complete guide to the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease. Being diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease seems unlikely to many, yet cardiovascular diseases are actually the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The good news is that by modifying our lifestyle habits, it’s possible to increase both our number of healthy years and our lifespan. While modern medicine has an impressive arsenal of drugs, imaging techniques, and intervention procedures and can usually save patients in the acute phase of a heart attack, heart specialists recommend that we adopt a proactive attitude with respect to disease prevention. In a simple, easy-to-read style, Dr. Martin Juneau examines specific case studies from his own extensive clinical practice to explain new issues in heart health. From the incredible importance of exercise and diet to the unsuspected role of stress and air pollution, Cardiovascular Health explains how the heart functions, describes coronary bypasses and other rescue procedures, explores promising new research, and teaches you about the risks and preventative steps you can take to maintain a happy, healthy heart.
The Cards: The Evolution and Power of Tarot
by Patrick MailleTarot cards have been around since the Renaissance and have become increasingly popular in recent years, often due to their prevalence in popular culture. While Tarot means many different things to many different people, the cards somehow strike universal chords that can resonate through popular culture in the contexts of art, television, movies, even comic books. The symbolism within the cards, and the cards as symbols themselves, make Tarot an excellent device for the media of popular culture in numerous ways. They make horror movies scarier. They make paintings more provocative. They provide illustrative structure to comics and can establish the traits of television characters. The Cards: The Evolution and Power of Tarot begins with an extensive review of the history of Tarot from its roots as a game to its supposed connection to ancient Egyptian magic, through its place in secret societies, and to its current use in meditation and psychology. This section ends with an examination of the people who make up today’s tarot community. Then, specific areas of popular culture—art, television, movies, and comics—are each given a chapter in which to survey the use of Tarot. In this section, author Patrick Maille analyzes such works as Deadpool, Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman, Disney's Haunted Mansion, Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, The Andy Griffith Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and King of the Hill. The cards are evocative images in their own right, but the mystical fascination they inspire makes them a fantastic tool to be used in our favorite shows and stories.