Physical Fitness

Could the toast you ate for breakfast bring on your afternoon headache? Could the milk in your coffee cause joint pain and brain fog? Could your healthy tofu stir-fry slow your metabolism? Yes - there is an age-old, powerful connection between what you eat and how you feel. Just as no two bodies are the same, no two diets work for everyone. The only way to discover your ideal diet is to follow an elimination diet that will help you link foods to symptoms and customize a diet that works for you.

As we get older, our muscles get tired, and we struggle to achieve the agility we once had. Luckily, there are solutions! Stretching is important to keep our bodies functioning in optimal health, and the benefits are endless. Properly stretching our bodies is even more critical in our older age, as our range of motion becomes restricted and our bodies become tight. If you want to learn how to stretch your body to maintain your physical health, then you need the invaluable resources in this book.

Are you desperately seeking more energy? Dr. Breus and Stacey heard it every day from their clients, so they decided to do something about it: Write a book, and jump-start a movement. In Energize!, Dr. Breus and Stacey Griffith have teamed up to teach you how to get your groove back.

When women are denied the rest they need - whether from social pressures and obligations, wanting to do too much in too little time, or a deeply rooted sense of guilt - they are cut off from the true source of their power. In her debut book, Daring to Rest, Karen Brody came to the rescue of worn-out women everywhere with a transformative program for reclaiming rest through yoga nidra, the art of conscious relaxation.

Clay Lowder has developed the concept of “Winners Travel” to help his patients live healthy lives, mentally, spiritually, and physically. One trip to the doctor could change your life. Let Clay’s passion and enthusiasm for life show you how you can make easy changes and start living your best life possible!

Ewan Cameron is a Vancouver-based health researcher that has uncovered the truth about Huntington's disease and how the pharmaceutical industry has kept this hidden from the public. A graduate of the northern Alberta institute of technology, he completed his journalism studies in the early 2000's before joining a local newspaper, where he became disillusioned by his editor's refusal to publish health-related and pollution-related news stories. The reason? They would upset their corporate clients on which the newspaper depended for advertising.

When you heal the gut, you heal the body. With The GutSMART Protocol’s two-week gut-health reset, it’s easier than ever to heal your gut to have more energy and easier weight loss, plus a better mood and overall health. In The GutSMART Protocol, “America’s Gut Doctor” Vincent Pedre, MD, author of Happy Gut, outlines the latest science-based knowledge on the gut, the microbiome, and the way the environment impacts our health, then translates the research into actionable and easy-to-apply advice for how to eat (and more!).

Biomechanics of Your Body, A Simplified Way to Learn Human Movement and Muscles easily teaches where a muscle attaches and what movements that muscle performs. Whether you are reaching out to learn more about muscles and movements of the human body for yourself, a class, or your profession, this book is for you. Knowledge is power. The more you know about your own body the better you can take care of it and make it stronger at any age. This book will answer many questions such as: What are the names of the muscles on the human body? What muscles perform which movements? What muscles extend ...

Healthful sleep has been proven to be the single most important factor in predicting longevity. And yet we are a sleep-sick society, ignorant of the facts of sleep - and the price of sleep deprivation. Dr. Dement takes us on a fascinating tour of the sleeping body and mind in this eye-opening program.

There is no denying that the emotional bond between horses and the humans who love them can reach mystical proportions, and nowhere is that relationship more evident than in these 24 true-life accounts of horses rescuing people. Many of the stories recount incidents where death or physical injury was imminent, and only because a horse intervened are the narrators alive to tell the tale.

Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t just train bodies—he transformed them with his hands. Alpha Feedback uncovers the untold science and psychology behind his tactile coaching method: the pokes, slaps, prods, and grips that built champions and forged the blueprint for modern physical instruction. From the cold gyms of Austria to the boardrooms of California, this book tracks the evolution of Arnold’s touch—from bro-science instinct to what we now recognize as somatic feedback mastery. Through biomechanics, behavioral psychology, and gym-floor anthropology, discover how a touch became a ...

Your liver plays a key role in your health, affecting chronic inflammation, heart health, mental health, cognitive health, and metabolic health (including type 2 diabetes). Yet most people aren’t aware of its power—and are unknowingly sabotaging their liver health. Medical understanding has evolved to reveal that metabolic health is the best indicator of fatty liver risk, meaning that treating fatty liver disease is less about losing weight (and the unhealthy diet culture that accompanies it) and more about adopting smart lifestyle habits to reduce your risk.

The fields of sports and fitness are presently dominated by injury and chronic pain. For decades, former ballerina and New York Times bestselling author of Aging Backwards, Miranda Esmonde-White, has been developing a solution to the chronic pain produced by a lifetime of injuries and ageing, leaving her as spry later in life as most of us would dream to be in our twenties. Now she offers a blueprint for using her revolutionary range-of-motion-strengthening technique in your own home.

¿Qué tienen en común la obesidad, la resistencia a la insulina, la diabetes, la hipertensión, el infarto y los trastornos neurológicos? Todos se pueden detonar por niveles elevados de ácido úrico. La evidencia científica es clara, pero la medicina tradicional ignora esta conexión y, por ello, los pacientes están en riesgo de desarrollar o exacerbar enfermedades que son un peligro para su vida.

Do you want to overcome and even reverse diabetes naturally, safely, and without medication? Is diabetes stopping you or someone you know from fully enjoying life? Does diabetes run in your family, and are you worried about the possibility that you might be next? Would you like to know exactly how you can manage and even reverse the condition naturally and safely? If so, this book will provide you with the answers you've been looking for!

One-third of our lives - that's 3,000 hours a year - is spent trying to sleep. The time we spend in bed shapes our moods, motivation, alertness, decision-making skills, reaction time, creativity...in short, our ability to perform, whether at work, at home, or at play. But most of us have disturbed, restless nights, relying on over-stimulation from caffeine and sugar to drag us through the day. The old eight-hour rule just doesn't work, and it's time for a new approach. Endorsed by leading professionals in sports and business, Sleep shares a new program to be your personal best.

Introducing "The Breath Connection", a riveting new eBook serving as your one-stop reference guide to the world of biophysiology specifically tied to the respiratory system, fitness, and overall wellbeing. With a brilliantly structured set of 35 chapters, this comprehensive volume provides a deep dive into the basic anatomical and physiological processes of the respiratory system. You'll be guided through an exploration of the vital role breath plays in physical fitness, and you'll embark on an in-depth understanding of how respiration, fitness, and wellness intertwine. Expect intriguing ...

Recent cutting-edge research shows that human intestinal microbiota influences metabolism, appetite, energy, hormones, inflammation, and insulin resistance. Because gut microflora plays a central role in weight management, losing weight is much more than cutting calories, fat, or carbs. When the trillions of live bacteria in our digestive tract - the gut microbiome - are balanced, excess pounds melt away, and we feel revitalized.

Imagine if you had as much energy for your family at 8 p.m. as you have at the office at 8 a.m.? Whether or not you can hit a home run or run a marathon, this program will train you to perform at the highest possible levels in both your professional and family life.

In The Migraine Miracle, a neurologist with a personal history of migraines offers listeners the revolutionary dietary cure that leverages the body's own natural wisdom to end chronic migraine headaches. The book also explores the link between inflammation, diet, and migraines, and contains a 21-day meal plan to help listeners change the way they eat. By following this easy meal plan, millions of sufferers will discover a life free from symptoms - once and for all.