Smart Health

Can a football game affect the outcome of an election? What about shark attacks? Or a drought? In a rational world the answer, of course, would be no. But as best-selling historian Rick Shenkman shows in Political Animals, our world is anything but rational. This isn't because we aren't smart. Instead, modern cues are setting off ancient, instinctive responses that worked to keep us safe in the Stone Age but lead us astray today.

Getting in shape requires less time, effort, and frustration than people imagine. This sensible, science-backed book debunks misconceptions and offers quick activities that deliver lasting benefits.

Are you unhappy with your directionless life? Discover a road map for navigating your successful, fulfilling future. Struggling to cope with personal tragedy? Worried you'll never live up to your full potential? Best-selling author Roy Huff overcame abuse and abject poverty to become an accomplished teacher and research scientist. His secrets for success have changed countless lives, and now they can help you, too!

The American Lung Association states that 70% of smokers want to quit smoking, but need help to do so. More work needs to be done by national, state and local governments to advocate and fund tobacco prevention and control programs, raise public awareness, media campaigns, and ongoing community interventions. The intervention strategies and best practices found herein will equip and empower governments to do so. Lessons from Hawaii provide added insight and administrative know-how to handle the nuances of implementation and societal transformation. In 2006 the Hawaii State Legislature ...

Are you a teen eager to unlock your potential or a parent ready to support your child's journey? "Money Skills Mastery for Teens" by Miles JD is the ultimate guide to transforming aspirations into reality. This comprehensive book provides practical tools, inspiring stories, and actionable steps to help teens navigate their career paths with confidence and excitement.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Do Less, Get More, written and read by Sháá Wasmund. Is your life how you imagined it would be, or is the reality more stressful than you planned? Do you put yourself under too much pressure to succeed? Are you struggling to find time for the things, and people, you love? It doesn't have to be this way. Anything is possible when you stop trying to do everything at the same time.

Wits Guts Grit is inspired by the many what-if questions acclaimed science writer and mother of two Jena Pincott asked herself as research on the invisible forces that shape our minds and health has emerged and grown over the past decade. What if we identify the microbes that support stress resilience, find ways to expose our kids to them, and then test them?

This book tells how the average person with normal intelligence can increase the power of their brain by practicing certain activities such as new learning and other things that can increase cognition, improve memory, and add to the capabilities of their brain.

What if the secret to transforming your life was as simple as changing the way you think? In Brain Waves: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life, you’ll discover how your mind is like a vast ocean, and your thoughts are the waves that shape your reality. Drawing on powerful metaphors, practical exercises, and groundbreaking insights into self-talk, this book offers a clear, actionable path to creating the life you want, one thought at a time. Through the Four Waves of Self-Talk - Whatever You Think is True, Truth is Relative, Believe What Serves You, and Think It into Reality - you’ll ...

Psychedelic drugs are beginning to make a comeback. Research and medical trials are finally being restarted, and the results that are coming in are overwhelmingly positive. Drugs like, MDMA (also known as ecstasy), Psilocybin (also known as magic mushrooms), and LSD are said to contain benefits for people who are suffering from certain conditions. Psychedelics could be the answer to treating problems such as depression, anxiety, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), and OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder).

This book helps youth understand their changing bodies and the emotions and mental anguish and perplexity that can often come with these changes.

The ketogenic diet stands the test of time, and beats out all of the competition in the diet and fitness world. Time and time again, we see that there are a ton of great benefits that come with this diet plan, and anyone is able to see results in just a few weeks when they get started. This is one of the best slow cooker cookbook specifically for the keto diet. It brings you delicious recipes that require no fancy ingredients. So simple, so quick, that let you can enjoy familiar flavors, affordable meals, and the hands-off convenience of slow cooking.

Starting from the 1960's, yoga books and nearly all yoga teachers started to promote the deep-breathing myth: one should breathe more air (even at rest) and expel "toxic" CO2. However, hundreds of clinical studies showed and proved that hyperventilation reduces oxygen levels in cells, while CO2 is crucial for health. Deep breathing, as during pranayama, only looks deep. In reality, as ancient yoga texts teach, pranayama should be done with maximum breath holds and accumulation of CO2 in order to have slower breathing after the practice and 24/7. Only with progress in pranayama (extension ...

Healthy aging means fit, strong, smart, and potent until 85. Lifting weights is the way to get your strength back. HIIT quickly gives you endurance. Atherosclerosis is largely reversible. Flossing and a healthy diet will save your teeth. A plant-based diet will make you thin again. Understanding how to protect your health gives you hope. Understanding how disease develops helps you avoid it. You can optimize your health into your 80s. The book shows you how to stay strong, fit, smart and potent up to 85 years of age.

Over the last few decades, we've forgotten what "real food" is - and we're left desperately seeking foods that will truly nourish our bodies. We're disillusioned with the "conventional wisdom" for good reason - it's gotten us nowhere. Keto meal plan is the best solution to keep keto diet simple with prepared ready-to-go meal (Monday-Sunday). Quick and effective meal planning and preparation takes you more easily to the goal of the diet you so desire: Stay healthy and lose weight!

Unlock the secrets to financial independence with "Money Management for Teens: A Teen's Guide to Budgeting, Saving, and Smart Spending for Financial Success." This isn't just another dull, corporate guide—it's a vibrant, engaging, and practical roadmap designed specifically for young adults. Perfect for those looking to master money management for adults, this book is packed with essential money skills for young adults.

Unleash the potential of your golden years with "Holistic Retirement," a complete roadmap to maximizing your well-being, happiness, and purpose beyond your work life. This comprehensive guide is designed to help retirees and those ready to hang up their work boots turn a new leaf, as they embrace a well-rounded retirement life. In "Holistic Retirement," readers will be led through 25 empowering chapters that touch on all aspects of retirement life. Experience the onset of a new journey, as the guide prepares you for the transformation from a bustling job to a life of rest, relaxation, ...

Dive into a transformative journey of health and wellness with "The South Beach Diet Mastery," a comprehensive guide designed to take you through the intricacies of one of the most popular lifestyle diets, Phase 2 of the South Beach Diet. This book is a treasure trove of nutritional wisdom that transcends the ordinary diet book – it is a blueprint for a lifelong commitment to health. Engage in a deeper understanding of the differences between Phase 1 and Phase 2, assimilating essential transitioning tips and how to monitor your progress effectively. Beyond the logistics of dietary ...

Do you struggle each day to keep your life on track? Do you struggle through the day with little energy left at the end of it for anything fun? If so, then this is the book for you. Within this book you will learn how to use your evening time to develop a routine that will lead to positive changes for your day. You will learn that a productive and positive day begins the night before, and that what you do, or sometimes not do, in the evenings will impact you for the day to come.

Dr Emily Morse – sex educator and expert in human sexuality – believes that sex is integral to our self-care. In this ground-breaking book, she argues powerfully that we need to start prioritizing pleasure in our lives. So often, the path to pleasure is blocked by responsibilities, anxiety, pressures and obstacles but the number one obstruction when it comes to sex is shame. In this book Emily’s focus is awareness, action, and education. She demands that we take responsibility for how shame is holding us back and commit to more pleasure, for ourselves and for others.