Health Myths

Since the earliest days of recorded history, humans have been searching for the mythical fountain of youth — the secret formula to reversing aging, staying healthy and vibrant, and looking our best while we're at it. The actual “fountain of youth” isn't just wishful thinking. It is well-established by medical science, and the secret lies in finding renewal from within.

Run Smart: Debunking Marathon Myths uses the latest scientific research to show how preparing for and running marathons can be made easier, and in doing so challenges many of the myths that surround marathon running. The book draws on the author's experience as one of the UK's leading sports scientists, his extensive research background in marathon running and his experience as a marathon runner to provide credible advice to runners to support their preparation for a marathon.

The editors of Scientific American’s best-selling Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths return with Fact or Fiction 2: 50 (More) Popular Myths Explained. We cast an analytical eye on another collection of urban lore and cultural myths that persist so long in our collective consciousness they acquire a ring of truth. Who hasn’t heard the “five-second rule”, which insists that food dropped on the floor is safe to eat if it’s picked up within five seconds? How many of us have been told to “feed a cold, starve a fever"?

Si te preocupa tu alimentación y la de tu familia, si aspiras a que sea saludable, si lees, comentas e indagas sobre superalimentos, pan con o sin gluten, cuál es el mejor edulcorante, etc. es probable que estés muy confundido y algo cansado por las informaciones contradictorias, sin evidencia científica o incluso falsas relacionadas con la alimentación. Y también de las modas, resultado de las agresivas campañas de marketing de la poderosa y multimillonaria industria alimentaria.

A todos nos han dicho cosas que supuestamente nos ayudarán a tener una vida más saludable. ¿Comer cada tres horas? ¿Dejar los carbohidratos? ¿Evitar la fruta porque tiene mucha azúcar? Estas son algunas de las cosas que creemos completamente ciertas y se han posicionado en nuestra sociedad como verdades inamovibles...pero ¡son mitos! El doctor Nicolás Soto nos hace un recorrido por todas estas creencias que por años nos han hecho comer cosas poco saludables, y así derribar los mitos de una vez por todas.

Over the last couple of decades, complexity across work, life and technology has increased. While the emergence of new technologies has simplified life in many ways, it has brought work and life closer together as never before. This leads to surprising outcomes in the way we perceive complex scenarios which impacts our judgments and risk-taking. Now technologist, project manager, and entrepreneur Taz Lake draws on more than 20 years of experience to explore this concept through stories, examples, and industry research.

A celebrated saga from ancient India tells of a young king who mysteriously shifts character and gambles away his kingdom. By unraveling this legend’s secret meaning, Escaping Maya’s Palace launches a sleuthing expedition into a distortion in psychological and spiritual growth that lies buried deep at the root of modern civilization.

On the shores of Madra, tradition is law. For Princess Helena Rhodipus, this means wearing masks to hide from common eyes. For the people, it means bowing down to a king who cares little for them. Wanting to rid herself of the rules holding her back, Helena escapes into the city, unrecognizable without her mask. She only wants a taste of life outside her walls before returning to the only place she's known, but she hadn't counted on him. The boy who makes her forget about her brothers' worries or her father's wrath.

Every year on St Stephen’s Day, Wren Silke is chased through the forest in a warped version of a childhood game. Her pursuers are judges - a group of powerful and frightening boys who know nothing of her true identity. If they knew she was an augur - their sworn enemy - the game would be up. This year, the tension between judges and augurs is at breaking point. Wren’s survival, and that of her family, depends on her becoming a spy in the midst of these boys she fears most and using her talent, her magic, to steal from them the only thing that can restore her family’s former power for good. But Wren’s talent comes with a price.

Dylan Shoenfield is the princess of L.A.'s posh Castle Heights High. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new "it" bag that everyone covets. But when she accidentally tosses her bag into a fountain, this princess comes face-to-face with her own personal frog: self-professed film geek Josh Rosen.

In this eye-opening audiobook, New York Times science writer Gina Kolata shows that our society's obsession with dieting and weight loss is less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and impossible ideals. Rethinking Thin is at once an account of the place of diets in American society and a provocative critique of the weight-loss industry.

While the War on Drugs may have sounded like a good idea at one time, the consequences have been catastrophic. From physicians persecuted for providing health care to their patients to parents grieving the loss of their children to overdose or prison - we've all become victims of this war. Our health, our families, our assets, our safety and our freedom are at risk: One in three adults in the U.S. now has a criminal record. In War on Us, Colleen Cowles raises the alarm and offers practical, proven reforms.

Trying to figure out the best way to get fit and stay in shape is a constant challenge, and one which is made all the more difficult by the vast array of health and nutrition information peddled to us by the media. But how much of this information should we take on board and how much of it should we disregard? Every day, top personal trainer Graeme Hilditch gives advice to his clients on the best ways to get in shape and stay fit.

Healthcare is no longer just a public issue; for millions of Americans it is now a crisis on their own doorstep. Cost of medical care today are a leading cause of personal bankruptcy. Although policy makers have weighed in on all sides, in this book, best-selling author Andrew Weil, M.D., identifies the root of the problem.

If you're like me, you're getting older, but you don't feel it. You probably have younger adults telling you to slow down, take it easy, or telling you to be careful because you're getting older. For most of us, I believe that is a load of crapola. Where did all these ideas come from, and why don't we address them?

Orasmyn lives a peaceful life of quiet duty and thoughtful obedience. But a single wrong decision sets in motion an ancient curse that changes Orasmyn's fate forever. Told he will be killed by his own father, he is transformed into a lion on the day of a great hunt. The prince has no choice but to flee beloved Persia and his precious family. Balancing his fading human memories with his new beastly impulses, he makes his way to Europe - where his destiny awaits in the person of a French beauty.

Inner beauty wants out. Eighteen-year-old Becky Randle is an ordinary girl who receives an impossible offer. She meets Tom Kelly, the world's top designer, and he promises to create three dresses to transform her from a nothing-special girl into the Most Beautiful Woman Who Ever Lived. Becky thinks Tom is a lunatic, or that he's producing a hidden camera show called World's Most Gullible Poor People. But she accepts, and she's remade as Rebecca.

Do you feel anxious about your chronic illness and frustrated by a never-ending amount of conflicting health information? Discover God’s Health Wisdom invites you to explore what the Bible has to say about health. It exposes the pitfalls of the healthcare industry from a nurse's perspective and provides compelling reasons to seek God’s wisdom first for your health.

This is an honest book about weight loss. It's not based on fads, gimmicks, quick fixes or the latest crazy trend. This book is about healthy, sustainable, long-term weight loss done the right way. What I reveal in Metabolism Myths are the 8 greatest ways that I know to help clients lose weight and keep it off in a comprehensive, yet simple, approach. I want you to take the practical strategies in this book and apply them consistently, and immediately, to lose weight so you look the way you want to look and feel the way you want to feel.

¿Por qué es bueno dormir en múltiplos de 90 minutos? ¿Qué cantidad de agua podemos beber antes de ir a la cama? Pasamos una tercera parte de nuestras vidas entre sábanas. Los que tienen suerte, durmiendo, pero muchos otros dando vueltas en la cama tratando de conciliar el sueño. Las horas de descanso tienen un efecto directo en nuestro rendimiento. Nuestro estado de ánimo, humor, motivación, y desempeño están condicionados por nuestro tiempo de reposo.