Physical Fitness

Humans evolved over the millennia to become one of the most exceptional distance-running species on Earth. So why are injuries so common? Are our shoes to blame, or is it a question of running form, training, or poor diet? In this groundbreaking book, Peter Larson and Bill Katovsky explore the reasons why runners experience injuries and offer potential solutions to the current epidemic of running-related injuries.

Dime cuál es tu rutina diaria y te diré qué tan saludable te sientes. Dime a qué hora comes o duermes y te diré si te es difícil perder peso o qué tan sensible eres al estrés. Aunque la ciencia ha demostrado la cercanía entre el funcionamiento de nuestro cuerpo y el ritmo circadiano de luz y oscuridad, las exigencias de la vida moderna nos mantienen en un estado constante de jet lag, imponiéndonos horarios que no coinciden con los ciclos naturales de nuestra fisiología.

Your First Year with Diabetes is the 12-month plan for anyone recently diagnosed with diabetes or for those wanting an inspired self-management plan. Taking listeners step-by-step through the first year, this practical guide provides the perfect blend of easy-to-digest information presented in a positive light, builds on need-to-know skills, and offers reasonable action items from which to choose for personal goal setting.

Contra el cáncer, best seller instantáneo en Estados Unidos, es ya el libro más vendido del gurú definitivo en el campo de la medicina natural: ¿qué esperas para sumarte a los miles de lectores que gracias a él han cambiado su vida? Durante muchos años hemos aceptado que el cáncer es causado por malformaciones genéticas y daños en los cromosomas. Pero, ¿y si el cáncer, después de todo, no fuera una enfermedad genética? ¿Y si supieras que, en realidad, es causado por un desbalance metabólico producto de una disfunción mitocondrial?

Wie Hunger oder Durst ist Müdigkeit ein Mechanismus unseres Körpers, der uns am Leben hält und vor Überforderung bewahrt. Wenn der Schlaf jedoch keine Erholung mehr bringt, erfahren wir ein anderes Müdesein. Eines, das wir als krank machend empfinden und dessen Auslöser wir oft nicht identifizieren können. Dr. med. Anne Fleck hat die heimlichen Ursachen für andauernde Müdigkeit unter die Lupe genommen: Unentdeckte Infektionen, übersehene Stoffwechselstörungen, Nahrungsmittelintoleranzen, kranke Zellen oder Umwelttoxine können an unserer Leistungsfähigkeit zehren.

L'Audiocorso di Psicosomatica delle Edizioni ENEA introduce alla Psicosomatica, ovvero la branca della medicina e della psicologia che richiama all'unità...

“Strokes are the third-leading cause of death in America, and for the ‘lucky’ stroke victims who don’t die, about half will spend the rest of their lives trying to recover.” Roughly 700,000 American suffer a stroke each year and around 140,000 of them are fatal. Different Strokes is an in-depth look at what surviving, or not surviving, a stroke can mean.

Diese deutsche Erstausgabe eines in den USA höchst erfolgreichen Buchs bietet einen unkonventionellen Blick auf die neuesten Erkenntnisse zum "Wundervitamin" D3. Autor Jeff Bowles führt den Leser auf eine genauso faktenreiche wie vergnügliche Tour-de-force durch eine hochkarätige Mischung aus neuesten wissenschaftlichen Fakten und seiner darauf aufbauenden "gefährlichen" Selbstexperimente.

Adult life is full of challenges, and the best time to prepare for it is before you become one. Just like how school trains you for the professional world, you also need to train yourself for the demands of adulthood. From cooking your own food and fixing your own car, to managing your finances and taking care of yourself—these are essential skills you need to know if you want to become a fully-functioning adult someday.

HighBridge Audio presents four titles in the American Diabetes Association's 21 Things series, collected here in an essential, must-listen omnibus edition.

This book is the second in the Workouts for Seniors series; it is filled with exercises with clear and concise directions and illustrations and provides routines for all muscle groups as well as cardiovascular exercises. There are also chapters dedicated to stretching and the easing of joint stiffness and pain. Exercises included are suitable for all ability levels and can be done from the comfort of your own home.

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

After helping hundreds of patients and publishing several research articles, Dr. Sherman decided to team up with one of his most accomplished clients, Katy Cabbage, to give people access to these revolutionary weight-loss techniques. In Weight Lost: 5 Steps to Achieving Your Ideal Weight and Gaining the Life You Always Wanted, you will learn how to achieve and sustain your ideal weight by following a five-step process.

Ob Low Carb, Paleo oder Keto - trotz immer neuer Diättrends fällt es vielen Menschen schwer, erfolgreich abzunehmen und dauerhaft ihr Gewicht zu halten. Doch die somatische Intelligenz (SI) ist keine klassische Diät - sondern eine achtsamkeitsbasierte Methode des Ernährungstrainings. Im Fokus dabei: Über eine nachhaltige Entwicklung von Körperbewusstsein zu einem entspannten Umgang mit Essen und Trinken finden. Denn der Weg in ein gesundes und schlankes Leben führt nicht über strenge Diätpläne und Kalorienzählen.

La vida contemporánea nos brinda infinitas oportunidades de satisfacer nuestros deseos, aunque también numerosas tentaciones. Y en un mundo saturado de pantallas, inmersos en rutinas que no nos permiten alimentarnos adecuadamente, descansar o ejercitarnos, nuestros cerebros libran una dura batalla cuyos resultados nos han dejado más solitarios, ansiosos, deprimidos y propensos a las enfermedades y al sobrepeso. Pero no tenemos que vivir así.

This book critically evaluates the popular notion that today’s society is suffering from "sleep debt", or what Horne calls "societal insomnia" - an apparent chronic loss of sleep, which can lead to obesity and related physical and mental disorders including heart disease. It presents evidence which suggests that sleep debt has not in fact worsened to any marked extent over the last hundred or so years, by looking back at some historical writings on sleeplessness and integrating the findings with, evidence-based research that he has undertaken over the last decade.

Diabetes and Your Diet gives you the power to make healthy choices. This comprehensive guidebook will help you to create long-term, sustainable, and life-enhancing strategies for preventing or reversing diabetes through nutrition and lifestyle. In this audiobook, number one best-selling author Nancy Addison inspires, motivates, and teaches easy-to-implement suggestions, as well as offers incredible insight into health and wellness for diabetics of all ages.

Yoga instructor, nutrition expert, and healthy-living blogger Elise Marie Collins has compiled a comprehensive look at what "Super Agers" are doing to live long and prosper. Learn about movement at any age, brain fitness and memory maintenance, foods, vitamin and mineral content cues and clues, and what they do to promote health, prevent disease, and decrease and reverse symptoms of illness. In this revolutionary book, Collins presents us with a bold new paradigm of aging, telling us how we can increase not only our lifespan but also our health span.

Ultimately, Hadler's insights illustrate how the state of the science can and should inform the art and practice of medicine as well as public policy. Stabbed in the Back will arm any reader with the insights necessary to make informed decisions when confronting the next episode of low back pain.

The excess weight is observed at any age, but it most acutely rises in 50 years. Fat accumulation can cause many diseases, such as heart disease, blood vessels, diabetes mellitus. This book explains how to use intermittent fasting to break the cycle of insulin resistance and reach a healthy weight - for good - and talks about the ketogenic diet, especially for people over 50.