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| Getting in Shape: 10,000 Steps to Terrific Health |
| By Tom Ogren |
Want a simple, inexpensive, low risk, foolproof method to lose weight, get healthy, and get in shape? All you need is a serious commitment and a $15 step-counting pedometer.
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| Exercise: Why YOU Should Do It |
| By Aaron M. Potts, ISSA CFT, YFT |
Millions are spent each year on diet pills, magical exercise devices, and misrepresented health and fitness products, when a good set of dumbbells and a brisk walk may be all you need to get in better shape than you've ever been in. Resistance training is as simple as moving your body under more resistance than it normally has to handle.
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| 7 Reasons Low Carb Diets are Wrong |
| By Charles Remington |
Our body is designed to run best on a certain type and balance of fuel. Unfortunately the latest low-carbohydrate fad diets are not fuel that our body was designed to run on. Low - carbohydrate diets can cause several health concerns over time. The Fat Loss Coach explains the top seven.
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| Review: Super Size Me |
| By Simplebean.com |
Do you need help breaking the fast food habit? Morgan Spurlock’s DVD, Super Size Me will definitely motivate you to rethink your next fast food meal. Following him through his 30 day McDonald's-only binge. You will see what the effects are on his weight, body fat, blood, cholesterol, liver, mood, and even his sex drive. Things get a little scary, but sometimes that is what we need to see.
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| Low-Carb Diets: Are You Losing More than Weight? |
| By Monique N. Gilbert |
The average American eats about twice as much protein than what they require. Some people, in the pursuit of thinness, are going on low-carb diets and are eating up to four times the protein their body needs. Many people are putting their health at risk by eating too much protein.
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| Weight Loss Begins in the Mind |
| By Oma Edoja |
You can diet all you want, and even start an exercise program. But it’s quite unlikely that you’ll keep it up, if you’re still thinking fat. Weight loss begins with thinking thin.
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| Getting F.I.T.T. Is Easy |
| By Lynn Bode |
For most people the hardest part of exercising is just getting started. Hectic schedules and lack of time certainly contribute to the excuses. But for many people, lack of basic workout knowledge intimidates them and prevents them from even getting started. An easy way to get started is utilizing the F.I.T.T. principle. This acronym stands for Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type.
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| How to Wean Your Kid from the Junk Food Joneses |
| By Phil Goglia |
Getting the whole family to eat healthy meals in a culture where some kids think that a potato chip is a vegetable can be a real challenge. We live in a culture where “the Joneses” our kids see every day on TV commercials and media ads are endorsing low-nutrition, heavily processed fast foods and soft drinks. But there are realistic, easy-to-implement strategies that can help you to gradually wean your children away from poor nutritional choices and toward delicious more wholesome foods.
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| How to Curb Carbohydrate Cravings! |
| By Kim Beardsmore |
More often the reason for the mid afternoon carbohydrate cravings is due to gaps in understanding how our body works and responds to diferent types of food. Read on to see what you can do to control those mid afternoon cravings.
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| The R Factors - Your Answer For Getting To The Perfect Body For Fitness And Health |
| By Robert Adams |
Building a Perfect Body for Body Perfect Fitness and Health Is just Four Factors Away!!! The R Factors!!!!
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| Five Fast Food Fixes |
| By Jennifer Reisinger |
Do you try to make healthy choices when you eat fast foods, opting for salads, grilled chicken and anything vegetable? Be careful, hidden calories and grams of fat can make your best intentions backfire. A little knowledge will go a long way in protecting your waistline.
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| How I Did It - An Average Person's Account of Weight Loss |
| By Jon T. Stevens |
Jon Stevens gives an account of successful weight loss. No "fad" diet or self-starvation, just simple determination coupled with a desire to look and feel better.
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| Simplebean Top 10 |
| 1. | Eating for Life: Your Guide to Great Health, Fat Loss and Increased Energy!, Bill Phillips |
| 2. | Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating, Dr. Walter C. Willett |
| 3. | The G.I. Diet : The Easy, Healthy Way to Permanent Weight Loss, Rick Gallop |
| 4. | Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength, Bill Phillips |
| 5. | The Omega Diet: The Lifesaving Nutritional Program Based on the Diet of the Island of Crete, Artemis P. Simopoulos |
| 6. | Food and Mood: Second Edition : The Complete Guide To Eating Well and Feeling Your Best, Elizabeth Somer |
| 7. | Your Miracle Brain: Maximize Your Brainpower, Boost Your Memory, Lift Your Mood, Improve Your IQ and Creativity, Prevent and Reverse Mental Aging, Jean Carper |
| 8. | The Ultimate Fit or Fat, Covert Bailey |
| 9. | Dare to Lose: Four Simple Steps to Achieve a Better Body, Shari Lieberman, Ph.D. |
| 10. | The Get with the Program! Guide to Good Eating: Great Food for Good Health, Bob Greene |
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Mayo Clinic Fitness for Everybody
Diane, M.D. Dahm
From the most recognized name in health, this is a detailed, step-by-step guide to getting and staying fit, regardless of your age or physical condition. Developing an exercise plan, selecting the equipment that's right for you, staying motivated, and preparing for your favorite physical activity are just some of the topics covered in this practical, essential fitness guide.
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The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss
Mary J. Shomon
This is not a fad Diet book. It addresses today’s slower metabolisms. Is your thyroid sabotaging your weight loss efforts?
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Absolute Beginner's Guide to Half-Marathon Training : Get Ready to Run or Walk a 5K, 8K, 10K or Half-Marathon Race
Heather Hedrick
Here is an easy-to-understand introduction to the world of walking or running a half-marathon, or shorter race. Endorsed by the National Institute for Fitness and Sport, this book is packed with illustrations, notes on how to stay motivated and tips on how to train without pain. The author manages the Half-Marathon training program for the National Institute for Fitness Sports (NIFS) in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Food and Mood: Second Edition : The Complete Guide To Eating Well and Feeling Your Best
Elizabeth Somer
Elizabeth Somer explains the science behind the food-mood link. She explains how food affects mood; the basis of food cravings; how diet is connected to stress, PMS, and fatigue; and what foods banish the blues, boost brain power, and improve sleep naturally.
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SuperFoods Rx : Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life
Steven G. Pratt
Whether you're 63 or 23, you can actually change the course of your biochemistry and stop the incremental changes in your body that lead to diseases such as type II diabetes, hypertension, certain cancers, obesity, and Alzheimer's. Dr. Pratt leads you from the 20th-century world of macronutrients: proteins, fats, and carbs into the 21st-century world of micronutrients: phytonutrients, carotenoids, and antioxidants. It also includes delicious recipes, kitchen tips, and shopping suggestions.
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Think Thin, Be Thin : 101 Psychological Ways to Lose Weight
Doris Wild Helmering
Think Thin, Be Thin is loaded with practical ways to change your thoughts and your behavior around food and weight—the key to achieving your goal of a slim and healthy body.
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The American Cancer Society's Healthy Eating Cookbook: A Celebration of Food, Friends, and Healthy Living
American Cancer Society
The recipes are low in fat, high in nutrition, often inventive; and follow the Food Guide Pyramid recommendations.
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