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A comprehensive guide to what’s what and what works in complementary medicine, this expert guide cuts through the jargon and gives you the facts about the alternatives. Whether you are interested in maintaining your general well-being or relieving the symptoms of a specific complaint, this book outlines all of the therapies available to you – from acupuncture through healing foods to yoga and massage - and tells you what each treatment is most effective for, how to go about finding a practitioner and what to expect from a consultation. Topics covered in Complementary Medicine For Dummies include:.:.; Old Dogs – New Tricks: From Ancient Roots to Modern Practice.; Turning to the Pros for Your Health Diagnosis.; Reading the Body (Self-Diagnosis).; Uncovering Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).; Revealing Ayurveda’s ‘Science of Life’.; Balancing Health With Tibetan Medicine.; Purifying the Body with Japanese Medicine.; Dipping Your Toes Into Nature Cure.; Getting to the Point of Acupuncture.; Homing in on Homeopathy.; Unearthing Herbal Medicine.; Nibbling on Nutritional Medicine.; Diving into Naturopathy.; Opening Up with Osteopathy.; Getting to the Crunch with Chiropractic.; Moving with Bodywork Therapies.; Enjoying Massage Therapies.; Relaxing with Breathing, Relaxation, and Meditation.; Scenting Out Aromatherapy and Flower and Tree Remedies.; Connecting with Healing Therapies.; Getting Your Head Around Psychological Therapies.; Feeling the Buss of Energy Medicine.; Having a Go with Creative Therapies.; Ten Complementary Medicine Tips for Healthy Living.; Ten Superfoods for Great Health.; Ten Great Herbal Remedies.; Appendix A: A-Z of Therapies. ~. more...

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Explore and understand the latest in food quality evaluation using computer vision science more...

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The Diet Detective's Count Down Offers Readers Calories, Carbs, Fat and the Exercise Equivalents For More For Than 7,500 Foods(Walk, Run, Swim, Bike, Yoga, and Dance). Ever find yourself debating whether or not to buy just one bag of chips? Or grab a little candy bar for the road? Consider this: what if the nutritional labels on your favorite foods spelled out exactly what you'd have to do to burn those calories?. Well, nutrition and public health advocate, Charles Stuart Platkin's new book, THE DIET DETECTIVE'S COUNT DOWN, is the first of its kind that translates food into exercise, giving readers a tool for deciding what a calorie means and which calories are worth it. THE DIET DETECTIVE'S COUNT DOWN lists more that 7,500 foods with exercise equivalents in minutes calculated using six forms of activity: WALKING, RUNNING, BIKING, SWIMMING, YOGA, AND DANCING. All this information is listed in an easy to view table format. The table also includes calories, fat and carbohydrates. This is no ordinary diet book, it is a food fact bible giving readers tasty nuggets of information that make them think before they eat. Translating food into calorie counts isn't enough -- translating calorie counts into exercises makes clear the consequence each bite has on the waistline! more...

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Concise and extensively cross-referenced, this volume is the perfect one-stop guide to the often-confusing mass of nutritional information available today. More than 2,500 entries provide the essential information readers want to know about nutrition and good health. Coverage includes food ingredients such as vitamins, minerals, fats, carbohydrates, and proteins; the health benefits and dangers of foods; diseases and health disorders related to nutrition; processed foods and their side effects; the link between certain foods and cancer; food allergies; eating disorders; and much more. This edition is comprised of approximately 30 percent new material, including several new appendixes. more...

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