Written by one of the foremost experts on sports nutrition and performance, A Guide to Understanding Dietary Supplements takes a critical look at the dietary supplement industry. With an estimated 60 percent of adult Americans using dietary supplements every day, the need for a thorough examination of the hundreds of products on the market is long overdue. This comprehensive guide (Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine) presents straightforward analysis from a consum...

**Join psycho-nutritionist Dr. Shawn Talbott on an extraordinary journey across continents—exploring how ancient wisdom and modern science converge to heal the mind, body, and spirit. This is a field guide for people who want natural solutions that work—and who want to understand why they work.In Wild Medicine, Dr. Talbott explores the intersections of ancient plant wisdom, modern microbial science, and cutting-edge body-mind medicine, revealing ...

So—how can you really lower your stress levels, lose weight, keep it off and protect your health?The first edition of The Cortisol Connection signaled a revolution in our understanding of the effects of stress hormones like cortisol, and explained the relationship between chronic stress, high levels of cortisol and the breakdown of the body’s health reserves. In his carefully designed SENSE Program (Chapter 9), Dr. Shawn Talbott presented simple guidelines...

"An important read for anybody who is sick of covering up the underlying problems with medications and explore non-pharmaceutical solutions." **—**Emeran A. Mayer, MD, Distinguished Professor at UCLA and author of The Mind Gut Connection and The Gut-Immune ConnectionAchieve a balanced mood, clear thinking, and abundant energy through transformative methods based on groundbreaking research on the gut-heart-brain-axis....

"An important read for anybody who is sick of covering up the underlying problems with medications and explore non-pharmaceutical solutions." **—**Emeran A. Mayer, MD, Distinguished Professor at UCLA and author of The Mind Gut Connection and The Gut-Immune ConnectionAchieve a balanced mood, clear thinking, and abundant energy through transformative methods based on groundbreaking research on the gut-heart-brain-axis....

Complete Medicinal Herbal is a fully illustrated practical guide to the healing properties of herbs. The book includes more than 120 medicinal herbs with important therapeutic properties and a section on their historical uses, The Complete Medicinal Herbal is a must for every home book shelve. All the parts of the plants that can be used medicinally are shown, from fresh flower petals or leaves to the root, bark, and juice. Each entry details the plant's chemical constitu...

Look great, smell wonderful, and feel good as you make your own homemade natural body care products.In this Storey BASICS® guide to holistic beauty, Rosemary Gladstar shares more than 30 simple recipes for cleansers, moisturizers, and creams comprised of essential oils and herbs. Make unique shampoos for lustrous, fragrant hair and learn Gladstar’s amazing five-step system for glowing skin.Skip the harsh commercial ingredients and use nature’s closet to kee...

The first book to exclusively use Chinese medical theories and terminology to guide practitioners of Chinese medicine in the use of Western herbs• Written entirely according to the theory, diagnosis, and treatment paradigm of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)• Explains how to combine and modify the standard TCM formulas to non-Chinese herbs suitable for Western practitioners• Includes 58 monographs of common Western healing herbs, detailing how each plant is used c...

Aromatherapy massage oils can be used for health care, beauty care, and weight loss. They can ease pain, fight infection, reduce stress, tone the body, and lift the spirits. They're also very easy to make at home, and this book will help you get started. It contains plenty of recipes, tips for mixing and use, and includes a quick-reference Glossary of Essential Oils.

If you are looking for a homeopathic way to improve your health, you are tired of using conventional medicines that does nothing but leaves you with tones of side effects.Well then this is the reference book you are looking for to improve your health and heal most of the problems with help of one of the magical plants you can easily access and find even in your local store. Turmeric.Here are some of the points you may find interesting in this report:* How Turmeric he...

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The first complete guide to natural healing properties and uses of the prickly pear cactus• Examines the scientific research promoting the cactus as a natural diabetes and cholesterol medication as well as its use in the treatment of obesity, gastrointestinal disorders, skin ailments, and viral infections• Explores the healing uses of prickly pears from the perspective of doctor, chemist, ethnobotanist, cook, and layman• Includes 24 cactus recipes--from Prickly Pear...