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Author and journalist Melanie Warner takes readers on a vivid, fascinating journey through the world of alternative medicine. Crossing continents and sides of the debate, visiting prestigious research clinics and ordinary people's homes, she investigates the scientific underpinning for the purportedly magical results of these practices and reveals not only the medical power of beliefs and placebo effects, but also the range, limits, and uses of the...
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Lead a life of adventure, meaning and purpose—and earn a good living.
“Thoughtful, funny, and compulsively readable, this guide shows how ordinary people can build solid livings, with independence and purpose, on their own terms.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Happiness Project
Still in his early thirties, Chris...
“Thoughtful, funny, and compulsively readable, this guide shows how ordinary people can build solid livings, with independence and purpose, on their own terms.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Happiness Project
Still in his early thirties, Chris...
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At some point in their lives, 80% of Americans will seek expert help for back pain. It's an epidemic, with a cost to society in medical expenses and lost productivity that is steeper than heart disease. But remember the 80% figure-that's the astonishing cure rate at Dr. Jeremy James's Aspen Club Back Institute. A Doctor of Chiropractic who took that path because of his own severe injury-induced back pain, he has developed a revolutionary behavioral/whole-body...
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Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about over seventy common and chronic illnesses and the natural therapies that can be effective in treating them; and includes descriptions of twenty-five natural therapies, with comments by patients who have used them.
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"Diseases such as cancer, diabetes, arthritis, and heart disease might cause discomfort through inflammation; The Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook helps you reduce and manage inflammation. By laying the foundation for understanding the relationship between inflammation and diet, these recipes for snacks, sides, meals, and desserts will keep your mind and body feeling good. Learn how to focus on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, plant-based proteins,...
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"A rigorous, skeptical, deeply reported look at the new science behind the mind's extraordinary ability to heal the body Have you ever felt a surge of adrenaline after narrowly avoiding an accident? Salivated at the sight (or thought) of a sour lemon? Felt turned on just from hearing your partner's voice? If so, then you've experienced how dramatically the workings of your mind can affect your body. Yet while we accept that stress or anxiety can...
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Outlines an eight-week program from improving health and boosting the body's healing system through changes in eating, exercising, breathing, and using the mind, with recommendations for vitamins, minerals, and herbs, and ideas on how to change patterns of behavior that impair optimal health.
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