Gary Null's Power Aging
Author: Gary Null
As one of the founding leaders of the health food movement in the 1970s, and host of the longest-running radio show in America, New York Times bestselling author Gary Null has provided an inspiring voice for growing up healthy-and growing older wisely. But as Null makes clear in this groundbreaking book, growing older doesn't mean having to look it, feel it, or accept it.
In fact, it's easier than ever to fight the symptoms of age and feel as young as one wants-especially with the program outlined in this book. Based on sensible science and mind-over-body techniques, readers can:
Combine nutrition, exercise, lifestyle changes, and mental techniques
Control the visible-and invisible-signs of aging
Combat age-related conditions and illnesses
Author Biography: Gary Null, Ph.D., is one of the leading authorities in alternative healing. The author of more than 70 books, including The Encyclopedia of Natural Healing, he is also the host of Natural Living with Gary Null, the longest running talk-radio health program in America, and the producer of a number of record-breaking health-related PBS specials, videos, and documentaries.
Publishers Weekly
Null, a well-known spokesperson for natural health and aging (Gary Null's Ultimate Anti-Aging Program), offers another volume on how to deal with the physical effects of aging. According to the author's research, illnesses such as cancer, heart disease and degenerative brain conditions are, in part, caused by damage inflicted by free radicals-unstable molecules that impair cells. The bodies' defenses against free radicals are antioxidants that can neutralize the free radicals' effect. In order to lessen the number of free radicals, Null believes it is necessary to drink pure water, exercise properly, follow a power aging diet and consume a variety of antioxidant vitamins, herbs and minerals that should boost the immune system. Null's exhortations to detoxify the body will sound familiar to devotees, but others may find his program overly stringent and too detailed. The cardiovascular protocol, for example, is quite complex. His diet program (he calls it the non-diet diet) is similar to what he has been recommending for years: strictly avoid red meat, caffeine, sugar, dairy, alcoholic beverages and wheat products. The mainly vegetarian meals (menus are included) that he advocates should be composed of organic products. (Dec.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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Women Heart's All Heart Family Cookbook
Author: Kathy Kastan
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women, killing six times as many as breast cancer. What's worse, too few women realize the dire risk they face.
WomenHeart, the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, is an organization dedicated to helping women heart patients and those at risk for heart disease, whether they know it or not. Through an extensive support group network, they also help women who have heart disease live normal lives. And because dietary changes are often an important part of the recovery process, when their members gather, the conversation naturally turns to food.
To help spread the news of their work, WomenHeart has created this one-of-a-kind collection that focuses on 40 key foods known to promote heart health that features a number of family-friendly recipes from their members.
Packed with plenty of great-to-wake-up-to dishes like French Toast with Orange Cream and Lemon Blueberry Muffins, it also includes dozens of crowd-pleasing dinner favorites like Revamped Chicken Pot-pie, Beef and Vegetable Stroganoff, and Sesame Salmon with Spicy Cucumber Salad. In fact, in this collection there's a recipe for every occasion, as well as 40 enticing photographs.
Even better, this cookbook includes plenty of desserts, like Flourless Chocolate Cake, Summer Fruit Compote, and Raspberry Buckle, making it easy to see that fighting heart disease can mean indulging in the pleasures good food offers.
Publishers Weekly
The introduction explains that "scientists have identified 40 foods that can help reduce, prevent, and even reverse heart disease." Those 40 foods-among them chocolate, red wine, tropical fruits, almonds and avocados-are the focus of this health-conscious cookbook. All 175 recipes include one or more of them, and the first section details, food by food, in easily understandable (even occasionally funny) language, why they're good for you. The recipes are accessible and appealing, if not especially original. The superstar ingredients are marked with a heart symbol; key nutritional information accompanies each entry. The full spectrum of basic food genres is covered, from breakfast foods like Broccoli and Cheese Strata (featuring egg whites), Asparagus Frittata (using egg substitute) and Green Tea-Oatmeal Pancakes to desserts such as Orange Pistachio Cake and an antioxidant-rich but still decadent Flourless Chocolate Cake. In between are plenty of soups, salads (including an elegant Grape and Fennel Salad), vegetable side dishes, grains, beans, pasta and main courses such as Sesame Salmon with Spicy Cucumber Salad, Oven-Fried Fish and Chips, Revamped Chicken Potpie and Make-Over Veal Marsala. The variety and simplicity make this a reliable-and lighthearted-resource for anyone trying to fight or prevent heart trouble. (Feb.)
Copyright 2007 Reed Business InformationLibrary Journal
WomenHeart was founded in 2000 by three women who had heart attacks in their forties and felt heart disease was an invisible issue in women's health; it is the leading cause of death in American women. The organization published this cookbook in an effort to educate women about protecting their hearts with a healthier lifestyle. After a section on general healthy heart tips, Kastan (From the Heart: A Woman's Guide to Living Well with Heart Disease ) and dietitian Suzanne Banfield with medical writer Wendy Leonard focus on 40 foods that benefit the heart. Citations to medical studies and health organizations are scattered throughout these two sections. The final section contains recipes using the 40 foods, which are geared toward the average cook, with no complicated techniques or hard-to-find ingredients. Because many of the women who use the cookbook will be feeding families, the recipes are meant to appeal to everyone and include Spicy Oven-Fried Chicken, Better-for-You Black Bean Chili, and Paella. Overall, the book will be useful for those who are interested in a healthier diet, and it is recommended for most public library collections.-Ginny Wolter, Toledo-Lucas Cty. P.L.
Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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