At 278 pounds, Susan Maria Leach couldn’t lie in bed without gasping for air, wasn’t able to fit into a restaurant booth, and could barely buckle the belt in an airplane seat. It would have been easier to allow life to pass her by than to continue fighting her weight problem, but she made the difficult decision to take back control. In 2001, Susan underwent gastric bypass surgery and started on a journey that would not only cut her body weight in half but would change her life. (more…)
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Covers all questions regarding bariatric surgery. I would certainly recommend it to any patient who is considering bariatric surgery.” –Dr. Robert Brolin, Past President of American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 2000 – 2001I would enthusiastically recommend it to patients concidering bariatric surgery. –Dr. Arif Ahmad, Journal of Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques, Oct 2001It is a superb, comprehensive guide that I recommend to all my patients and their prima (more…)
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Covers all questions regarding bariatric surgery. I would certainly recommend it to any patient who is considering bariatric surgery.” — Dr. Robert Brolin, Past President of American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 2000 – 2001I would enthusiastically recommend it to patients concidering bariatric surgery. — Dr. Arif Ahmad, Journal of Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques, Oct 2001It is a superb, comprehensive guide that I recommend to all my patients and their primar (more…)
Shed those pounds the healthy way. This brand-new edition of The Complete Idiots Guide to Healthy Weight Loss not only gives readers critical information on nutrition and healthit also delivers everything they need to know about the mental and exercise pieces of the weight-loss puzzle. In addition, it presents a comprehensive overview of todays most popular diets, chapters on such major diet types as low-fat, low-sodium, low-carb, and low-cal, as well as chapters on (more…)
The Dragon’s Way To Natural, Healthy, Lasting Weight Loss Here at last is the secret to taking off pounds and inches and keeping them off for life. Unlike popular “miracle” diet programs and products, The Dragon’s Way addresses the root cause of your weight problems and offers a remarkable six-week program that shows you how to reach your optimum weight and stay there. The Dragon’s Way is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theories that have been practiced for thousands of ye (more…)
The authors write about such topics as how to begin a running program, how to train to become competitive, how to run in races, and what is the proper health and nutrition for runners.
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So you’ve tried high-protein/low-carb diets, high-carb/low-protein diets, the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, and nothing seems to be working. The reason? According to clinical nutritionists Gene and Joyce Daoust, most diets are not balanced, not personalized, and not easy to follow. To help put you on the track to successful weight loss (and maintenance), the Dousts, who worked with Dr. Barry Sears to develop and test the 40-30-30 Zone nutrition progr (more…)