Health and Fitness
June 2016
New in Health
The gene : an intimate history
by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies presents a history of gene science that examines current debates about gene resequencing, tracing the author's family experiences with mental illness and the contributions of key scientists and philosophers.
This is why you're sick and tired : (and how to look and feel amazing)
by Jackie Warner

The star of Thintervention With Jackie Warner offers advice for identifying the sources of low energy while outlining a three-phase diet and exercise plan designed to improve body chemistry and overall energy levels.
The pregnancy encyclopedia : all your questions answered
by Paula Amato

Overflowing with full-color photos and illustrations, an ultimate pregnancy guide is filled with advice from top experts in the field who cover more than 300 topics of interest, including fertility, birth, nutrition, exercise and lifestyle changes, to expecting mothers and their partners.
The doctor will see you now : recognizing and treating endometriosis
by Tamer Seckin

The Doctor Will See You Now is for women determined to let the world know their stories so that every woman with this disease – from the thirteen-year-old girl who is being told that her pain is “part of becoming a woman” to the woman who has been misdiagnosed for decades – knows she is not alone.

New in Fitness
Dai Manuel's Whole Life Fitness Manifesto : 30 Minutes a Day for a Healthier Body, Mind and Spirit
by Dai Manuel

Lifestyle mentor and fitness coach Dai Manuel’s Whole Life Fitness Manifesto is a new kind of fitness book. It’s not just about physical health but whole-life fitness that blends mindfulness and personal development with equipment-free workouts. 
Your fit pregnancy : nutrition & exercise handbook
by Erica Willick

A two-time North American fitness competition champion, model, spokeswoman for the Ultimate Fitness Event organization and mother offers complete workouts tailored to different fitness levels and stages of pregnancy, along with healthy meal plans and recipes that are accompanied by inspirational stories by real moms. 
8 keys to mental health through exercise
by Christina G. Hibbert

In this inspiring book, Christina Hibbert, a clinical psychologist and expert on women's mental health, grief, and self-esteem, explains the connections between exercise and mental well-being and offers readers step-by-step strategies for sticking to fitness goals, overcoming motivation challenges and roadblocks to working out, and maintaining a physically and emotionally healthy exercise regimen. 
David Kirsch's Ultimate Family Wellness : The No-Excuses Program for Diet, Fitness and Lifelong Health
by David Kirsch

Fitness and nutrition are vital to your family's health. Your family is constantly on the move, juggling busy routines, and it's not always easy for everyone to stay fit, eat well, and maintain a healthy lifestyle. David Kirsch's Ultimate Family Wellness provides your whole family with the information you need to improve nutrition, maintain physical fitness, and live healthier. This program, created by wellness expert David Kirsch, is more than just a step-by-step plan. It's a guide to help you, and your family, make simple changes to your daily routine that will provide valuable lessons toward an all-around healthy lifestyle. Fully customizable for adults of any body type, David Kirsch offers his no-excuses 5-5-5? exercise and diet program (five moves, five days, five pounds), to help you improve your fitness level, shed unhealthy weight and at the same time, instill in your family a true passion for fitness and health. Losing the first five pounds in five days is just the jumpstart to feeling and incorporating a new nutritional and fitness philosophy into your day-to-day life.
New Healthy Eating Reads
Diabetes meal planning made easy
by Hope S. Warshaw

Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy takes the guesswork out of planning meals by teaching you how to eat healthy, one step at a time. A perennial best-seller from the American Diabetes Association, this book has sold more than 80,000 copies and been the go-to diabetes nutrition guidebook for more than 15 years.

The all-new 5th edition has been streamlined, updated, and improved to represent the latest ways people treat their diabetes meal plans.
Dr. Kellyann's bone broth diet : lose up to 15 pounds, 4 inches--and your wrinkles!--in just 21 days
by Kellyann Petrucci

A three-week diet plan for using increasingly popular bone broth to lose weight and minimize the appearance of wrinkles explains how the collagen in bone broth promotes fat burning, has anti-inflammatory properties and supports gut health.
Skinny suppers : 125 lightened-up, healthier meals for your family
by Brooke Griffin

With most recipes taking less than half an hour to make, the founder of Skinny Mom, www.skinnymom.com, the fastest-growing healthy community of moms, combines her nutritional knowledge, cooking insights and great food, to help home cooks slim down their kitchen and provide their family with healthy, home-cooked meals. 
The big book of kombucha : brewing, flavoring, and enjoying the health benefits of fermented tea
by Hannah Crum

A complete guide to brewing your own kombucha, a fermented tea with numerous purported health benefits, provides step-by-step instructions and recipes for over 280 flavor combinations and includes information on the drink's history and ways to incorporate it into foods and cocktails.
Quick & easy ketogenic cooking : time-saving paleo recipes and meal plans to improve your health and help you lose weight
by Maria Emmerich

Collects recipes from the nutritionist and popular food blogger that support the body in ketosis to maximize fat burning, with an emphasis on real, whole foods, and includes nut-free, egg-free, and dairy-free options
The wild diet : get back to your roots, burn fat, and drop up to 20 pounds in 40 days
by Abel James

Shares the secrets behind the author's weight-loss success, revealing misinformation in calorie-restricting diets while explaining the health potential of unprocessed foods that are rich in fat and fiber
The fully raw diet : 21 days to better health, with meal and exercise plans, tips, and 75 recipes
by Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram

"The must-have book for FullyRaw fans or anyone who wants to explore a raw-foods vegan diet to lose weight, gain energy, and improve overall health and wellness The Fully Raw Diet offers a 21-day plan to help people enjoy a clean, plant-based, healthful approach to eating. Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram transformed her own health by eating vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds--100% fresh, raw, and ripe--and she is now the vivacious, uber-healthy founder of the FullyRaw brand. Her ten-year success with this lifestyle inspires thousands via social media, and her 21-day FullyRaw Video Challenge on YouTube in 2014 dramatically grew her fan base. This book shares her advice and will correspond to a new video challenge, with meal and exercise tips, recipes, and vivid photos. Fans will love the smoothies, salads, main dishes, and desserts, such as Lemon-Ginger Blast, Spicy Mango Basil Salad, Yellow Squash Fettuccine Alfredo, Melon Pops, and Caramel-Apple Cups"
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