Health & Fitness

You're no idiot, of course. You know echinacea can help a runny nose, massage is good for aching back muscles, and yoga can help relax a tired body. But when it comes to reflexology - the practice of healing the body by applying pressure to different parts of the feet - you'd rather just soak your tired dogs in hot water and call it a day. Don't feel so de-feeted just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Reflexology is a fun, easy-to-follow, illustrated guide to massaging your own (and others) feet to treat back pain, headaches, upset stomachs, colds, allergies, stress, depression, and more. more...

Price: $16.95

You've heard that working out with weights helps you build muscle, tone your body and burn fat, but you're not sure where to start or how to do it safely and effectively. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weight Training will give you all of the answers. You'll get the skinny on putting together a weight-training workout tailored to your personal goals. Learn how to properly use freeweights and strength-training machines, set up a home gym, decide whether nutritional supplements are right for you and boost strength and stamina. more...

Price: $18.95

More and more women are bowing to personal and social pressures to be thin. This book provides an insight into anorexia, offers reassurance for sufferers and their families in similiar experiences and advice on steps to overcome the emotional and physical problems of living with this illnesss. more...

Price: $7.99

The Diet Detective's Count Down Offers Readers Calories, Carbs, Fat and the Exercise Equivalents For More For Than 7,500 Foods(Walk, Run, Swim, Bike, Yoga, and Dance). Ever find yourself debating whether or not to buy just one bag of chips? Or grab a little candy bar for the road? Consider this: what if the nutritional labels on your favorite foods spelled out exactly what you'd have to do to burn those calories?. Well, nutrition and public health advocate, Charles Stuart Platkin's new book, THE DIET DETECTIVE'S COUNT DOWN, is the first of its kind that translates food into exercise, giving readers a tool for deciding what a calorie means and which calories are worth it. THE DIET DETECTIVE'S COUNT DOWN lists more that 7,500 foods with exercise equivalents in minutes calculated using six forms of activity: WALKING, RUNNING, BIKING, SWIMMING, YOGA, AND DANCING. All this information is listed in an easy to view table format. The table also includes calories, fat and carbohydrates. This is no ordinary diet book, it is a food fact bible giving readers tasty nuggets of information that make them think before they eat. Translating food into calorie counts isn't enough -- translating calorie counts into exercises makes clear the consequence each bite has on the waistline! more...

Price: $11.99

Examines the relationship between obesity and adult-onset diabetes and provides a step-by-step process by which patients can readjust their sugar levels to normal. more...

Price: $18.99