The Serotonin Power Diet or Basic Clinical Massage Therapy

The Serotonin Power Diet: Use Your Brain's Natural Chemistry to Cut Cravings, Curb Emotional Overeating, and Lose Weight

Author: Judith Wurtman

Do diets make you cranky? Do you crave sweets and starches? Do you overeat when stressed or worried? Have you gained weight as a side effect of your antidepressant medication? Are yu ready to effortlessly lose 2 pounds of pure fat each week?

If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, it's time to harness the power of serotonin.

Serotonin is the body's 'feel good' brain chemical. It increases feelings of well-being and calm - and it also turns off the appetite. Eating your favorite starchy and sweet snacks, in carefully calculated amounts and at specific times, causes your body to increase its natural serotonin production, turning off your appetite. The result? Easy and painless weight loss.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     x
The Brain-Weight Connection
Solving the Carbohydrate Riddle     3
Appetite, Hunger, and Eating Triggers     22
If You Want to Change Your Weight, You Have to Change Your Mind, Too     34
Before You Begin     48
The Program
Snack Your Way to Serotonin Power     63
The Serotonin Power Diet     75
Change Your Body     97
Now What Do I Do?     115
Planning Your Strategy
The 12-Week Guide     143
Troubleshooting     165
Maintaining Your Weight Loss     174
Cooking the Serotonin Power Diet
The Kitchen List for a Meal in Minutes     187
Basic Meals and Quick Kitchen Tricks     191
Recipes     202
Endnotes     275
Index     277

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Basic Clinical Massage Therapy: Integrating Anatomy and Treatment

Author: James Clay

This superbly illustrated text familiarizes students with individual muscles and muscle systems and demonstrates basic clinical massage therapy techniques. More than 550 full-color illustrations of internal structures are embedded into photographs of live models to show each muscle or muscle group, surrounding structures, surface landmarks, and the therapist's hands. Students see clearly which muscle is being worked, where it is, where it is attached, how it can be accessed manually, what problems it can cause, and how treatment techniques are performed. This edition features improved illustrations of draping and includes palpation for each muscle. An accompanying Real Bodywork DVD includes video demonstrations of massage techniques from the book.