Marilu Henner's Total Health Makeover: 10 Steps to Your Best Body,9780060988784

Marilu Henner's Total Health Makeover: 10 Steps to Your Best Body

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780060988784
ISBN10: 0060988789
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Pub. Date: 2000-12-01
Publisher(s): HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

When Was The Last Time You Felt Really Healthy?Now's the time to create the healthy, balanced life you want -- and become the truly vibrant, happy person you were meant to be. Combining good humor with solid science, Marilu Henner provides essential information on every aspect of health and fitness, including: Detoxing your body Preventing or alleviating health conditions from obesity to cancer The secrets of stress reduction Real food and the organic way to fuel your bodyFree yourself forever from diets and disease-causing toxins, boost your energy, lower and maintain your weight -- and change your life.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction: Boys and My Weight xxi
One Step at a Time
1(18)
The Ten Steps---One at a Time
4(5)
What Is Freedom?
9(1)
A Workable Program
10(2)
Excuses, Excuses, Excuses!
12(1)
Marilu's Questions to Think About
13(2)
Health
13(1)
Food
13(1)
Dieting
14(1)
Body Image
15(1)
What Is B.E.S.T.?
15(1)
``Somewhere over the Rainbow...''---My Rainbow Theory
16(3)
Balance
19(17)
Understanding Extreme Foods
22(2)
Balance in Your Diet
24(2)
Food and Behavior
26(1)
Changing Your Palate
27(2)
The Art of Chewing
29(2)
Food for Thought
31(2)
Protein
31(1)
Carbohydrates
32(1)
Fat
33(1)
Balancing/Centering Your Body
33(3)
Taking the Plunge
36(10)
Making the Commitment
36(4)
Detoxification and Healing Crises
40(6)
The Dangers of Chemicals, Additives, and Preservatives
46(12)
Dangers of Food Additives and Preservatives
49(2)
Acesulfame K
49(1)
Artificial Colorings
49(1)
Aspartame
50(1)
Butylated Hydroxyanisole and Butylated Hydroxytoleuene (BHA and BHT)
51(4)
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
51(1)
Nitrites and Nitrates
52(1)
Olestra
53(1)
rBGH (Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone)
54(1)
Saccharin
54(1)
Sulfites
54(1)
Organic Food
55(3)
Caffeine and Nicotine Breaking the Habit
58(9)
A Stimulating Brew
58(2)
Caffeine Overload
60(1)
Are You a Java Junkie?
61(2)
Caffeine Health Risks
63(2)
Smoking
65(2)
The Not-So-Sweet Bad News About Sugar and Aspartame
67(11)
Get off the Sugar Treadmill
69(2)
Sugar Substitutes
71(5)
Brown Sugar
71(1)
Saccharin
71(1)
Aspartame
72(1)
Acesulfame K
72(1)
Honey
73(1)
Sucrose and Fructose
73(1)
Maltose
73(1)
Cane Juice
74(1)
Lactose and Fruit Juice Sweeteners
74(2)
The Scoop on Sugar
76(2)
The Health Risks of Meat
78(6)
Seeing Red---How Animals Are Slaughtered
80(2)
Good Nonmeat Sources of Protein
82(2)
The Miracle of Dairy-Free
84(21)
What's the Matter with Milk?
88(6)
Bovine Slime
94(1)
Dairy and the Cancer Connection
95(1)
Dairy and Nutrient Deficiencies
96(1)
Breast Feeding and Dairy
96(2)
Fat and Dairy Products
98(3)
Dairy Alternatives
101(4)
Milk
101(1)
Cheese
102(1)
Eggs
102(1)
Butter
103(1)
Mayonnaise
103(1)
Ice Cream
103(2)
Food Combining-The Winning Combination
105(14)
Why Food Combining?
106(1)
How Food Combining Works
107(12)
Fat-The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
119(8)
The Skinny on Fat
120(1)
Lexicon of Fats
121(1)
Cholesterol
122(2)
Limiting--Not Eliminating-Fat
124(3)
The Beauty of Exercise and Stress Reduction
127(20)
Stress---What the Hell Is It and Why Is It Bugging Me?
134(1)
The Effects of Stress on Your Body
135(1)
Reducing Stress in Your Life
136(8)
Exercise
138(1)
Just Say NO!
139(1)
Laughter Is the Best Medicine
140(1)
Stress and Eating
141(1)
Baths and More
142(2)
Skin Brushing---Giving Your Body the Big Brush-off
144(1)
How to Skin Brush
145(2)
Sleep-The Cure-all
147(11)
What Is Sleep?
148(1)
The Body's Need to Sleep
149(1)
Sleep and the Immune System
150(1)
Sleep and the Brain
151(1)
Insomnia
152(4)
Natural Remedies
154(1)
To Nap or Not to Nap---That Is the Question
155(1)
Keeping a Sleep Journal
156(1)
Sleep on This
157(1)
Gusto-The Missing Ingredient in the Mind/Body Connection
158(10)
Are You Ready for Gusto?
160(4)
My ``Toy Box'' Theory
161(1)
Looking Good, Feeling Good
162(2)
Confidence and Self-Esteem
164(1)
Gusto and Food
165(1)
Setting Goals---A Road Map to Gusto
166(1)
Imagery and Visualization
167(1)
Why Certain Diets Work and Others Don't
168(17)
Die-it
168(3)
Live-it
171(1)
Diet Roulette
172(2)
Men Versus Women
174(4)
Childhood Eating Habits
174(2)
Overweight Men and Women
176(2)
The No-Fat Explosion
178(2)
Is There a Magic Pill?
180(1)
What Is Obese?
181(2)
Finding Your Ideal Weight
183(1)
Readjusting Your Weight Set Point
184(1)
Is Heredity Destiny? To See Your Future, You Must Know Your Past
185(15)
Is Heredity Destiny?
186(4)
Understanding Your Genes
190(10)
Obesity
191(1)
High Blood Pressure
191(1)
Heart Disease
192(1)
Depression
193(2)
Cancer
195(1)
Osteoporosis
195(3)
Diabetes
198(2)
Reading Your Face
200(9)
How to Read Your Face
201(3)
Getting Under Your Skin
204(3)
Vitamins and Minerals That Help Your Complexion
207(2)
What's the Poop?
209(23)
Your Digestive System and How and it Works
210(3)
The Poop on Poop
213(4)
Frequency of Elimination
213(1)
Stool Weight
214(1)
Transit Time
215(1)
Stool Consistency
215(1)
Effort
216(1)
Digestive Disorders
217(11)
Gas
218(2)
Constipation
220(2)
Diarrhea
222(2)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome/Inflammatory Bowel Disease
224(3)
Heartburn
227(1)
Fix It with Fiber
228(4)
Listening to Your Body
232(13)
How to Set Up and Keep a Lifestyle Journal
235(1)
Tracking Your Weight
236(1)
What to Put in Your Journal
236(1)
Tracking Your Food
237(1)
Food Allergies and Food Intolerances
238(3)
What to Put in Your Journal
241(1)
Tracking Your Exercise
241(1)
What to Put in Your Journal
241(1)
Tracking Your Bathroom Activity
242(1)
What to Put in Your Journal
242(1)
Tracking Your Sleep
242(1)
What to Put in Your Journal
242(1)
Tracking Your Menstrual Cycle
243(2)
What to Put in Journal
243(2)
Alternative/Preventive Medicine
245(11)
East Versus West
247(1)
Alternative Medicines and Treatments: Do They Work?
248(5)
Acupuncture
248(1)
Shiatsu and Acupressure
249(1)
Homeopathic Medicine
249(2)
Herbs/Supplements
251(2)
Marilu's Secret Cure-alls
253(3)
Cold Sores
253(1)
Colds
253(1)
Headaches
254(1)
Jet Lag
254(1)
Morning Sickness
254(1)
Motion Sickness
255(1)
PMS
255(1)
Sprains
255(1)
Practical Living in Your New Total Health Makeover World
256(19)
How to Order in a Restaurant
257(7)
T.G.I.Friday's
261(1)
Chinese Restaurant
261(1)
Josie's
262(1)
Deli
262(1)
Italian Restaurant
263(1)
Stocking Your Pantry
264(4)
Breakfast Items
264(1)
Lunch and Dinner Items
265(1)
Snacks
265(1)
Cheese Substitutes
266(1)
Condiments
266(1)
Drinks
267(1)
Eating at a Friend's Home
268(1)
Flying
269(1)
Marilu Henner 101
270(5)
Things I Have Learned About Health
270(1)
Things I Have Learned About Food
270(1)
Beauty Tips
271(1)
Things I Have Learned from Macrobiotics
272(1)
Things I Have Learned from My Parents
272(1)
Things My Therapist Says
272(1)
Things My Life Has Taught Me
272(2)
Things I Say to My Kids
274(1)
Things My Kids Say
274(1)
B.E.S.T. Advice
274(1)
Some Final Thoughts
275(2)
Appendix A: Rich Sources of Nutrients 277(6)
Appendix B: Josie's Recipes 283(24)
Bibliography 307(4)
Index 311

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