中文名: 傻瓜健康系列圖書
原名: Health for Dummies
作者: Alexandra Jamieson 等
資源格式: PDF
出版社: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
書號: ISBN: 978-0-470-52214-1
發行時間: 2008年
地區: 美國
語言: 英文
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你有想過成為一個素食主義者嗎？或者你已經開始嘗試素食？目前美國有300多萬人過著素食主義者的生活，而且這個數字正在增加。傻瓜生活素食是您的作為了解素食的一本書。通過這本書，您可以把保持生命的素食方式分享給您的朋友和他們的親人。
Are you thinking about becoming a vegan? Already a practicing vegan? More than 3 million Americans currently live a vegan lifestyle, and that number is growing. Living Vegan For Dummies is your one-stop resource for understanding vegan practices, sharing them with your friends and loved ones, and maintaining a vegan way of life.
This friendly, practical guide explains the types of products that vegans abstain from eating and consuming, and provides healthy and animal-free options. You'll see how to create a balanced, nutritious vegan diet; read food and product labels to determine animal-derived product content; and stock a vegan pantry. You'll also get 40 great-tasting recipes to expand your cooking repertoire.
Features expert guidance in living a vegan lifestyle and explaining it to friends and family
Includes proper dietary guidelines so you can get the nutrition you need
Gives you several action plans for making the switch to veganism
Provides parents with everything they need to understand and support their children's choices
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Practical ways to explore and adapt a vegetarian lifestyle
Are you considering a vegetarian diet for yourself or your family? Wondering if it's safe and how you'll get the right amount of nutrients? This authoritative guide has all the answers you need about living vegetarian, featuring healthful advice as well as delicious dishes involving vegetables, fruits, grains, and dairy.
Inside you'll find expert advice on adopting a vegetarian lifestyle, from creating a vegetarian shopping list and understanding the nutritional aspects of vegetarian eating, to using the right cooking supplies to vegetarian etiquette, eating out, and converting a kitchen-and your family's mindset-away from meat. You'll discover how to make it work when you're the only member of the house who is vegetarian, as well as how to support a family member, including a child.
Provides the latest information on vegetarian diets as they relate to health, the environment, and other areas of our lives
Includes tips for gradually reducing your meat intake
Explains the benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle
Offers dozens of new recipes designed to ease the transition from omnivore to vegetarian
讓您用一種實用的方法去探索和適應素食的生活方式
您是否還在考慮是否讓自己或家人吃素？您是否想知道素食的安全程度，或者你想知道的是素食能否得到適量的營養？這個權威指南講告訴您有關生活素食主義者的飲食，以及涉及蔬菜美味的菜肴，水果，谷物和奶制品的所有的答案。
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Confused by medical terms? Don’t know a carcinoma from a hematoma? Medical Terminology For Dummies gets you up to speed quickly on medical terminology fundamentals and helps you master medical definitions, pronunciations, and applications across all health care fields. Once you understand medical prefixes, suffixes, and root words, you’ll approach even unfamiliar medical terms with confidence.
This plain-English guide to language that can be just plain confusing clears up the meanings of the Greek and Latin sources of medical terms. You’ll get a handle on how these mouthfuls are constructed, and discover how to decipher any medical term, no matter how complex or unusual. You’ll also get plenty of help in pronouncing and remembering medical words, and you’ll find out how and why the terminology changes from hospital to laboratory to pharmacy.
You’ll discover how to:
Understand word foundations and origins
Grasp the essential meanings of unfamiliar terms
Define common prefixes and suffixes
Identify and pronounce medical terms
Deconstruct words to grasp definitions
Use plurals and multiples with ease
Describe medical conditions accurately
Bone up on terms that describe the anatomy
Use mnemonic devices to remember medical terms
Know when words refer to diseases, injuries, treatments, and more
Use medical terminology in the real world
你是否曾經被像血腫癌這樣的醫學術語弄的頭大？
今天傻瓜醫學術語讓你認識醫療術語，並幫助你掌握基礎醫學的定義，一些發音，並把它們應用到衛生保健領域。一旦你明白醫療詞語的前綴，後綴和詞根的話，你就會有信心看懂您甚至不熟悉的醫療詞組。
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A comprehensive guide to what’s what and what works in complementary medicine, this expert guide cuts through the jargon and gives you the facts about the alternatives. Whether you are interested in maintaining your general well-being or relieving the symptoms of a specific complaint, this book outlines all of the therapies available to you – from acupuncture through healing foods to yoga and massage - and tells you what each treatment is most effective for, how to go about finding a practitioner and what to expect from a consultation.
無論你是想保持身材還是想減輕病症帶來的不適，本書通過調節飲食到針灸治療到瑜珈和按摩，告訴你你現階段最需要什麼
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Are you constantly worrying about what you or your loved ones eat? Is every dining experience an episode of anxiety for you? Being allergic to different types of food not only ruins the experience of eating, it can lead to dangerous, sometimes lethal, consequences.
With Food Allergies for Dummies, you can feel safer about what you eat. This concise guide shows you how to identify and avoid food that triggers reactions. This guide covers how to care for a child with food allergies, such as getting involved with his/her school’s allergy policies, packing safe lunches, and empowering him/her to take responsibility for his allergy. You will also discover:
The signs and symptoms of food allergies
How to determine the severity of your allergy
Ways to eat out and travel with allergies
How to create your own avoidance diet
Ways to enjoy your meal without allergic symptoms
How to prevent food allergies from affecting your child
The latest research being done to treat food allergies
隨著經常出現食物過敏，你是否對不知道還能吃什麼或者吃什麼還會過敏感到發愁？傻瓜健康系列會告訴你如何識別和避免觸發過敏反應的食物，同時會告訴出現嚴重過敏時如何應對。
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Look to this book for advice, techniques, and strategies to help people stay vigorous and healthy as they grow older.
People are becoming increasingly knowledgeable about managing their health as they age. Healthy Aging For Dummies explains how people can embark on a healthy lifestyle that will enable them to feel young, both mentally and physically, even as they’re getting older. It covers tips and advice on choosing the ideal physician; starting an exercise program; learning to meditate; taking the right vitamins and herbs; dealing with or preventing heart disease, cancer, and dementia; replacing negative thinking with positive thinking; and building memory and learning skills.
傻瓜健康系列幫助那些壯年已過的人們如何才能走出一條健康的生活方式，使他們重回年輕。這裡會告訴你學習打坐;正確食用的維生素和中草藥;怎樣處理或預防心髒病，癌症，老年癡呆症。用積極的思想代替消極思想，人老心不老能。
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What are the causes of hair loss? Can you prevent it? Can lost hair be restored? Hair Loss & Replacement For Dummies helps you understand why men and women lose their hair and offers thorough, objective reviews of a wide array of hair replacement options, including hair replacement surgery, prescription and over-the-counter medicinal treatments, hairpieces, natural remedies, and a variety of other options.
This authoritative, user-friendly guide explains the pros and cons of hairpieces, fibers, foundations, and hair thickening techniques. You’ll learn about pharmaceutical, laser, and topical treatments, and you’ll find out how to determine whether you’re good candidate for hair transplant surgery. You’ll even find help in assessing costs, controlling expectations, avoiding hair replacement scams, and determining which option truly is best for you. You’ll discover:
What you need to know about hair and hair loss
How to take better care of your hair
Ways to prevent or reduce hair loss
Creative techniques for concealing hair loss
Shopping tips for hair-replacement systems
How finesteride, minoxidil, and other medications might help
Advice about low level laser treatments
The low-down on hair transplant surgery
脫發是什麼原因？你能不能預防？怎樣可以恢復失去的頭發？傻瓜健康系列幫助你理解為什麼男人或女人會失去自己的頭發。並提供全面頭發置換手術的介紹，對於脫發的處方藥和非處方藥信息治療，以及利用假發，和自然療法例如食療的講解和客觀評論。
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Arguably one of the most complex emotional disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is surprisingly common. Furthermore, most people at some time in their lives exhibit a smattering of OCD-like symptoms.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder For Dummies sorts out the otherwise curious and confusing world of obsessive compulsive disorder. Engaging and comprehensive, it explains the causes of OCD and describes the rainbow of OCD symptoms. The book shows readers whether OCD symptoms represent normal and trivial concerns (for example, a neat freak) or something that should be checked out by a mental health professional (for example, needing to wash hands so often that they become raw and red). In easy to understand steps, the authors lay out the latest treatments that have been proven to work for this disorder, and provide practical and real tools for living well long-term. Whether you or someone you care about has this disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder For Dummies gives you an empathic understanding of this fascinating yet treatable mental disorder.
強迫症不僅很常見而且可以說是最復雜的情緒障礙之一。一般人對於強迫症一知半解，今天就讓傻瓜健康系列來為您解答。
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Autism affects more than 1 million children and adults in the United States, and parents may be confused by the behavior of autistic children. This book provides help-and hope-by explaining the differences between various types of autism and delivering the lowdown on behavioral, educational, medical, other interventions. Featuring inspiring autism success stories as well as a list of organizations where people who support those with autism can go for additional help, it offers practical advice on how to educate children as well as insights on helping people with autism use their strengths to maximize their potential in life.
自閉症對於兒童影響及危害超過父母的想象。美國大約有100萬兒童和成年人患有自閉症。傻瓜健康系列用簡單的語言去幫助那些需要幫助的大人和孩子
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Want to create healthy meals that are diabetic friendly? This revised and updated third edition of Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies shows you how easy it can be to manage diabetes through diet, including the latest information on diabetes testing, monitoring, and maintenance, as well as delicious new recipes and nutritional information. This edition also includes a new section that focuses on vegetarian dishes and a new chapter on encouraging a Type 1 diabetic child to eat properly.
Features changes in fat, carbohydrate and protein recommendations that parallel the recommendations of the American Diabetes Association regarding meal plans
Includes new ideas about restaurant eating, including new menu items at fast food locations as well as revised tips on food shopping and setting up the diabetic kitchen
Offers 100+ new and revised diabetic recipes
想做一份糖尿病健康餐麼？傻瓜糖尿病食譜會讓您用飲食來控制糖尿病，給您提供食譜及營養信息。
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Acne is the most common skin disease in the United States, affecting more than 60 million adults and teenagers each year. Acne For Dummies addresses the causes of acne, and, most importantly, what can safely be done to cover it up, treat it, and minimize scarring. The book covers everything from daily skin care, over-the-counter acne preparations, and when to see a dermatologist to the hazards and benefits of prescription acne medications and the range of dermatological procedures available to erase aftereffects. Also covered are specific issues common to acne as seen in various ethnic groups and other skin problems, such as rosacea, a condition that people often mistake for acne.
痤瘡是美國最常見的皮膚疾病，每年影響60多萬成人和青少年。書中不僅涵蓋了日常的皮膚護理，痤瘡防治，同時涉及其他皮膚問題，如酒糟鼻，粉刺等。
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Break your bad habits and start enjoying a low-cal lifestyle!
Want to lose weight and keep it off for good? This no-nonsense guide shows you how to consume fewer calories than you burn, providing a delicious, easy, and safe low-calorie plan you can follow for life! You'll find tools to improve your eating and exercise habits, cope with stress and boredom, assess your progress, and live healthier and happier.
Discover how to:
Understand your metabolism.
Set realistic, attainable goals.
Maintain a healthy weight.
Stock a low-cal kitchen.
Eat right with simple, scrumptious, low-calorie recipes.
Stay motivated long-term.
Find outside support.
大家一起改掉壞習慣，開始享受一個低熱量的生活方式！
想減肥，保持良好體型？這本指南向您介紹如何消耗更多的熱量，提供美味，方便，安全的低卡路裡飲食計劃。
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Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling mental disorder that afflicts one percent of the population, an estimated 2.5 million people in America alone. The firsthand advice in this reassuring guide will empower the families and caregivers of schizophrenia patients to take charge, offering expert advice on identifying the warning signs, choosing the right health professional, understanding currently available drugs and those on the horizon (as well as their side effects), and evaluating traditional and alternative therapies.
精神分裂症是一種慢性，在美國估計有250萬嚴重的心理障礙和致殘的。在這本指南將授第一手意見，了解專家的意見，選擇正確的保健專業人士，了解現有的藥品，並評估傳統和替代療法。
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Transform your diet and reap the extraordinary benefits of superfoods
Want to eat healthier, lose weight, and fight off disease? You can do it with superfoods! This friendly guide explains everything you need to know — why you need superfoods, the science behind them, and how to prepare and enjoy them. From bananas and carrots to oatmeal and salmon, you'll gain a healthy attitude toward eating right!
Get the skinny on superfoods — know the basics of a balanced, nutritional diet, and why superfoods are so powerful
Take a closer look — examine the unique properties of superfoods and the best ways to store and prepare them
Explore exotic flavors — discover Asia's goji berries, Mexico's chia, Indonesia's mangosteen, and other unusual superfoods
Launch your superfoods lifestyle — plan healthy meals you and your family will enjoy
想要吃出健康，飲食減肥，預防疾病？那就多吃點“超級食品”吧！傻瓜會告訴你，這些食物為什麼可以稱作超級食品，其背後的營養價值，像香蕉，胡蘿卜，燕麥，鲑魚等，你會學著注意平衡飲食
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Features fun, kid-friendly activities to get them moving
A positive and safe plan for lifetime weight management
Concerned about your child's weight? This practical guide provides effective strategies for improving nutrition, increasing physical activity, and dealing with weight issues at home and in the classroom. You'll see how to change your family's lifestyle, help your child make healthier choices (and stick to them!), and foster a lifetime commitment to health and fitness.
Discover how to
* Introduce good eating habits
* Keep your family fit and active
* Prepare healthier meals
* Maintain your child's weight loss
* Find outside professional support
* Fix over 30 tasty recipes
關心您的孩子體重的增長？是否過胖？傻瓜幫您改變你的家庭的生活方式，幫助你的孩子做出健康的選擇（並堅持！），了解良好的飲食習慣，健康的膳食搭配，進行必要的身體鍛煉
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Confused about Medicare’s drug coverage? You’re not alone. Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage For Dummies explains Part D in plain English and shows you how to find the best deal among numerous drug-coverage plan options. Whether you’re new to Medicare or already in the program, you’ll navigate the system with more ease and confidence, avoid pitfalls and scams, and have plenty of help choosing the plan that’s right for you.
This easy-to-understand, consumer-friendly guide helps you find out whether Part D affects any drug coverage you already have and weigh the consequences of going without coverage. You’ll find ways to compare plans, identify the one that covers your drugs at the least cost, and make sure you sign up at the right time. And you’ll learn how to minimize your expenses, use the “right” pharmacies, and troubleshoot any problems with your coverage. Discover how to:
Decide whether you need Part D
Understand how Part D works, from costs to coverage
Choose and enroll in the best plan for you
Get up and running with Part D
Handle the coverage gap
Lower your drug costs
Join and switch plans
Comply with long-term-care rules and rights
Challenge plan decisions
Avoid scams and hard-sell marketing
傻瓜幫助您了解藥物，學會如何最大限度地減少開支，去“正確”的藥房，並解決你的問題及病症
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Take charge and take comfort in knowing how to live well with endometriosis
Diagnosing and living with endometriosis isn't easy, but this disease doesn't have to rule your life. This book helps you find out and recognize typical symptoms. Plus, you'll get up-to-date info on traditional and alternative treatments -- ranging from medications and surgeries to acupuncture and massages. The authors provide plenty of compassionate advice on dealing with the pain and emotional issues, so you can enjoy life.
Discover how to
* Evaluate treatment options
* Enhance your chances of getting pregnant
* Manage the pain
* Make lifestyle changes to minimize symptoms
* Deal with the emotional and financial challenges
傻瓜講幫助你了解和認識子宮內膜異位症以及它的典型症狀，它的傳統和替代療法了，怎樣減輕痛苦，通過生活方式的改變，緩解症狀等等
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If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with prediabetes – a heightened level of glucose, and/or impaired glucose tolerance - the time to act is now. Prediabetes For Dummies examines the signs and symptoms of this potential precursor to diabetes and offers up-to-date information about treatment. It provides clear, practical advice on steps you can take to minimize the risk of serious health consequences.
This plain-English guide shows you how to stop prediabetes in its tracks and prevent it from progressing to diabetes. You'll learn how to recognize the symptoms of this often-undiagnosed condition, and what to do if you think you may be prediabetic. You'll also discover how simple lifestyle changes, such as changes in your diet and moderate exercise, can put the brakes on prediabetes and even reverse the condition.
* Offers clear explanations of prediabetes causes, health risks, and treatment
* Includes the latest advances in the use of diabetes medications to treat prediabetes
* Provides diet suggestions, meal plans, and exercise tips
* Contains helpful suggestions for friends and family members who want to support a loved one with prediabetes
如果你的家人已被確診為糖尿病前期（葡萄糖含量增加和/或糖耐量異常），那麼你需要現在采取行動。傻瓜糖尿病前期提供了最新的有關治療的信息，阻止糖尿病前期進展為糖尿病的。你會發現多麼簡單的生活方式的改變，如改變飲食和適度的鍛煉，可以把糖尿病前期剎車，甚至逆轉這一狀況。
*提供糖尿病前期的原因，健康風險，明確的解釋和治療
*糖尿病藥物的使用
*提供飲食建議，膳食計劃和運動技巧
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A cutting-edge meditation therapy that uses self-control techniques, mindfulness has taken off across the globe as a way of overcoming negative thoughts and emotions and achieving a calmer, more focused state of mind. Written by a professional mindfulness trainer, this practical guide covers the key self-control techniques designed to help you achieve a more focused and contented state of mind, while maximizing the health benefits of mindfulness-from reducing stress, anxiety, and high blood pressure to overcoming depression and low self-esteem and battling chronic pain and insomnia.
尖端的冥想療法，克服消極的思想和情感，實現更冷靜，更集中精神狀態.這本實用指南旨在幫助您實現更集中的精神狀態同時最大限度地減輕壓力，焦慮，克服抑郁和自卑,對抗慢性疼痛，失眠。
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Understand what dyslexia is, assess schools and programs, and help your child succeed
Does your child mix up d's and b's? Does he or she have trouble reading? If so, the cause may be dyslexia. But don't worry -- these days, there are many ways to overcome dyslexia. This hands-on guide leads you step by step through your options -- and explains how anyone with dyslexia can achieve success in school and life.
Discover how to
* Recognize the symptoms of dyslexia
* Understand diagnostic test results
* Set up an Individualized Education Program (IEP)
* Work effectively with teachers
* Improve your child?s reading skills
您的孩子有閱讀困難？不要擔心 - 這些天來，有很多方法可以克服誦讀困難。傻瓜引導你一步一步，認識讀寫障礙的症狀,了解診斷測試結果,設置了一個個人化教育計劃（IEP）,當然還有如何提高孩子的閱讀能力的指導
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Are you battling high blood pressure? This updated guide explains all the latest breakthroughs in the detection, treatment, and prevention of high blood pressure, helping you determine whether you're at risk and develop a diet and exercise program to keep your blood pressure at healthy levels. You'll also find new information on protecting your heart, kidneys, and brain and dealing with secondary high blood pressure.
Measure your blood pressure properly
Develop a successful treatment plan
Improve your lifestyle habits
Evaluate new drug therapies
Find resources and outside support
傻瓜教您如何預防高血壓，幫助您設定飲食和運動計劃，以保持在健康的水平。您還可以找到關於保護你的心髒，腎髒和腦和高血壓處理的信息。
測量您的是否血壓正常
調整您的生活習慣
評估新的藥物療法
查找資源和外部支持
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Researchers have found that we ingest dangerous chemicals every day in our food, water, and the air we breathe. Detox Diets For Dummies helps you understand the effects of these chemicals on your body and find safe, gentle methods to expel them from your system.
This comprehensive guide provides clear, reliable information on the leading detox plans so you can accurately assess your own needs and select the best plan for your desired detox goal. A screening quiz helps you identify the program and plan that best suits your lifestyle and personal detox objectives. Detox Diets For Dummies provides plenty of healthy recipes and exercises help clear your body of toxins without harmful or unpleasant side effects.
* Helps you flush away harmful chemicals safely and easily
* Reveals why some popular detox programs may cause more harm than good
* Supplies a screening quiz to help you identify your personal detox needs and choose the right program
* Recommends programs for quitting smoking or drinking, fighting allergies, and losing weight, calming stress and anxiety, increasing your energy, and revitalizing your spirit.
* Includes more than 35 recipes for safe cleansing of toxins and other harmful agents
研究人員發現，我們呼吸的空氣,我們攝取食物，水都會有或多會少的毒素。傻瓜排毒飲食幫助您了解這些毒素對身體的影響，並找到安全，溫和的方法，從系統中驅逐他們。
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There are an estimated 55 million Americans over the age of 50 who have low bone mass. This easy-to-understand guide helps readers assess their risk and find a practical approach to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of osteoporosis. It covers bone density tests and a wide range of treatment options for osteoporosis-from hormone replacement therapy and acupuncture to calcium-rich foods, supplements, and exercise-and offers pointers on preventing broken hips and other common fractures.
估計有5500萬50歲以上的的美國人骨量低，易於患骨質疏松。傻瓜在這裡幫助讀者了解其風險，並找到一個切實可行的方法診斷，治療和預防骨質疏松。它包括骨質密度測試，從激素替代療法和針灸含鈣豐富的食物，到針對性的運動
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Although menopause is a natural and inevitable stage in every woman’s life, its physical, mental, and emotional manifestations can vary greatly from one person to the next. Add to this all of the conflicting “expert” information about the benefits, risks, and side effects to which women are exposed on a daily basis, and it’s easy to see why most find it difficult to make informed choices about how to deal with their menopausal symptoms.
In plain English, it explains the role menopause plays in a variety of common health problems, such as osteoporosis, stroke, and heart disease. It walks you through proven measures for minimizing your risk of developing complications through including diet and exercise, stress management, hormone replacement, and other techniques. And it arms you with authoritative, up-to-the-minute coverage of:
* Premenopause how to identify it and what it means
* The stages of menopause
* How menopause can affect your body, emotions, and libido
* The latest facts about hormone replacement therapy
* The pros and cons of various alternative treatments
* The best ways of handling hot flashes
* Easing symptoms with diet and exercise
* Preventing bone loss
* Helpful lifestyle changes
更年期是每個女人的生命中必然經歷的階段，而隨著更年期，很多常見的健康問題也隨之而來，如骨質疏松症，中風，心髒病等。
*絕經前期如何識別它
*更年期的階段
*如何減少更年期對你的身體，情緒和性欲的影響
*關於激素替代治療的最新情況
*緩解症狀與飲食鍛煉
*預防骨質流失
*生活方式的改變
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This edition of Nutrition for Dummies has been updated with the latest revisions of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, new recommended daily allowances for all the nutrients a healthy body needs, plus the real low-down on all the conflicting opinions about vitamins and minerals, protein, fats, and carbs. You’ll discover how to:
* Interpret nutrition labels
* Prepare delicious, healthy meals
* Keep nutrients in food, even after cooking
* Eat smart when eating out
* Evaluate dietary supplements
Nutrition for Dummies, Fourth Edition, is a one-size-fits-all guide to nutrition for anyone who may have fallen asleep in health class, wants to brush up on what they already know, or is looking to keep up-to-speed on all the latest guidelines and research. It shows you how to manage your diet so you can get the most bang (nutrients) for your buck (calories) and gives you the skinny on how to put together a healthy shopping list, how to prepare foods that are good for the body and the soul, and ten easy ways you can cut calories.
An apple a day may not necessarily keep the doctor away, but with the simple guidance of Nutrition for Dummies, you can live happily—and healthily—ever after.
傻瓜營養已經成為美國人的膳食指南，對維生素，礦物質和蛋白質攝取的意見，脂肪和碳水化合物的適量控制。你會發現如何：
*解讀營養
*准備美味健康的食物
*即使烹調後仍保持食物的營養的方法
*評估膳食的作用
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Do you think that you or someone you love may suffer from and eating disorder? Eating Disorders For Dummies gives you the straight facts you need to make sense of what’s happening inside you and offers a simple step-by-step procedure for developing a safe and health plan for recovery.
This practical, reassuring, and gentle guide explains anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder in plain English, as well as other disorders such as bigorexia and compulsive exercising. Informative checklists help you determine whether you are suffering form an eating disorder and, if so, what impact the disorder is having or may soon have on your health. You’ll also get plenty of help in finding the right therapist, evaluating the latest treatments, and learning how to support recovery on a day-by-day basis. Discover how to:
* Identify eating disorder warning signs
* Set yourself on a sound and successful path to recovery
* Recognize companion disorders and addictions
* Handle anxiety and emotional eating
* Survive setbacks
* Approach someone about getting treatment
* Treat eating disorders in men, children, and the elderly
* Help a sibling, friend, or partner with and eating disorder
* Benefit from recovery in ways you never imagined
傻瓜飲食失調幫助您了解厭食，貪食，暴飲暴食，飲食強迫症等等，
*確定飲食失調征兆
*設定恢復計劃
*處理焦慮和情緒
接受治療方法
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Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook For Dummies is a book about food and maintenance: what foods to buy, how to prepare them, and how to enjoy a nutritious post-surgery diet. It helps you solidify new eating habits and enjoy some new recipes, as well as better understand nutrition and your food intake so that you can maintain your weight long after surgery.
* Features simple, delicious meals that conform to post-weight loss surgery requirements
* Offers easy-to-prepare recipes that are high in flavor and low in fat and calories, that you can eat immediately after your surgery and beyond
傻瓜減肥手術食譜是一部關於食品和營養品的書：買什麼食物，如何准備，享受手術後的飲食，更好地了解你的食物和營養攝入量，這樣你可以保持你的體重在手術後能達到健康水平。
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Your children's good health is central to their happiness – and yours! For a parent, coping with a sick child is worrying and the amount of information you need to know can be overwhelming. But help is at hand with this practical, jargon free guide - packed full of information – providing advice on every aspect of your child’s health. Outlining all the basics from vaccinations to visiting your doctor, it also provides expert advice on keeping your child healthy and how to spot what is wrong if they do become poorly. Helpful to both first time parents and those with more than one little angel, explanations of key symptoms and typical illnesses, along with first aid advice, provide you with the ideal complete reference to your child’s health, from new-born to pre-teen.
對於父母來說孩子的身體健康是至關重要的，孩子生病令人擔心。傻瓜向您提供孩子健康方面的意見，從疫苗的選擇到主要症狀和典型的疾病信息以及急救的方式意見等等
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Written by an experienced family doctor and packed with practical and sound advice, Diagnosing Your Health Symptoms For Dummies is a reference for everyone who wants to find out when they do and don′t need to worry about their health. It will cover over 100 common, important, potentially serious and often worrying symptoms and emergencies, such as headaches, chest pain, dizziness, fever, bleeding, tiredness or stress. This reassuring guide will also include guidance on how to perform basic physical assessments, as well as a run through of key first aid techniques. Perfect for both allaying fears and encouraging those with serious symptoms to seek professional advice, this guide will be an essential family health bible.
有經驗的家庭醫生向您提供實際和中肯的健康意見內容涵蓋令人擔憂的潛在的嚴重症狀，緊急情況，到頭痛，胸痛，頭暈，發熱，出血，疲倦或壓力。這個指南還包括有關如何執行急救的指導。

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You’ve been repeatedly poked, prodded, tested and scanned, yet, despite how awful you feel, your doctor, like many of your friends, co-workers, and family members have begun dropping subtle (and some not-so-subtle) hints that they think it’s “all in your head.” Maybe you’re one of the lucky few CFS sufferers who’ve received an accurate diagnosis but nothing your health care provider does seems to help. Well, you’re not alone. According to recent estimates, of the approximately 800,000 Americans with CFS, more than 90% have been misdiagnosed, dismissed, or are not receiving proper treatment.
Don’t despair, help has arrived. Written by a national expert who has successfully treated scores of CFS patients in her own practice, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Dummies gives you the knowledge and tools you need to beat CFS and get back to living a normal life. In plain English Doctor Susan Lisman fills you in on:
* What CFS is, how you get it, and how it effects your body
* Its major symptoms and warning signs
* Getting an accurate diagnosis
* Avoiding situations that might be making you sicker
* Teaming up with the right doctor and crafting a treatment plan
* The most effective drugs, therapies and alternative approaches
* Coping with CFS in your personal and professional lives
傻瓜慢性疲勞綜合症將會告訴你慢性疲勞綜合症如何影響你的身體
*它的主要症狀及標志
*獲取准確的診斷
*避免病情加重
*一個合適的醫生和治療計劃
*最有效的藥物，治療和替代方法
*學會應對在您的個人生活和職業生涯中出現的麻煩
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You’ll find out cholesterol’s positive functions and why too much can be a bad thing. You can also assess your cholesterol risk by taking your age, sex, ethnicity, and family history into consideration. Find out what you need to ask your doctor about stress tests, ECBT, and angiograms to check for plaque buildup. Design a cholesterol-crushing diet and understand which foods can help you lower your numbers. Find out how smoking, alcohol, exercise, excess weight, supplements, and prescription medications affect your cholesterol levels. Find out how to:
* Assess your cholesterol risk
* Understand the benefits and risks associated with cholesterol
* Design and adhere to a cholesterol-lowering diet
* Avoid dangerous drugs
* Reduce your risk of heart attack
* Choose fats and fibers correctly
* Check for plaque buildup
幫您了解膽固醇，通過年齡，性別，種族，家族膽固醇史衡量體內的膽固醇。
*你的膽固醇的風險評估
*了解膽固醇相關的風險
*設計降膽固醇飲食
*避免服用危險藥物
*降低心髒病發作的危險
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Hypoglycemia simply means “low blood-sugar,” but without concrete symptoms it’s very hard to diagnose. It is nevertheless a condition that should be watched over carefully. People react differently to low blood sugar as well as to the treatment they receive. Hypoglycemia for Dummies explores this fickle condition and shows you how to manage your blood sugar to feel better.
This no-nonsense, plain-English guide lays out the facts you need to maintain a healthy body. It offers expert advice on identifying symptoms, changing lifestyles, and also extensive coverage on diet, exercise, alternative treatments, and the link between low blood sugar and diabetes. This expanded 2nd edition provides:
* A thorough explanation of hypoglycemia and how it affects your body
* Exercise routines that lead to a healthier lifestyle
* Diet suggestions on what to eat and how often
* A basis for choosing a doctor that’s right for you
* Vitamins and supplements that treat your symptoms
* Ways to manage hypoglycemia in the workplace
* An explanation of how hypoglycemia affects family and friends
* Methods to de-stress yourself
傻瓜向您提供有關低血糖的症狀，幫助您改變生活方式，飲食，運動，替代治療相結合
*解釋低血糖，以及它如何影響你的身體
*健康的生活方式
*飲食建議
*維生素補充
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If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease you’re probably wrestling with fear, despair, and countless questions about the future. It’s brighter than you think. In Parkinson’s Disease for Dummies, you’ll discover how to keep a positive attitude and lead an active, productive life as this user-friendly, guide pilots you through the important steps toward taking charge of your condition. It helps you:
* Make sure you have an accurate diagnosis
* Assemble and work with your health care team
* Inform others about your condition
* Choose the most effective medications
* Establish a diet and exercise regimen
* Consider surgical options, alternative therapies, and clinical trials
* Maintain healthy personal and professional relationships
* Adjust your routine as your PD progresses
如果你或你愛的人被診斷出帕金森氏症，可以理解你的恐懼，和對未來的絕望。傻瓜不希望你就因此放棄，變得悲觀。所以傻瓜先教你確保你有一個准確的診斷，了解你的病情，選擇最有效的藥物，建立一個飲食和運動計劃，考慮手術，替代療法
我突然想到《Love and the other drugs》，不管怎樣，生活都可以是陽光的
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