Healthy Living Made Easy: The Only Things You Need to Know about Diet, Exercise and Supplements
Author: Steven Steven Whiting
This book is the culmination of over 30 years in the health and supplement industry. The book was written to illustrate the simplicity of living a healthier lifestyle. Too many books are written on the subject of better health, diet, exercise, supplements, etc. that complicate the issues to the point that the public often finds it overwhelming to attempt to make the changes that seem to be necessary in their lives. This book will take the only three factors that really matter to one's health, namely diet, exercise and supplementation and show how each may be implemented in one's life without major impact, changes or expenses. The number one reason why people don't attempt to live a healthier lifestyle is that they feel it is too difficult or restrictive. This book will show just how few changes are necessary to dramatically improve one's health and the prospest of a longer lifespan.
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Fat Daddy/Fit Daddy: A Man's Guide to Balancing Fitness and Family
Author: Lawrence Schwartz
Designed to help busy fathers balance fitness and family in an informative, useful, and lighthearted way.
Publishers Weekly
Schwartz (The Professional's Guide to Fitness) compiles all the best information from his syndicated column "Ask Fat Daddy" with the goal of countering the belief that "the male progression is an unchangeable one: boys become men, who become husbands, who become Fat Daddies." The strength of the book is that it frankly addresses the notion that work and parental responsibilities produce dads who "eat crap" at the same time that it recognizes the reality of those responsibilities by outlining a realistic eating plan, a simple exercise regime and a few tips on how to balance family and work. Schwartz's Fat Daddy "Reality Diet" is based on practicing portion control and exercising regularly. He offers a few simple rules to follow, such as eating four to six small meals a day to keep your metabolism going and never eating more on your plate than can fit in your outstretched hand. Using easy-to-read tables and engaging football metaphors, he outlines the range of foods that can give dad a "first down" or a "loss of down," such as grilled chicken vs. burgers. He gives an excellent summary of the pros and cons of almost every current diet plan and shows how his diet fits into each one. And his fitness program is as clear to follow as his diet plan, organizing basic aerobic and weight training moves into a "Fat Daddy Four Quarters Work Out" that will give even the most sedentary dad an easy-to-implement plan for a daily workout. (Jan.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
Schwartz, CEO and founder of an online customer service software company and author of the nationally syndicated column, "Ask Fat Daddy," presents an entertaining and sensible lifestyle and exercise program for the working family man. Using football analogies, he organizes the book into four "quarters": "Game Plan" explains how men often work long hours, not realizing that this could cost them their health and ability to provide for their families; "Change in Strategy" discusses the realities of family responsibilities; "Keys to the Game" explains the fundamentals of diet, fitness, and family and how to make this plan work with all three components; and "How the Game Is Won" helps plan the implementation of the game plan. Schwartz tells it like it is-that balancing food, fitness, and family should be every man's priority and can be accomplished with some planning and prioritizing. Recommended for public and human resource/employee assistance libraries.-Howard Fuller, Stanford Health Lib., Palo Alto, CA Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
