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PART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH STAYING SHARP |
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Chapter 1 Training Your Brain |
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Developing a healthy brain |
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Dispelling the myths of brain training |
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Using what works for your brain |
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Discovering How the Brain Works |
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Maintaining decision-making and memories |
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Separating Fact from Fiction |
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Do you really use only 10 percent of your brain? |
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Does your brain shrink as you get older? |
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Can you change your brain? |
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Chapter 2 Improving Your Language Skills |
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Banishing the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon |
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Remembering Your Shopping List and Other Important Things |
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Repeating, repeating, repeating |
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Rhyming to remember, and other helpful strategies |
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Measuring Your Language Skills with IQ Tests |
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Looking at the verbal scores on IQ tests |
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Measuring your brain's IQ |
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Chapter 3 Sparking Your Creativity |
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Boosting Your Brainpower with Creative Endeavors |
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Reaping the benefits of musical training on your brain |
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Drawing Isn't Just for Picasso |
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Drawing to release your creative side |
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Looking at the Difference a Creative Brain Makes |
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Chapter 4 Recognizing Faces and Remembering Directions |
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Understanding Visual-Spatial Memory Skills |
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Banishing the "You Look Familiar, But I Can't Remember You" Phenomenon |
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Reasoning and logic: The key to training your visual-spatial skills |
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Working Your Memory Muscle |
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Measuring Your Brain's Visual-Spatial IQ |
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Chapter 5 Getting a Handle on Brain Games |
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Building a Cognitive Reserve |
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Taking a Whole-Body Approach to Brain Health |
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Straightening Out Word Scrambles |
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Relaxing with Word Searches |
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Tackling the Crossword Grid |
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PART 2 BOOSTING YOUR MEMORY |
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Chapter 7 Cultivating Your Memory Skills |
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Wondering about Skips in Your Memory |
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Being present rather than absentminded |
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On the tip of your tongue |
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Clearing the Air of Random Noise and Ridiculous Ideas |
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Sorting fact from fiction |
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The good-news/bad-news reality |
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Discovering what your memory skills are |
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Maintaining your brain properly |
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Avoiding food, drink, and drugs that depress memory |
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Working your memory systems |
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Putting your memory skills to the test |
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Chapter 8 Discovering How Your Brain Remembers |
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Navigating Through Your Hemispheres and Lobes |
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Introducing your right hemisphere, the emotional side |
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Meeting your left hemisphere, the orderly side |
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T is for temporal: Remembering what you hear |
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F is for frontal, as in "frontal assault" |
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P is for parietal - sensory stuff |
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O is for occipital - visual stuff |
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Brain Cells: Zooming in for a Closer Look |
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Understanding your chemical messengers |
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Branching out for new thoughts and memories |
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Staging Your Memories: Long Term, Short Term |
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Sorting and Recovering Your Memories Down Pathways |
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Chapter 9 Memory Tricks and Tips |
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Introducing Mnemonics, Your Memory Sidekick |
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Putting Memories into Familiar Places |
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Telling Yourself a Story to Link Memories |
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The link system: Remembering a list without paper and pencil |
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The story system: Weaving a story to recall a list |
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Choosing the Right Mnemonic at the Right Time |
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Picking a mnemonic that works for you |
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Matching the mnemonic to what you want to remember |
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Selecting a mnemonic that fits the situation |
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Chapter 10 Keeping Your Memory Sharp as You Grow Older |
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Mentally Noting How Memory Changes with Age |
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Making Full Use of a Vintage Brain |
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Reducing stress, keeping the blood flowing |
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Compensating for your graying senses |
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Mental Gymnastics: Inflating a Shrinking Brain |
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Keeping your neurons from shrinking |
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Becoming an Old Dog Who Remembers New Tricks |
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Educating your memory skills |
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Chapter 11 Schooling Memory |
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Stretching out your learning |
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Putting relearning and direct recall together |
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Striving for Meaning Rather Than Rote |
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Taking Notes and Remembering What You've Heard |
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Remembering What You Read |
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Review main points and notes |
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Chapter 12 Honing Your Long-Term Memory |
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Remembering Your Past: Autobiographical Memory |
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Discovering the importance of childhood memories |
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Harnessing the power of happy memories |
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Using Your Everyday Knowledge: Semantic Memory |
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Knowing the Eiffel Tower from the Leaning Tower |
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Making associations that last |
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Long-term Skills: Procedural Memory |
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Practicing for perfection |
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Chapter 13 Improving Your Short-Term Memory |
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Speaking Your Brain's Language: Verbal Memory |
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Giving your brain the best chance to remember |
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Talking fast to remember more |
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Seeing Your Brain's Perspective: Visual Memory |
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Harnessing the power of visualization |
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Photographing your memory |
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Moving at Your Brain's Pace: Spatial Memory |
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Getting a bird's eye perspective |
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Chapter 14 Keeping Your Memory Intact in a High-Speed World |
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Staying Organized at the Center of the Cyclone |
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Organizing your memory of priorities |
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Dodging the Hazards of Multitasking |
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Being mindful of the pitfalls of multitasking |
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Knowing when to choose multitasking |
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Breaking Away from a Media-Crazed World |
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Focusing on the here and now |
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Aiding Your Memory with External Cues |
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PART 3 MANAGING STRESS: RELAXING MIND AND BODY |
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Chapter 15 Understanding Stress |
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So What Exactly Is Stress Anyhow? |
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Sorry, but I really need a definition |
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Understanding Where All This Stress Is Coming From |
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Struggling in a struggling economy |
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Piling on new stresses with technology |
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Dealing with daily hassles (the little things add up) |
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Looking at the Signs and Symptoms of Stress |
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Breaking Down How Stress Can Make You Sick |
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Feeling like stress is a pain in the neck (and other places) |
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Compromising your immune system |
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The cold facts: Connecting stress and the sniffles |
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Not tonight, dear. I have a (stress) headache |
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Stressing Out Your Family and Friends |
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How This Whole Stress Thing Got Started |
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Imagining you're a cave person |
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Surviving the modern jungle |
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Knowing the Signs of Stress |
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Your feelings and behavior change |
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Understanding Stress Is As Simple As ABC |
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Managing Stress: A Three-Pronged Approach |
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Directing your stress responses |
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How Stressed Are You? Finding Ways to Measure Your Stress Level |
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Starting with a simple gut check |
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Measuring your stress in other ways |
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Monitoring Your Stress with a Stress Journal |
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Knowing how to record your stress |
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Knowing when to record your stress |
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Accept your different strokes |
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Don't expect overnight results |
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Chapter 16 Relaxing Your Body |
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Stress Can Be a Pain in the Neck (and That's Just for Starters) |
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Funny, I don't feel tense |
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Invasion of the body scan |
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Breathing Away Your Tension |
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No mints required: Tackling bad breathing |
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Evaluating your breathing |
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Cutting yourself some slack |
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Changing the way you breathe, changing the way you feel |
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Refreshing yourself with a yawn |
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Tensing Your Way to Relaxation |
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Exploring how progressive relaxation works |
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Scrunching up like a pretzel |
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Mind over Body: Using the Power of Suggestion |
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Stretching Away Your Stress |
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Massage? Ah, There's the Rub! |
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Becoming the massage-er or massage-ee |
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Taking a Three-Minute Energy Burst |
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Minding More Ways to Relax |
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Chapter 17 Stress-Reducing Organizational Skills |
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Figuring Out Why Your Life Is So Disorganized |
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Are you organizationally challenged? |
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Identifying your personal disorganization |
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Clearing Away the Clutter |
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Bust those clutter excuses |
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Draw yourself a clutter road map |
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Get down to the nitty-gritty |
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Organizing the papers you do need to keep |
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Safeguarding your digital documents |
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Never put all your papers in one basket |
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Organizing electronically |
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Keeping Your Life Organized |
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Chapter 18 Meditation 101 |
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Getting an Overview of How the Journey Unfolds |
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Different paths up the same mountain |
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The view from the summit - and from other peaks along the way |
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The taste of pure mountain water |
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There's no place like home - and you've already arrived! |
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Developing and Directing Awareness: The Key to Meditation |
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Opening to receptive awareness |
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Using contemplation for greater insight |
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Cultivating positive, healing states of mind |
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Making Meditation Your Own |
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Designing your own practice |
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Troubleshooting the challenges |
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How Life Drives You to Meditate |
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The myth of the perfect life |
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When things keep falling apart |
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Dealing with the postmodern predicament |
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Four popular "solutions" that don't really work |
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How to Survive the 21st Century with Meditation |
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Advanced technology for the mind and heart |
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The mind-body benefits of meditation |
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A Dozen More Great Reasons to Meditate |
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Awakening to the present moment |
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Making friends with yourself |
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Connecting more deeply with others |
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Relaxing the body and calming the mind |
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Experiencing focus and flow |
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Feeling more centered, grounded, and balanced |
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Enhancing your performance at work and at play |
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Increasing appreciation, gratitude, and love |
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Aligning with a deeper sense of purpose |
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Awakening to a spiritual dimension of being |
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PART 4 IMPROVING YOUR LIFESTYLE: NUTRITION AND EXERCISE |
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Chapter 19 Eating, Exercising, and Getting Your Zzzs |
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Surveying Stress-Effective Eating |
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Choosing low-stress foods |
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Stopping the stress-eating cycle |
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Mastering the art of anti-stress snacking |
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Examining Stress-Reducing Exercise and Activity |
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Calming your brain naturally |
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Thinking activity, not exercise |
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Keeping yourself motivated |
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Getting a Good Night's Sleep |
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Hitting the sheets earlier |
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Developing a sleep routine |
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Chapter 20 Maintaining a Healthy Weight and Fitness Level |
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Understanding Healthy Body Weight |
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Recognizing unhealthy body mass |
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Weighing the Tolls of Extra Weight |
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Assessing Your Current Level of Health |
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Evaluating your fitness level |
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Getting the green light from your primary physician |
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Crunching your body composition numbers |
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Custom-Designing Your Plan with Balance in Mind |
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Counting calories for weight loss |
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Creating a safe and effective exercise program |
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From trial to style: Making a (good) habit of it |
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Evaluating the success of your efforts (and rewarding yourself along the way) |
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When Weight Just Won't Come Off: Considering Weight-Loss Surgery |
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Succeeding at the Hardest Part: Maintaining Your Healthy Weight! |
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Chapter 21 Considering a Plant-Based Diet |
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What Does "Plant-Based" Mean? |
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382 | (1) |
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Getting to the Root of a Plant-Based Diet |
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382 | (4) |
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383 | (3) |
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It's Not a Diet, It's a Lifestyle |
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386 | (5) |
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Appreciating the power of greens |
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387 | (2) |
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Focusing on quality, not quantity |
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389 | (1) |
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It's all in the genes: Understanding and working with your code for health |
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Answering Common Questions about a Plant-Based Diet |
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Can I get full eating only plants? |
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391 | (1) |
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How do I get iron? Won't I become anemic? |
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392 | (1) |
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Does eating plant-based help people lose weight? |
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392 | (1) |
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A Quick Guide to Making Plant-Based Eating Part of Your Everyday Life |
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Eating According to a Plant-Based Food Guide |
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393 | (2) |
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395 | (2) |
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396 | (1) |
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Becoming a Wellness Warrior |
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398 | (2) |
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Heart disease and hypertension |
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400 | (3) |
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Gastrointestinal illnesses |
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404 | (1) |
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Other conditions that benefit from a plant-based diet |
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Chapter 22 The Skinny on Superfoods |
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Understanding the Difference between Foods and Superfoods |
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408 | (1) |
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Boning Up on Basic Nutrition |
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408 | (8) |
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Introducing the big nutrients you need: Carbs, proteins, and fats |
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409 | (4) |
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Getting to know the little nutrients you need: Vitamins and minerals |
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413 | (2) |
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Zeroing in on superfoods nutrients: Phytochemicals |
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415 | (1) |
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Creating a Healthy, Balanced Superfoods Diet |
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416 | (4) |
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Determining how many calories you need |
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417 | (1) |
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Planning superfood meals and menus |
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418 | (2) |
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Taking the First Steps toward a Healthier You with Superfoods |
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420 | (1) |
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Boosting Your Immune System |
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420 | (1) |
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421 | (2) |
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423 | (1) |
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Protecting Against Cancer |
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424 | (1) |
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425 | (1) |
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425 | (2) |
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Addressing the role of antioxidants |
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426 | (1) |
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Investigating fats and inflammation |
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426 | (1) |
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427 | (4) |
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Keeping that youthful glow |
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428 | (1) |
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428 | (2) |
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430 | (1) |
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Chapter 23 The Four Major Health Concerns as You Age |
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Life Expectancy in the 21st Century |
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434 | (3) |
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434 | (2) |
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436 | (1) |
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The Basics of Pro-Aging: The Best Actions You Can Take |
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437 | (3) |
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If Staying Young and Healthy Is So Easy, Why Isn't Everyone Doing It? |
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440 | (4) |
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440 | (1) |
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Confusing what feels good with what is good |
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441 | (1) |
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The desire for a quick (and easy) fix |
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441 | (2) |
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Modifying your lifestyle is key |
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443 | (1) |
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Looking at Cancer: The Four Most Common Forms |
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444 | (21) |
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445 | (4) |
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449 | (9) |
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458 | (2) |
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460 | (5) |
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Being Informed about Diabetes |
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465 | (4) |
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Differentiating among the types of diabetes |
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465 | (1) |
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466 | (1) |
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Playing your part in prevention |
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467 | (1) |
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467 | (1) |
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Managing diabetes and considering the prospects |
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468 | (1) |
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469 | (5) |
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Differentiating among the various heart diseases and illnesses |
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469 | (2) |
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471 | (1) |
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Playing your part in prevention and managing cardiovascular disease |
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472 | (1) |
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Recognizing the symptoms of coronary artery disease |
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472 | (1) |
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Identifying and responding to a heart attack |
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473 | (1) |
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474 | (3) |
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474 | (1) |
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Playing your part in prevention |
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475 | (1) |
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475 | (1) |
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Chapter 24 Evaluating Your Health and History and Setting Goals for Wellness |
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477 | (22) |
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Investigating and Writing Down Your Medical and Family History |
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478 | (2) |
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478 | (1) |
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Looking down the family line |
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479 | (1) |
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480 | (11) |
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Having regular checkups: What should happen |
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481 | (7) |
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488 | (3) |
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Determining Your Goals and Putting Them on Paper |
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491 | (3) |
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491 | (2) |
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493 | (1) |
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Pushing for Persistence to Successfully Reach Your Goals |
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494 | (5) |
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Staying focused - and optimistic |
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494 | (1) |
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495 | (2) |
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Removing obstacles and getting back on track |
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497 | (1) |
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Chapter 25 Stroke Risk Factors and Prevention |
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Noting the Types of Stroke |
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500 | (1) |
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Paying Attention to the Warning Signs of Stroke |
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501 | (1) |
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Underscoring the Importance of Stroke Prevention |
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502 | (2) |
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Accepting what you can't change |
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502 | (1) |
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Zeroing in on what you can change |
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503 | (1) |
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High Blood Pressure: Stalking the Silent Killer |
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504 | (2) |
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Understanding blood pressure |
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504 | (1) |
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Defining high blood pressure |
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505 | (1) |
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Getting your blood pressure checked |
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505 | (1) |
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Battling a lifelong threat |
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506 | (1) |
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Who's at Risk for High Blood Pressure |
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506 | (3) |
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507 | (1) |
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African American ethnicity |
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507 | (1) |
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507 | (2) |
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Drugs that may lead to high blood pressure |
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509 | (1) |
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Lowering Blood Pressure to Reduce Stroke |
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509 | (2) |
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Control through diet and exercise |
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510 | (1) |
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510 | (1) |
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Drugs for Lowering Blood Pressure |
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511 | (1) |
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Checking Out How Fat Works |
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512 | (2) |
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512 | (1) |
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Breaking down fat in the digestive system |
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513 | (1) |
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Getting to Know the Two Types of Fat: Cholesterol and Triglycerides |
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514 | (1) |
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514 | (1) |
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Triglycerides are greasy or oily |
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515 | (1) |
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Fat Transporters: HDL, LDL, and Others |
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515 | (2) |
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516 | (1) |
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516 | (1) |
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516 | (1) |
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516 | (1) |
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517 | (1) |
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Testing for Fat Trouble in Your Body |
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517 | (3) |
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Testing your blood for cholesterol |
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517 | (1) |
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Fasting before your blood test |
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518 | (1) |
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Interpreting blood test results |
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518 | (2) |
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Monitoring your efforts with blood tests |
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520 | (1) |
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Keeping Fats in Check with Statin Drugs |
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520 | (3) |
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520 | (1) |
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521 | (1) |
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521 | (2) |
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Heart and Vascular Disease |
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523 | (2) |
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523 | (1) |
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523 | (1) |
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524 | (1) |
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Treating to slow blood clotting |
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524 | (1) |
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525 | (1) |
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Fighting Obesity with Diet and Exercise |
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526 | (2) |
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The principle of weight gain |
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526 | (1) |
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Changing your eating habits |
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526 | (1) |
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Seeing through the advertising hype |
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527 | (1) |
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Exercising as a lifelong habit |
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527 | (1) |
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Making a Plan for Reducing Stroke Risk |
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528 | (3) |
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529 | (1) |
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Setting your prevention goals |
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530 | (1) |
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Chapter 26 Don't Worry, Be Happy: The Keys to Maintaining Health and Vitality |
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531 | (18) |
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Factoring In the Importance of a Positive Attitude |
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532 | (1) |
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Embracing a Healthy, Balanced Approach to Life |
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533 | (4) |
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Turning around negativity |
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533 | (2) |
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Being less confrontational |
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535 | (2) |
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Staying Active and In Touch with the World |
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537 | (1) |
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Connecting with Your Spiritual Side |
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538 | (1) |
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Connecting with Others: The Significance of Support |
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539 | (4) |
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Family and friends: Life preservers of the human kind |
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540 | (2) |
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Love relationships: With or without them, how you age |
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542 | (1) |
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S-E-X: Why Getting It On May Help You Live Longer |
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543 | (6) |
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Sexual activity is good for . . . everything |
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544 | (1) |
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Recognizing the effects of aging on sex |
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544 | (3) |
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Solving sexual problems together |
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547 | (2) |
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549 | (18) |
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Chapter 27 Ten Ways to Make Your Home Safer as You Age |
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551 | (8) |
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Take Precautions to Prevent Falls |
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551 | (1) |
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In Case of Fire . . . Plan Ahead |
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552 | (1) |
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Be Sure Your Meds are Safe |
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552 | (1) |
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Stock Your Emergency Supply Kit |
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553 | (1) |
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Update Your Life-Saving Skills |
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554 | (1) |
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Let Lighting Lead Your Way |
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555 | (1) |
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555 | (1) |
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556 | (1) |
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556 | (1) |
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Make Sure that You Can See Clearly Now |
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557 | (2) |
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Chapter 28 Ten (Plus) Almost-Superfoods that Can Help Round Out Your Diet |
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559 | (8) |
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560 | (1) |
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560 | (1) |
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561 | (1) |
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561 | (1) |
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562 | (1) |
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562 | (1) |
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562 | (1) |
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563 | (1) |
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563 | (1) |
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564 | (1) |
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565 | (2) |
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