Preventions 3 2 1 Weight Loss Plan or Asthma for Dummies

Prevention's 3-2-1 Weight Loss Plan: Eat Your Favorite Foods to Cut Cravings Improve Energy, and Lose Weight

Author: Joy Bauer

#1 New York Times best-selling author Joy Bauer shows you how you can eat your favorite foods, kick up your energy level, and take off pounds!

Joy Bauer, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Joy Bauer’s Food Cures, and one of the nation’s leading nutrition authorities, teams up with Prevention, America’s favorite health magazine, for an easy-to-follow diet and exercise program that delivers steady, safe, and impressive weight loss'up to 6 pounds in the first week, and up to 2 pounds every week thereafter'and you’ll enjoy every minute of it!

Millions of viewers who watch Joy Bauer’s regular appearances on the Today show have come to rely on her sound nutritional advice and encouraging motivational tips. Prevention’s 3-2-1 Weight Loss Plan combines effective eating, fitness, and thinking into one winning formula:

3-2-1 eating: Boost energy, and reduce cravings by eating 3 meals, 2 snacks, and 1 delicious treat every day

3-2-1 fitness: Boost your metabolism, burn fat, and stay motivated with 3 minutes of cardio exercise, 2 minutes of strengthening movements, and 1 minute of abdominal work.

3-2-1 thinking: Easy-to-remember positive behavior techniques. Some you do 3 times a day (each time you eat a meal), 2 times a day (just before or during lunch and dinner), or just 1 time a day (at the end of the day or week.)

The 3-2-1 approach minimizes the effort and maximizes the satisfaction. How does it do this? With the following unique and powerful benefits:

• Less hunger and more satisfaction from every bite

• The opportunity to eat your favorite foods every day

• A sane meal plan for people with insane lives

• Effective exercise that is invigorating, interesting, and motivating

• A faster metabolism

• A system for staying motivated

And, best of all, it works. Prevention’s 3-2-1 Weight Loss Plan is the last weight loss plan you’ll ever need!

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Asthma for Dummies

Author: Jackie Joyner Kerse

The incidence of asthma is rising dramatically in the United States and across the globe. Asthma affects 17 million people in the U.S. and is the most common chronic childhood disease. If you or someone you love suffers from asthma, you know that there is no cure—however, with proper care, asthmatics can lead normal, active, and fulfilling lives. Now you can breathe easy with this plain-English guide, which clearly explains the prevention, diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment of the disease.

Asthma For Dummies will help asthma sufferers and their loved ones get a strong handle on managing the disease. Dr. William Berger, one of the nation’s foremost experts on allergies and asthma, gives you the tools you need to:

• Understand the relationship between allergies and asthma

• Identify your asthma triggers

• Prepare for your first doctor’s visit

• Allergy-proof your home or office environment

• Avoid asthma complications

• Find outside support

Featuring up-to-date coverage of childhood asthma, this easy-to-understand guide covers all the vital issues surrounding asthma, including handling food allergies, exercising when asthmatic, asthma during pregnancy, and all the latest medications. You’ll find tips on avoiding allergens that cause respiratory symptoms, testing for allergies, and dealing with HMOs. This fact-packed guide also features:

• A dedicated chapter to asthma in the elderly

• The latest information on Claritin and Clarinex, two common allergy medications taken by those with asthma

• Theinterrelationships between asthma and other respiratory complications of untreated allergy such as ear, sinus, tonsil, and adenoid disease

• Extensive information on controller drugs and rescue medications

• Future trends in asthma therapy

Offering the latest on allergy shots and tips for traveling with asthma, Asthma for Dummies will relieve your anxiety about asthma, help you control your triggers, and manage the disease long-term.