Mayo Clinic Plan 10 Essential Steps to a Better Body and Healthier Life

Name: Mayo Clinic Plan 10 Essential Steps to a Better Body and Healthier Life
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ISBN: 9781932994278

ISBN-10: 1932994270

ISBN-13: 9781932994278

Edition: Revised

Authors: Mayo Clinic Staff

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Imagine if you could follow a simple, straightforward plan to a healthier life. The Mayo Clinic Plan offers you this opportunity, and more! Inside you'll find easy-to-understand advice on how to eat well, stay active, enjoy life and make health a priority - tools that can help you live longer and live better. The advice is culled from leading medical experts and the latest research. With each step, Mayo specialists provide personal insight into getting the most out of The Mayo Clinic Plan. Book jacket.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Publisher: Time Inc. Books
Publication date: 1/3/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Introduction



Assess Your Health


A visit with Dr. Floyd Willis


Gearing up


Are you fit?


Are your weight and eating habits healthy?


Are you eating well?


Are your other behaviors risky?



Get Fit!


A visit with Drs. Diane Dahm and Jay Smith


What's in it for me?


Fitness in action


Aerobic basics


Strength training basics


Core training basics


Flexibility basics


Balance basics


Staying motivated


Injury


Plateaus



Eat Well


A visit with Jennifer Nelson


Fundamentals of healthy eating


Nutrition nuggets


The Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid


Vegetables and fruits


Carbohydrates


Protein and dairy


Fats


Sweets


Planning for enjoyable meals


Begin at the bottom



Achieve a Healthy Weight


A visit with Dr. Donald Hensrud


Focus on health


Is my weight healthy?


Accepting your healthy weight


The Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Program


Assess your readiness


Establish a weight goal


Identify a calorie goal


Calculate daily food servings


Assess your fitness


A lifetime commitment


How to change behavior


Eating out


Bumps in the road


How are you doing?


Menus and recipes



Tackle Tobacco


A visit with Dr. Lowell Dale


Confronting a killer


Secondhand smoke



Test Yourself


A visit with Dr. Julie Abbott


Are you on course?


Recommended tests


Tests to consider


Suggested shots



Stay Connected


A visit with Dr. Yonas Geda


Relationships: A prescription for better health


Believing in a higher power


Is your attitude harming your health?


When you can't get out of a funk



Address Stress


A visit with Dr. Kristin Vickers Douglas


Feelin' stressed?


Stress in action


10 ways to stress less



Recharge Your Body and Mind


A visit with Dr. Lois Krahn


Give yourself a break


Save time for sleep


Overcome insomnia



Play it Safe


A visit with Dr. Philip Hagen


Pay attention to the little things


Buckle up


Drink wisely


Use sunscreen


Practice safe sex


Wear plugs and goggles


Use chemicals wisely


Safeguard your home


Index