The Mayo Clinic Diet, A Book Review

Saturday 6 March, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Title: The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight
Author: The Mayo Clinic
Publisher: Good Books
Publication Date: January 1, 2010
Hardcover: 254
ISBN: 9781561486762
Genre: Health, Wellness, Fitness

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About the book:

In our work with literally thousands of patients, we’ve identified the critical habits of people who maintain a healthy weight, and the habits of those who don’t.

With The Mayo Clinic Diet, we’ve boiled this research down to five simple habits to help you take off the extra weight — and five habits to break so that you can keep it from coming back. Plus, we’ve made it easy, because what works best when it comes to weight loss is keeping it simple!

The Mayo Clinic Diet is composed of three sections to get you started, to keep you on track, and to give you the knowledge and tools you need to keep those unwanted pounds off for good

1. Loose it! is a two-week quick-start program designed to help you lose 6 to 10 pounds in a safe and healthy way.
2. Live it! is a long-term plan in which you continue to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week until you reach your goal. Then, you learn how to maintain your healthy weight for life.
3. All the extra stuff includes meal planners, recipes, tips on overcoming challenges and much more to help you along the way.

The Mayo Clinic Diet puts you in charge of reshaping your body and improving your health — for a lifetime.

For more information, visit The Mayo Clinic Diet book Web site.

My Review:

For those of you old enough, like myself, you may be skeptical about The Mayo Clinic Diet, but rest assured this is the real deal, not the 1970s diet claiming it was from The Mayo Clinic, which it was not. The Mayo Clinic Diet is the official diet put out by The Mayo Clinic and offers up a sensible, realistic approach to a healthier lifestyle, which can be followed for life. Anyone looking for fast weight loss should stop reading now, as this is the real thing. The Mayo Clinic Diet is not a “diet” in terms of the multitudinous fad diets currently on the market. This is a lifestyle change and made gradually, so one will stick with it throughout life. The book is broken down into three sections consisting of all told 18 chapters. The beginning of the process asks that one access the reasoning behind living healthy then to add five habits, break 5 habits and as a bonus adopt 5 habits. It is actually quite easy to follow and understand whereas so many fad diets have convinced society that to lose weight and be fit there must be some secret ingredient or key that needs to be unlocked. That has never been the case and The Mayo Clinic Diet lays out weight loss, health and fitness in the clearest of terms along with guides to help one live a healthy lifestyle, choose the healthiest food whether at the grocery store or dining out, and understand the benefits of various forms of exercises. The book concludes with three sections referred to as action guides that are aimed at weight loss barriers, Pyramid serving sizes, and some delicious recipe suggestions to help eat healthier. The Mayo Clinic Diet book is an example of how health and fitness books should be and as an added bonus there is a companion journal to help the reader stay on track and see the progresses made. As stated earlier, this is not a fad diet; this book is aimed to help the reader achieve a healthy, well-balanced life.

About the Author:

Mayo Clinic is the first and largest integrated, not-for-profit group practice in the world. Doctors from every medical specialty work together to care for patients, joined by common systems and a philosophy that the needs of the patient come first. Over 3,600 physicians and scientists and 50,000 allied staff work at Mayo, which has sites in Rochester, Minn.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz. Collectively, Mayo Clinic treats more than 500,000 patients a year.

For more than 100 years, millions of people from all walks of life have found answers at Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic works with many insurance companies, does not require a physician referral in most cases and is an in-network provider for millions of people.

For more information, view Mayo Clinic’s Web site.

I received a complimentary copy of The Mayo Clinic Diet by The Mayo Clinic from FSB Media. Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned novel.

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A Book Review: How to Achieve Heaven on Earth edited by John E. Wade II

Saturday 6 March, 2010 By 3 Comments

Title: How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth: 101 Insightful Essays from the World’s Greatest Thinkers, Leaders, and Writers
Edited by: John E. Wade II
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Publication Date: January 11, 2010
Paperback: 320 pages
ISBN: 978-1589805972
Genre: Social Science/Sociology

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About the book:

* Barack Obama
* David Brooks
* Ted Turner
* Nicholas D. Kristof
* Leonard Pitts, Jr.
* Marianne Williamson
* Chris Rose
* Al Gore
* George Bush
* Dale Brown
* Tony Blair
* Thomas L. Friedman
* George Rodrigue
* Paul Prudhomme
* Poppy Tooker
* and more

Contributions from 101 of the most prestigious thinkers, writers, public figures, and other luminaries on a wide range of topics fill the pages of this meditation on how to make the world a better place. Focusing on the large problems of the world as well as the little challenges people face, How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth tackles the momentous question of what each of us can do to improve our community, our country, and our world, one step at a time.

My review:

John E. Wade II has edited a fantastic booked filled with 101 brilliant, insightful and inspirational essays from some of the world’s greatest minds. In his book, How To Achieve Heaven On Earth, Wade II has compiled essays from the greatest minds from around the world to help tackle some of societies toughest issues. The book is divided into eleven sections; Peace, Security, Freedom, Democracies, Prosperity, Spiritual Harmony. Racial Harmony. Ecological Harmony, Health, Moral Purpose and Meaning, and finally Individual Paths to Heaven on Earth. In the preface, each of the ten main sections definitions is described in detail and as the book unfolds one reads essays from deep personal lessons, personal growth, as well as philosophical essays. Each one of the 101 essays is not only well written but also intriguing and insightful. I highly recommend How to Achieve Heaven on Earth to anyone looking for an insightful look at many of the major issues facing society today or merely to read some rather brilliant essays.

About the Editor:

John E. Wade II is an author, investor, philanthropist, and founder of the nonprofit organization Soldiers of Love. An active member of his church and civic organizations in his area, Wade holds an M.A. from the University of Georgia and has worked in a range of fields. His extensive travels, including visits to China, India, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Jordan, and Brazil, inspired him to collect the essays in this work. Wade lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. For more information, please visit www.HeavenOnEarth.org.

I received a complimentary copy of How To Achieve Heaven On Earth Edited by John E. Wade II from FSB Media. Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned novel.

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Book Review: A Certain "Je Ne Sais Quoi": The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English by Chloe Rhodes

Saturday 6 March, 2010 By 6 Comments

Title: A Certain “Je Ne Sais Quoi”: The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English
Author: Chloe Rhodes
Publisher: Readers Digest
Publication Date: March 4, 2010
Hardcover: 176 pages
ISBN: 978-1606520574
Genre: Reference, Etymology

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About the Book:

Carpe Diem and Become a Word Connoisseur!

English is filled with a smorgasbord of foreign words and phrases that have entered our language from many sources — some from as far back as the Celts. A Certain “Je Ne Sais Quoi,” which tells the story of how many of these expressions came to be commonly used in English, will both amaze and amuse language lovers everywhere. You’ll be fascinated to learn, for instance, that . . .

* ketchup began life as a spicy pickled fish sauce called koechiap in seventeenth-century China?
* honcho came from the Japanese world hancho, which means squad chief? The world was brought to the United States something during the 1940s by soldiers who had served in Japan.
* dungarees comes from the Hindi word dungri, the thick cotton cloth used for sails and tents in India?

Organized alphabetically for easy reference, A Certain “Je Ne Sais Quoi” tells the little-known origin of some of these thousands of foreign words and phrases — from aficionado to zeitgeist. Inside, you’ll find translations, definitions, origins, and lively descriptions of each item’s evolution into our everyday discourse. With this whimsical little book, you’ll be ready to throw out a foreign word or phrase at your next party, lending your conversation with, well, a certain je ne sais quoi.

My review:

A Certain “Je Ne Sais Quoi”: The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English by Chloe Rhodes is an absolutely delightfully charming book filled with foreign words used within the English language, the origins of the words, their original definitions as well as how the word came about, the current meaning and an example of usage of the word. My family as well as I had a lot of fun discovering the meanings of many words as well as the origins of some of our favourites such as “Reductio ad Absurdum”. A Certain “Je Ne Sais Quoi” makes for a fun book to read through, use for reference or give to any lover of etymology as a gift.

About the Author:

Chloe Rhodes is a freelance journalist who has worked for The Telegraph, Guardian and The Times as well as numerous other respected publications. She lives in North London with her husband.

I received a complimentary copy of A Certain “Je Ne Sais Quoi”: The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English by Chloe Rhodes from FSB Media. Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned novel.

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Book Review: Raven Stole the Moon by Garth Stein

Saturday 6 March, 2010 By 1 Comment

Title: Raven Stole the Moon
Author: Garth Stein
Publication: Harper Collins
Publication Date: March 9, 2010
Paperback: 464 Pages
ISBN: 978-0061806384
Genre: Fiction

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From the Publisher:

From the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Art of Racing in the Rain comes an extraordinary tale of grief, devotion, redemption, and timeless mystery.

When Jenna Rosen abandons her comfortable Seattle life to visit Wrangell, Alaska, it’s a wrenching return to her past. The hometown of her Native American grandmother, Wrangell is located near the Thunder Bay Resort, where Jenna’s young son, Bobby, disappeared two years before. His body was never recovered, and Jenna is determined to lay to rest the aching mystery of his death. But whispers of ancient legends begin to suggest a frightening new possibility about Bobby’s fate, and Jenna must sift through the beliefs of her ancestors, the Tlingit, who still tell of powerful, menacing forces at work in the Alaskan wilderness. Armed with nothing but a mother’s protective instincts, Jenna’s quest for the truth behind her son’s disappearance is about to pull her into a terrifying and life-changing abyss.

My Review:

Raven Stole the Moon is a hauntingly beautiful, heart-wrenching page-turner, which immediately captures the reader’s attention and does not let go. Garth Stein’s novel weaves in the beliefs and the culture of the Tlingit of Alaska, in this well-written novel filled with a deep sadness, Native American legends, and the longing to become whole. The novel begins with the 2-year anniversary of the death of Jenna Rosen’s son, whose body was never recovered in the wilderness of Alaska. Jenna heads to Wrangell, Alaska, in a desperate attempt to find answers to the strange and mysterious circumstances surrounding her son’s death. Robert, left behind in Seattle, desperate to find Jenna, hires a private investigator to find his wife. Stein does an exceedingly brilliant job with this novel. Raven Stole the Moon is a vividly written novel, which came at times to be rather disturbing, however, not without reason, which is one of the reasons Raven Stole the Moon is such a brilliant and haunting novel of love, loss, and the question of what being whole truly means. Stein’s novel would make for an excellent weekend of reading, be certain to have tissues handy.

About the Author: To learn more about Garth Stein please visit his website.

I received a complimentary copy of Raven Stole the Moon by Garth Stein from Terra Communications. Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned novel.

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