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1) Our bodies, ourselves

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The gold standard for women's health books, in time for the fortieth anniversary of the book's first publication, featuring new material and a completely updated approach to critical women's health issues. The name has become synonymous with women's health and protecting it. This updated edition contains vital new information on such issues as the HPV vaccine, changes in the healthcare system, cosmetic surgery, violence against women, healthcare activism...

2) The lady's handbook for her mysterious illness: a memoir

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"The funny, defiant memoir of Sarah Ramey's years-long battle with a mysterious illness that doctors thought was all in her head--but wasn't. A revelation and an inspiration for millions of women whose legitimate health complaints are ignored. In her darkly funny and courageous memoir, Sarah Ramey recounts the decade-long saga of how a seemingly minor illness in her senior year of college turned into a prolonged and elusive condition that destroyed...

3) Disability pride: dispatches from a post-ADA world

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"An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today and how attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)"--

4) Well fed: Paleo recipes for people who love to eat

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Joulwan, Melissa

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A collection of information about the paleolithic, or paleo, diet, a diet of pure, unprocessed food that does not include grain, sugar, legumes, or dairy, as well as recipes that follow this lifestyle.

5) The ancestral table: traditional recipes for a paleo lifestyle

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Critically-acclaimed food blogger Russ Crandall presents over 100 classic and traditional recipes for a gluten-free, whole foods lifestyle. Beautifully photographed and tirelessly researched, The Ancestral Table will provide you with the tools to approach cuisine in a way that is healthful without sacrificing taste.

6) The IBS elimination diet and cookbook: the low-FODMAP plan for eating well and feeling great

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When you have IBS, planning your day around the whims of your stomach can be frustrating and even embarrassing. Just ask Mollie Tunitsky, whose own struggles with IBS led her to follow and find success with a low-FODMAP diet. Determined to share this achievement with others, Mollie lays out an easy to follow meal plan for fast relief from pain and bloating in The Low-FODMAP Diet for Beginners. Designed for anyone new to the low-FODMAP diet, The Low-FODMAP...

7) The Wahls protocol: how I beat progressive MS using Paleo principles and functional medicine

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The author shares her integrative approach to healing MS and other chronic autoimmune conditions. Like many physicians, Wahls focused on treating her patients' ailments with drugs or surgical procedures-- until she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2000. Conventional medical treatments were failing her, and she adopted the nutrient-rich paleo diet, gradually refining and integrating it into a regimen of neuromuscular stimulation. Now...

8) Bakerita: 100+ no-fuss gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free recipes for the modern baker

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Conners, Rachel

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"Amazingly delicious and beautiful gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free desserts from the popular Bakerita blog"-- For Connors, baking has always been a source of joy. When her sister contracted Lyme disease and decided to cut gluten, dairy, and refined sugars from her diet, Connors stepped up to the challenge of using alternate ingredients to re-create her sister's favorites without sacrificing flavor. All of the recipes use...

9) The anti-inflammatory diet made simple: delicious recipes to reduce inflammation for lifelong health

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Thompson, Molly

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"Increase your overall wellness by decreasing inflammation in your body with over 100 delicious recipes featuring anti-inflammatory foods. You've probably heard the term inflammation before, but you may not understand how it affects the way you feel every day. By reducing inflammation, your body can function at its full potential and reduce the symptoms of inflammation-caused issues like digestive problems, hormone imbalances, autoimmune diseases,...

10) The Autoimmune Answer: Using Functional Medicine to Address the Cause, Eliminate Symptoms, and Optimize Quality of Life

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The Autoimmune Answer is your roadmap for healing from autoimmune disease naturally. No high powered immune suppressing medications necessary. Each chapter of this book presents a real case from Dr. Bartemus' office and uses it to help you understand the specific autoimmune disease being discussed in that chapter. From symptoms, to key findings in their past medical records that were overlooked, to relevant testing, to creating an individualized...

11) Happy healthy gut: the natural diet solution to curing IBS and other chronic digestive disorders

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Browne, Jennifer

12) The microbiome solution: a radical new way to heal your body from the inside out

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Chutkan, Robynne

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"The author of Gutbliss and one of today's preeminent gastroenterologists distills the latest research on the microbiome into a practical program for boosting overall health. Michael Pollan's widely discussed New York Times article, "Some of My Best Friends Are Germs," was just the tip of the iceberg. The microbiome--the collective name for the trillions of bacteria that live in our gut--is today's hottest medical news topic. Synthesizing the latest...

13) Integrative men's health

14) If our bodies could talk: a guide to operating and maintaining a human body

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"If you want to understand the strange workings of the human body, and the future of medicine, you must read this illuminating, engaging book." --SiddharthaMukherjee,author ofThe Gene In 2014, James Hamblin launched a series of videos for The Atlantic called "If Our Bodies Could Talk." With it, the doctor-turned-journalist established himself as a seriously entertaining authority in the field of health. Now, in illuminating and genuinely funny prose,...

15) Toxin toxout: getting harmful chemicals out of our bodies and our world

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This book gives practical and often surprising advice for removing toxic chemicals from our bodies and homes. There are over 80,000 synthetic chemicals in commerce today, and the authors use their outrageous experiments to prove how easily our bodies absorb these chemicals - from the foods we eat, the air we breathe and the products we smear on our skin. With trademark humour, the authors give us the good news about the steps we can take to help our...

16) The ultimate Candida guide and cookbook: the breakthrough plan for eliminating disease causing yeast and revolutionizing your health : including over 150 Candida fighting recipes

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Millions are people are suffering with an overgrowth of yeast in their body known as candida. If you are suffering from digestive issues, headaches, chronic pain, unwanted weight gain, skin conditions or depression, then this is the guidebook for you. Discover how Candida can cause disease in the body and the many ways it can affect you.

17) Chronic: the hidden cause of the autoimmune pandemic and how to get healthy again

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Phillips, Steven

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Phillips was already a renowned physician specializing in complex, chronic diseases when he became a patient himself. He experienced firsthand the medical community's ignorance about the pathogens that underlie a deep spectrum of serious conditions-- from fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus, to depression, anxiety, OCD and neurodegenerative disorders. Parish, too, watched her health spiral after...

18) Mayo Clinic Guide to Fibromyalgia: Strategies to Take Back Your Life

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Bruce, Barbara K

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Disease and Conditions

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Fibromyalgia can be hard to live with and difficult to understand, and decades of mystery and misconceptions haven’t helped. Finding solid answers and strategies to ease the symptoms of fibromyalgia has been difficult - until now! Mayo Clinic Guide to Fibromyalgia dispels myths and provides empowering answers about fibromyalgia. But it doesn’t stop there. Drawing on decades of experience and research, this compelling, how-to resource offers effective,...

19) The fibromanual: a complete fibromyalgia treatment guide for you and your doctor

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Liptan, Ginevra

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"The most up-to-date, comprehensive treatment guide to fibromyalgia, by a renowned physician who herself has the condition. If you suffer from fibromyalgia and are struggling to get help from your doctor, you're far from alone. Ten million Americans experience the widespread muscle pain, profound fatigue, and fuzzy brain ("fibrofog") that have long frustrated both patients and doctors. In this unique resource, Ginevra Liptan, M.D., shares a cutting-edge...

20) Yoga for Chronic Fatigue: 7 Steps to Aid Recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with Yoga

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Are you living with chronic fatigue syndrome or extreme exhaustion? Are you tired of being passed around from doctor to doctor or spending thousands of dollars on programs without seeing any lasting results? Yoga isn't just a fad exercise. It's part of a medical system that's been supporting conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome for thousands of years. In this book, the author shares what she's learnt from over 10 years of practising yoga, and...