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Garden Your Way to Health and FitnessBunny Guinness and Jacqueline Knox (UK) Who needs a gym when you have a garden? It’s no secret that working in the garden is an all-round health booster - in addition to the sheer pleasure and sense of achievement it brings, gardening increases stamina and builds muscle tone, burning enough calories to rival a gym session. The result of collaboration between a garden designer and a physiotherapist, this book introduces exercises and techniques based on Pilates principles to help you optimise fitness, avoid injury and enhance your well-being. Learn how to choose the right tools for you and then use them safely and effectively; follow step-by-step sequences that illustrate safe ways to push wheelbarrows, lift heavy pots and pick up low-lying objects. Back care; hand, wrist and elbow care and foot care are all covered: there is advice on posture, grip and dealing with repetitive movements. As this is a UK publication, plants and references are largely from the northern hemisphere but the principles and techniques described are universally applicable. You may need to add your own sun-safe advice though! Other features include profiles of easy-to-grow veges, fruit, nuts and herbs and an energy table of how many calories you burn off with various activities. Garden Your Way to Health and Fitness will help you achieve better strength, balance and flexibility while producing your own fresh healthy food. Well-illustrated with colour photographs throughout. 215pp BG135 |
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The Honey Prescription - The Amazing Power of Honey as MedicineNathaniel Altman 2010 (USA) The use of honey as a healing agent is nothing new. It was an ingredient in medicinal compounds and cures made by Egyptian physicians 5,000 years ago, and its medical use has been found in other ancient practices from traditional Chinese medicine and Indian Ayurveda to Mayan shamanism. In the past ten years there has been an explosion in scientific research on honey as medicine at universities, research centres, and medical clinics around the world. In The Honey Prescription, the author explains the physiological reasons for honey’s effectiveness in treating antibiotic-resistant diseases and honey’s ability to kill “superbugs” like E. coli and MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). Drawing on centuries of material from historical and folk medicine sources, he also examines the sacred role of bees from ancient Egypt onward. Learn of the broad spectrum of medicinal uses of honey and how these remedies can be used safely at home as well as by licensed health practitioners. There is an extensive selection of honey-based remedies that can be used to treat common health problems - from burns, conjunctivitis, and ulcers to tooth decay, diabetes, and cystic fibrosis – and a collection of recipes for hair and skin treatments. Two chapters dedicated to the modern problem of Colony Collapse Disorder and bees as a threatened species include ideas for improving bee nutrition, creating welcoming habitats and protecting bees from pesticides. 243pp. Resources listed are from USA. BH122 |
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How Can I Grow and Use Sprouts as Living Food?Isabell Shipard 2005 A simply fantastic book on sprouting and health. Learn how to sprout and supply, by weight, the richest source of vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants of all fresh food, in your own kitchen. Covering over 100 kinds of sprouting seeds, the best methods, nutritional and medicinal benefits, using sprouts with practical and simple recipes. 138 pp BH108 See also: books, seeds and tools for sprouting |
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