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How to break free of weight obsession
Two important guides to weight and eating are presented in these excellent surveys by Frances Berg. Children And Teens Afraid To Eat (0-918532-55-8, ...) examines six major eating and weight problems, from undernutrition of teens to eating disorders and obesity, blending statistics with a survey of underlying social causes and the actions which need to be taken to help teens. Women Afraid To Eat (62-0, ....) documents the physical and psychological harm done by social images which focus on the detriments of eating. From fad diets to weight prejudices, this tells women how to break free of weight obsession.

Children & Teens Afraid to Eat, Helping Youth in Today's Wei
Without a doubt, this book should be reading material for all parents before their first child is born. A cultural commentary with practical advice
To be overweight is to fail" .It sums up our society's attitude towards eating and body size today.This is a quote from 'AFRAID TO EAT: Children and Teens in Weight Crisis' by Frances M. Berg. While the bookis a cultural commentary, it is also filled with practical advice on waysto prevent eating disorders, obesity, and dysfunctional eating.Read more

Subjects:  1. Eating Disorders - General    2. Eating disorders in adolescence    3. Eating disorders in children    4. Health/Fitness    5. Life Stages - Adolescence    6. Obesity in children    7. Pediatrics    8. Psychology    9. Family & Health   

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Bogus
BEWARE - Amazon allows bogus book reviews. In case you have not noticed, the first 5-star review is from the author himself, and the second is from an author they got to endorse the book cover. This brings the average review up close to a 5, regardless of the 1-star comment from an objective reader. Ridiculous!

Inspired Wisdom
Mr. Diamond has written an important, inspired book that provides counsel on an integrative approach to men's health that goes beyond just physical health, but encompasses essential emotional and spiritual components.A tough sell to a tough audience, for sure. Yet, his book is engaging and readable. He has included evidence from his experiences as Director of MenAlive and shares personal information that gives insight to the uninitiated.Mr. Diamond includes resources and a selected bibliography for those seeking to delve further into the science.Significantly, he provides a practical action plan for what might be a "goal-oriented" audience. I think it's a wonderful book. Actually, I'd recommend it for men of any age.If you're under 40 years of age, why not get a jumpstart?No matter how far "after 40" you are, it's never too late.Ladies: buy it and leave it laying around.Maybe the man in your life will read it. If not, you read it. It can help you help--- and understand---him.An important book for men, and for the women who love them. The Whole Man Joke
Buy this book and feel like an [fool]!I was hopeing for a book that would address male issues for those over 40.What I got was one man's collection of "urban fables" with instructions based on his unique, singular experience.I struggled through chapters 1 and 2, but the real kiss of death was chapter 3 (Why men feel ashamed of themselves and therefore do not take any interest in health or longevity).I'm ashamed because I'm not a hunter?I'm ashamed because I got a circumcision and didn't get a chance to resist?!Give me a break!I was going to give the book to my local library, but I don't think I want to be guilty of promulgating this kind of [stuff].You want tobe healthy over 40each less junk, exercise regularly, find meaning in your job to insure your efforts make a difference somehow, try and stay connected with friends or make new ones, stay connected with your partner and be supportive and allow to be supported.There you go, saved you [$] (not including shipping and handling). ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Exercise    3. General    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Healthy Living    7. Men's Health    8. Physical Fitness    9. Psychology Of Adulthood    10. Family & Health    11. Health & Fitness / Men's Health    12. Mind, body, spirit: disciplines & techniques   

Subjects:  1. Bodybuilding    2. Consumer Health    3. Exercise    4. Exercise for men    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Men's Health    8. Health & Fitness / Exercise   

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Give It a Name: The Making of a Newly "Discovered" Condition
IMS: Irritable Male Syndrome.Yes, more and more men are suffering from this condition it seems.Diamond traces the supposed underlying causes, including shifts in hormonal levels that affect mood and outlook.It is of course not surprising that age, diet, and lifestyle play a significant role in hormonal levels.Nor is it surprising that sudden shifts of hormone levels take place during times of acute stress.
A Must-Read for Every Woman with a Middle Aged Husband
After 25 years of a happy marriage, my husband became a stranger. He decided he was no longer in love with me, and wanted a life with more fun and passion. After I read Jed Diamond's book, I truly understood what my husband is and was going through. His book has given me more compassion and more hope for the future. This book is a road-map through a very distressing time of life. Whether you are the man or his wife- read this!

Thought-Provoking & valuable contribution
This is a thought-provoking book; I think Mr. Diamond has done us a service by popularizing the IMS (like Dr. Joyce Brothers popularized psychology and Gershom Scholem popularized Kabbalah).It must be pointed out that IMS is not a disease; it's a set of symptoms.There's a big difference.It's a bit like homelessness in that regard.Many diseases and problems present the same symptoms (watch "House" or "ER" or "Medical Investigation" sometime on TV).Thus, A Solution may either not exist (if there are many different causes (simultaneous or not) or may be hard to find.In this case, as with homelessness, the causes are many.The solutions, therefore, will vary depending upon the causes - not the symptoms.Significantly, Mr. Diamond includes chapters addressing many factors (causes) that create the IMS.He also presents "treatments" for those individual factors (e.g. the valuable Thought Record on page 217). This is excellent.He also provides considerable references in each chapter.
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Subjects:  1. Anger    2. Anger Management    3. Consumer Health    4. Depression in men    5. Hormones    6. Men    7. Men's Health    8. Mood Disorders    9. Psychological aspects    10. Self-Help   

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Follow-up To My Review Of September 15, 2001.
The authors describe a comprehensive approach to the treatment of prostate cancer. Much emphasis is placed on the importance of PC SPES as a necessary ingredient in a multi-faceted attack on the disease. Almost Too Much Information
Jesse Stoff describes a broad approach to the treatment of prostate cancer. In fact, it is the most comprehensive prescription for an alternative treatment of prostate cancer that I have ever encountered. The main ingredient emphasized is PC SPES but that is not viewed so much as a 'silver bullet' as it is a necessary part of a multi-faceted attack on the disease. The Prostate Miracle should be the Prostate Cancer Cure
Dr. Jesse Stoff does an outstanding job writing this book. I've had friends that have been patients of Dr. Stoff and they are all in remission or on the road to health.The unique thing about this book is that it gives the exact protocals of what he does in his practice, what products, therapies, stress management, etc. In fact this book could be used for anyone with any type of cancer, weakened immune system or auto-immune system problem. The only time it wouldn't involve any type of health concern is Chapter 8 since it relates to the male hormone.Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative treatment    2. Cancer    3. Consumer Health    4. Diseases - Prostate Cancer    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Men's Health    8. Prostate    9. Prostate cancer    10. Treatment    11. Health & Fitness / Men's Health    12. Popular medicine   

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A book that finally pulled together what I was feeling...
I had gone through 6-8 books about this change of life that men have reported to experience and that I was struggling with.This book spoke to me after the first 20 pages....finally, someone had written and was describing what I was feeling.Unlike some men, I enjoy my career and I am not cheating on my wife.But, something had changed and I was left quite confused.After reading this book, I got checked and found my testosterone level was low.Supplementation with testosterone had significantly improved my energy and I feel the best I have felt in several years. Save your marriage, read this book
I finished Surviving Male Menopause yesterday and gave it to my husband last night with many personal notes in margins and a letter from my heart....we talked briefly and I asked him to find at least 20 minutes a day to start...to be open minded and to let me know what he thinks and feels as he "reads" it, not just "skims" it....that we have been too good for too long to let misunderstandings of biological, psychological and social factors trip us up. I believe this book can help save our marriage

Read it!
If you have a 40 year old man in your life read this book and Male Menopause.It will help you to understand what men are going through. Great Book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Climacteric, Male    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health and hygiene    5. Health/Fitness    6. Men's Health    7. Middle aged men    8. Middle-aged men    9. Popular works    10. Coping with personal problems    11. Popular medicine   

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Great Product!
I like to say that this product is very useful, it waxes your floor while you wait!No need for lemon scents or nice things, this product gets the job done and keeps going!

Jimmy J
This book sucks! There are good books on this topic but this isn't one. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Health & Fitness    2. Health/Fitness    3. Love / Sex / Marriage    4. Men's Health    5. Sexual Instruction    6. Sexuality   

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Ever since God got angry with David and took away his potency, male sexual function has been more clouded in mystery and myth than in science. But science has done an admirable job catching up, starting with the clever Belgian cleric who observed barnyard chickens in the mid-19th century and determined that the rooster's testicles were the key to his relentless sexual drive. We now know that about 30 million American men suffer erectile dysfunction; that about 40,000 men a year die of prostate cancer; and that men have three kinds of erections (sexual, frictional, and nocturnal).Read more

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Great
Richard F. Spark is nothing more then a "maintenance manual" for the man, teaching him how to keep his sexual health and not suffer from all the different sexual problems that occur in the world. Great book to read on vacation, but without detail or substance, for this I reckoned "Natural Penis Enlargement: New Methods of Avoiding and Curing Impotence, Premature Ejaculation, and Erectile Dysfunction Safely and Inexpensively. New ... No Pumps, No Pills and No Gadgets! Vol. 2" by Platinum Millennium, a book that I've read and found much more interesting and informative

health and medical knowledge for men
although i found it sometimes filled with too many charts and medical terminolog, this book provided me with info on a subject that i needed exact info about. therefore, it is an excellent reference book to hold onto ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diseases    2. Health & Fitness    3. Health and hygiene    4. Health/Fitness    5. Impotence    6. Love / Sex / Marriage    7. Men    8. Men's Health    9. Popular works    10. Sexual Disorders    11. Sexuality    12. Sociology Of Men    13. Men's studies    14. Sex & sexuality   

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Putting Impotence to Bed: What Every Woman & Man Need to Kno
Excellent book.Easy to read.Helped my husband and me to have a starting point to discuss our intimacy issues.Also, it gave us hope that we can work through the physical and emotional problems surroundingimpotence.I highly recommend this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health/Fitness    5. Impotence    6. Infertility    7. Men's Health    8. Physical Impairments    9. Popular works    10. Sex    11. Sex (Biology)    12. Sex instruction for older peop    13. Sex instruction for older people   

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Buy it, fans of the King!
Great mirrored cover, a must for the completist.Very entertaining!

He's a hunka-hunka burning showman!!
Being from Jacksonville, and a big fan of Rick's, I recommend this book for everyone whether you want to be Elvis, Priscilla or Lisa Marie!!Full of memorable pics of Elvis, Rick performing and pics of him with Celebs like Sarah Jessica Parker from "Honeymoon in Vegas".The book is colorful, entertaining and fun for any library!Rick is the "King" of showman himself, so slip into your blue suede shoes, lean back relax and enjoy "Be Elvis" - it rocks just like Rick and the forever King!

THIS NEEDED TO BE WRITTEN
As a collector of the unusual , I found this highly entertaining. I have seen plenty of Elvis impersonators in my day, and this struck me as amazing that there is a how to book...Read more

Subjects:  1. Acting & Auditioning    2. Elvis Presley impersonators    3. Genres & Styles - Rock    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Health & Fitness    6. Men's Health    7. Performing Arts/Dance    8. Pop Arts / Pop Culture    9. Rock    10. Vocational guidance   

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Health & Fitness    3. Health/Fitness    4. Men's Health   

Editorial Review

Can't find your frenulum? Can't interpret your insurance? Can't name the major herbal remedy for prostate problems? Daniel Wolfe's amazing, enlightening, and physically weighty compendium on gay men's health can usher anyone through the major crises of life--grief, illness, bad hair--and offer sane advice on gay-specific issues, from coming out to harassment to spirituality within mainstream and alternative religions. Readers will expect a great deal of attention to HIV--and won't be disappointed--but may be surprised by the comprehensiveness of the section on recreational drugs, for example, or the attention devoted to the pharmacological treatments of depression. Passages on anal eroticism will help the reader chart new territory. Sections on exercise and nutrition are necessarily less complete. The text is supplemented with charts and sidebars (one of the best lists necessary legal documents for single or coupled men), as well as quotes from hundreds of gay men who were interviewed in person by Gay Men's Health Crisis or who responded to surveys ("My mind said I was walking home, but my body was walking to the sex club"). An essential resource for health care providers, therapists, and educators, Read more

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My Big Fat Gay Life!
Men Like Us is the complete guide to a gay man's life. The operative word is COMPLETE. This book had absolutely everything! A must read for the young,middle-aged,&older gay man !
I can truthfully say that most every question that I had regarding issues ranging from the widest range of topics imaginable were answered in a professional & very informative manner. Some of the topics ranged from "The Anatomy Of Pleasure", "Sex Acts And Facts","Sex Troubles",& much more in chapter one. Through 13 chapters of fact filled up to date info.this encyclopedic book keeps your attention in high gear, gets you thinking about what really matters, and is written in an entertaining manner as well. This all-inclusive "COMPLETE GUIDE TO GAY MEN'S SEXUAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING" is a must read, and a great reference I refer to very often. If there is one book on gay men's info. this is the ONE!!!

A must have and a must read
Do not pass up this one. A comprehensive guide to modern gay life! Covers a range of topics that even surprised me. I guarantee you will learn something from this book as I did. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Gay Studies    4. Gay men    5. Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction    6. Health and hygiene    7. Men's Health    8. Mental health    9. Safe sex in AIDS prevention    10. Sexual behavior    11. Social Science    12. Coping with personal problems    13. Gay studies (Gay men)    14. Health & Fitness / Men's Health    15. Aging   

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Was considering it....
But the author's personal attack on a reader made sure I will never buy it. If you place yourself or your work in the court of public opinion, don't be so naive to think that everyone will applaud your efforts. I was appalled at this lack of professionalism from the author. Live and let live - not everyone will like your book. Sheesh! "Brand of stupidity" - That's a little harsh, and for something you chose to comment on a year later. Too bad you can't erase your comment; you're loosing readers because of something you did on impulse (or maybe it did actually take you 10 months to come up with that) :-O.

Great book to share!!.
This is a great book with lots of useful and interesting information.Every time someone comes over my house, they pick this book up and become hooked!! So far, I've bought it for several of my friends, because they wanted to borrow mine, and I didn't want to let it leave my house!
Interesting comment.,..
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Designed specifically to tone and sculpt the body
The Body Sculpting Bible Express Men's Edition is an exercise guide featuring a 21-minute express workout designed specifically to tone and sculpt the body. The Men's Edition focuses especially upon building muscles, and the "eating for health and fitness" advice is tailored toward the needs of the male body. Copious black-and-white photographs, explicit instructions focusing on technique and form, and trainer's tips instruct the reader in simple exercises with dumbell rolls as well as machine exercises involving equipment. A 21-day challenge offering recommended exercises will get the reader started in body sculpting, and notes on proper diet and nutrition help round out this excellent fitness resource especially for men with limited time. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bodybuilding    2. Consumer Health    3. Exercise    4. Exercise for men    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Men's Health    8. Exercise & workout books    9. Fitness training    10. Health & Fitness / Exercise   

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Great
A good book about premature ejaculation that offers one of the best sollutions out there for stoping this problem. The program deals with self treatment and i am very happy to anounce that it has visible results and the methods are certified. I also tryed "Volume II - Natural Penis Enlargement: New methods of avoiding and curing impotence, premature ejaculation, and erectile dysfunction safely and inexpensively. ... Book on CD-Rom for PC & Mac Computers" by Platinum Millennium which proved to be much better and gave more results then the book present here, so i suggest you buythis book instead of Pyke R. Burgos title. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Family & Relationships    2. Family & Relationships / Sexuality    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health & Fitness / Men's Health    5. Men's Health    6. Premature ejaculation    7. Sex therapy    8. Sexuality    9. Treatment   

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Just trust it and follow the simple directions.
This book provides a logical progression of workouts and no gimmicks.As a previous reviewer noted, it is poorly edited--but not in a way that compromises comprehension.
A good Way for Overall Fitness
This book gives a simple but effective way to get in shape, using calisthetics, weights, running and boxing to achieve it. It offers three levels of training, all basically the same format but with different intensity levels. Good workout, poor book
This is one of those books that makes you wonder if anyone attempted to proof or edit it before publication.A couple of the exercises referred to in the workouts cannot be found in the exercise descriptions.Sometimes, the written descriptions of the exercises contradict the accompanying photographs.Don't get me wrong, the routines provide tough and credible workouts.But reading the book requires some interpretation and assumptions. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Exercise    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Healthy Living    7. Physical Fitness    8. Exercise & workout books    9. Health & Fitness / Exercise   

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Tools to deal with emotions , instead of using food.
If you got nothing else from Body Sense, the model of the Cycle of Pain is a visual aid that you can use in all situations to stop being a food abuser. There are real tools that challenge one to think about what leads to looking for food , when food has no magic to comfort the pain. The Cycle of Pain is like having a watch that now tells me where I am in my feelings, why, and what is most likely about to happen next. Redirecting Eating Through Refining Mental States!
Most books about weighing more than you want, or having eating disorders, treat the issue like a chemistry problem.Change what you put in your mouth, and the weight will reach more appropriate levels.While that's certainly true to a point, many people are using food as a source of badly needed emotional solace.If they ignore their emotional needs, inappropriate uses of food may well continue.That's the situation that this book approaches. Body Sense: Balancing Your Weight and Emotions
Ms. Crawford-Clark has gathered the wisdom of the counseling field, combined with the knowledge of human nature, female mystic and male dynamics, with chemical dependency knowledge, eating "disorders" and presents a valued, insightful and very helpful book on this complicated subject.Read more

Subjects:  1. Compulsive eating    2. Eating Disorders - General    3. Food habits    4. General    5. Obesity    6. Personal Growth - Self-Esteem    7. Psychological aspects    8. Psychology    9. Psychopathology - Eating Disorders    10. Self-Help    11. Weight Loss    12. Fitness & diet    13. Self-Help & Practical Interests   

Subjects:  1. Beauty & Grooming - Fashion    2. Beauty & Grooming - General    3. Consumer Health    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Grooming for men    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Men's clothing    9. Advice on careers & achieving success    10. Personal appearance & beauty care   

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i chalking funny
i use it an my friens shay i chalk funny. i soooo upshet! oh chap! this shucks!
Don't Waste Your Time
I ordered the audio cd before it was part of the Hardcover book. Maybe the companion book helped a bit. The cd was absolutely useless. There were directions included to go to Burris's website and download some material. Again, USELESS. Now, before you say to yourself, " Sour Grapes!! She just didn't like it because she didn't lose any weight," let me proclaim that I am a firm believer in "it only works if you work it." Unfortunately, there was nothing here to WORK WITH!

Wordy and condescending
This is one of the worst self-help tapes I've ever had. Burris spends half of the CD over-explaining his basically simple visual/verbal system. He provides little or no experiential guidance, just a lot of over-detailed verbalizations as to why we shouldn't picture ourselves or call ourselves fat. Plus he uses bad grammar. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Abridged Audio - Exercise/Health    2. Eating Disorders - General    3. Health & Fitness / Weight Loss    4. Psychology    5. Psychopathology - Eating Disorders    6. Self-Help / Eating Disorders    7. Self-Help / Personal Growth / General    8. Unabridged Audio - Misc.Nonfiction    9. Weight Loss   

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Wonderful and reassuring
At 23 years old, I ended up with my very first problem ever with my foreskin. It was damaged by unsafe levels of pool chemicals while I was a lifeguard. Needless to say, I encountered a LOT of bias from doctors going so far as to threaten me that if i "don't cut off what doesn't belong there" I'm going to die of penile cancer. This book reassured me of how lucky and truly special I am to have been spared the knife in modern-day America. My problem is clearing up, and I am SOO thankful to remain intact! This book is a must read for all expecting parents!

Do Doctors Know What's Best?
With books like this one, I learned there are no medical reasons to consent to circumcision when I gave birth. Why cut my babies? Previously, like most young parents, I had assumed that "Doctor Knows Best" so when I first read this book and discovered a controversy amongst doctors themselves about a taken-for-granted surgery, I deepened my life long investigation into the consequences of circumcision. I recommend this book for parents who place their trust in obstetricians and pediatricians, indeed for all people who care about the future -- it is an alarming wake up call to a culture asleep at the wheel of creation. What are we doing when we hurt baby boys for no good reason? In studying the warring cultures of the world, one thing we consistently have in common is the genital mutilation of our children (amongst other things). If we truly want to co-create a peaceful world, let's begin with our babies. Maybe after all, these good doctors, Thomas Ritter and George Denniston, do know what is best.

A Must read book for any parent considering circumcision.
A must read for anybody considering circumcision.I was a parent believing that circumcision was the "RIGHT thing to do".I did not know that at the birth of my twin sons in 1997, that no medical orginzation in the world recommended circumcission.I was told that circumcision is your choice and was recommended by my doctors.Never did those doctors tell me what this book reveals.It is an easy to read source of information for any parent thinking of circumcising or to simply to educate yourself about the implications of circumcission.This book contains documented and well supported information about why you would not want to circumcise.I have not circumcisied my third son. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Health & Fitness / Men's Health    2. Medical    3. Circumcision    4. Infants    5. Men's Health    6. Surgery