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MONTHLY THEME: 2010 RESOLUTIONS
Did you know that the week of January 3rd is: New Year’s Resolutions Week? Visit the Web site 10 Million Resolutions to learn about the history of resolutions or to submit your own resolutions for 2010. The New Year is a time in which we set our goals for the upcoming 365 days and plan objectives to complete each goal within a reasonable time frame.
According to author Gary Ryan Blair, developer of the social networking site for resolution-seekers designed to provide tools to help us achieve our goals, we should focus on one resolution at a time as “focus is a key factor behind all successful resolutions.”
Library staff has broken common New Years resolutions into categories so that we can, if we choose, focus on one resolution at a time such as: diet & fitness; self-improvement; or organization.
Diet; Exercise; Nutrition and Fitness
The Perfect 10 Diet: 10 Key Hormones that Hold the Secret to Losing Weight and Feeling Great by Michael Aziz, MD
[Dr.] Aziz (St. Vincent's Hosp., New York) portrays himself as being something of a maverick in diet circles because he doesn't condemn fats. His plan calls for 40 percent carbohydrates, 20 percent protein, and 40 percent fat. Only complex, unrefined carbs and natural, unrefined fats-mainly plant-based monounsaturated fats like olive, avocado, and fish oils-are acceptable, of course. Unprocessed food is what creates the optimum hormone balance naturally. Although Aziz makes his plan sound a little more complicated than it really is, it's a good one for most readers who want to improve their nutritional intake and lose a reasonable amount of weight.
~Review excerpted from Library Journal
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The Flat Belly Diet Cookbook: 200 New MUFA Recipes by Liz Vaccariello with Registered Dietician, Cynthia Sass
Prevention's Flat Belly Diet, a revolutionary plan that's already helped more than one million people lose weight around their middles, may help target dangerous belly fat with monounsaturated fats (better known as MUFAs)—found in delicious foods like nuts and seeds, vegetable oils, olives, avocados, and dark chocolate. "The food...tastes so good, and there's so much of it!" On the Flat Belly Diet, it's important to enjoy these foods, in the right amounts, with every meal. The Flat Belly Diet! Cookbook makes that easy. All of the recipes were carefully developed to make sure every meal includes just the right amount of MUFAs and meets the plan's 400-calorie guideline, so readers can mix and match meals to suit their taste. And there's no need to count calories. All the work has already been done!
~Review excerpted from the Publisher as posted to BarnesandNoble.com
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Downloadable Content - Audiobook
Listen to an e-audiobook on your portable device as you strength, stretch, and relax your way to fitness with ‘Yoga Stretch for Fitness' by Beth Shaw and Steven Halpern
In this dynamic one-hour program, Yoga Stretch For Fitness, yoga expert Beth Shaw guides the listener through a variety of basic stretching, toning and strengthening movements. She encourages participants of any age, size or body type to follow this program while traveling or in the comfort of home. Music tracks, which accompany Beth’s vocal directions are provided by Steven Halpern, a world-renowned New Age musician. The results are increased relaxation, lowered stress, positive mental awareness and improved physical health. You are on your way to a healthier life!
~Description excerpted from the Digital Download Center
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Self-Improvement in 2010
Reduce Clutter in 2010
Library Databases Designed to Help Meet 2010 Goals
The Tappan Library offers a variety of health and wellness-related subscription-based databases free to our patrons. To access any of these databases remotely from the comfort of your home or office, please visit our homepage at http://www.taplib.org and from our home page, navigate to Adult Services on the top navigation bar, and then to databases from its drop-down menu. As always, if you need any assistance, please call the Library at 359-3877 and all of our trained Librarians would be happy to walk you through the process from log-in to search.
Some of the more popular health-related databases include:
Health & Wellness Resource Center: This database offers access to a multitude of archived articles from peer-reviewed medical journals, magazines, and newspapers that cover topics such as fitness, nutrition, pregnancy, and natural remedies.
Medline Plus: A library-owned treasure that offers access to news and research-based articles on topics such as stroke risk and access to a full medical encyclopedia. The database also helps users find health-related resources within their geographic area.
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Downloadable Content - E-Book
Downloadable Content - Audiobook
Downloadable Content - Ebook
Downloadable Content - E-book