Diet
Drugs
General Health
Heart Disease
Mental Health
Smoking
Diet
For my money there is just one diet book! Montignac's
Dine Out and Lose Weight. This is well written, aimed at people who
like to eat in restaurants, however the advice and suggested menus can apply to
everyone. Montignac clearly explains the reasons for this style of healthy
eating. In fact eating is explained and you can do plenty of it!
Despite medical scepticism of modern nutritionists, the book
agrees
with what I remember of physiology and makes biological sense.
There is more to being overweight than eating the wrong
diet. There are also powerful psychological forces involved. Although Susie
Orbach's Fat is a Feminist Issue is written from a female point of view, the
issues involved apply to men and women.
Smoking
Cigarettes are addictive. Stopping smoking is not easy or is
it? Alan
Carr's The easy way to stop smoking changes your beliefs about smoking. After only one session at one Alan Carr's
clinics, over 90% of people stop smoking. This book contains the secrets of
their success. Stop smoking from conviction, I personally vouch for his methods!
General Health
BMA A-Z Family Health
Encyclopedia. If you are looking for a general book to provide good sound basic health and medical
advice, then this is an excellent purchase. The language is clear and there is plenty of sound advice. It is now £28 at Amazon books.
Publishers Dorling Kindersly ISBN:075132177X
Medicines
British National Formulary (ISBN 0-85369-462-1)
This is the medication bible of UK doctors. When doctors
want to know the correct dose of a drug, whether it interacts with other drugs, whether it
is safe for pregnancy and what are alternatives they use the BNF.
It is clearly written and
understood with a minimal medical knowledge. But beware because it does mention
every side effect - however rare. If you take tablets regularly, or even
occasionally then check up with it
Heart
Disease
Fighting Heart Disease Dr Chandra Patel (ISBN 0-83618-165-1)
This is an exceptional book. It gives a clear guide to how the heart functions
and why heart disease can develop. It has a holistic approach, looking at all
aspects of treatment and prevention. If there is heart disease in your family,
or you smoke, then you will find this book invaluable.
Mental
Health
Mary Copeland's The Depression Workbook (ISBN 1-879237-32-6)
If your moods seem to difficult to manage, this is a step by step guide about
learning to monitor and control your moods , instead of letting them control
you. The word 'workbook' is not accidental, achieving good mental health and
stable moods is hard work. This book is unique in its field and is an excellent
start to self managing your mental health
Staying Sane Dr
Raj Persaud
This is good common sense advice about
looking after your mental health. As our lives become more stressful and more
chaotic, this approach becomes more important. The book covers the latest
research in both psychology (study of the normal individual) and psychiatry
(study of the troubled person). Furthermore it provides some fascinating
insights into people and why we behave as we do.
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