Shanna H. Swan

Stacey Colino

In the tradition of Silent Spring and The Sixth Extinction, an urgent, meticulously researched, and groundbreaking book about the ways in which chemicals in the modern environment are changing—and endangering—human sexuality and fertility on the grandest scale, from renowned epidemiologist Shanna Swan. In 2017, author Shanna Swan and her team of researchers completed a major study. They found that over the past four decades, sperm levels among men in Western countries have dropped by more than 50 percent. They came to this conclusion after examining 185 studies involving close to 45,000 healthy men. The result sent shockwaves around the globe—but the story didn’t end there. It turns out our sexual development is changing in broader ways, for both men and women and even other species, and that the modern world is on pace to become an infertile one. How and why could this happen? What is hijacking our fertility and our health? Count Down unpacks these questions, revealing what Swan and other researchers have learned about how both lifestyle and chemical exposures are affecting our fertility, sexual development—potentially including the increase in gender fluidity—and general health as a species. Engagingly explaining the science and repercussions of these worldwide threats and providing simple and practical guidelines for effectively avoiding chemical goods (from water bottles to shaving cream) both as individuals and societies, Count Down is at once an urgent wake-up call, an illuminating read, and a vital tool for the protection of our future.

How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race

Count Down

David L. Katz

Offers advice on lasting behavioral changes to increase health and well-being and reduce the risk of chronic diseases through weight management, boosting the immune system, and reprogramming genes.

The Remarkable Truth about what Makes Us Well

Disease-proof

Heather Hirsch

A Personalized Guide to Managing Your Menopausal Symptoms and Enhancing Your Health

Unlock Your Menopause Type

Jennifer Cohen

A highly recognized lifestyle and fitness spokesperson for such brands as Weight Watchers and Muscle Milk outlines a customizable plan for building physical strength and health, combining food plans for bolstering energy with high-intensity, circuit-training workouts. Original. 40,000 first printing.

The Mind, Body, and Food Plan to Reclaim Your Power

Strong Is the New Skinny

Lise Van Susteren, MD

Discover your unique pattern of emotional inflammation and learn how to cool down in anxious times If the news has you feeling anxious or outraged, you’re not alone. There is a name for this: emotional inflammation. With Triggered, you’ll discover a breakthrough plan for dealing with this modern affliction. General and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Lise Van Susteren joins health journalist Stacey Colino to present a program called RESTORE, which will help you discover your “reactor type” for emotional inflammation and show you how to become more grounded and resilient in turbulent times. One of the main causes of emotional inflammation is our sense that the big issues—like climate change, gun violence, and political corruption—are beyond our control. With RESTORE, you’ll learn you have more power than you realize. With strategies for relieving stress, critical thinking, recovering inner composure, and reclaiming the gifts of nature, you’ll learn to transform your distress into steady calm and strength. As you move from a state of emotional whiplash into greater balance and harmony, you can redirect your energy, manage your feelings, and cultivate healthier habits. Ultimately, you’ll learn to become an “upstander”—a force for improving the conditions that fuel your fears. With a relatable style and a heaping dose of hope, Triggered is a timely antidote for a world in turmoil.

How to Cool Emotional Inflammation and Restore Your Equilibrium in Anxious Times

Triggered

Lise Van Susteren

A Powerful Guide for Overcoming the Emotional Challenges of Our Turbulent Times. A rising number of people today are troubled by a phenomenon for which they don’t know there’s a name. This condition is called emotional inflammation—a state not unlike post-traumatic stress disorder, but one that stems from simply living in today’s anxious, overwhelming, and tumultuous world. If you’ve suffered from sleep problems, hyperreactivity, persistent grief, or inescapable worry about the future—especially triggered by the nonstop news cycle—then you’re probably dealing with emotional inflammation. The good news is: there’s something you can do about it. With Emotional Inflammation, general and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Lise Van Susteren joins writer Stacey Colino to present a breakthrough guide to help you become grounded and resilient in these turbulent times. You’ll begin by determining your “reactor type” to better understand how your body and mind respond to stress overload. Then you’ll learn the vital steps of the powerful RESTORE program for recovering inner balance, personal effectiveness, and joy in your life: • Recognize Your Feelings: how to identify, unpack, and learn from difficult emotions • Evaluate Your Triggers: pinpoint what sets you off and how you can moderate your reactivity • Steady Your Body’s Natural Rhythms: keys for restoring your natural, healthy internal equilibrium • Think Yourself into a Safe Space: work with your mind to remain flexible, thoughtful, and adaptable • Obey Your Body: essential self-care practices for diet, exercise, stress management, and more • Reclaim the Gifts of Nature: revitalize your healing connection to the natural world and its awe-inspiring benefits • Exercise Your Power: become an “upstander” who takes effective action from a place of compassion, hope, and love Completing the basics of this method, the authors share key insights on how to personalize RESTORE to fit into your life based on which of the four reactor types you identify with—Nervous, Revved, Molten, or Retreating. You can’t always control the crises and catastrophes that are swirling around you. But that does not mean you’re powerless against the status quo—nor do you need to be at the mercy of the physiological, psychological, and spiritual stress responses inside you. With Emotional Inflammation, you now have an invaluable guide to help you cope with the challenges of a turbulent world, calm your body and mind, and reclaim a sense of peace, purpose, and connection to others.

Discover Your Triggers and Reclaim Your Equilibrium During Anxious Times

Emotional Inflammation

Jason Roberts

If you want to eat healthy without sacrificing flavor but are so busy that you often find yourself resorting to take-out or packaged convenience foods, this book is for you! Chef Jason Roberts shows how eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables and other nutritious foods can fuel our bodies and minds—and still excite our palates!

Deliciously Healthy Gluten-Free Meals for People on the Go

Good Food--Fast!

An award-winning scientist, in this urgent, thought-provoking and meticulously researched book, shows how chemicals in the modern environment are changing--and endangering--human sexuality and fertility on the grandest scale.

LEANER, STRONGER, FITTER…FASTER Sick and tired of hearing what’s wrong with you and your body? You’re not alone. It’s time for a new conversation—and a new plan for treating, feeding, and moving your body in ways that build on your strengths inside and out. Strong is sexy. Strong is powerful. Strong is achievable. With STRONG IS THE NEW SKINNY you can say goodbye to body-bashing and physical faultfinding, and instead learn to embrace, not just how it looks, but what your body can do—from pushups to pull ups and box jumps to rope climbs, nothing is out of your reach. Strong Is the New Skinny offers a reality-based diet, lifestyle, and fitness program (the “SINS” plan, for short) so you can: • Maximize your potential, as well as your energy, vitality, and power. • Train your brain—develop resilience and mental fortitude in every area of your life. • Add muscle, increase speed, and enhance flexibility. • Strengthen your arms, back, core, and legs—and crank up the challenge when you’re ready for the next level. • Torch fat with Strong Moves: a series of heart-healthy H.I.I.T. workouts that take as little as 10 minutes. • Kick-start your Get-Fit, Get-Fierce plan with the Strong Seven—7 days of 7 power foods. Whether you’re just getting started or training for a challenging physical event, this book gives you all the tools you need to become leaner, fitter, and stronger: nutritionally, physically, psychologically, and emotionally. GO HARD OR GO HOME…

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