Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by the progressive loss of bone density, which, if left untreated, can cause debilitating fractures that typically occur in the hip, spine, and wrist. According to researchers, 28 million Americans are at risk, 80 percent of whom are women. In this program, Miriam Nelson of Prevention magazine informs ...
Miriam E. Nelson's mission is to get all women--especially aging women--to lift weights. After extensive research conducted at Tufts University, Dr. Nelson concluded that weight training twice a week significantly increased bone density in postmenopausal women, caused a trimmer appearance, and left program participants feeling happier, healthier, ...
With breakthrough research that Nelson conducted with fellow Tufts scientists, she developed a plan that people can use to actually reverse the pain and immobility that arthritis causes--right in their own homes. This book offers readers the exact same lifestyle "tools" that the Tufts team gave its subjects.
From the bestselling author of Strong Women, Strong Bones comes the straight story on nutrition for women. Nutrition is surrounded by controversy and misconceptions, many of them fueled by diets where weight loss-usually temporary weight loss-is the only goal. Strong Women Eat Well tells women everything they need to know to make the right ...
Dr. Nelson clears away the misconceptions and myths and explains how to make the right food decisions to eat in a healthful, balanced way. Includes 50 recipes.
Nelson, the distinguished author of the Strong Women health series, delivers an important book for any woman who wants to take charge of her heart health.
The Western medical establishment traditionally pays more attention to men's heart health than women's, even though heart disease has affected and killed more women than men for over two decades. With this inspiring book, women will learn the best, most current ways of avoiding heart disease and assisting in their treatment if they do suffer from ...
La osteoporosis esa enfermedad implacable que debilita poco a poco los huesos se desarrolla de una manera invisible. Tras sufrir los primeros sintomas, alrededor de los treinta y cinco anos o incluso antes, las mujeres afectadas pierden anualmente hasta el uno por ciento de su masa osea. A menudo, los sintomas no se manifiestan durante decadas. ...
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