Health

Practical advice covering nutruition, simple lifestyle changes and exercises to preserve and even boost your senses. Includes a Smart Sense Plan to keep your sight, hearing, taste and smell in peak condition.

Breathing Matters is a revolutionary book from one of New Zealand's top Ear, Nose & Throat surgeons. He believes that good breathing patterns can dramatically improve the lives of people with major diseases such as heart disease, asthma and depression. Breathing well helps us relax, normalises body biochemistry, reduces muscl... read more

This self-treatment handbook has been written by a team of physiotherapists with a focus on the soft tissue injuries commonly found in every day life, such as sporting and over-use injuries.

This is the first authoritative and illustrated handbook for stroke sufferers, the families of stroke sufferers, and those at risk of suffering a stroke. There are currently over 80 million stroke victims worldwide, and recent research forecasts a pronounced increase in these numbers in the foreseeable future - due to a combi... read more

This groundbreaking book from the UK's leading spokesman on nutrition looks at why millions of people have cravings for substances such as coffee, sugar and alcohol, as well to drugs such as sleeping pills, antidepressants, marijuana and cocaine. It uncovers how the brain becomes addicted and how it can be 'unaddicted' throug... read more

Drawing on the author's background in the biological sciences, this title illustrates the many ailments that honey can help alleviate, including IBS and gastric ulcers, and argues it is essential for healthy living - boosting the immune system and helping prevent certain diseases.

This book brings together the author of "Why do you overeat" and "Stop Counting Calories & Start Losing Weight", with a trained chef, both of whom are role models in healthy eating. The partnership has produced a fantastic selection of recipes that are nutritious, delicious and easy to cook. The recipes feature real food, rea... read more

Whether you're starting or ending a relationship, a friend has found a lump in her breast, you're in debt, your partner's lost interest in sex or you don't know whether to believe the moisturiser label, Women's Stuff is your must-have guide, from leaving school to menopause and beyond. It's a best friend in book form, a compl... read more

New Zealand has a huge rate of childhood obesity - nearly one third of our children are overweight or obese. Funny, thought-provoking, motivating, inspiring and practical as well, this guide to helping your children to be savvy when it comes to food is timely and useful. The Ministry of Health will be releasing their Food &a... read more

If you're interested in using natural remedies for treating your everyday ailments, then The Healing Remedies Sourcebook is the perfect book for you. Loaded with over 1,000 natural remedies, you'll learn how to naturally treat: * Stress and Anxiety * Depression * Headaches * Hair Loss * Cold Sores * Allergies * Asthma * Flu *... read more

Finally, the #1 ranked DASH diet is popularised and user-friendly. Unlike any diet before it, DASH, which stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, came out of groundbreaking NIH-funded research. Now, Marla Heller, MS, RD, who was trained by one of the primary architects of the DASH diet and is herself the leading d... read more

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Onion as a heart drug? Broccoli to prevent cancer? Garlic to prevent blood clots? THE FOOD PHARMACY shows how simple foods, consumed by us all, can be used in the fight against ill-health. Once considered folklore, the discoveries being pioneered by our leading scientists are proving that food is our largest and most complex ... read more

From best-selling author and global makeup mogul Bobbi Brown, this beautiful guide presents Bobbi's Pretty Powerful philosophy and inspires women to use makeup to be their best selves. With step-by-step application instructions, face charts breaking down the different looks, and personal stories from real women and celebritie... read more

Often known as ‘ME’, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is notoriously difficult to diagnose and treat, yet its effects are profound, and often prolonged and debilitating. Dr Rosamund Vallings has been helping those with this condition for more than 40 years. Drawing on the latest international diagnostic guidelines, she d... read more

This book, for people who experience anxiety and panic attacks, explains how anxiety occurs and offers a simple three-step process to prevent it. Written in a conversational, easy-to-read style by a doctor specialising in medical hypnosis, the book is accompanied by a CD that provides a self-hypnosis process to prevent anxiet... read more

We can't avoid getting old - but we can certainly slow down the ageing process. Average lifespans are increasing: these days fifty is the new forty, and it's estimated that within three decades life expectancy may be as long as 150 years. But we don't just want to live longer - we want to maintain our youthful vigour and heal... read more

1, 001 Doctor-approved Health Fixes and Injury-prevention Secrets for a Learner, Fitter, More Athletic Body!
From casual joggers to competitive triathletes, high school footballers to aging weekend warriors, tens of millions of people enjoy - and get injured enjoying - sports and fitness activities. (High school athleti... read more

This book will be of interest to athletes, coaches, health and fitness professionals, students and the general public interested in sports medicine. It includes the athletes' guide to treating sports injuries, pain and deciding when to keep playing and when to possibly stop. Included are details of body conditioning, nutritio... read more

This stunning new edition of the ancient Hindu guide to lovemaking combines the classic Kama Sutra text with an exceptional collection of explicit Indian artworks in glorious full colour, and follows the original English language translation of this seminal sexual guide by Sir Richard Burton. With inspirational quotes highlig... read more