Blogcritics Category: Books: Health

iPhone Application Review: Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner

Robert M. Barga — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 03:07:52 EST

It�s like a cookbook, just on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Are you an aspiring amateur chef looking for a big hit with the family? Got a BIG dinner with the boss planned and have no idea what to cook? Kid tells you at the last second that you need to bring an appetizer to school that night? If you said YES to any of the above, or if you just want to have a nifty electronic cookbook, then Allrecipes.com...

Book Review: The Flat Belly Diet by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass

Robin Kavanagh — Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:22:33 EST

This skeptic is swayed by a diet that makes sense and is flexible enough for even the most time-crunched life.
Diets are not my thing. I'm a picky eater with some dietary restrictions, and most diets out there are heavy with foods that I either can't stomach or don't like. This makes sticking to these diets hard. Add to that my own concerns about the healthfulness of restricting certain foods and eating more of others, and you've got a recipe for a Grade-A...

Titles for Change: Three New Christian Books to Help You Keep Those New Year Resolutions

Carole McDonnell — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:40:27 EST

Chantal Hobbs, Karen Scalf Linamen and Ellie Kay will help readers improve their lives, regardless of faith.
We humans are always seeking to improve ourselves. Sometimes that improvement is sorely needed, sometimes not. Sometimes the change is prompted by something deep within us -- a lingering feeling of dissatisfaction-- and sometimes the change is prompted by something external to us like a birthday, a crisis in the family, or the coming New Year....

Book Review: Mind Gone Awry by Donald Kern

Lynda Lippin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:53:49 EST

If you or anyone you know is bipolar you must read Mind Gone Awry!
My mother is bipolar, or manic depressive as it is more popularly known, and I recently started blogging about what it was like to grow up with a bipolar parent. As a conscientious blogger I get daily Google alerts for the phrase "bipolar disorder" just to keep track of who is talking about the issue and meet fellow bloggers, and that is...

Book Review: The Abs Diet For Women by David Zinczenko

Alyse Wax — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:46:09 EST

A healthy mix of diet and exercise to flatten your belly and get a leaner body.
The Abs Diet for Women by David Zinczenko promises to be the “six-week plan to flatten your belly and firm up your body for life.” I admit, I did not have the dedication to do the actual six-week plan. This is not the book’s fault; I am just unfocused. The book is loaded with recipes, exercises, tips, and a comprehensive diet...

Book Review: Stepping Into Sunlight by Sharon Hinck

Violet Nesdoly — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:39:39 EST

When even a trip to buy gas brings on a panic attack, it�s Penny�s Project to the rescue.
Penny Sullivan has always been a capable, good natured, roll-with-the-punches kind of mom who had enough energy to hold down the fort at home, volunteer in Bryan's classroom and pitch in with the church youth group. But the August afternoon she goes to the corner store for a Coke and sees an innocent couple get shot changes all that. Soon she can't...

Book Review: ABC's Of Lighthearted Living... My Rx - Learn How Happy Leads To Healthy. Trust Your Self. Love Your Life by Margaret Mears, M.D.

Debbie Friend — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:12:50 EST

Learn how to live a healthier, happier, more balanced life. Dr. Margaret Mears shares 26 prescriptions for achieving these goals in ABC's of Lighthearted Living.
I just finished reading ABC's Of Lighthearted Living... My Rx: Learn How Happy Leads To Healthy. Trust Your Self. Love Your Life. As soon as I put the book down, the first thing that popped into my mind was the slogan from an old Nissan commercial — “Life is a journey. Enjoy the ride.” These seven simple words packed with such...

An Interview with Roxanne Black, Author of Unexpected Blessings: Finding Hope and Healing in the Face of Illness

Kelly Jad'on — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:23:07 EDT

�I�d like to see Friends' Health Connection continue to flourish and touch lives, being known as the premiere place where people with illness get support.�
Roxanne Black is the Founder and Executive Director of Friends’ Health Connection, begun when she was only a high school student, shortly after she was diagnosed with Lupus. Her deep felt desire was to share a camaraderie with another teenager with Lupus. Evolving from that point, Friends’ Health Connection connects people with various...

Book Review: Genocide - How Your Doctor's Dietary Ignorance Will Kill You by Dr. James Carlson

Gray Hunter — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:49:48 EDT

Is your doctor really evil, trying to kill you by diet?
My conspiracy side loves it.In his book, Genocide: How Your Doctor's Dietary Ignorance Will Kill You, Dr. James Carlson is "exposing" the medical illuminati, as it were. Basically, his book advocates a low-carb diet, like the Atkins diet. In addition to promoting a low-carb diet, he assails what he says are doctors' common...

Book Review: AIDS Sutra - Untold Stories from India edited by Negar Akhavi

Richard Marcus — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:10:45 EDT

India may be headed the way of East Africa of ten years ago and risks AIDS reaching pandemic proportions.
In 1860 a British act of parliament declared that sex between men was illegal and punishable by a jail sentence of up to ten years. The law went into effect throughout the British Empire including its largest colony, India. Unfortunately, when the British government repealed section 377 in 1967 it couldn't take back what it had imposed on its...