Wonder of Probiotics or Breaking The Patterns Of Depression

Wonder of Probiotics: A 30-Day Plan to Boost Energy, Enhance Weight Loss, Heal GI Problems, Prevent Disease, and Slow Aging

Author: John R Taylor

Restore Your Health and Rejuvenate Your Life

Pathogens and toxins found in our environment and the foods we eat can cause myriad health problems including digestive disorders, yeast infections, allergies, urinary tract infections, dental problems and some cancers. Probiotics—“friendly” bacteria—are the cornerstone of any successful health program because they restore a healthy balance between friendly and “bad” bacteria in the intestinal tract, a balance that is critical for the health of the entire body.

This groundbreaking book reveals how taking the right probiotics—in the form of food and supplements—as part of a daily revitalizing program for overall health or for specific health conditions -- can restore that crucial balance. This remarkably easy to follow nutrition program will energize, and rejuvenate as well as:

Improve the health your GI tract Alleviate allergies and asthma Restore your reproductive and urinary tracts Bolster the immune system against disease Enhance weight loss Fight aging 
Making probiotics a part of your daily routine will allow anyone to live a healthier, fuller, more vibrant life.

John R. Taylor N.D. is the CEO and president of Naturalwellness.com. He has conducted nutritional courses across the United States and collaborated with the nation's leading authorities on nutrition and probiotics.

Deborah Mitchell is a freelance writer specializing in health, medical and environmental topics. The Wonder of Probiotics joins more than two dozen other books that she has written.

Table of Contents:

Preface: My China Syndrome     xi
The World of Probiotics     1
Why Everyone Needs Probiotics     3
Probiotics: An Inside Look at How They Work     18
Prebiotics and Other Probiotic Helpers     37
Your Probiotic Health Plan     55
The Core Program: Build a Better You     57
Gastrointestinal Problems     76
Allergies and Asthma     105
Reproductive and Urinary Tract Infections     117
The Immune System     134
Weight Management     149
The Aging Challenge     158
Better Oral Health     166
How to Choose and Use Probiotics and Their Helpers     178
Notes     205
Glossary     221
Resources     225
Selected Readings     231
Index     233

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Breaking The Patterns Of Depression

Author: Michael D Yapko

Have you ever felt so depressed that you had trouble concentrating on your job, talking with your family, even getting out of bed? Twenty to thirty million Americans suffer from some form of diagnosable depression, and their ranks are growing. Psychologist Michael D. Yapko explains that in order to find relief, more than the current episode of depression must be examined. In Breaking the Patterns of Depression, he presents skills that will help you understand and ultimately avert depression's recurring cycles. Focusing on future prevention as well as initial treatment, the book includes over one hundred activities to help you learn the skills necessary for becoming and remaining depression-free. Realistic and enormously helpful, Breaking the Patterns of Depression allows you to recognize your triggers for depression and, best of all, to clarify what you can do about them. With this knowledge in hand, you can control your depression rather than having your depression control you.

Publishers Weekly

In this carefully constructed self-help guide for those with mild to moderate depression, a clinical psychologist and family therapist in Southern California offers specific strategies for changing a negative, self-defeating attitude to an optimistic, hopeful view. Yapko sees depression not as a disease that must be treated with medicine but as a problem that can often be dealt with by learning to change existing patterns of thinking, feeling and behavior. Rather than dwelling on the patient's past experiences, he focuses on changing the present and thus shaping the future with a combination of cognitive, behavioral and interpersonal therapies. Discussions of case studies lead to "Pause and Reflect" exercises, which are augmented by "Learn by Doing" practices that require performance of some action. Yapko provides helpful summaries at the end of each chapter. His prose is clear and has a refreshingly low psychobabble quotient, and the tone is upbeat. A concluding chapter offers guidance on when and how to obtain professional help. (Feb.)

Library Journal

The rate of depression has increased by nearly tenfold in those born in the years following World War II, making it the most common psychological problem in America. Depression expert Yapko presents a book that will help put depression in perspective and equip sufferers with the skills and knowledge to heal themselves of this modern plague. The first part of the book is devoted to discussing the clinical literature on psychotherapy and antidepressant medication. Here, the causes of depression, its diagnosis, and its treatment are explained in language easily understood by the lay reader. The second part is devoted to explaining the patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that signal depression. Yapko effectively uses case histories as well as more than 100 exercises to assist the reader in building the skills needed to manage depression. While there are many other titles on depression management, this book is a break from the widely held view that depression is mainly a biochemically based disease treatable with medication. It should serve to complement such books as Colette Dowling's You Mean I Don't Have To Feel This Way? (LJ 1/92) or Sandra Salman's Depression: Questions You Have...Answers You Need (LJ 2/1/95), which focus more on using drugs as a treatment for depression. An excellent book; recommended for all collections.Dana L. Brumbelow, Auburn P.L., Ala.