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THE HOW-TO AND WHEN-TO GUIDE FOR CLEANSING THE BODY

Elson Haas, M.D. has updated his best-selling classic and offers "The New Detox Diet." This new edition provides specific programs for cleansing your body of sugar, nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, and other harmful toxins. Dr. Haas shows how to gently eliminate destructive habits and restore health using the body's natural healing process. Even after years of a damaging lifestyle or eating habits, you can break the cycle of addiction and achieve greater vitality and improved well-being.

Simply Well
Have you ever started a program of self-change, then discovered you were not keeping up with your ambitious plans? In "Heal with Compassion" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., reports that it is natural to set high initial goals and then have to reevaluate their feasibility. Self-compassion is a way to handle disappointment and frustration and keep moving ahead with your efforts to change.

Healthy Home
Almost all commercially available floor and furniture waxes contain neurotoxic petroleum-based solvents. Neurotoxic chemicals can cause headaches, lack of concentration, irritability, and more, and are best avoided and substitutes used. A few safe commercially available products are available online or at health food stores. In "Solvent-Free Furniture Polish" Annie Berthold-Bond of Care2.com provides a simple, elegant polish formula to make yourself that is solvent free, inexpensive, and easy enough to make. Protect your furniture, your health, and the environment.

THE ESSENTIAL TRAVEL KIT - DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT!

Here There & Beyond is proud to announce the birth of our newest and coolest product! The Essential Travel Kit - with 3 important therapeutic 15 ml essential oil sprays. Here's what's inside that cute, glide-lock bag:

Serene Spray - Jet lagged or stressed from travel?
Calm yourself with Serene

Rapid Relief Spray - Cramped from sitting too long? Soothe sore muscles with Rapid-Relief.
ImmuAir Spray - Breathing stale, bacteria-filled air?
Purify your air space with ImmuAir.

What Doctors Don't Tell You
Age-related macular degeneration refers to the slow deterioration of the cells near the center of the retina, which send visual signals to the brain. The What Doctors Don't Tell You column "Macular Degeneration: The Link with Processed Foods" reports that consumption of vegetable-fat nearly quadrupled the risk of the disease progressing. These fats included the monounsaturated, polyunsaturated and trans unsaturated fats.

Healthy Alternatives
Within the field of nutrition there is a great deal of controversy about food combining. In "Incompatible Food Combinations" Dr. Vasant Lad presents the Ayurveda approach that looks at how well or poorly food is digested. A key aspect is eating foods separately at different times of the day, according to one's constitution, for better digestion. Combining foods improperly can produce indigestion, fermentation, putrefaction and gas formation.

Find an Alternative Healthcare Professional
The Professional Referral Network contains searchable directories for 20 leading professional associations in complementary and integrative health care, with over 17,000 professionals. Looking for a healthcare professional specializing in homeopathy? The Homeopathy section includes the Council for Homeopathic Certification and Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians member databases.

Healthy Bookstore - Trace Your Genes to Health

What do cancer, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, lupus, severe depression, celiac sprue, cystic fibrosis and dozens of other disease conditions have in common? First, they all express genetic predispositions that can readily be traced within family geneologies. Second, they lend themselves to specific nutritional and dietary preventative measures. "Trace Your Genes to Health: Use Your Family Tree to Guide Your Diet, Enhance Your Immune System and Overcome Chronic Disease" by Chris Reading and Ross Meillon offers hope to millions through its comprehensive approach to understanding medical genetics through family tree health diagrams and its dietary/nutritional protocols that relate to numerous common conditions that can typically be prevented, or at least carefully managed.

All HWOL Books 10% off!

WESTERN CARIBBEAN CRUISE - DEPARTS FROM NEW ORLEANS
February 20-27, 2005
This learning vacation is an interactive series of motivational seminars and workshops designed for diabetes patients of all ages and families/friends. Have fun while learning how to live life to the fullest. Designed and facilitated by Susan Sloane, B.S., R.Ph., C.D.E., Nutritionist, CPT. May qualify for insurance reimbursement. Ask about early bird savings. Produced by mindbodytravel and JM Educational Consulting. Please call 1-800-874-1996.
www.mindbodytravel.com/diabetes.htm

NEW! - CE Diabetes Programs for Health Professionals
CE Diabetes Education Programs for Pharmacists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners and Dietitians. Earn up to 9 credits while participating in the full Living With Diabetes Program. Instructor: David Joffe, RPh, CDE, FACA. Find out more. Call 1-800-874-1996.
www.healthquesttravel.com/diabetes.htm

Nutrition Tips
Grains are the most commonly consumed foods worldwide. They are the main human fuel and a good source of complex carbohydrate - slower burning and with more sustained energy than simple sugars. In "Grains" Elson M. Haas, M.D. details how whole (unprocessed) grains provide a healthy amount of B vitamins, vitamin E, and many minerals. He discusses research on health benefits of grains and addresses the nutritional value of ten specific grains.

Fabulous Functional Foods
Whole salmon is an amazing sight, and once the smell hits you you'll want to sink your teeth into it. Danish chef Oscar Umahro Cadogan brings us a recipe for "Whole Salmon filled with Pumpkin and Coriander" for those interested in cooking extremely tasty and healthy food.

ENLIGHTENED SEX (CD) COURSE -DAVID DEIDA

Are You Ready for the Deepest Sex of Your Life? Maybe you've had great sex-but have you had enlightened sex? A union so profound that you and your lover dissolve open as one divine passionate light shining for the sake of all? Best-selling author David Deida presents his first full-length audio curriculum for transforming your lovemaking. Ten in-depth sessions of guided practices, sexual skills, and provocative insights into the nature of human sexuality.

The Healer Within
Because we are generally addicted to complexity and busyness, reaching a state of authentic relaxation is a challenge. The beauty of progressive relaxation processes is their simplicity and their ability to allow the mind to have an easy focus. In "Progressive Relaxation, Option III" Dr. Roger Jahnke presents advanced relaxation and meditation methods which include concentration, focus, intention and visualization that are used to regulate the body function, move the Qi or energy to specific areas of the body and even project the energy outside the body.

Spiritual Wellness
There is much discussion about moral values these days. Everyone, whether they're religious or not, has a personal code. How would you describe yours? What is your biggest moral or ethical challenge? In "Moral Values" Philip Goldberg points out that it's not always easy to translate abstract virtues into concrete choices in everyday life.

MUSIC FOR YOUR YOGA PRACTICE - SAVE 33% !

The Inner Peace Yoga Collection includes three classic CDs from Steven Halpern, the leading pioneer in music for relaxation and wellness:

* Music for Yoga (Helps quiet the mind & deepen the breath)
* Chakra Suite (Balances the 7 vital energy centers)
* Music for Savasana (For deep relaxation at end of yoga class)

"Steven Halpern's music makes your yoga practice a meditation in motion"
-Baron Baptiste - Founder, Baptiste Power Yoga Training Center

LIFE COACHES & HEALTH PRACTITIONERS - ENHANCE YOUR CLIENT'S HEALTH & WELLBEING
Are you looking for a tool to determine your client's readiness to change various lifestyle behaviors and to bring more balance to their lives? The Wellness Inventory not only assesses your client in 12 key areas of wellness, but also determines their motivation to change in these areas, guides them in creating a wellness action plan and provides tools and resources to meet their goals. For more information, visit: wellnessinventory.net

Botanical Medicine Sourcebooks & Textbooks

ACAM Conference
San Diego, CA USA
November 17-21, 2004
Contact: American College for Advancement in Medicine - 800-532-3688

YOU are a healer...what every healer needs to know
with Caroline Myss, PhD
Albuquerque, NM USA
December 3-5, 2004
Contact: Association for Humanistic Psychology - 800-395-8445

The Psychology of Health Immunity & Disease Conference 2004
Hilton Head Island, SC USA
December 6-12, 2004
Contact: The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine - 800-743-2226

First Annual Conference on the Challenges & Benefits of Integrative Medicine
February 6-8, 2005
Wailea, Maui, HI USA
Contact: HealthQuest Travel - 800-874-1996