Nonfiction Book Reviews
Page Four of FourThe Pritkin Weight Loss Breakthrough by Robert Pritkin
Signet, October 1999.Paperback, 371 pages.
ISBN: 0451195728.
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
This self-help weight loss aide is
based on the Pritikin program and research
studies at the Pritikin Longevity Center.
The book is written by Robert
Pritikin, son of Nathan Pritikin author
of the original Pritikin Program for
Diet and Exercise. Robert Pritikin,
who is now the director for the
Pritikin Longevity Center, improves on
the program by adding new information and
methods for understanding and outsmarting
our "fat instinct." As Pritikin explains,
"Human beings, like many animals, are
instinctually driven to eat fat. We
have been designed by nature to eat as much
fat as we can, whenever the opportunity
presents itself. Now, as throughout human
existence, we are being driven by that craving.
But today it is killing us because of the
different nature of the modern diet which
makes fat super-abundant."
Pritikin provides methods for changing
behavior to help you combat the fat instinct,
as well as information about why many
weight loss programs fail and information
about how carbohydrates affect your
weight.
The back of the book provides
some great recipes that follow
the Pritikin plan including:
harvest vegetable stew,
pina colada ice cream, chicken
fajitas, chocolate mousse, mushroom
and spinach souffle and spinach roll-ups.
The Pritikin Weight Loss Breakthrough is a great diet plan that can help you avoid the improper foods and start losing weight the healthy way. In addition, it also helps you learn why it is you crave the foods you do. A very information and practical self-help weight-loss tool that can be used without harming the body.
Talking With Children About Loss by Maria Trozzi with Kathy Massimini
Perigee, October 1999.Paperback, 311 pages.
ISBN: 0399525432.
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
This specialty reference guide focuses
on the difficult emotional task of
explaining loss to children, whether
it is the loss of a grandparent, parent,
sibling or pet. In addition to the loss
of life, the book also covers topics such
as divorce, children's fears, long-term
illness, disability and other tragedies
and unfortunate situations.
Author Maria Trozzi, an assistant
Professor in the Department of
Pediatrics at Boston University and
Director of the Good Grief Program
at the Boston Medical Center, uses
her background and experience to
explain how children absorb and
deal with grief and how best to
explain these complicated subjects
in a way they can comprehend and
learn to eventually accept. By ignoring
the subject or lying to children about dramatic
events, suffering and death, we
can cause irreversible harm.
Trozzi discusses each issue in
depth so we can learn to talk
openly with our children about even the most
difficult subjects.
Talking With Children About
Loss is a reference for helping people
explain the most difficult
subject matters to children of all ages.
An excellent guide to understanding
the psychology of children, their
possible reactions to terrible situations
and how to explain these occurrences
to them.
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