Midlife On Life's Terms

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Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.  

- Max Ehrman The Desiderata

At some point in our lives, if we are lucky, we will make it to forty years old....and beyond. There are unmistakable mild aches and pains and our metabolism goes out for cigarettes and never comes back. You find yourself saying insufferable things like, "What a nice young man" regarding someone in his thirties. Worst of all, the day comes when you're standing in the supermarket and the 1990s grunge music that defined the prime of your youth plays over the loud speakers as muzak while you contemplate a selection of calcium chews. The positive moments comes with deciding to take adult ballet classes, enroll in graduate school, and hearing yourself say assertive things like "no" that your people-pleasing younger self would have been unable to utter.

Stereotypes abound over the specter of aging hipsters growing older gracelessly. However, midlife can also give us an opportunity to hit a reset button on our creativity, ambitions, and relationships. The new responsibilities we are entrusted with provide growth and foster deep connections with our family and friends. We are held in the center of no longer being young, but old enough to see how we need to fearlessly prepare for old age and accept our mortality. It becomes possible to mellow out, forgive ourselves and others, and prepare for the next chapter of life, equipped with abundant knowledge about the creative, emotional, and spiritual possibilities for living midlife abundantly .

The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife by Marianne Williamson

The Breaking Point: How Female Midlife Crisis is Transforming Today's Women by Sue Shellenbarger. 

Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin 

Coming of Age-- All Over Again: The Ultimate Midlife Handbook by Kate Klimo and Buffy Shutt

Crossing to Avalon: A Woman's Midlife Pilgrimage by Jean Shinoda Bolen 

Crossroads At Midlife: Your Aging Parents, Your Emotions, and Your Self  by Frances Cohen Praver

Eat to Defeat Menopause: The Essential Nutrition Guide for a Healthy Midlife--With More Than 130 Recipes by Karen Giblin & Mache Seibel

Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir by Erica Jong

Girl Walks Into a Bar... : Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle by Rachel Dratch

Going Gray: What I Learned About Beauty, Sex, Work, Motherhood, Authenticity, and Everything Else That Really Matters by Anne Kreamer

A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die by Gail Rubin

It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond by Julia Cameron

Life Reimagined : The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife by Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning by Claire Dederer

Menopause Confidential: A Doctor Reveals the Secrets to Thriving Through Midlife by Tara Allmen, MD

New & Novel: Wellness

We're already most of the way through January - how are those New Year's resolutions going? We're on the fence about resolutions. If they help you, great; if they make you feel bad for not being able to fulfill your goals, that's not so great. So, we'd like to gently open up a discussion about new wellness books. Not diet and exercise, not even health and fitness, but wellness. There are some books on our list that include diet and exercise, but we've tried not to make them the be-all and end-all of the discussion, because we want you to be healthy, not (necessarily) skinny; we want you to feel like a life change is within reach, but can include baby steps to get there, and should involve your mind as much as your body. How'd we do? Let us know in the comments!

Eat Fat, Get Thin: Why the Fat We Eat Is the Key to Sustained Weight Loss and Vibrant Health by  Mark Hyman, MD

Forever Painless: End Chronic Pain and Reclaim Your Life in 30 Minutes a Day by Miranda Esmonde-White 

Change Your Brain, Change Your life: The Breakthrough Program For Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Lack of Focus, Anger, and Memory Problems by Daniel G. Amen, M.D. 

But I Could Never Go Vegan!: 125 Recipes That Prove You Can Live Without Cheese, It's Not All Rabbit Food, and Your Friends Will Still Come Over For Dinner by Kristy Turner 

The Bulletproof Diet: Lose Up To a Pound a Day, Reclaim Your Energy and Focus, and Upgrade Your Life by Dave Asprey

Zero Sugar Diet: Eat Carbs, Crush Cravings, and Drop Up to 14 Pounds in 14 Days! by David Zinczenko

The Nalini Method: Transform Your Mind and Body - 7 Workouts for 7 Moods by Rupa Mehta

Retox: Yoga, Food, Attitude - Healthy Solutions For Real Life by Lauren Imparato

Aim True: Love Your Body, Eat Without Fear, Nourish Your Spirit, Discover True Balance! by Kathryn Budig 

Bowl: Vegetarian Recipes For Ramen, Pho, Bibimbap, Dumplings, and Other One-Dish Meals by Lukas Volger 

Deliciously Ella Every Day: Quick and Easy Recipes For Gluten-Free Snacks, Packed Lunches and Simple Meals by Ella Woodward

The Prime: Prepare and Repair Your Body For Spontaneous Weight Loss by Kulreet Chaudhary, MD; with Eve Adamson

The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night At a Time by Arianna Huffington 

Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It by Dr. Josh Axe 

A Mind of Your Own: The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives; Featuring a 30-Day Plan For Transformation by Kelly Brogan, MD, with Kristin Loberg 

Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Résumé by Jason Wachob, founder and CEO of mindbodygreen 

The Ketogenic Cookbook: Nutritious Low-Carb, High-Fat Paleo Meals to Heal Your Body by Jimmy Moore and Maria Emmerich 

The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body's Least Understood Organ and What It Means For You by Sylvia Tara, PhD.  

Urban Monk: Eastern Wisdom and Modern Hacks That Will Help You Find Peace, Happiness, and... Success in Today's World by Pedram Shojai  

Bone Deep Broth: Healing Recipes With Bone Broth by Taylor Chen & Lya Mojica 

Strong Is the New Beautiful: Embrace Your Natural Beauty, Eat Clean, and Harness Your Power by Lindsey Vonn and Sarah Toland

Don't Let Anything Dull Your Sparkle: How to Break Free of Negativity and Drama by Doreen Virtue [eBook]

 

Body Positive: Loving Yourself Unapologetically

There's a new campaign that we've been seeing the fruits of in a lot of recent library materials, one we're happy to see in the spotlight: body positivity, which is defined by Marie Southard Ospina at Bustle  as "the idea that all bodies are good bodies...the body positivity movement strives to create representation from marginalized bodies. We want to see fat bodies, queer bodies, bodies of color, and everything in between, up front and center in mainstream media." It's lighting up the internet, too - we've seen body positive yoga and body positive cartoons, among other things, and Huffington Post has a Body Positivity section.

We've compiled a list of books from the library catalog which espouse body positivity for adult readers, which we hope will help in the "[creation of] a world in which people are liberated from self-hatred, value their beauty and identity, and use their energy and intellect to make positive changes in their own lives and in the world."


Non-Fiction

Diary of a F.A.T. (Fed Up and Tired) Girl by Tanisha Thomas

Big Girl: How I Gave Up Dieting and Got a Life by Kelsey Miller 

Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman by Lindy West

Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook For Unapologetic Living by Jes Baker [eAudio]

Fat Girl Walking: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin - Every Inch of It by Brittany Gibbons  

Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Linda Bacon [eBook]

Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance by Rosie Molinary [eBook]

Two Whole Cakes: How to Stop Dieting and Learn to Love Your Body by Lesley Kinzel

Bodies by Susie Orbach

Embrace: My Story From Body Loather to Body Lover by Taryn Brumfitt

Coal to Diamonds: A Memoir by Beth Ditto  [eBook]

The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts by Hanne Blank [eBook]

Read My Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting, and Live Large by Kim Brittingham [eBook]


Fiction

13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad

Dietland by Sarai Walker

Making It Big by Lyndsay Russell [eBook]

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy [YA]

 

If you are looking at addressing the issue of body positivity with the younger set, try these lists from A Mighty Girl and Buzzfeed.

 

It Takes Guts

A primal connection exists between our brain and our gut. We often talk about a “gut feeling” when we meet someone for the first time. We’re told to “trust our gut instinct” when making a difficult decision or that it’s “gut check time” when faced with a situation that tests our nerve and determination. This mind-gut connection is not just metaphorical. Our brain and gut are connected by an extensive network of neurons and a highway of chemicals and hormones that constantly provide feedback about how hungry we are, whether or not we’re experiencing stress, or if we’ve ingested a disease-causing microbe.
~Justin Sonnenburg and Erica Sonnenburg, "Gut Feelings - The 'Second Brain'  in Our Gastrointestinal Systems"

We've heard a lot recently about the "second brain" in our stomach. Johns Hopkins Medicine says it's "hidden in the walls of the digestive system" and that "[s]cientists call this little brain the enteric nervous system (ENS). And it’s not so little. The ENS is two thin layers of more than 100 million nerve cells lining your gastrointestinal tract from esophagus to rectum." The ENS doesn't think for itself, but it is in constant communication with your brain and may trigger emotional changes in people with bowel problems (irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, etc.) - so it's not just that depression affects your bodily functions, but that depression might be caused by them.

It's an interesting concept, right? With that on our minds, we've compiled a list of some of the most recent books in the catalog about your stomach and guts and how they work.  Check them out, see what you think - but of course consult your physician before you make any decisions regarding your health!

Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ by Giulia Enders

The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-Term Health by Justin Sonnenburg, PhD, and Erica Sonnenburg, PhD

Gutbliss: A 10-Day Plan to Ban Bloat, Flush Toxins, and Dump Your Digestive Baggage by Robynne Chutkan

Clean Gut: The Breakthrough Plan For Eliminating the Root Cause of Disease and Revolutionizing Your Health by Alejandro Junger

Follow Your Gut: How the Ecosystem In Your Gut Determines Your Health, Mood, and More by Rob Knight 

The Gut Balance Revolution: Boost Your Metabolism, Restore Your Inner Ecology, and Lose the Weight For Good! by Gerard E. Mullin, M D, associate professor of medicine at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine [eBook]

Gulp: Adventures On the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
 

Back Pain

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Have you never experienced back pain?  Can you say you have never described yourself as having "a bad back"?  Consider yourself lucky. Back pain is an all-too-common ailment, whether it's caused by bad habits (incorrect posture, not following recommended lifting techniques), injury, or accident, and it can affect your lower back, your middle back, cause neck pain, or show up as sciatica. We are long time sufferers (who knew you could throw out your back sneezing in the shower?) and we've tried all sorts of remedies to try to assuage the pain - Aleve, Tiger Balm, hot water bottles, electric blankets, yoga, exercise, chiropractic...and books from the library catalog, of course!  Here are some helpful reads for those times when your back is out of whack, because, even when you're flat on your back, most of the time you can read.

Are there any books or remedies you recommend?  Let us know in the comments!


Ending Back Pain: 5 Powerful Steps to Diagnose, Understand, and Treat Your Ailing Back by Jack Stern, M.D., Ph.D 

Healing Yoga: Proven Postures To Treat Twenty Common Ailments-- From Backache to Bone Loss, Shoulder Pain to Bunions, and More by Loren Fishman, MD

7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life: How to Rapidly Relieve Back, Neck and Shoulder Pain by Robin McKenzie with Craig Kubey

Change Your Posture, Change Your Life: How the Power of the Alexander Technique Can Combat Back Pain, Tension and Stress by Richard Brennan [eBook]

Yoga For Back Pain by Loren Fishman, Carol Ardman

End Back Pain Forever: A Groundbreaking Approach to Eliminate Your Suffering by Norman J. Marcus 

Foundation: Redefine Your Core, Conquer Back Pain, and Move With Confidence by Eric Goodman, Peter Park

Trigger Point Therapy For Low Back Pain: A Self-Treatment Workbook by Sharon Sauer, Mary Biancalana [eBook]

Exercises For Back Pain by William Smith [eBook]


If you are experiencing back pain or another ailment or want to find out more information about a health condition, you can also try using one of our health and medical databases.   Some of these resources require a valid library card number and PIN to access. Please be aware that neither books nor eResources should replace advice from a qualified medical practitioner.


Consumer Health Complete: A reliable, user-friendly resource featuring medical, health and wellness articles, guides, videos, reports, fact sheets and more.  Available in many languages.

Medline Plus: a service of the National Institutes of Health, produced by the National Library of Medicine.  Timely and authoritative health and medical information presented with the needs of patients and their community of family and friends in mind.

WebMD: A dynamic, interactive consumer health site bringing together health guides, news and communities.

Health Reference Center Academic: A full-text database featuring articles and reference resources for consumer health researchers, students and medical professionals.  

Sports Medicine & Physical Therapy Collection: Both researcher and practitioner alike will find relevant, authoritative content in this collection, which includes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine. Covering a wide spectrum of information, researchers will have access to a diverse, but focused set of topics in the field, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more. 
 

New and Novel: Herbs

We've got a lot of  great books about herbs in the library catalog right now!  Whether you are a budding herbalist (pun intended!), a gardener, a tea aficionado, or just looking to know more about culinary herbs, we've got something for you to peruse. Here's some of our latest acquisitions:

Herbal Goddess: Discover the Amazing Spirit of 12 Healing Herbs with Teas, Potions, Salves, Food, Yoga, and More by Amy Jirsa

Natural Health Remedies: An A-Z Handbook With Natural Treatments by Janet Maccaro

The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer: The Ultimate Guide to Producing High-Quality Herbs on a Market Scale by Jeff Carpenter with Melanie Carpenter  

Herbs for Children's Health: How to Make and Use Gentle Herbal Remedies for Soothing Common Ailments by Rosemary Gladstar

Dental Herbalism: Natural Therapies For the Mouth by Leslie M. Alexander, Ph.D., RH(AHG), Linda A. Straub-Bruce, BS Ed, RDH

The New American Herbal by Stephen Orr

Rodale's 21st-Century Herbal: A Practical Guide for Healthy Living Using Nature's Most Powerful Plants by Michael J. Balick 

The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving edited by Lee Buttala and Shanyn Siegel

Healthy at Home: Get Well and Stay Well Without Prescriptions by Tieraona Low Dog, M.D 

Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine and More by Abigail R Gehring

Homegrown Tea: An Illustrated Guide to Planting, Harvesting, and Blending Teas and Tisanes by Cassie Liversidge

Culinary Herbs & Spices of the World by Ben-Erik van Wyk

Storey's Guide to Growing Organic Vegetables & Herbs For Market: Site & Crop Selection Planting, Care & Harvesting Business Basics by Danny Barney

If you are interested in growing your own herbs, have you checked out our Seed Library or one of our home & garden guides?  

Links

Medicinal Plants at the Petroglyph National Monument [National Park Service]

UNM professor shares tradition of curanderismo with community [Albuquerque Journal]
 

 

Living Without Memory: Fictional Accounts of Alzheimer's Disease

Last year, for World Alzheimer's Day, Alzheimer's Disease International debuted a Facebook app to raise awareness of the disease.  This app, according to Adweek, caused "all of the information in your Timeline to temporarily vanish for the day. All of your posts and pictures [were] still saved, but inaccessible...and replaced by this message: 'Imagine your life without memories. For 36 million people living with Alzheimer's disease, this is reality.' Facebook profiles are such an intrinsic part of some people's lives that 'losing' years of deeply treasured cyber-mementos, if only for a day, could provide at least of small taste of what Alzheimer's patients endure."

There are many books in the library catalog about Alzheimer's Disease: history, biography, patient care, prevention, treatments.  But there is also a growing body of fiction that includes Alzheimer's patients, either as protagonists of their own story or characters is someone else's. Some authors hope that these fictional stories will help start conversations about the disease - for author Alice LaPlante, "diving into the heart and soul of Alzheimer's was...cathartic. 'My mother is in her last stages right now...I wanted to put myself in that position, to understand what my mother's going through, and I just imagined myself into it.'" A reviewer of Lisa Genova's Still Alice asserts:

And what gives it the greatest impact is the fact that the vast majority of it is from Alice's own perspective. We share her own perceptions of the world and then feel them change as her mind deteriorates... it's as close as you could possibly get to experiencing the effects of Alzheimer's disease without having it. That might sound like too much to take... and I can't really disagree, it is like that at times... but if we really want to be able to help our loved ones and others with Alzheimer's, what could be a better start than to understand what they're going through as much as possible?

With Alzheimer's Disease and dementia a very real worry for today's aging population, we have compiled some fictional accounts of living with catastrophic memory loss, ranging from literary fiction to mystery, with a couple of recent non-fiction titles tucked in at the end.


Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante

Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

Someone Not Really Her Mother by Harriet Scott Chessman

Bill Warrington's Last Chance by James King

Looking for Lily by Africa Fine

The Wilderness by Samantha Harvey

The Pleasure Was Mine by Tommy Hays

Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott


Keeper: One House, Three Generations, and a Journey into Alzheimer's by Andrea Gillies

I Still Do: Loving and Living with Alzheimer's by Judith Fox


For more information about Alzheimer's Disease, try the New Mexico Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.

New Year, New You: Diet & Fitness

My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.
~Nia Vardalos

The New Year rings in, and the average person's resolutions tend to include getting in better shape, whether that means losing weight or working out or some combination of the two.. Well, there are a lot of diet and fitness books out there, and here at abcreads we can't claim any grand nutritional or exercise knowledge apart from "eat right and exercise" and "don't start a new exercise program without checking with your doctor" as recommendations.  However, here are some of the newest items from the library catalog for your perusal!

Diet

Shred: The Revolutionary Diet - 6 Weeks, 4 Inches, 2 Sizes by Ian K. Smith

Fabulous Raw Food: Detox, Lose Weight, and Feel Great in Just Three Weeks by Erica Palmcrantz Aziz

The Belly Melt Diet: The 6-Week Plan to Harness Your Body's Natural Rhythms to Lose Weight for Good! by Bridget Doherty

Six Weeks to Skinny Jeans: Blast Fat, Firm Your Butt, and Lose Two Jean Sizes by Amy Cotta

Chubster: A Hipster's Guide to Losing Weight While Staying Cool by Martin Cizmar

Life is Your Best Medicine: A Woman's Guide to Health, Healing, and Wholeness at Every Age by Tieraona Low Dog

Paleoista: Gain Energy, Get Lean and Feel Fabulous with the Diet You Were Born to Eat by Nell Stephenson

The Diet Detective's All American Diet: Lose Weight with the Foods You Already Love to Eat from Your Favorite Supermarket and Restaurant Choices by Charles Platkin

Hungry for Change: Ditch the Diets, Conquer the Cravings, and Eat Your Way to Lifelong Health  by James Colquhoun

Try also a subject search under "Weight Loss" or "Nutrition" for more titles.

Exercise

The Physique 57 Solution: The Groundbreaking 2-Week Plan for a Lean, Beautiful Body by Tanya Becker and Jennifer Maanavi

The First 20 minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer by Gretchen Reynolds

Get a Bangin' Body: The City Gym Boys' Ultimate Body Weight Workout for Men & Women by Charles LaSalle and Peter Richmond

Tone Every Inch: The Fastest Way to Sculpt Your Belly, Butt & Thighs by Natalie Gingerich Mackenzie with the editors of Prevention magazine

Witness to Fitness: Pumped Up, Powered Up, All Things Are Possible by Donna Richardson Joyner

You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises by Mark Lauren with Joshua Clark

Tracy Anderson's 30 Day Method: The Weight-Loss Kick-Start tTat Makes Perfection Possible by Tracy Anderson


For more items, try a subject search under "Physical fitness" or "Exercise".  Looking for workout videos?  Try the same searches, but instead of viewing the entire collection, use the drop-down menu to limit to DVDs!  Or try a keyword search by exercise type, such as "yoga" or "marathon" for a variety of items related to those topics.

In Sickness, and in Health

If you're like me, you are currently sick with that cold going around, getting over that cold going around, or about to catch that cold going around.  Despite the warmer weather, I've been hearing lots of sniffles, sneezes and coughs around the library. 

If you are more eager to read about colds, viruses, and other ailments than to have one, we have a book for you.  Try a book about a specific disease, the history of medicine, or a famous epidemic.  Also available are guides in diagnosing your illness and how to treat what you've got.


Ah-choo!: the Uncommon Life of your Common Cold by Jennifer Ackerman
Complete Guide to Symptoms, Illness & Surgery by H. Winter Griffith
The Johns Hopkins Complete Home Guide to Symptoms & Remedies
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: a Medical History of Humanity by Roy Porter
Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs by Morton Meyers
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine edited by Roy Porter
The Great Influenza: the Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry
Plague: the Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease by Wendy Orent
Living with Chronic Sinusitis: the Domplete Health Guide to Preventing and Treating Colds, Nasal Allergies, Rhinitis and Sinusitis by David W. Kennedy and Marilyn Olsen

If you are sick, want to find out more information about a health condition, or want to convince youself that you have a rare, incurable disease, try using one of our health and medical databases.   Some of these resources require a valid library card number and PIN to access.

Consumer Health Complete: A reliable, user-friendly resource featuring medical, health and wellness articles, guides, videos, reports, fact sheets and more.  Available in many languages.

Medline Plus: a service of the National Institutes of Health, produced by the National Library of Medicine.  Timely and authoritative health and medical information presented with the needs of patients and their community of family and friends in mind.

WebMD: A dynamic, interactive consumer health site bringing together health guides, news and communities.

Health Reference Center Academic: A full-text database featuring articles and reference resources for consumer health researchers, students and medical professionals.

Cavemen Didn't Get Fat

Take a step back in time to achieve greater health and wellbeing! This is the message from Mark Sisson in the book The Primal Blueprint and the companion volume The Primal Blueprint Cookbook. The Primal Blueprint presents Mr Sisson's complete plan for achieving a healthier life, eschewing what he calls conventional wisdom and taking us back to a more natural way of life. We cannot become the hunter-gatherers our ancestors were, but we can model our diets and our exercise routines to live more in harmony with our evolution. Not exactly a low-carb diet because of its emphasis on fresh fruits and vegetables, he does recommend avoiding all types of grains to model our diet after what our primitive ancestors would have eaten. His advice on exercise leans towards regular, extended slow cardio (like long walks and hikes) with a few sporadic high-intensity strength training sessions and occasional sprints. It's a "new" approach to health and wellbeing that harkens back to a primitive time. If you find any of these ideas interesting you might also want to check out The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet & Neanderthin: Eat like a Caveman to Achieve a Lean, Strong, Healthy Body, which explore similiar dietary themes. Also, the book Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World has Never Seen explores some of the benefits of barefoot running/exercising which is addressed in The Primal Blueprint and is itself a funny and enjoyable read about long distance running and runners. Take a step back in time with these interesting books and see if their ideas may fit into your modern life!


Visit Mark's Daily Apple: Primal Living in the Modern World, the Primal Blueprint website, for success stories, freebies, & more! Also, the library's Resource Center has a Health & Medicine section you can browse for more wellness tips.