Top 10 Picks

Looking for a good book to read? You can choose a number of books from our extensive collection. Stop by the Center for Healthy Lifestyles today and check out all our offerings. To get you off to a good start, our staff recommends these “Top 10 Picks.” Enjoy!

MAYO CLINIC Fitness for Everybody
     Paperback
Mayo Clinic Fitness for Everybody is a detailed step-by-step guide to getting and staying fit, regardless of your age or physical condition.  Developing an exercise plan, selecting equipment that’s right for you, staying motivated and preparing for your favorite physical activity are just some of the topics covered in this practical, essential fitness guide.  In addition, the special “Exercise Guide” features more than 150 illustrated exercises—with easy to follow instructions—that you can do at home without expensive equipment.

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION No-Fad Diet
     Hardcover
It's time to leave behind the one-size-fits-all approach to dieting. Now, the American Heart Association, the nation's most trusted authority on heart-healthy living, introduces its first-ever comprehensive weight-loss book. No-Fad Diet helps you create a personalized plan to lose weight in a healthful way. After a simple assessment of your current habits, you choose the eating and exercise strategies that best fit your needs. You'll learn how to set realistic goals, eat well to lose extra pounds safely, and add physical activity to keep the weight off for good.

MAGIC BEANS: 150 Delicious Recipes featuring Nature’s Low-Fat, Nutrient-Rich, Disease-Fighting Powerhouse
     Paperback
This collection of 150 recipes using more than 20 types of beans and lentils maximizes the health benefits while offering creative and sumptuous dishes even the toughest bean skeptics will enjoy.

BETTY CROCKER Win at Weight Loss Cookbook
     Hardcover
This comprehensive resource is packed with great ways to help your family eat well and get fit together. You'll learn to build the foundations of a healthy lifestyle and spend time in action instead of in the kitchen with easy, convenient recipes that use everyday ingredients

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION Meals in Minutes Cookbook
     Paperback
American Heart Association Meals in Minutes Cookbook: Over 200 All-New Quick and Easy Low-Fat Recipes If homemade meals at your house are being replaced by fat-filled takeout or microwaveables in front of the TV, you'll want American Heart Association Meals in Minutes on your cookbook shelf. More than 200 delicious low-fat, low-cholesterol recipes nourish your appetite for good food while respecting your hectic schedule. Whether you're balancing work and family, putting in overtime at the office, or simply wanting to restore the joys of home cooking to your table, here are terrific dishes you can put together without a lot of fuss and bother--and in 20 minutes or less.

QUICK AND HEALTHY Low-fat, Carb Conscious Cooking
     Spiral bound paperback
A low-fat cookbook that also focuses on sensible use of carbs featuring whole grains and high fiber foods while limiting simple carbs.

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook
     Hardcover
American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook: Delicious Recipes to Help Lower Your Cholesterol Taste and variety abound in this collection of good-for-you recipes. The American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook offers more than 200 easy-to-prepare dishes - including 50 new recipes. The accompanying nutritional analyses will help you create meals that are sensible, healthful, and absolutely delicious. "This volume is also a resource for information on heart health. The completely revised text gives you an updated perspective on how diet and exercise contribute to your well-being. It explains how cholesterol affects the body, offers critical facts about "good" and "bad" cholesterol, provides tips for preparing heart-healthy foods, and much more." Discover how easy it is to avoid excess saturated fat and cholesterol while enjoying mouthwatering foods. With this book in your kitchen, you can take charge of your diet and love every bite along the way.

THE CALORIE KING Pocket Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter
     Paperback
Contains diet guides and counters for calories, fat, carbohydrates, cholesterol, protein, fiber, iron, and sodium.  Also includes a diabetes diet guide.

THE ANY DIET DIARY
     Paperback
The Any Diet Diary is designed to be an indispensable helpmate for anyone trying to change their eating habits.  This one source allows you to record not only the foods you eat, but their quantity; their calories, fat grams, carbohydrates, protein, cholesterol, and fiber counts; as well as water and nutritional supplement intake.

THE CARB-CAREFUL SOLUTION
     Paperback
This easy-to-follow plan teaches you to eat in a different way, without unrealistic restrictions.  In the process, your body learns to metabolize carbohydrates efficiently, getting rid of that extra ten or fifteen pounds, as well as the tell tale “apple shape.”  The Carb-Careful Solution is the road map to controlling the chemistry that has been controlling you.