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Simple nutritional advice for beating the most common diseases and living longer.

Packed with over 1100 photographs, diagrams and illustrations, specially commissioned to teach essential first-aid techniques and show symptoms clearly. How to cope and care in an emergency - from splints, simple bandages and slings to resuscitation and life-saving technique, all shown in easy steps.

Millions of us are living in the shadow of cancer. Some are hoping to beat the odds and become cancer-free, while others know they are facing cancer for the long haul. And even more of us are standing by someone with a cancer diagnosis and feeling helpless as we grapple with the uncertainty it brings.

Whether the cancer is considered "in remission," "cured," or "chronic," it is possible to find peace as we face it.

In this beautiful, giftable book, cancer patient advocate Lynn

Die Banting-oplossing, in samewerking met die Noakes-stigting en die “Eet Beter, Suid-Afrika!” - inisiatief, is nou beskikbaar in ’n gebruikersvriendelike sakpas-formaat! Hierdie gebruikersvriendelike boekie bevat al die wenke en raad wat jy nodig het om jou Banting-leefstyl suksesvol te implementeer en om daarmee vol te hou.

Om laekoolhidraat-maaltye voor te berei hoef nie vervelig of saai te wees nie. Ine Reynierse, outeur van die topverkoper ‘Low-carb’ is lekker, bring alledaagse disse weer terug na die laekoolhidraat-hoevet-spyskaart. Met haar unieke deegresepte kan jy nou brood, muffins, oliebolle, nachos, pizza, vetkoek en selfs koeksisters geniet.

Cooking with fewer or no carbs need not be boring or bland. Ine Reynierse, author of the best-selling Low Carb is Lekker, has made it her mission to bring back normal dishes to the LCHF menu. Her unique dough recipes mean that you can start enjoying bread, muffins, doughnuts, nachos, pizza, vetkoek and koeksisters again – but now without the carbs!

The UK's only fully authorized first aid guide is packed with step-by-step first aid advice, from emergency first aid and first aid for babies and children, to the latest guidelines on resuscitation, helping a drowning casualty, and snake bites.

First Aid Manual is endorsed by St John Ambulance, St Andrew's First Aid, the British Red Cross, and is used as the official training manual for the UK's leading first aid organisations' courses.

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For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of the dice. But now, as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mortal. So here is a book about the modern experience of mortality - about what it's like to get old and die, how medicine has changed this and how it hasn't, where our ideas about death have gone wro

Jy het kanker! 'n Ystervuis beklem jou hart wanneer jy die diagnose hoor. Na die skok en ontkenning kom die vrae: Wat gaan nou met my gebeur? Wat is my oorlewingskans?

Aimed at those who strive for optimal long-term health and the maximal functioning of their hearts and minds, Living Longer sifts through the often conflicting information available on the vast number of possible health promotion changes, isolating five key steps which will promote long-term health benefits for the heart and mind.