Leaving sugar is not a little thing. Not when it's been your friend, companion, deep counsel, doctor, healer, stimulant and brain food. In his latest blockbuster book, "The 4-Hour Body," Tim Ferriss proposes a new relationship to sugar. When a person realizes a dangerous addiction, the customary "healthy" response is to end the relationship. But that doesn't really end it, does it? Once an addict, always an addict? This journey is one of coming into a new relationship.

Joy Day
The seventh day of every week you go crazy eating anything and everything you want. While Ferriss refers to it as "binge day" or "cheat day," I have dubbed it "Joy Day." I started calling it that even before I experienced the first real Joy Day (meaning I had been on the plan for six days in a row beforehand). My partner is also working the food plan, and together we were on a mission. It was spectacular fun: the high of being present to the pleasure without the conflict. I couldn't get it in my head that this was something we might experience every single week. And it's not just "if you want," it's how the thing works. I'll tell you for sure: it is a whole new world.

The Body Change
Something you should know. At the end of the first four weeks, I bought a pair of jeans one size smaller than I've worn in the last ten years plus. I am indeed gently, slowly melting.

I also want you to know how different this is from losing 15 or 16 pounds on the South Beach diet. That was four years ago, and the only time in my life I've been on a diet. Naturally (it is nature pure and simple) I gained that back plus two or three on top of it.

That's not all, though, it's different in several ways. How I feel is very, very different. How my body looks is so different it's downright confusing. When did I ever have an hourglass? What's going on? I've now lost only half the weight I lost on South Beach, and hello, I never looked like this on that diet. I never felt like this either. Keep in mind I am exercising less.

And I definitely want you to know all the ways I messed up the food plan! All the things I didn't do that are supposed to be part of this process. I want you to know all that, because we're human beings. And if you're at all like me, you are no longer running high level of youth hormones in your body. And maybe you are also on the sedentary side. And maybe you would like to change that, too. Losing weight helps with enjoying an active lifestyle.

With Edition Two, I've added a "Kickstart Guide" to help you get going and get through your first days. It's much easier than you might think. Don't hesitate to begin your own experiment with enjoyable food and a very enjoyable body.

Leaving sugar is not a little thing. Not when it's been your friend, companion, deep counsel, doctor, healer, stimulant and brain food. In his latest blockbuster book, "The 4-Hour Body," Tim Ferriss proposes a new relationship to sugar. When a person realizes a dangerous addiction, the customary "healthy" response is to end the relationship. But that doesn't really end it, does it? Once an addict, always an addict? This journey is one of coming into a new relationship.

Joy Day
The seventh day of every week you go crazy eating anything and everything you want. While Ferriss refers to it as "binge day" or "cheat day," I have dubbed it "Joy Day." I started calling it that even before I experienced the first real Joy Day (meaning I had been on the plan for six days in a row beforehand). My partner is also working the food plan, and together we were on a mission. It was spectacular fun: the high of being present to the pleasure without the conflict. I couldn't get it in my head that this was something we might experience every single week. And it's not just "if you want," it's how the thing works. I'll tell you for sure: it is a whole new world.

The Body Change
Something you should know. At the end of the first four weeks, I bought a pair of jeans one size smaller than I've worn in the last ten years plus. I am indeed gently, slowly melting.

I also want you to know how different this is from losing 15 or 16 pounds on the South Beach diet. That was four years ago, and the only time in my life I've been on a diet. Naturally (it is nature pure and simple) I gained that back plus two or three on top of it.

That's not all, though, it's different in several ways. How I feel is very, very different. How my body looks is so different it's downright confusing. When did I ever have an hourglass? What's going on? I've now lost only half the weight I lost on South Beach, and hello, I never looked like this on that diet. I never felt like this either. Keep in mind I am exercising less.

And I definitely want you to know all the ways I messed up the food plan! All the things I didn't do that are supposed to be part of this process. I want you to know all that, because we're human beings. And if you're at all like me, you are no longer running high level of youth hormones in your body. And maybe you are also on the sedentary side. And maybe you would like to change that, too. Losing weight helps with enjoying an active lifestyle.

With Edition Two, I've added a "Kickstart Guide" to help you get going and get through your first days. It's much easier than you might think. Don't hesitate to begin your own experiment with enjoyable food and a very enjoyable body.

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Are you the child of toxic parents?

When you were a child...

• Did your parents tell you you were bad or worthless?
• Did your parents use physical pain to discipline you?
• Did you have to take care of your parents because of their problems?
• Were you often frightened of your parents?
• Did your parents do anything to you that had to be kept secret?

Now that you’re an adult...

• Do your parents still treat you as if you were a child?
• Do you have intense emotional or physical reactions after spending time with your parents?
• Do your parents control you with threats or guilt? Do they manipulate you with money?
• Do you feel that no matter what you do, it’s never good enough for your parents?

In this remarkable self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward draws on case histories and the real-life voices of adult children of toxic parents to help you free yourself from the frustrating patterns of your relationship with your parents — and discover a new world of self-confidence, inner strength, and emotional independence.

All parents fall short from time to time. But Susan Forward pulls no punches when it comes to those whose deficiencies cripple their children emotionally. Her brisk, unreserved guide to overcoming the stultifying agony of parental manipulation--from power trips to guilt trips and all other killers of self worth--will help deal with the pain of childhood and move beyond the frustrating relationship patterns learned at home.

Public service is a way of life for Americans; giving is a part of our national character. But compassionate instincts and generous spirits aren’t enough, says veteran urban activist Robert D. Lupton. In this groundbreaking guide, he reveals the disturbing truth about charity: all too much of it has become toxic, devastating to the very people it’s meant to help.

In his four decades of urban ministry, Lupton has experienced firsthand how our good intentions can have unintended, dire consequences. Our free food and clothing distribution encourages ever-growing handout lines, diminishing the dignity of the poor while increasing their dependency. We converge on inner-city neighborhoods to plant flowers and pick up trash, battering the pride of residents who have the capacity (and responsibility) to beautify their own environment. We fly off on mission trips to poverty-stricken villages, hearts full of pity and suitcases bulging with giveaways—trips that one Nicaraguan leader describes as effective only in “turning my people into beggars.”

In Toxic Charity, Lupton urges individuals, churches, and organizations to step away from these spontaneous, often destructive acts of compassion toward thoughtful paths to community development. He delivers proven strategies for moving from toxic charity to transformative charity.

Proposing a powerful “Oath for Compassionate Service” and spotlighting real-life examples of people serving not just with their hearts but with proven strategies and tested tactics, Lupton offers all the tools and inspiration we need to develop healthy, community-driven programs that produce deep, measurable, and lasting change. Everyone who volunteers or donates to charity needs to wrestle with this book.

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This easy-to-read alternative treatment guide could save your life. Outsmart Your Cancer explodes the myths about alternative cancer treatments and explains why non-toxic methods are more effective than conventional ones. This second edition of Outsmart Your Cancer includes new chapters, an audio CD with inspiring recovery testimonials from cancer survivors, and an incredible amount of valuable information. Twenty-one different alternative methods are discussed along with real-life stories of people who completely recovered from a variety of advanced or late-stage cancers using alternative approaches. The book explains why alternative methods work better than conventional toxic treatments and presents details about the scientific basis for them, including the amazing formula called Protocel, which has produced incredible cancer recoveries over the past twenty years.

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We're living in an epidemic of toxic emotions.

Research shows that as much as 87% to 95% of mental and physical illnesses are a direct result of toxic thinking-proof that our thoughts affect us physically and emotionally.

In this best-selling book, Dr. Caroline Leaf clearly communicates 13 ways to detox your thought life and live a life of physical, mental, and emotional wholeness.

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Susan Forward's practical and powerful book will help couples cope with terrible and toxic in–laws.

Toxic in–laws are in–laws who create genuine chaos through various assaults––aggressive or subtle––on you and your marriage. Toxic–in laws come in a wide variety of guises, " The Critics.; ", who tell you what you're doing wrong, "The Controllers.;", who try to run you and your partner's life, " The Engulfers.;", who make incessant demands on your time, " The Masters of Chaos.;", who drain you and your partner with their problems, and, " The Rejecters.;", who let you know they don't want you as part of their family.

Susan Forward draws on real–life voices and stories of both women and men struggling to free themselves from the frustrating, hurtful and infuriating relationships with their toxic in–laws. Dr. Forward offers you highly effective communication and behavioral techniques for getting through to partners who won't or can't stand up to their parents. Next, she lays out accessible and practical ways to reclaim you marriage from your in–laws. She shows you what to say, what to do and what limits to set. If you follow these strategies, you may not turn toxic in–laws into the in–laws of your dreams, but you will find some peace in your relationship with them.