*** Notice: For the protection of property rights, this catalog is available for online browsing only. Please drop us a line if you would like to receive a copiable version of this catalog. Thank You!
It can be argued that the changing nature of pharmacy, dietetics, and exercise physiology has helped give rise to a significant level of confusion concerning what consumers need to know and to do in order to live a healthy lifestyle. Medical Nutrition Supplement News & Updates provides an overview of information that can help distinguish fact from fiction with regard to the health-related benefits and limitations of consuming nutritional supplements. In that regard, the DVD explores a number of topics, including the potential for drug and drug/food interactions, using supplements, exercising for health, and identifying health fraud and quackery attendant to health and medical wellness.
By Eric Durak
Medical Nutrition: From the Bottom Up discusses the fact that the United States may be in the best of times, or the worst of times, with regard to the current state of farming, production, and distribution, and the overall health benefits of foodstuffs in the history of our country. The DVD provides a basic update concerning medical nutrition, as well as details an overview of the evolution of how the medical community addresses the issue of nutrition. The DVD also reviews both sides of the debate on the value of taking nutritional supplements.
Lessons Learned From the Coal Face of Sports Nutrition presents an overview of six of the substantive lessons she acquired over the course of working in and conducting research for over two decades in her field. The discussion of each lesson includes a review of the key information, basic ideas, and compelling insights she gained concerning that particular lesson. The DVD offers a compelling resource for every health/fitness professional who is interested in applying the concepts and principles of sports nutrition.
Among the topics covered:
Lesson 1: research is important, but the rules of engagement are different
Lesson 2: athletes often know more than we do
Lesson 3: ideal sports nutrition is a complex mosaic (not just black and white)
Periodizing low carbohydrate availability for greater training adaptation
Lesson 4: event nutrition is about finding the sweet spots
The sweet spot for an individualized hydration plan
Lesson 5: athletes have a brain as well as muscles
Medical Nutrition, Diet, and Obesity Programs provides a compelling overview of the obesity epidemic, including a look at how the problem has evolved over time to reach its current state. The DVD also looks at several trends that are occurring in obesity programming. In addition, the DVD points out the desired outcomes in obesity programs for patients and families, as well as for hospitals. The DVD also reviews the underlying factors that need to be addressed to help ensure that obese patients have "emotional safety" and details a list of recommended steps that can be undertaken to help increase the effectiveness of hospital-based obesity treatment efforts.
This presentation defines cancer, explains basic diagnosis methods and various treatment options. Risk factors associated with the development of cancer are outlined along with healthy lifestyle components associated with lowering cancer risks.
This presentation explores the anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system. Additionally, it addresses various conditions of the cardiovascular system, including coronary heart disease, high cholesterol and hypertension. Students will learn about healthy habits associated with lowering the risks of developing the chronic cardiovascular conditions addressed in the presentation.
This presentation explains the differences between food allergies and intolerances. Students will learn the symptoms and health complications of both allergies and intolerances. This presentation will also take a brief look at lifestyle changes for both the individual and family struggling with a food allergy or intolerance.
Nutrition Recommendations for Pre-, During, and Post-Exercise explains how to make wise food choices for increased athletic performance. The DVD presents a science-based, joint position statement from the American Dietetic Association, the American College of Sports Medicine, and Dieticians of Canada regarding nutrition and hydration recommendations for athletes. These recommendations include a discussion of the optimal timing of consumption, as well as the types and amounts of foods and fluids, that are required. In addition, the DVD reviews special considerations for certain sports that make the achievement of optimal nutrition and hydration a challenge. The DVD also espouses the mantra that food (and fluid) is fuel.
Overview of federal government's new food icons MyPlate (which replaced MyPyramid) geared toward people who are obese, "pre-diabetic," or diagnosed with diabetes. Also provides information about general nutrition, diabetes, losing weight, taming portion sizes, and the benefits of physical activity.
The Changing Face of Nutrition for Health and Performance: Past, Present, and Future presents a compelling historical overview of nutrition and exercise. Featuring a President's Lecture from the 2012 ACSM annual meeting, the DVD looks at where the science and the profession have been, what did they learn, and what are the future directions and challenges they face. The DVD discusses how the profession has changed since the 1980s and points out some of the individuals in ACSM who helped make the transition possible. The DVD also reviews some of the key factors involved in two nutrition-related issues - protein needs and the physically active female.
Among the topics covered:
Looking back
Nutrition and exercise: the science and the profession
Where have we been?
What have we learned?
Factors that alter protein needs
The active female
The profession/industry: where have we been?
What are the future directions and challenges we face?
Easy-to-understand overview of federal government's new food icon, MyPlate (which replaced MyPyramid) for a general audience. Explains how to use MyPlate to help "build" a healthy plate at mealtime. Provides details about the healthiest choices in each of the MyPlate categories. Also suggests tips on how to include more vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and dairy in diet.
Overview of federal government's new food icon, MyPlate (which replaced MyPyramid). Offers advice on how to use MyPlate to "build" a healthy plate. Provides specific tips, geared toward older adults, on how to include more vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and dairy in diet. Also explains the specific benefits of good nutrition for older adults.
Easy-to-understand overview of the federal government's new dietary guidelines for a general audience. These guidelines are created to help people stay healthy, reduce their chances of disease, and help them maintain a healthy weight through better nutrition and exercise. Provides tips on ways people can implement guidelines in their daily lives.
Overview of federal government's new food icon, MyPlate (which replaced MyPyramid) geared toward persons in recovery. Provides overall nutritional guidelines, focusing on special challenges of those in recovery, including cravings. Special sections on nutritional myths, vitamins, and safe food handling.
Most young people acknowledge the need for fuels that won't harm the planet-but do they realize that also applies to fueling the body? This program guides students through the basic concepts of healthy eating and the principal nutrients that keep the human anatomy functioning properly. Outlining the properties and benefits of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, water, vitamins, and minerals, the video explains the difference between macronutrients and micronutrients, illustrates the functions of monosaccharides and disaccharides, highlights the virtues of whole grains, pinpoints the dangers of dehydration and vitamin deficiency, and presents eye-catching animation and in-depth commentary from nutrition experts clarifying each topic.
Despite the best efforts of experts and organizations, food-borne illness outbreaks still occur. This video examines the risks facing consumers while highlighting culinary and food-handling methods for addressing those risks. Contaminants studied in the program include bacteria (such as salmonella and E. coli) and gastrointestinal viruses as well as the potentially dangerous pesticides, herbicides, hormones, and antibiotics used in agriculture. Food-preparation advice encompasses washing hands carefully, separating raw meat from produce, and cooking food thoroughly; on the nutrition side, the program promotes fruits, vegetables, and whole grains while suggesting an array of "superfoods." Viewers also learn about government agencies charged with ensuring food safety, including the FDA and the USDA, as well as those dealing with public health, such as the EPA and the CDC.
Whether they're viewed from a behavioral standpoint or from a profound psychological perspective, one thing is clear-eating disorders stress the body's systems and put individuals at increased risk for disease, infertility, organ failure, and death. This video pinpoints the dangers of anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and other eating disorders, exploring their possible causes as well as ways to overcome them. Showing how food consumption (or avoidance of it) is often the one thing that eating-disorder sufferers feel they can control, the program features dramatized case studies that enlighten viewers in a nonconfrontational way. With the aid of expert commentary, it also provides practical information on identifying signs of eating disorders in others and emphasizes the importance of persuading them to seek professional help.
There's no end to the number of "miracle" diets advertised on TV. Combat their influence with this video, which illustrates what's really needed to reach and maintain a healthy weight-commitment, discipline, and attention to dietary details. Focusing on bad eating habits as the main factor in America's obesity epidemic, the program also cites lack of exercise along with cultural and technological issues. Viewers learn about Body Mass Index, or BMI; the risks of being overweight or obese; ways in which healthy eating and exercise help to prevent a range of diseases; and the benefits of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and proper hydration. Students will also gain an understanding of calorie intake and expenditure using a simple formula.
A combination of exercise and smart eating will help anyone-from the varsity quarterback to the student who simply needs to fulfill gym requirements. It's also important to recognize that good nutrition is the power source not just for physical activity, but also for mental acuity. This video shows young people how to make healthy eating a priority as they pursue sports and fitness. Viewers encounter the four main categories of physiological health-cardiovascular and respiratory fitness, muscle strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition-while learning how glucose, glycogen, ATP, and other compounds play a role in the body's energy production, via aerobic and anaerobic metabolism. Students may be surprised to learn that the amounts of protein, fat, and carbohydrates needed by an athlete are roughly similar to what the average person requires-and that pricey supplements are no substitute for real food.
Everyone needs to eat and this program explains why. This program provides the breakdown of the six main types of nutrients that your body needs to fuel you everyday.
Beyond the Headlines: Delving Deeper Into Hot Nutrition Topics reviews information on several of the most current and popular issues in nutrition. For example, the DVD looks at prevailing methods for detailing with weight management, as well as such hot topics as sweetener options and the impact of caffeine as an ergogenic aid. The DVD also examines the impact of supplementing multivitamins, minerals, omega-3 fatty acids, and vitamin D on health and disease risk. In addition, the DVD points out how health/fitness professionals might discuss current nutrition-related issues with those with whom they work.
Fitness Professionals' Guide to Sports Nutrition and Weight Management is an indispensable text that gives fitness professionals essential advice and information on how to help their clients make better nutrition choices that effectively support an active lifestyle. Dr. Kruskall offers a wide variety of useful tips and practical guidance to fitness professionals, such as how to provide their clients with nutritional advice while staying within their scope of practice. This DVD package will serve as a valuable resource for health and fitness professionals who want to share scientifically sound, yet easy-to-understand and practical, nutrition information with their clients.
Nutrition and Obesity Trends addresses the fact that weight management is a major concern of most people. In fact, more than 60 billion dollars is spent annually in the often elusive efforts to lose weight. The DVD explores whether obesity is a disease and presents a review of nutrition research that indicates that almost all weight-loss programs can be grouped into five main diet plans. The DVD also provides weight-loss strategies and proven treatment plans. In addition, the DVD looks at behavioral-change strategies that can play a key role in weight-management efforts.
Due to any number of physical, social, medical or environmental factors, older adults are often at risk for poor nutrition. Developed to assess nutritional status in older adults, the two-part Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is a valuable resource to identify older adults that are at risk for malnutrition. This DVD demonstrates the assessment process, as well as, how to measure arm and leg circumferences, and compute body mass index. The DVD also documents specific risk factors for older adults, and offers an accurate, age-appropriate assessment that care providers can use to develop an effective nutritional plan for the patient.
Melissa Cordell, RN, BSN; Caroline Ghanbari, RD, LD, CNSD; Terry M. Lea, RN, BSN
Identify essential data utilized in determining a patient's nutritional status; discuss the appropriateness of oral, tube, or IV feedings for the critically ill patient; State 4 common parental nutrition additives; Identify the benefits of enteral nutrition vs. parental nutrition; Recognize the potential complication in tube-fed patients; Describe the 4 methods of formula administration.
Latest NCEP guidelines on how nutrition and exercise can optimize cardiovascular health. Shows how to use the food label help follow the guidelines. New factors, such as omega3 fatty acids, and trans fats discussed.
This program gives an introduction to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans as shown in the new graphic, MyPyramid. Special applications for substance abusers emphasized. Includes tips on food preparation and food safety. Explains why it's better to get nutrients from food than supplements.
The damaging effects of alcohol on the digestive system are described, as are the effects of alcohol on nutritional status. Discusses specific dangers for pregnant women and the elderly. Shows how to use the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MYPyramid to improve nutritional status during recovery.
This program contains the latest information on nutrition-medication interactions, metabolic problems, body shape changes, osteoporosis and more. Nutritional and pharmacologic treatment options to treat these problems discussed, as are food safety issues and meal planning to support medications.
Dive into the science and technology of some delicious delights. Take a look into the technology needed to make tasty treats for the masses. Understand the senses and what makes certain foods appealing. From soda vision to making syrup, we delve deep into what's behind the food we love.
Explore in great depths the major myths, lies, and half-truths related to key components of fitness and nutrition in The Myths of Nutrition and Fitness. In this accessible six-lecture course by Dr. Anthony A. Goodman, you'll examine the pros and cons of training and eating programs, learn strategies to help you discern the truth behind popular myths, discover new ways to be healthy and physically active, and more.
6 Lectures
1 Fueling Up for Fitness Routines
2 Hydration for an Active Life
3 The Skinny on Exercise and Weight Loss
4 Some Facts about Vitamins and Supplements
5 Can You Get Too Much of a Good Thing?
6 Going to Extremes - The Smart Way
This comprehensive program gives students a basic understanding of the relationship of food to health. The program emphasizes good eating habits and explains the need for a varied diet. Graphics trace the steps in digestion and the process of cell building in the human body.
Making smart eating choices is essential to living a healthy, happy, and successful life. Yet all too often, we're exposed to information and techniques that promise quick and easy results but can be harmful to your overall health: crash diets, experimental medications, ever-changing studies on what you should eat more or less of, and more. It can be confusing to dig through the mass of hype, myth, and misconceptions about good nutrition habits. So in the face of potentially misleading information and aids, where can you find the key to nutritional success?
The answer: in understanding the concepts, practices, and science behind good nutrition. Once you master the intricate - and undeniably captivating - interaction between what you eat and its effect on your body and mind, you unlock a powerful and scientifically proven tool to use in the quest for maintaining or improving your personal health.
Nutrition Made Clear is your opportunity to finally sort through nutrition misconceptions and replace them with hard science you can understand. In 36 in-depth lectures taught by dietitian and award-winning Professor Roberta H. Anding, you explore the fundamentals of good nutrition and get a practical and personal guide to applying these fundamentals to your unique lifestyle. Designed to appeal to anyone at any age, this course is an invaluable source of medically backed, statistically proven information about the guidelines for healthy eating and living.
Teach students how to eat like winners before, during and after competition. Leading sports nutritionists give practical tips on what to eat and drink for peak performance. Training tips include how meal schedules affect athletic performance, how to replace fluids... and what kinds of food to avoid before competing.