Section I Choose Your Food Wisely -- Chapter 1 Eating the Right Foods Will Improve Your Health and Give You More Energy 14 -- Chapter 2 Carbohydrate Intolerance and the Two-Week Test: Learning How to Move Past Low Energy, Fatigue, and Weight Gain 28 -- Chapter 3 Carbohydrate Foods: The Good, the Bad, and the Really Harmful 47 -- Chapter 4 Ignore the Big Fat Lie: Why Having the Right Balance of Fats in Your Diet Will Significantly Improve Your Health 67 -- Chapter 5 Chronic Inflammation: What You Can Safely Do to Eliminate It 84 -- Chapter 6 Power of Protein: Are You Eating Enough? 92 -- Chapter 7 Eat Your Vegetables and Fruits: Understanding the Importance of Phytonutrients and Truly Going "Organic" 112 -- Chapter 8 Water: The Body s Most Important Nutrient 141 -- Chapter 9 Dietary Supplements: What You Don't Know Will Hurt You 152 -- Chapter 10 Sun and Vitamin D: Why You Need Both to Stay Healthy 174 -- Chapter 11 Make Life a Moveable Feast with Healthy Eating, Snacking, and Cooking 184 -- Chapter 12 Healthiest Diet: Follow Your Own Nutritional Intuition 199 -- Section II Physical Health and Fitness -- Chapter 13 Understanding the Foundation of Fitness: Your Aerobic and Anaerobic Systems 212 -- Chapter 14 Heart Rate Training: Applying the Basic Principles of Aerobic Fitness 241 -- Chapter 15 Hidden Dangers of Stretching 262 -- Chapter 16 Feet Are Your Body's Foundation 274 -- Chapter 17 Footwear Made Simple: Finding the Right Pair of Shoes Is a Key Step to Better Health 302 -- Chapter 18 Every Runner Is Different: The Intimate Relationship Between Footwear and Gait, and What You Can Do to Improve Both 320 -- Section III Self-care -- Chapter 19 Stress and Hormones: How They Affect Your Overall Health and Fitness 342 -- Chapter 20 Getting to Know Your Brain: Diet, Physical Activity, and Lifestyle All Play Important Roles 360 -- Chapter 21 Your Muscles: Keeping Them in Balance to Prevent Aches, Pains, and Even Serious Injuries 381 -- Chapter 22 Gut: Your Gastrointestinal Tract Is the Gateway to Good Health 406 -- Chapter 23 Stopping Cancer Through Prevention and a Healthy Lifestyle 427 -- Chapter 24 Healthy Heart: Cardiovascular Disease Is Preventable 448 -- Chapter 25 Healthy Sex: For as Long as You Want 468 -- Chapter 26 Finding a Health Care Practitioner 485 -- Chapter 27 How to Age Gracefully: It's Much Easier Than You Think 496.