Preparing the body for the summer: 5 books that motivate, but do not rape

The closer the summer, the more often many of us think about changing our lifestyle — towards sports and more healthy nutrition. So that the fuse does not disappear after the very first Monday, together with the Doctor TV channel, we have prepared a selection of books that will help you stay on the planned healthy lifestyle.

1. “Healthy lifestyle: do you need it? How the rules of a healthy life are changing, Yulia Verklova 

Yulia Verklova, a medical journalist and candidate of philosophical sciences, is convinced that memorized sports postulates like “you need to walk ten thousand steps every day” are empty phrases that are not scientifically supported by anything. In his literary work, the author exposes healthy lifestyle marketing tricks and helps you distinguish hyped statements from really useful rules.

By the way, the book is the winner of the Sanity 2021 literary medical award. You can apply for participation in the new season on the website.

2. The Book of the Body by Cameron Diaz

The actress is convinced that the secret of any fit figure lies in proper nutrition and nothing more. Here you will not find sets of exercises or collections of diets. Diaz will tell by her own example how she learned to listen to her body and help it. In her opinion, a hardy and toned body will allow its owner to conquer any peaks.

Often, we use the experience of successful people as a guide, and if this is also the sex symbol of Hollywood, then the motivation itself doubles at times. 

3. “Psychosomatics of excess weight. It’s not about food, Natalia Shcherbinina

The author approaches the analysis of excess weight from a psychological point of view. She is sure that the problems are in the head, so you need to work with the root cause of excess weight, and not starve yourself and exhausting physical exercises. On the pages of this book, Natalya Shcherbinina shares useful life hacks on how to stop fighting excess weight in your head and mobilize for weight loss. 

4. «Healthy Gut», Justin Sonnenburg, Erika Sonnenburg 

This book is a study of how the human gut microflora changes throughout life. In it you will find many interesting materials that demonstrate the serious influence of the intestinal microflora on the well-being of a person and other aspects of his life. It is convenient that this information is supplemented with recipes for healthy dishes. 

5. “Book of healthy lifestyle. Physical education, nutrition and common sense, Alexander Maksimenko, Maxim Kuderov, Yulia Kuderova

The authors of the book tried to convey to the reader the idea that a healthy lifestyle is not the same as rigid diets and exhausting workouts. The main thing is moderation. In this edition you will see not only tips on how to eat and exercise, but also refutation of the usual myths about healthy lifestyles. For example, is it possible to eat after six, how and why to calculate your daily calorie intake. 

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