Mayo Clinic

The New Mayo Clinic Cookbook: Eating Well for Better Health
$24.95
My grandmother purchased this book, not long after it was released. She probably picked it up because of all the beautiful pictures of mouthwatering dishes! My mom and I suspect that Grandma never cooked a single recipe out of this cookbook, because she was in failing health, and was spending little time in the kitchen at that point. After Grandma passed on, my Grandfather gave my Mother the cookbook. It sat on my mom's cookbook shelf for over a year, until I came to visit this summer. We were up late one night talking about recipies, and Mom pulled the Mayo Cookbook off the shelf so I could look at it. We decided that we would have to try a few of the recipes that very week! I loved the cookbook so much that I purchased my own copy, and had it mailed to my home 2000 miles away.

Since then, I have made 2 more recipies from this cookbook for my family. Due to the economy, I am on an extreme budget for my family's groceries. Luckily, we planted a garden this year, so much of our produce for the recipies come straight from the garden to the kitchen. Some of the ingredients are spendy. For instance, to make the Watermelon-Cranberry Agua Fresca, you need fruit-sweetened cranberry juice... which is almost $5 a bottle. However, you only need 1 cup for the recipe, so I have decided to freeze the rest for later use! This recipe is a great way to use up over-ripe watermelon!

Even with our limited budget, I have decided that we will try/use at least one recipe from this cookbook a week! They are so yummy, healthy, and reasonably priced (when you consider cost/use of the more expensive ingredients). All in all 5 stars!

Mayo Clinic Essential Diabetes Book
$25.95
More people than ever before have diabetes. The disease affects an estimated 21 million adults and children in the US and many people with the disease don't have it under control. Unlike years ago, you have a good chance of living an active and healthy life with diabetes - provided you work with your health-care team to take the necessary steps to control your blood sugar.This title covers: the pre-diabetes stage - taking charge to prevent diabetes; types of diabetes; symptoms and risk factors; treatments and strategies for managing your blood sugar; avoiding serious complications; advances in insulin delivery and new medications; and, recipes.

Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for Weight Loss
$19.98
There are so many weight loss methods available in the market. Inspite of them I always believed there is no substitute for a balanced diet. I did not know properly about portion size, food pyramid, how to shop healthy and so many different things. But this particular DVD is so simple to understand and follow I felt as if I found the magic wand to loose weight. I honestly believe there is no shortcut to weight loss and maintaining healthy weight. This DVD taught me to imbibe healthy lifestyle as a part of my everyday life. I lost weight couple of times and gained back but this time I am confident I will be able to maintain and retain my healthy weight throughout my life.

Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review, Eighth Edition
$99.95
read the previous edition almost from cover to cover. good review for the boards. very relevant and contain useful information. high quality paper makes the book a little heavy. amazon sent the book slightly damaged assuming during shipping.