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Complete Idiot's Guide to Sexual Health and Fitness [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 302 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 228x153x17 mm, kaal: 544 g, Illustrations, black and white
  • Sari: Complete Idiot's Guides (Lifestyle Paperback)
  • Ilmumisaeg: 05-Aug-2008
  • Kirjastus: Alpha
  • ISBN-10: 1592577660
  • ISBN-13: 9781592577668
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 302 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 228x153x17 mm, kaal: 544 g, Illustrations, black and white
  • Sari: Complete Idiot's Guides (Lifestyle Paperback)
  • Ilmumisaeg: 05-Aug-2008
  • Kirjastus: Alpha
  • ISBN-10: 1592577660
  • ISBN-13: 9781592577668
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A comprehensive look at the sexual health and fitness of both men and women.

In a market flooded with sex books, here is the first volume to explain one extremely important aspect: sexual health and fitness. It includes information on the healthy functions of our sexual selves; safe sex practices; personal hygiene regimens for health; current study findings; STD symptoms, prevention, and cures; contraception and sexual health; and prescription and alternative supplements.
? Expert authors with accessible information

? The only book on sexual health for both female and male partners

? Accurate and completely up-to-date

Part 1: Understanding Sexual Health and Fitness
1(44)
What Is Sexual Health and Fitness?
3(10)
Sexual Health
4(3)
Is Everything in Working Order?
4(2)
More Than Just ``STD Free''
6(1)
Body-Midn-Feelings: It All Adds Up
6(1)
Sexual Fintness
7(6)
Healthy Enough to Do What You Like
7(1)
Does Your Lifestyle Support Sexual fitness?
8(1)
Staying fit Once Your Get Three
9(4)
Sexual Muths
13(18)
If I'm Not Grogeous, I'm Not Sexy
13(2)
Billboards and Centerfolds
14(1)
Confedence Is Sexy
14(1)
The ``Right'' Way to Look
15(1)
Size Matters
15(2)
What the Women Say
15(1)
What the Men Say
16(1)
How to Measure Up
16(1)
Unless I'm in Love, Sex Is Out
17(2)
Love, Lust, or Both
18(1)
Mr, Right, or Mr, Right Now?
18(1)
What Your Body Can Tell You
18(1)
There Sould Be Fireworks Every Time
19(1)
What's Is ``Good'' Sex?
19(1)
Are You Setting the Bar Too High?
19(1)
Aphrodisiacs
20(4)
Magic or Science?
20(3)
The Power of Suggestion
23(1)
Your Own Recip
24(1)
The Dangerous Myths
24(2)
STDs Happen to Other People
24(1)
Once Is Okay
25(1)
Are Condoms Enoguh?
26(1)
How Safe Is ``Safe Sex''?
26(1)
Germs Rule
26(1)
Balancing Caution and Spontaneity
27(1)
Sex Staops at 60
27(4)
Age and Your Sexual Health
27(1)
How Old Is Too Ods?
28(1)
Something to Look Forward To
29(2)
Emotional Balance and Sexual Health
31(14)
Positive Feelings and Sexual Fitness
32(2)
Good Feelings
32(1)
Love, Trust, and Libido
33(1)
``Bad'' Or Destructive Feelings and Sexual Health
34(6)
Anxiety
34(2)
Anger
36(1)
Sadness, Grief, and Loss
37(3)
Manging Overly Negative Feelings
40(5)
Cognitive Restructuring
40(1)
Relaxation
41(1)
Communication
41(4)
Part 2: Your Body and Sex
45(78)
Healthy Body, Healthy Sex
47(16)
A Strong Body Is a Sexy Body
48(4)
Posture and Strength---Muscle Up
48(2)
Energy and Sex
50(1)
Flexibility Stretches Your Options
51(1)
Types of Sexual Fitness
52(3)
Organic Fitness
52(2)
Dynamic Fitness
54(1)
Stamina
54(1)
It Starts in Those Tiny Cells
55(3)
Circulation Is the Key
56(1)
A Little Oxygen, please
57(1)
Blood Flow and Nutrients
58(1)
Hormones and Sexual Halth
58(5)
Testosterone and Desire
59(1)
Estrogen, progesterone, and the Cycle
60(3)
Your Five Best for Improving Sexual Health
63(20)
Diet---Sexy from the Inside Out
64(8)
Essential Nutrients
64(1)
Good Fats and Bad Cholesterol
65(1)
Hydration: Wet Is Good
66(1)
Toxins
67(3)
Sexy Foods
70(1)
Suppelements
71(1)
Exercise
72(2)
Aerobic Exercise
73(1)
Don't Resist Resistance
73(1)
Stretching and Flexibility
73(1)
Balance
74(1)
Maintaining Your Weight
74(3)
Waist Circumference: Measure Your Risk
75(1)
Weight Loss Programs That Work
75(1)
Keeping It Off
76(1)
Sleep: The Other Reason to Be in Bed
77(3)
Sleep's Impact on Sexual Health
77(1)
What Is a Sleep Disorder?
78(1)
Lifestyle Changes That Can Put you to Sleep
79(1)
Medications That Can Help
80(1)
Alternative Strategies for Getting Z's
80(1)
Habits to break
80(3)
Smoking Strangles Your Sex life
81(1)
Alcobol and performance
81(1)
Other Lifestyle Adjustments Worht Making
81(2)
Maintaining Top Sexual Health and Fitness
83(20)
Staying in shape
84(6)
Daily Exercise
84(1)
Aerobic Exercise
85(1)
Anaerobic Exercise
85(1)
Stretching
86(2)
Building Exercise into Your Life
88(1)
How Much Exercise Do You Need?
89(1)
Men and Women: Different Strategies
90(1)
Muscles Matter
90(1)
Stretching: Why Limber Is Sexy
91(1)
Energy and Stamina---Not Just for Guys
91(1)
Targeted Exercises
91(5)
Kegels: His and Hers
92(1)
Upper Body: In Each Other's Arms
93(1)
Back and Lower Body
94(1)
Abs: For Control and Leverage
95(1)
Your Annual Physical
96(7)
Essential Physical Exams
96(1)
Screening Tests
97(1)
Labs That Tell the Story
98(1)
Check the Scale
99(1)
Repairing the Damage: Sooner Is Better
100(3)
Cleanliness Is Next to Sexiness
103(20)
Body Hygiene
104(5)
It's ``Natural,'' But Is it Healthy?
104(2)
Odors, Scents, and Pheromones
106(1)
Can You Wash Too Much?
107(2)
``Natural'' Hygiene
109(3)
Keeping the Body in Balance
109(1)
Your Body's Natural Cleaning Cycle
110(1)
Good Germs/Bad Germs
111(1)
Personal Sexual Hygiene
112(11)
Oral Hygiene
113(1)
``Feminine Hygiene''
114(1)
Douching---Good or Bad?
115(1)
Male Hygiene
116(2)
Cleaning Up: Before and After
118(1)
Shaving and Waxing---for Both of Your
119(4)
Part 3: It's All in Your Mind
123(34)
Sexual health and Fitness-The Mind/Body Connection
125(18)
Your Body Listens to Your Thoughts
126(6)
Physiology and Thought
127(1)
Stress Response
128(2)
Training the Mind to Calm the Body
130(2)
Want Better Sex? Relax!
132(3)
Stress Can Kill Desire
132(1)
How to Let Go
133(2)
Reading your Body
135(1)
Exercise and Mood
135(2)
Depression and Exercise
136(1)
Walk in the Sunshine---Depression Buster
136(1)
The Role of Optimism
137(1)
Put On a Happy Face---Choosing Joy
137(1)
How Optimism Improves Sexual Health
138(1)
Attitude Matters
138(5)
Appereciation Is Sexy
139(1)
What About Your partner's Attitude?
140(1)
Making Positive Choices
140(3)
Fateful Attraction: Can Love Make Your fit for Sed?
143(14)
What Is ``Chemistry'' Anayway?
144(1)
I've Never Felt Better: That Lover's High
145(1)
The Rules of Aattraction
146(1)
Loving Is Good for You
147(1)
The Cuddle Principal
148(4)
Trust Opeans Sexual Doors: The Oxytocin Effect
148(1)
Touch and Bonding
149(1)
Taking the Spotlight Off Your Genitals
150(1)
Why Married people Are Heathier
151(1)
New Horizons
152(5)
Imagination and Fantasty
152(1)
Erotica vs. Probnography
152(2)
Talk to Each Other---Building the Excitement
154(3)
Part 4: Protecting Yourself
157(54)
Viral Villains
159(16)
STADs and STIs
160(1)
Human Papilloma Virus: HPV
160(2)
Moluscum Contagisum
162(1)
Herpes: HSV
163(3)
HIV: Think Twice
166(1)
Hepatitis
166(9)
Bacterial Bad Boys, Fungal Infections, and Crittters
175(14)
Gonorrhea
176(2)
Chalamydia
178(1)
Trichomoniasis
179(1)
Syphilis
180(1)
Chancroid
181(1)
Bacterial Vaginosis
182(1)
Critters
183(2)
Pubic Lice
184(1)
Scabies
184(1)
Fungal Infections
185(4)
Yeast
185(2)
Tinea
187(2)
Contraception and Sexual health
189(12)
Hormonal Contraception
190(2)
Possible Benefits of Hormonal Contracetption
190(1)
Possible risks of Hormonal Contracetpion
191(1)
Barrier Contraception
192(2)
Condoms: His and Hers
192(1)
Diaphragms, Caps, and Sponges
193(1)
Permanent contraception: Freedom to play
194(3)
Tubal Ligation and Hysterectomy
194(2)
Vasectomy
196(1)
Behavioral Methods
197(4)
Abstinence/Celibacy---Is It Sexually Healthy?
197(1)
Coitus Intyerruptus---Playing the Odds
197(1)
Fertility Awareness: When Is It a Good Choice?
198(3)
Risky Sex
201(10)
Safe Sex Is Sexier
202(4)
What's Really at Risk?
202(1)
Compulsive Sex
202(2)
Sex Under the Influence
204(1)
Consider Your partner---Taking Responsibility
205(1)
Potentially Dangerous Sexual Practices
206(5)
Unprotected Sex
206(1)
Anal Sex
207(1)
Sex with Strangers
208(3)
Part 5: Challenges and Solutions
211(80)
Sexual Dysfunctions
213(16)
Desire Disorders
214(3)
Low Libido in Men
214(1)
Low Libido In Women
215(1)
Aversion Disorder
216(1)
Beyond TEstosterone
216(1)
Arousal disorder---SAD Facts
217(3)
Erectile Dysfunction
217(2)
Femeale Sexual Arousal Disorder (FSAD)
219(1)
Orgasm disorders
220(4)
Absent Orgasm
221(1)
Delayed orgasm
221(2)
Ejaculatory Disorders
223(1)
When Sex Hurts---Pain Disorders
224(3)
Dyspareunia
224(1)
Vaginismus
225(1)
Vulvodynia a dnVestibulitis
225(2)
Other Sexual Disorders
227(2)
Medical Conditions That Cause Sexual Problems
229(18)
Heart Disease: When Your Heart Is Broken
230(2)
Hypertension: High Blod Pressure Takes a Toll
232(1)
Diabetes: Silent Intruder
233(2)
Asthma: You Need to Breathe
235(1)
Back Pain: How to Cope
236(2)
Arthritis: Working Around It
238(2)
Cancer: what Can Help?
240(1)
Thyroid Disease
241(1)
Are Your Medicatiaons the Problem?
242(5)
Antidepressants
242(1)
Blood Pressure Medications
243(1)
Other Culprits
243(4)
Other Challenges to yuor Sex Life
247(44)
When Hormones Fade
248(3)
For Men: Slowing down? That's Okay!
248(2)
For Women: menopause and Sexual Response
250(1)
Men, Watch Out for These
251(6)
Peyronie's Disease
251(2)
Prostatitis
253(2)
Inguinal hernia
255(1)
Pelvic Steal Sundrome
256(1)
Common Problems for Women
257(4)
Urge Incontinence
257(1)
Cystitis
258(2)
Vaginal Dryness
260(1)
Getting Older is not a Disease
261(2)
Your Are as Good as You Feel
261(1)
Staying Active---Sexually Activie
261(1)
Sex Can Get Better and Better
262(1)
Appendixes
Glossary
263(10)
Further Reading and Resources
273(18)
Index 291
Kate Bracy, R.N., N.P., is a women s health nurse practitioner with 20 years of experience in family planning and sexual health. Kathryn Arendt, M.D., is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She promotes a multidisciplinary approach to treating women s pelvic floor disorders and teaches about pelvic floor disorders and treatment options.