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ACE Get Fit
Sponsored by the American Council on Exercise, this site offers a number of fitness tools, including workout regimens and an exercise library with instructions and pictures of the required movement.

booklist Alternative Medicine
Find books on health care practices from a wide variety of cultures that focus on non-drug, non-surgical therapies. These methods are often used to complement traditional medical treatments.

Click On: Alternative Medicine
Find links that explore the benefits of non-western medical therapies and how they can be combined with traditional medical practices. Links to demonstration videos are also included.

Click On: Green Living
Lists links to local resources for recycling and locating organic food, green products, and service providers. It also includes sources for information on energy conservation.

Click On: Healthy Eating
Online resources for nutrition advice, healthy recipes, and free meal planning software.

Click On: Weight Loss
Find evaluations of popular diets, sample food plans, pictures for portion control, and calculators for calories, BMR, BMI and fiber.

Click On: Yoga and Meditation
Explore various yoga disciplines for fitness and well-being.

Accessible from home Consumer Health Complete
Full-text articles from consumer health magazines, reference books and encyclopedias, reports, and pamphlets as well as images, diagrams, and videos on health topics.

Accessible from home Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine 
Examines all aspects of over 150 alternative and complementary medical practices.

Accessible from home Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition  
Discusses special diets required for certain health conditions as well as eating plans for weight loss.

Nutrition Data
A thorough website with tools and information for healthy eating.

booklist What Can I Eat? Cooking for Special Diets
A listing of books and websites that have recipes for those on special diets. Find information by disease or by type of restricted foods.