NEW Stuck behind a desk for most of your workday? That doesn’t mean you can’t work your muscles because you can eercise anywhere with MEDL Mobile’s app iSometrics. It lets you choose exercises based on where you can exercise, whether at your desk or in a car, or you can select exercises to work particular muscles Each exercise includes a photo, a set of instructions, and a repetition timer, and you can save the exercises and create custom fitness plans.www.medlmobile.com

NEW Dietitian and diabetes expert Hope Warshaw makes healthy eating easier in the fourth edition of Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy. If you’re at risk for or have prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, you’ll find everything you need to know to understand the role of nutrition and all the tips and tricks for shopping, planning, cooking, and even eating out. Packed with handy charts and tips, it’s an indispensable resource for preventing and managing the disease.www.diabetes.org

NEW There’s a new flavor in Crispy Green’s Crispy Fruit line. Now mango joins apples, bananas, pears, and pineapples in Crispy Green’s all-natural freeze-dried snacks. They have no fat, cholesterol, additives, or preservatives, and they’re vegan and free of peanuts and tree nuts, gluten, and dairy. Plus, there’s only 40 calories per serving.www.crispygreen.com

NEW Did you know that your food should jump or pop when you sauté it? Or that good beef is 30 days old? Do you know how to make a good roux or how to keep salad dressing from separating? You don’t have to aspire to become a Top Chef contestant to appreciate the latest installment in the 101 Things I Learned series of books. A culinary professor at the California School of Culinary Arts and a former White House chef, Louis Eguaras, with series producer Matthew Frederick, opens a window on the world of the professional chef and deliver tips and information geared toward professionals, but serious home cooks, and anyone considering a career in the culinary field, can learn a great deal from 101 Things I Learned in Culinary School. www.hachettebookgroup.com

I’m always skeptical about celebrity diet books, but Mario Lopez relied on exercise physiologist Jimmy Pena and registered dietitian Dana Angelo White to create Extra Lean: The Fat-Burning Plan That Changes the Way You Eat for Life. While it’s promise of weight loss of up to 14 pounds in the first 14 days seems too good to be true, the plan doesn’t involve extreme dieting, and it does product consistent weight loss.  It’s based on a balanced intake of carbohydrates, protein, and fat; portion control; and eating regularly thoughout the day to stave off hunger and stoke the metabolism.www.penguin.com

Get in shape this summer, build muscle, boost your metabolism, and strengthen your bones with four toning workouts that target your whole body in Step-by-Step Strength Training With Petra Kolber.www.acacialifestyle.com

Fans of the Food Network’s Giada at Home will be thrilled with the latest book from Giada de Laurentiis. Not only does she offer truly mouthwatering recipes, but she has a remarkable talent for incorporating fruits and vegetables in surprising and delightful ways. Giada at Home: Family Recipes From Italy and California is the perfect choice for anyone who loves to feed family and friends.
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The Cookbook Collector is a great summertime—or anytime—read. Allegra Goodman weaves a compelling story of two sisters who are anything but mirror images and their equally dissimilar men. Emily is a Silicon Valley CEO anticipating a business windfall in the days of the dotcom explosion, while the less pragmatic Jessamine becomes lost in a rare collection of cookbooks and captivated by its history. www.dialpress.com

Perhaps you use eco-friendly dish soaps, but what about your scrubbing pads and sponges? Roland Products, Inc has launched the Goodbye Detergent! line of environmentally friendly cleaning pads that combine natural and recycled materials, have minimal packaging, and clean without need for detergent. They’re reusable, non-rusting, gentle on cookware and finishes, and come in four levels of abrasiveness. Also in the line are the Original Spaghetti Scrubs, which clean through the incorporation of natural abrasives such as peach pits and corn cores.www.goodbyedetergent.com

For the most part, heart disease can be prevented. So in her new book, The Smart Woman’s Guide to Heart Health: Dr. Sarah’s Seven Steps to a Heart-Loving Lifestyle, Sarah Samaan, MD, FACC provides the facts, and you just need to add the determination. The book is packed with vital information, yet it’s easy to read. Samaan takes a whole-body approach to keeping your ticker in top shape. So no matter your age and whether or not you have risk factors for heart disease now, read this book and share it with all the women in your life.www.brownbooks.comwww.smartwomanshearthealth.com

Whether you have celiac disease and need a gluten-free cracker or you simply want a great snack, Blue Diamond has the answer. Nut Thins are delicious crackers packed with almonds and baked to a perfect crunchy texture. In eight great flavors, they supply 3 grams of protein per serving. www.bluediamond.com

Parents struggling to teach their kids good eating habits and help them maintain a healthy weight have an ally in WeightWatchers Eat! Move! Play! A Parent’s Guide for Raising Healthy, Happy Kids. An effort of culinary, medical, nutrition, and physical fitness experts, it deserves a spot in every family kitchen. Although it offers 75 recipes kids will relish, it’s far more than a cookbook, coaching parents in the increasingly challenging task of fostering good habits and helping kids build self-esteem and appropriate perceptions of body images. Parents get help with setting goals, jumping hurdles, communicating about weight and nutrition, and much more.www.wiley.com

Expectant and new mothers can enjoy a gentle conditioning workout with Patricia Friberg’s Belly Beautiful. Faithful to the guidelines of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, it includes pelvic floor and abdominal exercises, upper and lower body workouts, and stretching and guided relaxation exercises to counter the stress of pregnancy.www.bellybeautifulworkout.com

Everyone knows cocktails and diets don’t mix. Lisa Lillien, also known as the Hungry Girl, wants to shatter that equation. Learn how to take the excess calories out of your cocktails with her newest book, Hungry Girl Happy Hour: 75 Recipes for Amazingly Fantastic Guilt-Free Cocktails and Party Foods.
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Glutino’s been making gluten-free products since 1983, and it continues to make life easier—and more flavorful—for people on gluten-free diets as it expands its great product line. New to the line, which contains more than 80 products from mixes for baked goods to snacks and much more, are Sandwich Cookies, Chocolate-Covered Pretzels, Strawberry Breakfast Bars, and—to satisfy one of gluten-free dieters’ strongest cravings—a tasty Chicken Pizza With BBQ Sauce.
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For your next special occasion, with a little help from the experts, you can delight your children with cakes that are masterpieces. The fourth Whimsical Bakehouse book from Liv Hansen and Kaye Hansen, the mother-daughter baking wizards, Kids’ Cakes From the Whimsical Bakehouse is a wonder of the imagination that guides you in the creation of color-drenched treats that will delight kids and adults alike.
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Stress doesn’t do any body good, but it’s especially damaging to people with diabetes. Now, Joseph P. Napora, PhD, LCSW-C puts stress alongside diet, exercise, medication, and monitoring blood glucose levels as a core component of diabetes care. His new book, Stress-Free Diabetes: Your Guide to Health and Happiness, is filled with tools, resources, and practical strategies for dialing down the stress with an approach that relies on mindfulness. Even if you think you know everything about managing diabetes, you’re bound to benefit from Napora’s book.www.diabetes.org

Quench your thirst with two new flavors of Sweet Leaf Tea’s organic and all-natural iced tea beverages—Citrus Green Tea and Lemon Iced Tea. They’re made from premium tea leaves and organic cane sugar and have a fresh, clean, not-too-sweet taste. There’s a range of great flavors and diet options as well.www.sweetleaftea.com

Veteran food stylist Delores Custer has created an impressive guide to help stylists do their jobs better and neophyte stylists learn the tricks of the trade. For anyone hoping to break into the field, it’s an indispensable guide. But if you’re a food blogger or Facebooker interested in one-upping your fellow social media fans’ food photography and are passionate about sharing the visuals of your latest culinary creations, you’ll want a copy of Food Styling: The Art of Preparing Food for the Camera. It’s a thorough styling course crammed into a hefty encyclopedic book that’ll make amateurs look professional, and take professionals to the top of their game.

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No doubt vegetarians and people on gluten-free diets will love Leslie Cerier’s new book. But I’d recommend Gluten-Free Recipes for the Conscious Cook: A Seasonal, Vegetarian Cookbook for anyone who wants to learn more about cooking with rice and quinoa and discover grains such as teff, amaranth, millet, and kasha that are less commonly used. People on gluten-free diets will find variety they never imagined, and everyone else will find new ways to get the goodness of grains.

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Learn With Yoga: ABC Cards for Kids is a clever, multipurpose product that makes it easy for children to understand the fundamentals of a discipline that will improve their fitness, help them combat stress, and support learning activities. It’s a packaged deck of 26 colorful cards for kids with an illustration of a yoga posture on one side and a verbal instruction on the other side, along with 26 cards for teachers and parents can use to direct the activity and pose age-appropriate language questions that let kids learn as they move.www.learnwithyoga.com

Keep your summer stilettos on vacation, but protect your feet from calluses and blisters with Foot Petals’ Stiletto-2-Go kit, a compact collection of Foot Petals items all packaged in a convenient travel tin that can slip in your purse or suitcase.www.footpetals.com

If you appreciate the efforts of food artisans and local food producers who are committed to sustainable practices and earth-friendly cuisine, you’ll want to spend some time with Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods by Tracey Ryder and Carole Topalian, cofounders of Edible Communities Publications. You’ll be treated to stories about local food heroes, learn about the unique culinary treasures from six regions in the country, and sample those regional tastes in 80 recipes. It will help you eat better no matter where you are and inspire appreciate for the people who make it possible for your food to reach your table.www.wiley.com

Shiva Rea: Yogini — Vinyasa Flow Yoga for Women is a customizable yoga workout that offers 75 minutes of instruction from one of today’s leading instructors. The setting alone is worth your attention—under a Hawaiian waterfall—and watching Shiva Rea is a wonder in itself. Her fluid movements are nearly mesmerizing. Her grace may be intimidating to those with less natural comportment, but she’ll inspire even the most poise-challenged.www.acacialifestyle.com

Take care of your hands and banish germs with a line of products especially for use in the kitchen. Bath and Body Works’ Kitchen Collection includes antibacterial products—foaming hand soaps, deep-cleansing hand soaps, hand gel sanitizers—that kill germs at the same time that they eliminate cooking odors that cling to hands and moisturizing hand lotions that eliminate odors and leaving the hands lightly scented. www.bathandbodyworks.com

California native turned Tennessee denizen Joan R. Aller celebrates the tastes of the region in Cider Beans, Wild Greens, and Dandelion Jelly: Recipes From Southern Appalachia. Along with traditional dishes, you’ll find contemporary southern Appalachian dishes, from Dandelion Jelly to Se-Lu I-Sa U-Ga-Na-S-Da—a Cherokee recipe for cornmeal cookies—along with snippets of regional history and lore.www.andrewsmcmeel.com

Tosca Reno has fashioned a very appealing cookbook that espouses the sensible principles of her Eat-Clean Diet series. One look at the mouthwatering photographs accompanying the recipes in Tosca Reno’s Eat Clean Cookbook: Delicious Recipes That Will Burn Fat and Re-Shape Your Body! and you’ll be tempted to head for the kitchen. Inspired by international flavors and the bounty of fresh, local foods, Reno offers recipes for dishes that range from everyday wholesome yet delicious, such as Yummy Mashed Potatoes and Cream of Wheat Pudding, to exotic, such as Persian Beef With Herb Khoresh and Rice and Nasi Goreng. To learn more about her Eat-Clean program, check out her revised and updated The Eat-Clean Diet Recharged! Lasting Fat Loss That’s Better that Ever, with more than 50 new recipes
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You’ll want this in your bag year-round: One Lip Butter Balm. In six great scents, it moisturizes your lips with shea butter to heal and protect. Also from One, Citrus Peel Bar Soap cleans and conditions with glycerin and natural oils, and Citrus Peel Body Butter hydrates with shea butter. All come in eco-friendly recyclable packaging.www.target.com

 Here’s the perfect Father’s Day gift: a collection of writers’ musings on the nature of manhood and the complexities of the father-son bond. Don’t expect any syrupy-sweet odes to fatherhood, however, in Esquire Fathers and Sons: 11 Great Writers Talk About Their Dads, Their Boys, and What it Means to Be a Man, edited by David Katz. These pieces, by writers as varied as Jake La Motta, Ron Reagan, and David Sedaris, lay bare emotions so seldom shared among men, from unabashed love to pure rage, from pride to shame. It’s a poignant revelation of both the overwhelming joy and the inevitable and irrevocable disillusionment that shadow the father-son relationship. It’s sometimes funny, always deeply moving, and exceptional well written throughout. www.sterlingpublishing.com

There are more than a few apps for health. New to the category is B Healthy U’s Body & Mind Connection, an iPhone app that demonstrates the ways lifestyle factors interact. It offers daily diet and exercise tips from leading experts and asks for input from the user about achievement of health and fitness goals, making it truly interactive. www.bhealthyu.com

Enjoy ethnic favorites even if you’re avoiding gluten. Thai Kitchen’s reformulated Thai-inspired Rice Noodle Carts feature precooked rice noodles and have no gluten, MSG, or preservatives. The convenient, microwavable meals come in five tasty flavors.www.thaikitchen.com

Guayaki Yerba Mate Pure Body Peach Immune Support Blend, fortified with organic Schisandra berry, astragalus, and echinacea, claims to energize and support the immune system. I can’t tell you what it’s doing to my immune system, but I can say that it’s a great-tasting, refreshing drink that supplies about the same amount of caffeine as a half-cup of coffee.  Also from Guayaki, Organic Yerba Mate tea bags.www.guayaki.com

Battle pesky mosquitoes without toxins. New EcoSMART natural pesticide formulas rely on botanical-based alternatives to synthetic chemicals to keep mosquitoes at bay without posing a hazard to your kids and pets. There’s an Organic Insect Repellent for personal use and a Mosquito Fogger to keep the pests away from your outside spaces.  Made with organic plant oils, they’re eco-friendly. EcoSMART also makes an Organic Home Pest Control to rid your house of more than 100 invading pests.www.ecosmart.com

Thinking of childhood as a carefree prelude to adulthood and all its worries and responsibilities requires rose-colored glasses. The reality is that children, like adults, are bedeviled by stress, yet their needs are often overlooked. Susan Kaiser Greenland, founder of the Inner Kids program affiliated with the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA, has filled the resource gap with a book that all parents can use to improve their children’s well-being: The Mindful Child: How to Help Your Kid Manage Stress and Become Happier, Kinder, and More Compassionate. With help like this, stressed children may learn how not to become stressed adults.www.simonandschuster.com

Not just a cookbook but a guide to everything you need to know about organic produce, Melissa’s Everyday Cooking With Organic Produce: A Guide to Easy-to-Make Dishes with Fresh Organic Fruits and Vegetables by Cathy Thomas gathers its information from an impeccable source: the country’s leading distributor of specialty fruits and veggies. More than 400 recipes—including many options for vegetarians—will expand your repertoire of whole-food recipes and the tips, cook’s notes, and practical information will make you a smarter shopper and a better cook. Best of all, with recipes like Slushy Nectarine Margaritas, Lime Walnut Cookies, and a Kumquat Souffle, you won’t get that sense of déjà vu—been there, tried that—so many cookbooks arouse. www.wiley.com

Salads are great, but do you miss carbs? Of course you do. In her new book, Skinny Chicks Don’t Eat Salads, clinical and sports nutritionist Christine Avanti offers a meal and fitness plan that focuses on a optimal ratio of protein, carbs, and healthful fat along with metabolism-burning exercises to help you lose weight without feeling deprived. Keep your salads, but enjoy the food you’ve been missing.www.rodalestore.com

If you like superfruit juice but don’t want all the calories, Zola Light Açaí, the first low-sugar, low-calorie açaí juice. It’s naturally sweetened with stevia, packed with antioxidants, but has half the sugar and calories of Zola’s Original version.www.drinkzola.com

Anyone who cares deeply about food and its impact both on the earth and on society will be both enlightened and inspired by Temra Costa’s Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat. Through profiles of 26 women who have made crucial contributions to the sustainable food movement—including farmers, educators, chefs, activists, and administrators—the book not only celebrates the achievements of these visionaries but also shows how everyone can make a difference. Including “recipes for action” that can be taken by farmers, food industry insiders, and consumers, Costa empowers readers and delivers a strong message that everyone can—and should—be part of this revolution. www.gibbs-smith.com

The Food Essentials Scanner, available at the iTunes store, lets you use your iPhone to scan products for additives, allergens, ingredients, and nutrition information. Because it’s customizable and lets you access information about 160,000 commercially available products and more than 30,000 ingredients, it’s a great tool for people with food allergies or intolerances and those with any special dietary needs. www.foodessentials.com

Get some help with portion control by using the Measure Up Bowl, a porcelain bowl in two sizes with incremental premeasured portions marked on the inside of the bowl. The Classic bowl features half-cup increments from 1/2 cup to 2 cups, while the small bowl, for calorie-dense and high-fat foods, measures portions from 1/4 cup to 3/4 cup.www.measureupbowl.com

Anyone who has celiac disease or who for other reasons shuns gluten should have a copy of Gluten Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide by Shelley Case, BSc, RD. This classic has recently been updated to be more useful than ever.www.glutenfreediet.ca