It was the Moscow Institute of Experimental surgery where I first heard about the "Applicator of Kuznetsov." My husband worked for the institute and one day came home very excited about a new method for pre-op treatment of patients resistant to regular medicine, or allergic to it, etc. "Just imagine a rubber mat pierced with needles and a patient has to lie down on it and to stay for an hour or more. They say, it never pierces the skin and hurts for only minute or two, then people get warmed and relaxed, stop sneezing, coughing, and their blood pressure gets normal. In a few days they are...

Banta Diet plan, tried by over 1300 participants since 2002, yielded satisfactory and lasting weight loss. The program is based on the scientific fact that different combinations of macro-nutrients -- carbohydrates, fats, and proteins -- tend to trigger one of two different metabolic pathways. These pathways use either carbohydrates or lipids (fats) for fuel and it is possible to calculate, with mathematical precision, which pathway will prevail.

The 180 Banta Recipes have been selected, modified, or created from scratch for the Banta Diet, which has 92 percent success rate since 2002. The users reported weight loss from 0.5 to 11 pounds a week, disappearance of craving, healthier appetite, and increase in energy level. Their general health improved and many if not most enjoyed the sense of wellbeing. Basing on Banta dieters' feedback, the authors, Dr. Tanya Zilberter and Eugene Zilberter, a chef and one of Banta's developers, decided to publish the Banta cookbook as a standalone diet tools. The Banta plan doesn't require calorie,...