Health Bestsellers

HARDCOVER and PAPERBACK

1. “Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength,” by Bill Phillips and Michael D’Orso (HarperCollins, $25)

2. “Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution,” by Robert C. Atkins (Avon, $6.50 paper)

3. “Sugar Busters!,” by H. Leighton Steward (Ballantine, $22)

4. “Suzanne Somers’ Eat Great, Lose Weight,” by Suzanne Somers (Three Rivers Press, $15 paper)

5. “Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters,” by Phillip C. McGraw (Hyperion, $21.95)

6. “Zagat Survey 2000: Los Angeles / Southern California Restaurant Guide,” edited by Merrill Shindler and Karen Berk (ZagatSurvey, $10.95 paper)

7. “Protein Power: The Metabolic Breakthrough,” by Michael R. Eades and Mary D. Eades (Bantam, $6.50 paper)

8. “The Carbohydrate Addict’s Lifespan Program: A Personalized Plan for Becoming Slim, Fit and Healthy in Your 40s, 50s, 60s and Beyond,” by Richard and Rachael Heller (Plume, $15.95 paper)

9. “Live Now, Age Later: Proven Ways to Turn Back the Clock,” by Isadore Rosenfeld (Warner, $24)

10. “The Carbohydrate Addict’s Healthy Heart Program: Break Your Carbo-Insulin Connection to Heart Disease,” by Rachael F. Heller, Frederic J. Vagnini and Richard Ferdinand Heller (Ballantine, $24.95)

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Rankings are based upon Times’ poll of Southland bookstores.