Alicia explains how meat, fish, milk, and cheese - the very foods we've been taught to regard as the cornerstones of good nutrition - are actually the culprits behind escalating rates of disease and the cause of dire, potentially permanent damage to our ecology. Yet going meat- and dairy-free doesn't mean suffering deprivation; to the contrary, ...
Dr. Barnard offers a new nutritional approach reversing diabetes without drugs. By following this diet, readers can control blood sugar three times more effectively than with the American Diabetes Association's diet and improve their bodies' ability to respond to insulin. Includes menus and recipes.
This is not another diet book but a systematic approach to therapeutic fasting for health and healing. Dr. Furhman has created a career out of helping people learn how to fast and to benefit from the effects of a healthy, life-enhancing diet. Common maladies such as obesity, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis, to name just a few, are all ...
Working from the common knowledge that diet and exercise can reduce weight and increase endurance, Barnard?s book offers a variety of diet strategies for conditions ranging from metabolic disorders to poor circulation and even cancer pains. As certain elements like coffee and alcohol can help some problems and exacerbate others, the book addresses ...
Each year 1.3 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer. Dr. Neal Barnard, founder of the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), explains how nutrition can play a key role in overcoming cancer. Readers learn how foods influence hormones that fuel cancer and how a dietary change to a low-fat, plant-based diet can be ...
Whether it's chocolate chip cookies, potato chips, baked Brie, or burgers, everyone has foods they can't resist--foods that sabotage efforts to lose weight and improve health. As leading health researcher Dr. Barnard explains, banishing these cravings is not a question of willpower--it's a matter of biochemistry.
Citing overwhelming medical evidence, Barnard reveals why a diet based on the new four food groups will sharply decrease the risk of cancer and heart disease and dramatically increase life expectancy. A 21-day program, with a side benefit of effortless and lasting weight loss for anyone who is overweight, permits a smooth transition to the four ...
With over 400 recipes, this is the mother lode of vegan cookbooks--and Robin Robertson could be considered the leading "mother figure" in vegan cuisine. She begins with a pep talk about going vegan, including a general discussion of nutrition, the benefits of giving up meat, and how to set up a vegan household in a world that often seems at odds ...
In this weight loss plan, a nutritionist reasons that five genes control one's ability to gain or lose weight and shows readers how to manipulate their genetic predisposition so they can drop unwanted pounds. In doing so, he promotes a diet rich in grains, fruits, and vegetables, and warns readers to avoid over-consumption of high-fat, calorie ...
The science of anti-aging foods is advancing faster than any other aspect of nutrition. This practical guide focuses on the how-to of anti-aging, nutrition, and lifestyle, progressing step-by-step from basic free radical theory to applications for healthy skin and hair, reducing hormone shifts, slimming down, and other vital areas of health.
This vitally important book offers a wealth of new research from prestigious medical centers around the world that shows how food can counteract pain--ever powerful pain.
Studies have shown that in many cases, diabetes is highly responsive to diet and life--style changes. The Physicians Committee diabetes experts have transformed complex information into simple, easy--to--follow steps and ninety--eight recipes that can help patients lose weight effortlessly, understand the role of good nutrition in diabetes ...
Weight control problems are genetic, but so is the solution, according to Dr. Neal Barnard, whose groundbreaking program shows dieters how to use food to activate their thin genes and suppress their fat genes.
This book offers a complete nutrition program to prevent and fight cancer. Great for men or women of any age, it puts powerful cancer-prevention tools in the reader's hands, offering a complete nutritional program for lifelong good health as well as tips for fighting cancer recurrence. Packed with simple life-style and dietary guidelines, the ...
Now, you can create elegant meals that are as healthy as they are delicious. Soy of Cooking is a gourmet guide to preparing savory meatless dishes that incorporate nutrient-rich soyfoods into your diet -- high in antioxidants and phytochemicals, as well as fiber and vitamins. With more than 170 enticing recipes, this innovative cookbook shows ...
One in a series of healthy cooking books that emphasize vegetarian recipes and carry the imprimatur of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The first four books in the series are on: feeding children, healthy cooking for women, diabetes, and anti-cancer.
When kids learn proper nutrition early in life, they are much more likely to avoid heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, which are epidemic today. This guide offers parents a complete program and easy instructions for preparing delicious, kid-tested meals for children of all ages. Reader-friendly yet medically sound, packed with ninety delicious ...
In engaging interviews by Dr. Neal Barnard, leading experts give their unique perspectives on the power of foods and discuss how our eating habits determine our chances for a long and healthy life.
The first comprehensive reference guide to more than 1,000 delicious, completely vegetarian, cholesterol-free foods that require no more preparation time than a TV dinner. Foods are listed by category and contain detailed descriptions. Fat-free items, products containing honey or casein, foods that are especially appealing to children and the ...
Offering a different approach from standard diets, this book shows how to lose fat and keep it off, how to increase metabolic rate through food selection, choose foods that are nutritious and not calorie-dense, and introduces new methods to burn calories more effectively.
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