Ever wonder why one diet works for one person, but not for another? After decades of research, Dr. Peter D'Adamo has discovered the role one's blood type plays in determining which foods are best for an individual's diet. Eat Right 4 Your Type teaches readers how to optimize their types to achieve the greatest state of health and well-being.
Pollan writes about the ecology of the food humans eat and why--what it is, in fact, that we are eating. Discussing industrial farming, organic food, and what it is like to hunt and gather food, this is a surprisingly honest and self-aware account of the evolution of the modern diet.
The smartest eating choices - made simple in this book! The secret to looking, feeling, and living better than ever is not by depriving yourself of the foods you love. It's by making the best choices in a variety of real-life situations. Based on the most popular column in both "Men's Health" and "Women's Health" magazines, "Eat This Not That" is ...
Most of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of food--when one slice of pizza turns into half a pie, or a handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But it's harder to understand why we can't seem to stop eating--even when we know better. When we want so badly to say "no," why do we continue to reach for food? Dr. David Kessler, the ...
The science is clear, the results are unmistakable: The findings from the China Study conclusively demonstrate the link between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. This important book admonishes readers to change their diets in order to dramatically reduce their chances of developing these diseases.
To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America. Schlosser, a National Magazine Award-winning journalist, charts the fast food industry's enormous impact on our health, landscape, economy, politics and culture as he transforms the way America thinks about what it eats.
From the author of the bestselling "The Omnivore's Dilemma" comes this bracing and eloquent manifesto that shows readers how they might start making thoughtful food choices that can enrich their lives and enlarge their sense of what it means to be healthy. (Consumer Health)
Do you think that healthy food couldn't possibly taste good? Does the idea of "eating healthy" conjure up images of roughage and steamed vegetables? Author Ellie Krieger, will change all that. A registered dietician, Ellie is also a lover and proponent of good, fresh food, simply but deliciously prepared. And she's not about denial - no non-fat ...
This reference features an A-Z guide to over 350 health concerns, and the vitamins, minerals, herbs, and food supplements that are important in their treatment.
A full-spectrum nutritional cookbook with a startling message--animal fats and cholesterol are vital factors in the human diet, necessary for reproduction and normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease and optimum energy levels. Includes information on how to prepare grains, health benefits of bone ...
Developed by respected researcher and health consultant Dr. Barry Sears, this program is a lifelong, lasting weight-loss plan that is based on a simple, nonrestrictive diet with easy-to-follow steps that link food to hormone "switches" in the body.
This is a companion to "Eat Right 4 Your Type". Based on a connection between blood type and diet this text shows how to set up a nutritional programme designed specifically for each blood type. The book is full of nutrition information, individualized 30-day meal plans and over 200 recipes, whether you're a meat eater or a vegetarian.
In this record-breaking bestseller from the U.K., a nutrition expert explains the disturbing effects bad eating habits have on the body and offers advice on how readers can turn their lives around by following her simple plan.
Parents will do almost anything to get their kids to eat healthier, but unfortunately, theyve found that begging, pleading, threatening, and bribing dont work. With their patience wearing thin, parents will give in for the sake of family peace, and reach for kiddie favorites-often nutritionally inferior choices such as fried fish sticks, mac n ...
Dr. Atkins is dead and never before has this country been more suspicious of the fad "diet." You can count calories till the cows come home and cry out over every carbohydrate, but NONE of these activities will you take off the pounds and keep your weight at a healthy level for life. In Ultrametabolism, Dr Mark Hyman uses the latest findings from ...
A unique movie tie-in guide, this collection of essays goes behind the scenes and deeper into the issues and ideas raised by the provocative documentary on the contemporary way of eating. Contributors include Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, Anna Lapp, and others.
Whether you're in the frozen food aisle, the fast-food drive-thru, the local sushi restaurant, or even in your own kitchen, you are faced with dozens of food decisions every day that will either save you calories or inflate your waist- line. Once upon a time, these types of daunting decisions required the wisdom of a personal nutritionist, but ...
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Crack the Fat-Loss Code", author and nutritionist Wendy Chant builds on her successful system in "Crack the Fat-Loss Code" with new and effective ways to lose weight. With advanced eating cycles, fat-busting exercise advice, all-new meal plans, new recipes, and an easy-to-use 8-week tracker, ...
Jordan Rubin suffered from Crohn's disease (an inflammatory bowel disease) that was so severe it nearly killed him. Desperate for a cure, he devised a diet based on biblical teachings. Stressing the importance of organically grown, unprocessed foods--processed foods, of course, were not available to Moses and Abraham--he also recommends avoiding ...
This A-Z guide to supplements draws on "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" - America's best-selling book on natural health (now in it's third edition). It presents authoritative information about some 350 of the most important supplements available today in a handy, pocket-sized format. Revised and expanded from the first edition, it covers how ...
This is a "New York Times'" bestselling author's guide to quick and healthy everyday meals. As weekly host of the Food Network's Healthy Appetite, Ellie Krieger is known for creating light and healthy dishes that taste great and are easy enough for the busiest people to prepare. Now, Ellie has put together a collection of meal solutions for those ...
Walter C. Willett of the Harvard Medical School takes issue with the traditional way of looking at what we should be eating. Scanning the history of the famous "food pyramid," he points out that it was devised not by nutritionists but by the Department of Agriculture, as a way of promoting American crops such as corn, wheat, and dairy products. ...
Provides a specific plan for reducing the chances of heart disease and other chronic health ailments by adopting the low-stress lifestyle and nutritional diet plan of traditional Mediterranean cuisine.
Bill Phillips promotes the idea that eating should be a pleasure--a good thing one can turn to in a confusing world. At the same time, he believes people should be healthy, energetic, and happy with their bodies. In EATING FOR LIFE, he outlines his plan for achieving these goals. Starting with the story of his own weight loss, he debunks not only ...
Whether youre grocery shopping, planning dinner, eating out, or meeting with your nutritionist or dietitian, the fourth annual edition of the Shoppers Guide to GI Values 2009-previous editions of which have sold more than 140,000 copies-is a must for everyone seeking healthier eating habits. Newly revised and updated, the convenient, at-a-glance ...
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