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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Offers individualized nutrition plans for each blood type, with information on which foods, spices, teas, and condiments to use for optimal health; which vitamins and supplements to emphasize or avoid; and the best exercises to reduce stress and stay healthy.
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English
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Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it? Because most of what we're consuming today is not food, and how we're consuming it - in the car, in front of the TV, and increasingly alone - is not really eating. Instead of food, we're consuming "edible foodlike substances" - no longer the products of nature but of food science. Many of them come packaged with health claims that should be our first...
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
Eating doesn't have to be so complicated. In this age of ever-more elaborate diets and conflicting health advice, Food Rules brings a welcome simplicity to our daily decisions about food. Written with clarity, concision and wit that has become bestselling author Michael Pollan's trademark, this indispensible handbook lays out a set of straightforward, memorable rules for eating wisely.
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English
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Everyone loves real food, but they're afraid butter and eggs will give them a heart attack--thus the culinary abomination known as the egg-white omelet. Tossing out the yolk, it turns out, isn't smart. Real Food reveals why traditional foods are actually healthy: not only egg yolks, but also cream, butter, grass-fed beef, wild salmon, roast chicken skin, and more.Nina Planck grew up on a vegetable farm in Virginia and learned to eat right from her...
Author
Publisher
Hudson Street Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
At one point or another, nearly every person who works out wonders: Am I doing this right? Which class is best? Do I work out enough? Answering those questions and more, The First 20 Minutes helps both weekend warriors dedicated to their performance and readers who simply want to get and stay fit gain the most from any workout.With the latest findings about the mental and physical benefits of exercise, personal stories from scientists and laypeople...
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English
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This work is an examination of what makes us fat. In his book Good Calories, Bad Calories, the author, an acclaimed science writer argues that certain kinds of carbohydrates, not fats and not simply excess calories, have led to our current obesity epidemic. Now he brings that message to a wider, nonscientific audience. With fresh evidence for his claim, this book makes his critical argument newly accessible. He reveals the bad nutritional science...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Weil offers a book about aging that is unlike any other in the breadth and depth of its information and understanding. Hugely informative, practical, and uplifting, "Healthy Aging" draws on the new science of biogerentology (the biology of aging) as well as on the secrets of healthy longevity--diet, activity, and attitude--gathered from cultures around the world, to create a book for "all" ages.
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In this all-inclusive book, Hasselbeck shares her hard-earned wisdom on living life without gluten and loving it. She gives you everything you need to know to start living a gluten-free life, from defining gluten--where to find it, how to read food labels--to targeting gluten-free products, creating G-Free shopping lists, sharing recipes, and managing G-Free living with family and friends.
13) Stretching
Author
Publisher
Shelter Publications
Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
"10 new stretching routines for office workers and computer operators; tips on office ergonomics and preventing repetitive stress injuries; description of 4 types of stretching, including dynamic stretching for athletes."
14) Eat this, not that!: thousands of simple food swaps that can save you 10, 20, 30 pounds--or more!
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A guide to eating strategically for weight loss shares dietary secrets that can help readers to make informed food choices, providing hundreds of substitutes for specific foods with high calories, fat, and sodium.
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
"From world-renowned psychologist and New York Times-bestselling author Dr. Elissa Epel, a book that offers a simple yet powerful plan to turn your stress into your strength in just seven days Our lives have become increasingly stressful. From the moment our eyes open in the morning to when they drift closed at night, we are flooded with constant stress triggers: to-do lists, deadlines, thorny conversations, crises both small and large. And unfortunately,...
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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The book that will change the way you look at food. 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?
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Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Advocate of antiaging medicine Somers presents cutting-edge remedies and preventative care that most doctors just aren't talking about with patients: longevity medicine and the more progressive study of bioidentical hormones. As we age, certain hormones diminish, creating an imbalance that can set off everything from perimenopause to cancer, beginning as early as our thirties. This hormonal imbalance causes many to feel depressed, anxious, fatigued,...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Tired of dieting? Are you eating nonfat and carb-free food that don't satisfy? Then stop! You've been wrecking your metabolism with yo-yo fad diets and chemical-filled non-foods. Jillian Michaels is here to repair the damage and retrain your hormones and endocrine system.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A guide to looking and feeling beautiful counsels readers on the connection between health and beauty while outlining scientifically valid recommendations for skin care, diet, stress management, alleviating pain, and achieving happiness.
Author
Publisher
Regan Books
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Outlines a dietary system based upon biochemical research designed to help people achieve a state of optimal good health, physical performance, and mental alertness, and discusses the implications of the eating plan in regard to chronic ailments, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and others.