Diets

The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter’s 28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds

Professional athlete-turned-firefighter Rip Esselstyn is used to responding to emergencies. So, when he learned that some of his fellow Engine 2 firefighters in Austin, Texas were in dire physical condition– several had dangerously high cholesterol levels (the highest was 344!)– he sprang into action and created a lifesaving plan for the firehouse. Everyone who followed Rip’s program lost …

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The IBS Elimination Diet and Cookbook: The Low-FODMAP Plan for Eating Well and Feeling Great

From the leading expert in FODMAPs and IBS, this is the go-to guide and cookbook for overcoming IBS by discovering your FODMAP sensitivities and eliminating them from your diet.    Originally self-published as IBS–Free at Last! and now expanded with 50 recipes, this is the bible of the low-FODMAP lifestyle. FODMAP is an acronym for a group of difficult-to-digest carbohydrates found in wheat, milk, …

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The Cut: Lose Up to 10 Pounds in 10 Days and Sculpt Your Best Body

Transform Your Body in Just 12 WeeksHollywood leading man Morris Chestnut may be known for his washboard abs and ripped arms, but not too long ago he was in the worst shape of his life – 30 pounds overweight, avoiding the gym, and frequenting the drive-through. Morris turned to celebrity fitness and nutrition expert Obi Obadike to help …

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Cultured: An Adventure in Eating for Our Microbes

Journalist Katherine Harmon Courage shows readers why and how we should be eating for the 300 trillion bacteria, fungi, and Archaea our bodies depend on to keep us healthy.   In Cultured, Katherine Harmon Courage investigated the essential role our gut—or as we now know it’s more accurately called, the microbiome—plays in our overall health and well-being. Through …

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The PCOS Diet Plan, Revised: A Natural Approach to Health for Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

An updated edition of the first nutrition-based PCOS book written by aregistered dietitian, this prescriptive guide focuses on using diet andexercise to manage polycystic ovary syndrome and has new information ondiet therapy and exercise, current food and fitness logging technologies, andall-new nutrition-backed meal plans.PCOS is the most common hormonal disorder among women of reproductiveage, according to the Mayo …

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Improve Your Digestion: How to Make Guts Work for You

It is becoming more and more widely recognized that a healthy gut is crucial to all-round good health, a fact demonstrated by the growing interest in this once taboo subject. Many recent books focus on the fascinating workings of the digestive system. Improve Your Digestion is different. Much has changed since the first edition of the book was …

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Spice Yourself Slim: Harness the Power of Spices for Health, Wellbeing and Weight-loss

This book unwraps the mysteries of one of the oldest, most valued and mystically powerful food sources known to mankind, and shows how spices can be incorporated into a contemporary low-calorie diet. Kalpna Woolf’s healthy eating plan guarantees weight loss and improved wellbeing, while offering delicious recipes, featuring spices from India, South America, the Far East, Europe, Africa …

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