Health & Fitness : Diets

This book addresses one of the biggest concerns among parents of grade schoolers (grades K-6): Is my child eating right when I'm not around to supervise? Written with the full support of the American Dietetic Association, it schools parents in nutrition fundamentals and arms them with easy-to-follow guidelines so that breakfast skippers, lunchtime traders, and nutritionally clueless nibblers learn to make healthy eating choices. more...

Price: $14.95

AMPALAYA NATURE'S REMEDY FOR TYPE 1 & TYPE 2 DIABETES Diabetes mellitus - the fifth leading cause of death in the United States - increased alarmingly in 1999, prompting the government to call the disease an unfolding epidemic. Diabetes accounts for almost 800,000 new cases annually, according to the CDC. By 2025, it is estimated there will be 22 million Americans with diabetes! The alarming increase in diabetes is largely due to obesity, poor dietary choices, and a sedentary lifestyle, which has increased by 57 percent in the last decade. The end result of diabetes is cardiovascular disease, stroke, loss of eyesight, damaged kidneys, and amputations. As you will learn in Ampalaya: Nature's Remedy for Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes, type 2 diabetes can often be prevented or controlled with lifestyle changes and by taking supplements of, or eating, ampalaya - an amazing vegetable that is being used around the world to lower blood sugar levels. Research studies on type 1 and type 2 diabetes show that using the dried leaves, fruits, and seeds of ampalaya (also called bitter melon) - as teas or capsules - can safely lower blood sugar, thereby improving the overall health of people with diabetes. The vegetable itself is also tasty and beneficial. This book will teach you everything you need to know to put ampalaya to work for you. more...

Price: $9.99

Today's research clearly shows that our health is very dependent on the food we eat. Poor nutrition choices and hidden food allergies can cause inflammation in the body, which slows healing and can lead to a number of serious, chronic diseases. This book is a complete program with specifics on how to eat and cook in order to prevent and counter inflammation. more...

Price: $15.95

Eat salmon. It's full of good omega-3 fats. Don't eat salmon. It's full of PCBs and mercury. Eat more veggies. They're full of good antioxidants. Don't eat more veggies. The pesticides will give you cancer. Forget your dinner jacket and put on your lab coat: you have to be a nutritional scientist these days before you sit down to eat-which is why we need Dr. Joe Schwarcz, the expert in connecting chemistry to everyday life. In "An Apple a Day," he's taken his thorough knowledge of food chemistry, applied it to today's top food fears, trends, and questions, and leavened it with his trademark lighthearted approach. The result is both an entertaining revelation of the miracles of science happening in our bodies every time we bite into a morsel of food, and a telling exploration of the myths, claims, and misconceptions surrounding our obsession with diets, nutrition, and weight. Looking first at how food affects our health, Dr. Joe examines what's in tomatoes, soy, and broccoli that can keep us healthy and how the hundreds of compounds in a single food react when they hit our bodies. Then he investigates how we manipulate our food supply, delving into the science of food additives and what benefits we might realize from adding bacteria to certain foods. He clears up the confusion about contaminants, examining everything from pesticide residues, remnants of antibiotics, the dreaded trans fats, and chemicals that may leach from cookware. And he takes a studied look at the science of calories and weighs in on popular diets. more...

Price: $21.00

By rebuilding the connections between what is put into the body and how it functions, the diet outlined in this book teaches the daily effects that particular food choices will have—on bodyweight, energy, mood, and the quality and duration of life—and that ultimately all foods are good in the right proportion. more...

Price: $9.99