Health & Fitness : Diets

In December 2003, NutriSystem launched an important new product line through an unprecedented television, radio, and print campaign. The NutriSystem Nourish program offers real solutions for busy lifestyles. It takes the work and worry out of weight loss, and makes a dieter's metabolism function at its highest level, yielding breakthrough weight-loss results. Emphasizing low-glycemic carbs, the right amount of protein and healthy fats, and an integrated mind-body approach to weight loss and healthy eating, NutriSystem Nourish is based on the latest dieting and nutritional research—and represents a significant change from NutriSystem's previous Food Pyramid-based products. more...

Price: $24.95

Nutrition in Early Life is a comprehensive authoritative text providing an in-depth scientific basis for nutrition during prenatal, postnatal and childhood growth and development. The book is an up-to-date reference for all those seeking to understand the application of science in support of a successful outcome of the reproductive cycle. It has a strong public health emphasis, dealing with nutritionally related health promotion issues from the fetus to maturity. Additionally, the book includes key practical guidelines for good nutritional practice in chapter twelve. more...

Price: $225.00

This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to obesity (also Adiposis; Adiposity; Adiposogenital Dystrophy; Babinski-Froelich Syndrome; Dystrophia Adiposogenitalis; Frolich's Syndrome), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on obesity. Given patients' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms. more...

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For years scientists have searched for a 'magic bullet' to relieve the pain of depression and other mood disorders - safe enough for nursing mothers, children with ADHD, and the elderly, without the side effects associated with medicines like Prozac, Zoloft, and lithium. Now the search may finally be over, thanks to the Omega-3 Renewal Plan, introduced here by Andrew L. Stoll, M.D., Director of the Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory at Harvard's McLean Hospital. more...

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The United States is facing a health crisis of epidemic proportions: children are gaining weight younger and faster than ever before. With the prospect of becoming the most obese generation of adults in history, they are already turning up with an alarming assortment of "grown-up" maladies, from type 2 diabetes to high blood pressure. more...

Price: $12.95