Food and Wine : Health & Healing

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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At last, here's a diet book that's as fresh and accessible as its food while promising optimal health and weight loss results. Stop counting calories and oversubscribing to fad diet foods, such as soy milk, low-carb products, nutrition bars, and vitamin tablets. Whether you aim to lead an all-raw lifestyle, or are disillusioned with other diets and just want to lose weight while still eating the foods you love, The Raw Food Detox Diet offers all the inspiration -- including more than eighty delicious, simple gourmet recipes! -- and the guidance you'll need to achieve your goals. more...

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Developed by Dr. Steven A. Schnur, founder of the largest cardiology practice in south Florida, this breakthrough program is the only diet that keeps the fat off forever. Not a low-carb, low-fat, or high protein diet plan, The Reality Diet is rich with delicious foods from all food groups and high in one key fat-fighting ingredient-fiber. Fiber not only stops hunger, but it also significantly lowers the risk of heart disease, colon cancer, and a host of other conditions. By following The Reality Diet you will:. - learn and apply the 2:90 Rule-the key to choosing nutritious carbs with the right fiber content. - enjoy mouthwatering meals using more than 200 quick, easy recipes designed by a top recipe developer and a registered dietician. - eat all the foods you love and have been told to avoid-pasta, rice, waffles, potatoes, bananas, watermelon, corn-on-the-cob. - lose 2 pounds a week and 30 pounds in 3 months. - learn proven strategies for maintaining your weight loss-for life. Flexible and forgiving, this program is for real people living in the real world. With eight weeks of Action plan menus for men and women, tips for eating in restaurants, as well as an effective exercise program, The Reality Diet is both a comprehensive weight-loss plan and a blueprint for lifelong health. more...

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Risky Foods, Safer Choices confirms what many people may have suspected - the incidence of food poisoning is on the rise. Triggering such public suspicions has been an ongoing procession of horror incidents involving such foods as salami, oysters, pork rolls, fruit salad and even orange juice that have resulted in the serious illness and even death of consumers. Risky Foods, Safer Choices helps consumers avoid the possibly tragic consequences of food poisoning. Its focus is on relatively short-term health effects of good food selection rather than longer-term health effects. more...

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Now there's a safe, sane, and healthy way to lose weight while enjoying the carbohydrate-rich foods other popular diets force you to give up. Based on thirty years of clinical testing, The Starch Blocker Diet not only enables you to eat pasta, rice, potatoes, fruits, and bread, this amazing weight loss program actually encourages it, thanks to a revolutionary natural substance that, when taken before meals, instantly eliminates most of the calories in starchy foods. Using the groundbreaking information in this book, you can lose weight without hunger for the first time in your life. The Starch Blocker Diet comes complete with a unique starch calorie index, detailed scientific data, sample menus, and more than 100 mouth-watering, high-starch recipes, many by James Beard Award-winning chef Philippe Boulot. The days of denial dieting are over! Lose weight painlessly, easily, and healthily by enjoying richly satisfying meals of the foods you truly love! more...

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