Food and Wine : Health & Healing

The revolutionary cookbook that satisfies all your comfort food cravings – from the New York Times bestselling authors of Protein Power . When you think about low-carb diets, do you picture complicated meal plans and bland foods that leave you with cravings? Do the words comfort food make you long for scrumptious delights like pancakes, ice cream, chocolate chip cookies, or fettucine alfredo – foods you thought you could never have on a low-carb diet? more...

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Interest in the Mediterranean diet has been sparked by the observation that adults living in certain olive-growing areas of the Mediterranean basin display high life expectancies and low rates of chronic disease. Written primarily by Greek academics, 14 chapters provide a history of the Mediterranean diet and food patterns from the ancient Greeks t 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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Quit ''dieting'' for good. Feel full on fewer calories. Lose weight and keep it off while eating satisfying portions of delicious, nutritious foods. The Volumetrics Eating Plan doesn't eliminate food groups or overload you with rules. It's a commonsense, scientifically sound approach to eating based on Dr. Rolls' hugely popular Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan that shows you how to choose foods that control hunger while losing weight. Along with menu planners, charts, and sidebars on healthy food choices, the 125 recipes put her revolutionary research into simple instructions for every meal. With this important new guide to healthy eating, you can enjoy tasty and satisfying meals that will help you maintain your weight or lose those extra pounds while learning the pleasures of cooking the Volumetrics way. more...

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Eating for optimum health and longevity is easier--and tastier--than you ever imagined!. With all the conflicting information about what and how to eat for good health, is it any wonder that the majority of us are both overweight and undernourished?. In What to Eat , internationally respected nutrition expert Dr. Luise Light cuts through the confusion created by misleading advertising, fad diet doctors, and the big food lobbies to answer all your nutrition-related questions. Even more important, she arms you with a simple, research-based eating plan guaranteed to help you look and feel better than ever--without having to sacrifice taste or turn your life upside down. A no-nonsense nutrition guide, What to Eat supplies you with:.:.; Ten simple rules for healthy eating--customizable for your tastes and lifestyle.; A new, simplified food pyramid.; A step-by-step eating plan.; Guidelines for eating out.; Fast, easy, and delicious menus, meals, and recipes.; Surefire strategies for making kids want to eat healthy foods. ''From her experiences inside the USDA, Dr. Light brings new insights on how powerful agricultural and political forces have created the recipe for our national diet. Readers who care about their health will find much to learn within these covers.''. --Walter Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H., Chair, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, and author of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy more...

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