Health & Fitness : Nutrition

Newly updated and easy-to-use A-to-Z listings of brand names and whole foods. All the information readers will ever need to know about what they eat in one handy guide. Counters are included for all the food essentials including calories, proteins, total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, calcium, iron, carbohydrates and fiber. more...

Price: $7.99

An Essential Household Reference…Revised and Updated With our culture’s growing interest in organic foods and healthy eating, it is important to understand what food labels mean and to learn how to read between the lines. This completely revised and updated edition of A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives gives you the facts about the safety and side effects of more than 12,000 ingredients–such as preservatives, food-tainting pesticides, and animal drugs–that end up in food as a result of processing and curing. more...

Price: $17.95

" The Craving Cure is a wonderful resource for personal insight and transformation.". --Caroline Myss, Ph.D. Author of Entering the Castle and Anatomy of the Spirit. Free yourself from food addictions!. Excessive consumption of sugar in all its forms--including simple carbohydrates, caffeine, alcohol--can lead to weight problems, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and other mental and physical disorders. Whatever you are craving weakness, this book will give you the knowledge and techniques you need to overcome it. The Craving Cure will help you: Understand the psychological and physical basis of food addictions; Use affirmations, imagery, and relaxation techniques to overcome your addictions; Develop a healthier, more satisfying lifestyle--without feeling deprived--through the author's two-week detox program more...

Price: $16.95

Containing over 6,000 terms covering nutrition, dietary requirements, chemistry, preparation and cooking, hygiene, health and safety, commercial food production, labelling, packaging and public health, this dictionary provides clear, informative and up-to-date terms relating to all aspects of food science and nutrition. more...

Price: $20.00

The Diet Detective's Count Down Offers Readers Calories, Carbs, Fat and the Exercise Equivalents For More For Than 7,500 Foods(Walk, Run, Swim, Bike, Yoga, and Dance). Ever find yourself debating whether or not to buy just one bag of chips? Or grab a little candy bar for the road? Consider this: what if the nutritional labels on your favorite foods spelled out exactly what you'd have to do to burn those calories?. Well, nutrition and public health advocate, Charles Stuart Platkin's new book, THE DIET DETECTIVE'S COUNT DOWN, is the first of its kind that translates food into exercise, giving readers a tool for deciding what a calorie means and which calories are worth it. THE DIET DETECTIVE'S COUNT DOWN lists more that 7,500 foods with exercise equivalents in minutes calculated using six forms of activity: WALKING, RUNNING, BIKING, SWIMMING, YOGA, AND DANCING. All this information is listed in an easy to view table format. The table also includes calories, fat and carbohydrates. This is no ordinary diet book, it is a food fact bible giving readers tasty nuggets of information that make them think before they eat. Translating food into calorie counts isn't enough -- translating calorie counts into exercises makes clear the consequence each bite has on the waistline! more...

Price: $13.00