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Today we are urged from all sides to slim down and shape up, to shed a few pounds or lose life-threatening stones. This title tells the epic story of our complicated relationship with food, the fashions and fads of body shape, and how cultural beliefs and social norms have changed over time.

What shall we have for dinner? Such a simple question has grown to have a very complicated answer.
We can eat almost anything nature has to offer, but deciding what we should eat stirs anxiety. Should we choose the organic apple or the conventional? If organic, local or imported? Wild fish or farmed? Low-carb or low-cal?
As the American culture of fast food and unlimited choice invades the world, Pollan follows his next meal from land to table, tracing the origin of everything consumed and the implications for ourselves... read more

A revolutionary new interactive programme of daily personal reflection and lifestyle change for healthy and sustainable weight-loss for individuals or groups. Not a diet, Fat Chance! focuses on learning how slim people eat. Over 12 weeks readers learn to change the way they think about themselves, their priorities, about food and the way they eat, deal with emotional hunger, work with their body, get active, eat well, be set free from overeating forever and discover the slim person they were meant to be.

If you've ever dieted, you've undoubtedly worked very hard to achieve results--only to experience the disappointment of having the pounds creep back on. But now wellness expert Kathy Freston lets readers in on her secret: losing weight doesn't have to be difficult, and it can last. With this book she shares the powerful concept of The Lean--a radically effective approach to positive change--with a practical 30-day plan to transform your health and jump-start weight loss in the most gentle, easy, and automatic way possible."Leaning ... read more

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A complete diet and exercise regime from the creator of a highly successful, internationally renowned weight-loss programme. Fries With That? investigates the difficulties we face today in a world where we are constantly being encouraged to upsize our meals and buy value packs, resulting in overeating and weight-gain. This book provides the practical tools and information required for identifying portion distortion and sensible food boundaries. The recipe component to the book includes menu planners, easy 'when all else fails' meal... read more

"If someone doesn't comment within two weeks on how great you're looking - then you're cheating." - Dr Joshi. Dr Joshi's craving-free detox attracts stars and supermodels from all over the world to his Wimpole Street clinic. Now, he reveals the secret of his metabolic detox dieting plan and explains how it has transformed the lives and health of celebrities such as Kate Moss, Cate Blanchett and Gwyneth Paltrow. Based on avoiding foods that are refined, acidic and toxic such as wheat, potatoes, red meat, alcohol and dairy ... read more

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Forget cholesterol counts. Forget calories and fat grams. Forget blood pressure, blood sugar, hormone levels or any other markers of health you're used to hearing about. If you want to lose weight and prevent or reverse diseases like diabetes, heart disease and even cancer, you can follow the guidelines in The pH Miracle. Dr Robert Young and his wife, Shelley, reveal a revolutionary diet and lifestyle program that unlocks the secrets of pH balance and of food as a healer, restorer, balancer and life-giver. The entire metabolic proc... read more

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"We can't recommend The Paleo Diet highly enough!" Michael and Mary Dan Eades, M.D. authors of Protein Power The Paleo Diet is at once revolutionary and intuitive...Its prescription provides without a doubt the most nutritious diet on the planet." Jennie Brand-Miller, Ph.D., coauthor of the bestselling The Glucose Revolution and The Glucose Revolution Life Plan "Filled with delicious recipes and meal plans, The Paleo Diet will open your eyes, trim your waistline, and improve your overall health."--Michael R. Eades, M.D., an... read more

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy treats disorders by changing patterns of behaviour and thought that may be unhelpful. It is now internationally established as a key method of helping overcome longstanding and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical. This unique self-help guide for those who have a long-term problem with their weight is based on the ground-breaking work in London's only NHS clinic for obesity. It is not a diet book or a healthy eating regime - instead this accessible guide will help you understand why... read more

Chocolate cake for breakfast and a pound of spinach for dinner? Looking and feeling your best has never been so easy, so guiltless or so much fun Let's be honest, ladies, are you tired of hearing about the eating habits of airbrushed celebrities? Do you want to feel sexy as you slide into your favorite jeans, but you're too confused by the complicated diet plans out there? Well, here is the antidote to all of that nonsense With saucy wit and goodwill to spare, Lipper and Vincent reveal their tricks for how you can overcome any f... read more

In Savor, Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Lilian Cheung offer a new paradigm that combines Buddhist practice with cutting-edge science. Drawing on the expertise of Harvard-trained nutritionist Lilian Cheung and Thich Nhat Hanh's rich experience in teaching mindfulness the world over, this book offers a revolutionary path to living a healthy and active life. Where we eat, when we eat, who we eat with and how we eat makes the difference between a healthy and unhealthy relationship to food. As we become aware of the perceptions, feelings,... read more

This is the book we've all (certainly every woman between 25 and 75) been waiting for. It is classy, chic, convincing, funny, wise, well-written and very timely. It's the ultimate non-diet book, which nonetheless shows us how to eat with balance, control and above all pleasure. Chuck out all the radical diet books, think about what you eat and why, and then enjoy eating the right things (and some of the wrong ones) intelligently, and in smaller portions. Eat, like a French woman, with your head not your stomach. Guiliano, French-bo... read more

Have diets you've tried in the past failed or even been counter-productive? Are you sure your diet is right for your type of metabolism? After decades of laboratory and clinical research it has now been established that your blood type is the key to losing weight, avoiding disease and promoting longevity, fitness and even happiness. Your blood type determines your metabolism which means that it also determines which foods you should eat - one man's meat is another man's poison; one woman's weight-loss is another woman's dieting dis... read more

People who tend to overeat or binge eat - many of whom are yo yo dieters fail to meet their weight loss goals in part because of their "all or nothing": mindset. If they succeed in denying themselves foods they like, they consider themselves to be successful, but if they make a mistake, the self-criticism and guilt they feel can be overwhelming, and these feelings can lead to further overeating. Eating With Fierce Kindness presents a new approach to weight loss, one that focuses on breaking that destructive cycle with self-compa... read more

Which blood types should… Respond quickly to signs of depression with anti-depressantsU Use a widely available vaccine to lower the risk of cancerA Avoid aspirin because of thin bloodU Use diet to treat an ear infectionT The answers are here…

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Lose weight, lower cholesterol, significantly reduce the risk of disease, and become physically fit--in just 4 weeks.
Professional athlete-turned-firefighter Rip Esselstyn is used to responding to emergencies. So, when he learned that some of his fellow Engine 2 firefighters in Austin, TX, were in dire physical condition-several had dangerously high cholesterol levels (the highest was 344!)-he sprang into action and created a life-saving plan for the firehouse. By following Rip's program, everyone lost weight (some more than ... read more