Diet Science

Omega-3 fatty acids can limit the inflammation that is the underlying cause of many severe diseases of modern civilization, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The Omega-Factor presents information on the mechanisms whereby inflammation damages organs and the blood vessels serving them, as well as the hard science on the mechanisms by which the omega-3 fatty acids protect those tissues. It also features peer-reviewed evidence from clinical trials on these topics.

Blending history, reporting, and a deep understanding of farming and food production, Foodopoly is a shocking, revealing account of the business behind the meat, vegetables, grains, and milk most Americans eat every day, including some of our favorite and most respected organic and health-conscious brands. Hauter also pulls the curtain back from the little-understood but vital realm of agricultural policy, showing how it has been hijacked by lobbyists.

Preventable diseases are skyrocketing. One in three Americans is prediabetic. Even our brains are changing. HUNGER HIJACK is a blunt, pull-no-punches book by physician, author, and journalist Dr. David Sherer. In it, he reveals the evidence linking our diets and our ever-worsening health

For more than twenty-five years, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould wrote a column called “The View of Life” for Natural History magazine. More than twenty entries from that column comprise this collection.

Never before have we had so much information available to us about food and health. There's GAPS, paleo, detox, gluten-free, alkaline, the sugar conspiracy, clean eating.... Unfortunately, a lot of it is not only wrong but actually harmful. So why do so many of us believe this bad science? Assembling a crack team of psychiatrists, behavioural economists, food scientists and dietitians, the Angry Chef unravels the mystery of why sensible, intelligent people are so easily taken in by the latest food fads.

Gesund leben – wer möchte das nicht? Ohne schwerwiegende Erkrankungen, schmerzfrei und voller Lebensfreude sowie Vitalität. Klar ist: Eine ausgewogene Ernährung bildet – im Zusammenspiel mit ausreichender Bewegung und psychischer Gesundheit – das Fundament körperlicher Gesundheit. Doch was bedeutet ausgewogen? Wie können wir unseren Körper mit allen notwendigen Nährstoffen versorgen?

Det bliver mere og mere nødvendigt for både forældre, pædagoger og lærere at kunne skelne børns adfærd. Hvad er hvad? Hvornår skal der stilles en diagnose og hvornår skal der opdrages - og hvad gør vi ved det? I dag skal der hele tiden tages stilling til om et barn der foretrækker at lege alene, som ikke forstår legekoder, og som ikke kan finde ud af andre børns signaler - er det en umoden 5 årig eller et barn med Aspergers syndrom.

Dr. Bob's Men's Health is for men who want simple, honest answers to their basic health questions. In today's culture women tend to make the majority of the health care decisions for their families while men tend to avoid seeking care, often times, until the pain and discomfort caused by the conditions they have suffered with are beyond their ability to cope with. Dr. Bob's extensive experience as a health care provider, without the use of prescription medication, has provided him with a unique ability to understand and relay logical solutions in an easy to follow format.

This audiobook contains delicious and nutritious breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes that will help you kick-start your lifestyle change. A 14-day meal plan takes all the guesswork out of it. You will learn exactly what an eating plan on the alkaline diet looks like.

Was hat der Inhalt unseres Gemüsefachs mit moderner Pflanzenbiologie zu tun? Warum ist die Tomatenzucht auf dem Balkon ein Ringen gegen die Natur? Und weshalb müssen auch Pflanzen geimpft werden? Der Pflanzenbiologe und Science Slammer David Spencer erzählt unterhaltsam und anschaulich von unserem täglichen Obst und Gemüse und seinem faszinierenden Leben. Er ist sich sicher: Wenn wir das Hightech-Wissen aus der Forschung mit Ökolandbau kombinieren, können wir zu einer grünen Landwirtschaft und klimafreundlicher Ernährung gelangen.

Mika Brzezinski is at war against obesity. She believes the fearsome subjects of food, diet, and body image are "radioactive" in America, and getting worse. On Morning Joe, she is often so adamant about improving America’s eating habits that some people have dubbed her "the food Nazi". What they don’t know is that Mika wages a personal fight against food every day, and in Obsessed, she describes her history of food obsession, distorted body image, and her struggle to be thin. She believes it is time we stop blaming and shaming ourselves and look at the real culprits - the food we eat and our addiction to it.

This book is all about the single most powerful move that humans can make to promote health, reduce obesity, lower the cost of health care, nurture our fragile environment, conserve our energy resources, feed the world’s steadily growing population, and greatly reduce the suffering of animals in factory farms all over the world. As Dr. T. Colin Campbell says, “It turns out that if we eat the way that promotes the best health for ourselves, we also promote the best health for the planet."

Enough is a practical explanation of the Planetary Health Diet's research, allowing everyone to understand the science and to adopt its recommendations in our daily lives. The PHD specifies the food groups we should be eating. But what does a diet composed of, for example, 30% carbohydrates really look like? Which carbs, exactly? The diet is largely plant-based but does encompass meat and fish - but how many servings?

This two audiobook bundle, Healthy Gut: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out, for a Healthy You, provides excellent value, it contains two manuscripts in one. It is an informative guidebook with an all-around, multifaceted, holistic approach to the immune system, autoimmune disorders, anti-inflammatory foods, healthy eating, sugar addiction and weight loss; you can listen and refer back to time and time again.

In this book we will tell you about the research at the cutting edge of human health and nutrition. If you want to get healthy, it starts here.

If you have tried to lose weight and failed, or lost weight and failed to keep it off, you're not alone. Two out of three Americans are overweight, many with between thirty and one hundred pounds to lose. Now Dr. James W. Anderson, a professor of medicine and clinical nutrition at the University of Kentucky, shares his groundbreaking, scientifically based nutritional plan that has already helped thousands of Americans lose weight-sometimes more than one hundred pounds-and keep it off permanently.

Este libro contiene información detallada y un sinfín de argumentos para responder a todas esas preguntas sobre veganismo que seguramente te haga todo tu entorno si le dices que has decidido sumarte a este movimiento a favor de los animales.

We live in a culture awash with advice on nutrition and eating. Who do we believe? And what does it really mean to eat healthy? FoodWISE is for anyone who has felt unsure about how to make the "right" food choices. It is for food lovers who want to be more knowledgeable and connected to their food, while also creating meaningful dining experiences around the table. Professor and food fanatic Gigi Berardi shows readers how to buy foods and prepare meals that are W.I.S.E: Whole, Informed, Sustainable, and Experienced with friends and family.

Alejandra Ponce, experta en nutrigenómica, nos advierte que, contrario a lo que la medicina tradicional ha dictado, no es correcto seguir recomendaciones generales: hay que buscarun plan de alimentación adecuado para tus genes, de manera que goces hoy de una vida sana y que llegues a la vejez sin enfermedades. Aunque estamos programados genéticamente para presentar ciertos padecimientos, la combinación de una nutrición personalizada y un estilo de vida saludable hace posible retrasarlos o incluso silenciarlos para siempre.

In Zeiten des Klimawandels sollten wir endlich damit beginnen, über unseren Tellerrand hinauszuschauen. Vor allem aber auch auf das, was auf dem Teller liegt. Es gibt eine einfache Lösung, um das ganze Bündel an Umwelt- und Klimaherausforderungen in den Griff zu kriegen: den Veganismus. Mit veganer Ernährung könnten 49% des emittierten CO2 eingespart werden. Das Zauberwort heißt hier Transformation: Wir müssen unsere Nahrung besser und gesünder produzieren und können so unseren Planeten retten!