Food Nutrition

“What’s for dinner"? seemed like a simple question - until journalist and supermarket detective Michael Pollan delved behind the scenes. From fast food and big organic to small farms and old-fashioned hunting and gathering, this young listeners’ adaptation of Pollan’s famous food-chain exploration encourages kids to consider the personal and global health implications of their food choices. The Omnivore’s Dilemma serves up a bold message to the generation that needs it most: It’s time to take charge of our national eating habits - and it starts with you.

Motivational techniques. Clarify your "why". Wondering how to stay motivated to lose weight after you've been at it for a while? This audiobook holds the key to that door that is blocking the flow of your success. Here, in this guide, you will find many ways to stay motivated to eat healthy and reach your goals for the next 12 months and beyond. There are easy techniques that anyone can learn how to find the motivation to lose weight, get fit, or get healthy.

It doesn’t have to be that way. Relax and Enjoy Your Food uses science and a little common sense to take away all that anxiety, and save you some money to boot. Once you let go of some ideas, it all gets simpler. There are no superfoods, no junk foods, and there aren’t even any health foods. There is just food, all of which provides some combination of the same seven basic things that all food does. That’s why the most specific advice you can get is to eat a variety of foods, mostly plants, not too much or too little. That’s it.

In this fascinating, refreshingly clarifying book about food, food myths, and how sloppy science perpetuates misconceptions about food, a medical doctor on his way to a conference gets drawn into conversations that answer many questions.

The answers to healing your overeating habit have been within you all along. In fact, you might be surprised to learn that the drive you feel to overeat is actually your body’s way of trying to get your attention and let you know you are now, and always have been, entirely whole. (Surprise!) There is a revolution happening in our psychological awareness about how being human works. This new understanding points us away from focusing on what we believe is wrong with us and instead reminds us that we always have all that we need.

A Food Guide to Lowering Blood Triglycerides shows you four simple steps to lower your blood triglycerides. When you make your own meal plan, you can refer back to the examples in this book. In addition, you will get answers to frequently asked questions. For example: Are smoothies healthy? How much oil do you need? What is a good ratio of different fats?

High in calories and cholesterol, animal fats and proteins too often leave you hungry and lead to overeating and weight gain. They are often the root causes of a host of avoidable health problems - from indigestion, ulcers, and constipation to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. On the other hand, complex carbohydrates like whole grains, legumes, tubers, and other starches provide your body with essential proteins and nutrients that satisfy the appetite while simultaneously fighting illness.

Raw plant foods have the authentic life force properties that nature intended for us to receive. They provide the body with everything needed for optimum health. Our neglect of these foods has brought about the woeful health conditions that are so prevalent in the world today, where cooked food is a way of life.

For most Americans in the 19th century, it wasn't what you ate, but how much you ate, that mattered. Late in the century, doctors wrote books like How To Be Plumb and the voluptuous woman was the ideal. The famed actress Lillian Russell, considered by many the epitome of beauty, weighed almost 200 pounds. Today, in contrast, Americans seem obsessed with calories, diets and slimness, and with eating healthful amounts of vitamins, minerals, fats, and proteins. What sparked this remarkable revolution in the way we eat.

If you have ever wondered what the whole food plant-based lifestyle is all about, or you want better overall health, or you are looking to lose weight, or you have type 2 diabetes, this book can help you get on the path to your best you....

In Body Love, Kelly LeVeque shared her popular science-based “it’s-not-a-diet” approach to clean eating, weight loss, and wellness, centered on the Fab Four - protein, fat, fiber, and greens. As Kelly (and modern science) has shown, eating the Fab Four balances blood sugar, helps you eat and feel full, and naturally turns off your hunger hormones. Now, Kelly is back with exactly what her fans want: an action plan for adopting the Fab Four lifestyle. Kelly knows that women aren’t all alike.

You are what you eat, and it's no different for your dog! Dogs are a wonderful gift to man and they deserve the best we can possibly give them, but the most important gift we could ever give them other than love is proper health care. The best kind of health care is preventative health care, where your best pal won't ever need to fall ill because they live a healthy life, and this starts from diet. What you feed your dog has a huge impact on their overall physical as well as mental health.

A diet makes for an overall cleaner, healthier form of food by removing the processed sugars, preservatives, and artificial ingredients. Now the folks on the paleo diet are all about the health, and those who are pro-paleo often tout the many amazing health benefits of this diet; however, the scientific research is ongoing for this as well. Others believe that food pH individualities balanced out from the body premises, liver, and lungs do not deserve attention because its pH cannot radically change the pH of the author.

Bread, cereal, and quinoa . . . These healthy foods are all part of the grain group! In this Pebble Explore book, learn where grains come from, what nutrition they provide, and how they help form a healthy diet.

Cucumbers, carrots, and garlic . . . What do these foods from the vegetable group have in common? They’re all healthy! Discover where vegetables come from, what nutrition they provide, and how they help form a healthy diet.

Yogurt, cheese, and kefir . . . What do these dairy foods have in common? They’re all healthy foods! In this Pebble Explore book, explore where dairy foods come from, what nutrition they provide, and how they help form a healthy diet. Filled with fantastic facts, including dairy alternatives, young listeners and report writers will be hungry for more.

This audiobook helps listeners change the way they approach mealtime. It includes a section that focuses on the occasional mindless eater and emphasizes that mindful eating isn't only for those on diets or for those who have severely problematic eating habits - it's for everyone. It features over 50 new tips for eating mindfully. You will learn how to be more aware of what you eat and get to know your fullness and hunger cues and how to savor and appreciate every bite!

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nearly 1 in 4 households experienced food insecurity in 2020. These numbers are expected to rise at the same time inflation is causing food prices to climb. Over the last few years, the alarming empty shelves are causing people to worry about scarcity.

In the first of this series, Part 1: Herbs, Spices and Sweeteners, you will learn: A full spectrum of choices from "Eat" to "Moderate" to "Avoid" in each food group. The minimum servings of fruits and sweeteners that will keep your blood sugar balanced. Which herbs, spices, and sweeteners are the best choices to supplement your diet. Which ones you may use with moderation and... the ones to absolutely avoid, and why they are toxic to your health.

Do you treat meals and food as a problem in your life? Have you tried countless fads and traditional diets all to no avail? If the answer to even one of these questions is a “yes,” you are in luck. Part 1 of this audiobook describes the ancient concept of mindful eating which helps you conquer your food, weight, and eating problems on your terms. With part 2 of this audiobook, you can finally regain control of your life and your self-confidence without attempting one short-lived diet after the other as you are probably used to.