Food Nutrition

The New York Times best-selling author of Tomatoland test-drives the most popular diets of our time, investigating the diet gurus, contradictory advice, and science behind the programs to reveal how we should - and shouldn't - be dieting.

It’s that time of the month again. Time to pull that weight scale out from the back of your closet, dust it off, and put it to use. It’s time to measure yet again how many pounds you have gained this month. Isn’t that the most frustrating thing ever? But what if I told you about a little something that could change your life? What if there is a diet plan where you could enjoy your favorite meals without an ounce of sacrifice? What if you could still eat junk and maintain the weight you want? Let me introduce you to the "If It Fits Your Macros", or IIFYM, diet plan.

An estimated 32 to 48 million Americans and many more worldwide have IBS, or think they have it. This audiobook presents groundbreaking insights into the cause of IBS that have led to the recognition of and testing for a new disease, allergic contact enteritis, that can help and in many cases cure people who carry a diagnosis of IBS.

At first, glance, boosting your metabolism may seem like a monumental task. This is not the case! Boosting metabolism is as simple as making little changes to our diet by eating foods that are rich in fiber and protein. If you eat the right kind of food, you can lose weight fast!

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.

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.

What we eat matters—to us, and to the planet. Cool food is a game-changing new food category and way of thinking that can help fix the climate. This engaging and persuasive book will show you how to make simple choices, starting today—in the supermarket, in your kitchen, and in the world—to reduce your environmental impact. Hundreds of cool foods exist, but until now have gone largely uncelebrated for their climate-positive powers. Some of these foods may already be on your shelf, and some are just on the horizon.

Do you know the secrets of eating healthy, losing weight, and not die trying? This book has everything you need but never found before. Most of us wasted our time, energy, and money trying workout plans, signing up for diet regimen - but all to no avail. Understand what is primarily important and ditch the nonsensical advice and the culture of consumerism with flashy advertisements and ubiquitously brilliant colors brought to you.

If you are ready to eat healthier but don't know how to start, then Mediterranean Diet: Invigorate Your Diet through Lasting Food Choices will show you exactly what you need to do! Do you think that nutritious food is expensive, boring, or hard to prepare? Learn how to potentially lower your cholesterol and risk of heart disease and avoid other potential health issues by eating the right types of food. You will find that they are cost-effective, delicious, and easy to make.

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!

Do you feel anxious, fearful, or stressed around food? Do you have an uncomfortable, out of control feeling at parties and buffets? Are you constantly thinking about 'eating badly,' and vowing to yourself to do better? Well, there is another way to live, and you can heal the underlying reasons that lead you to 'use' food to cover up uncomfortable feelings. Felicity Garver has been through all this and can help you find freedom from compulsive behavior and overeating. These 10 tips will show you how to end compulsive eating, lose weight, and keep it off.

For years, there has been no doubt that widespread consumption of meat is both environmentally destructive and morally dubious. A growing chorus of scientists, health experts, and activists champion the benefits of a plant-based diet. Nevertheless, change has been slow to arrive, and the chasm between our appetites and our collective well-being seems impossibly vast. We know we must transition to a more plant-based world. But what would such a world look like, and how do we realistically get there? One group of people has been grappling with this question for decades: vegans.

If you struggle with binge eating or BED, you are not alone. BED is by far the most prevalent eating disorder. Three and a half percent of women and two percent of men suffer from Binge Eating Disorder during their lifetime. In comparison, anorexia and bulimia each affect 0.6 percent of the population. Despite its prevalence, BED remains cloaked in secrecy and shame. Less than half of its sufferers seek therapy for their eating disorder. However, 30 percent of those seeking weight loss treatments have BED.

We all know that losing weight is the easy part. It's keeping the weight off that's hard. In Get with the Program!, Oprah Winfrey's personal trainer, Bob Greene, gives you the keys to losing weight and staying fit for a lifetime.

What if you had an effortless way to improve your mood, heal your body, lose weight, and feel fantastic? What if a cure for everything from fatigue to stress to chronic pain lay at your fingertips? In his groundbreaking new book, Dr. Oz reveals how every meal, snack, and bite we take holds the solution to our health problems. In a world of endless choices, determining what to eat and when to eat it can seem overwhelming. Fortunately, it doesn't have to be this way.

Anthony William, The "Medical Medium" uses his connection to a higher power to provide unprecedented insight into how our diets affect not only our physical health, but our mental, spiritual, and emotional well-being. This FastReads Summary & Analysis offers supplementary material to Anthony William's, Medical Medium: Life Changing Foods to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes from an editorial perspective.

This book is essentially a personal check mark in the middle of my weight-loss journey. I talk about my diet and what I do at the gym.

If you have struggled with weight loss your whole life and want finally to make a change so that you can be happy with what you see in the mirror, then keep listening. Waking up and not liking what you see in the mirror every day is one of the worst feelings a person can have. I know because I’ve been there. I felt like I had tried every diet in the book. I’m sure many of you can relate.

Having a pet dragon is very fun! He can sit, roll over, and play. He can candle a birthday cake, lit a campfire, or so many other cool things. But what if your dragon only eats junk and processed foods? What if pizzas, burgers, fries, and hot dogs are all foods that he enjoys? What if he is eating too much sweets? What if he refuses to eat vegetables and fruits?

Today's culture has distorted the way women view our bodies. We are hypercritical, obsessed with weight loss, and distracted by the countless advertisements we see to eat, exercise, and dress differently. But God does not call you to be thinner or to follow a perfectly clean diet plan. Rather, God longs for you to embrace your body, eat with freedom, and live with a deep sense of confidence that you are loved exactly as you are.