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In their quest to lose weight and live healthily, dieters continue to embrace low-carb plans like Keto, Paleo, and the Mediterranean Diet. And, with this new update and revision, Jonny Bowden's best-selling Living Low Carb more perfectly reflects today's choices, including new sections on Keto, Paleo, low-carb Mediterranean, and Carnivore and Vegetarian Keto, in addition to Atkins and the Zone.

From Atkins to Dukan, fear of the almighty carb has taken over the diet industry for the past few decades - even the mere mention of a starch-heavy food is enough to trigger an avalanche of shame and longing. But the truth is, carbs are not the enemy. Now, best-selling author John A. McDougall, MD, and his kitchen-savvy wife, Mary, prove that a starch-rich diet can actually help us lose weight, prevent a variety of ills, and even cure common diseases.

By now, the low-carb diet's refrain is a familiar one: "Bread is bad for you. Fat doesn't matter. Carbs are the real reason you can't lose weight. In The Low-Carb Fraud, longtime leader in the nutritional science field T. Colin Campbell outlines where and how the low-carb proponents get it wrong: Where the belief came from that carbohydrates are bad and why it persists despite all the evidence to the contrary. The foods we misleadingly refer to as "carbs" aren't all created equal, and treating them that way has major consequences for our nutritional well-being.

“I haven’t changed my diet or exercise habits and yet the scale keeps moving in the wrong direction. What’s going on?!” Time and again, this is the question Dr. Mary Claire Haver’s patients asked. At first, a practicing OB/GYN, she’d dutifully advise what she’d been taught in medical school: eat less and work out more.

Based on 20 years of investigative reporting and interviews with 100 practicing physicians who embrace the keto lifetstyle as the best prescription for their patients' health, Taubes' book puts the ketogenic diet movement in the necessary historical and scientific perspective. It makes clear the vital misconceptions in how we've come to think about obesity and diet (no, people do not become fat simply because they eat too much; hormones play the critical role) and uses the collected clinical experience of the medical community to provide essential practical advice.

Renowned neurologist David Perlmutter, MD, blows the lid off a topic that's been buried in medical literature for far too long: carbs are destroying your brain. And not just unhealthy carbs, but even healthy ones like whole grains can cause dementia, ADHD, anxiety, chronic headaches, depression, and much more.

The most effective and achievable guide to intermittent fasting, outlining a unique plan that merges the science behind fasting with a holistic approach to eating, from the best-selling author of Ketotarian and The Inflammation Spectrum.

Mounting scientific research is confirming that eating a ketogenic diet could represent one of the greatest nutritional breakthroughs of our time - and that it might be the healthiest and most effective weight loss strategy ever.

One-size-fits-all diets don’t work, and neither does counting calories alone. Biochemical Engineer and fitness expert Christine Hronec has discovered that the key to fat loss and feeling your best is eating the optimum ratio of macronutrients—protein, carbohydrates, and fat—for your unique body. Through years of coaching and research, Hronec has pinpointed five macro types, a bio-individual nutritional blueprint based on your body type and carb tolerance.

The Harvard-educated physician and New York Times best-selling author of The Hormone Cure shows you how to grow new receptors for your seven metabolic hormones, making you lose weight and feel great fast! When it comes to weight loss, most people don't think about hormones.

Carb cycling allows for all the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle and weight loss. Still, it can be achieved without the negative side effects of different fad diets. No cravings, no eating only lettuce, and no expensive pills or "secret tricks". This simple guide will lead you through how to easily get started with the diet plan. No more endless Google or YouTube searches filled with conflicting information.

Think you’re eating healthy? Think again. For the past 40 years, we have been slowly eating ourselves to death and doing so based on government guidelines about what constitutes a healthy diet. This grand low-fat, high-carbohydrate dietary experiment has led to epidemic increases in obesity and other chronic conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s.

Starting the ketogenic diet can be overwhelming. There is so much to learn and so many resources to choose from. So, why doesn’t somebody make it easy? We did. The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners is your all-in-one resource for starting and sticking to the ketogenic diet. You get exactly what you need to make keto surprisingly simple: meal plans, shopping lists, support, and lots of "ketolicious" recipes.

From celebrated fitness trainer Chris Powell, star of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition, comes this inspirational weight-loss book to help anyone conquer their weight. You've seen him change lives on television. Now, in Choose to Lose, Powell presents fast and easy workouts, diet guidance, basic recipes, and insight into finding the true transformation mindset. Following his Carb Cycle Solution, you can drop pounds safely and quickly while learning how to "listen to your body" to optimize your overall health and fitness.

What if losing weight didn't mean that you had to starve yourself or go to the gym every morning? Imagine if you could lose weight easily. Well you can! Diet consultant Andrew Mills reveals the proven step-by-step method to experiencing rapid weight loss without eating less or excessive exercise. Based on proven scientific research, Mills explains exactly how this method works, and how you can get started instantly towards achieving your weight loss goals.

Recent studies have shown that a keto diet not only produces significant - and rapid - weight loss but also has many other benefits for long-term health. But it must be done the right way. In 21-Day Keto Magic, Dr. Mosley presents the latest science on the ketogenic diet - a diet high in fat and protein and very low in carbs - explaining how it works and why it is so good for you.

Every month half a million visitors download The Fat-Burning Man Show, eager to learn the secret of Abel James' incredible weight-loss success. Growing up on a defunct farm in the backwoods of New Hampshire, James had easy access to a host of natural foods that a backyard garden could provide: eggs, fresh produce, and real butter.

Are you struggling with losing stubborn fat? Do you have pounds and inches that you just can't seem to get rid of, no matter what you try? Does it seem like you're doing all the right things, but you're still not losing weight? Low-carb diets like Atkins and South Beach are notoriously difficult to maintain over time and have been deserted by millions of people.

Discover the three different kinds of weight loss, and which one of them should be your goal.

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