The Glycaemic Index: A Physiological Classification of Dietary Carbohydrate

Manufacturer: Blackstone Audiobooks

Did you know that your fast food fries contain a chemical used in Silly Putty? Or that a juicy peach sprayed heavily with pesticides could be triggering your body to store fat? Much of what we re putting into our bodies is either tainted with chemicals or processed to make companies richer while making us gain weight, feel sick, and age before our time.Luckily, Vani Hari a.k.a. the Food Babe has got your back. A food activist who has courageously put the heat on big food companies to disclose ingredients and remove toxic additives from their products, Hari has made it her life s mission to educate the world about how to live a clean, organic, healthy lifestyle in an overprocessed- and contaminated-food world and how to look and feel fabulous while doing it.In "The Food Babe Way," Hari invites you to follow an easy and accessible plan to rid your body of toxins, lose weight without counting calories, and restore your natural glow in just twenty-one days. Including anecdotes of her own transformation along with easy-to-follow shopping lists, meal plans, and mouthwatering recipes, "The Food Babe Way" will empower you to change your food, change your body, and change the world."

Manufacturer: CRC Press Brand: Brand: CRC Press

A unique work dealing in-depth with flavor and flavorings!With the increasing popularity of regional and ethnic cuisines, cooks frequently encounter recipes calling for unfamiliar seasonings. Seasoning Savvy: How to Cook with Herbs, Spices, and Other Flavorings serves as a guide to identifying, locating, selecting, storing and using these exotic ingredients. Well-established flavorings are not neglected as Seasoning Savvy also brings new insights into cooking with these old favorites. No other book supplies so much information about so many herbs and spices as Seasoning Savvy. This book discusses over 100 herbs, spices, flavorings, and blends in detail, describing their origins and how to select, store, and use them--and what the reader might substitute if a seasoning is unavailable. You will also discover the flavor role of foods such as almonds, citrus fruits, and coconuts. Not a cookbook, Seasoning Savvy is a powerful compliment for every recipe and will help you get the most out of the seasonings you use to flavor your food. Within Seasoning Savvy you will explore:how to select and use the right seasonings for a recipe and how to tell if a spice is fresh drying, freezing, toasting, chopping, measuring, and storing herbs and spicesculinary practices in the use of flavorings from chocolate and vanilla to amchur and mastic flavor combinations, including both well-known and exotic blends, flavored oils and vinegars, compound butters and seasoned saltshow to reduce the intensity of some seasonings such as garlic and chili peppersan examination of the nature of taste of flavor along with a history of spice usage in the USbrewing teas and tisanes savvy culinary tips, such as polishing a copper a bowl with lemon juice and salt, or storing a lump of asafetida in the spice cupboard to discourage insects Seasoning Savvy's tips and techniques will help you bring out the flavor in your food and teach you how to use seasonings to achieve the tastes you like. With this vital b...

Manufacturer: IndyPublish

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Books

Manufacturer: MacMillan Audio

From the physician behind the wildly popular website NutritionFacts.org, How Not to Die reveals the groundbreaking scientific evidence behind the only diet that can prevent and reverse many of the causes of disease-related death.The vast majority of premature deaths can be prevented through simple changes in diet and lifestyle. In How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts.org, examines the fifteen top causes of premature death in America-heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson's, high blood pressure, and more-and explains how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes trump prescription pills and other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches, freeing us to live healthier lives.The simple truth is that most doctors are good at treating acute illnesses but bad at preventing chronic disease. The fifteen leading causes of death claim the lives of 1.6 million Americans annually. This doesn't have to be the case. By following Dr. Greger's advice, all of it backed up by strong scientific evidence, you will learn which foods to eat and which lifestyle changes to make to live longer.History of prostate cancer in your family? Put down that glass of milk and add flaxseed to your diet whenever you can. Have high blood pressure? Hibiscus tea can work better than a leading hypertensive drug-and without the side effects. Fighting off liver disease? Drinking coffee can reduce liver inflammation. Battling breast cancer? Consuming soy is associated with prolonged survival. Worried about heart disease (the number 1 killer in the United States)? Switch to a whole-food, plant-based diet, which has been repeatedly shown not just to prevent the disease but often stop it in

Manufacturer: Blackstone Audiobooks Brand: Lavie, Carl J., M.d./ Loberg, Kristin/ Pratt, Sean

Most of us think that longevity hinges on maintaining a normal body mass index. But research conducted over the last decade hit the media with explosive news: overweight and even moderately obese people with certain chronic diseases from heart disease to cancer often live longer and fare better than normal weight individuals with the same ailments.In this groundbreaking audiobook, Carl Lavie, MD, reveals the science behind the obesity paradox and shows us how to achieve maximum health rather than minimum weight. Lavie not only explains how extra fat provides additional fuel to help fight illness, he also argues that we ve gotten so used to framing health issues in terms of obesity that we overlook other potential causes of disease. Picking up where the bestseller "Fat Chance "left off, "The Obesity Paradox" will change the conversation about fat and what it means to be healthy."

Manufacturer: Woodland Publishing

In China, red yeast rice has been used for centuries as a natural food dye and to promote blood circulation, but recent research suggests that it may also have cholesterol-lowering properties. This completely revised and updated booklet by master herbalist Rita Elkins includes information about historical uses of red yeast rice, recent scientific data documenting its effectiveness and preliminary studies on the use of red yeast rice for diabetes and more! Also includes information about dietary supplements that may complement red yeast rice and other natural methods of lowering cholesterol. Read inside to discover how red yeast rice may improve the health of your heart!

Manufacturer: Nova Science Pub Inc

Manufacturer: Signet

An up-to-date guide to calorie counting features calorie information on basic and ready-to-eat foods, including Le Menu Healthy Entrees, Chicken Tonight sauces, and Hebrew National products.