The 20 Gram Diet: Fat Counter

Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Ever wonder how to make your own home made soda's fizz? This book will teach you how to make soda cultures to create carbonation in your home made sodas. Making your own soda's at home lets you create a healthy beverage at home with a fraction of the sugar of commercially made beverages. You don't have to feel guilty about giving your kids a soda pop or even drinking one yourself. You can enjoy your own homemade soda at home just by using the information in this book to start your own soda culture. The process of fermenting your own sodas to create carbonation makes your beverages more of a healthy drink instead of a sugar filled pop. The process actually creates beneficial enzymes and even can help your digestive system. By making your own beverages at home you also know what ingredients you're putting into your body because you made it. Another wonderful aspect is you control the sugar. This book covers making a soda culture in a step by step format with illustrations. Look for upcoming books in this series of making the sodas.

Manufacturer: Peter Pauper Press

Manufacturer: Signet

Manufacturer: WS Publishing Group Brand: WS Publishing Group

Understanding the nutritional value of foods is the best and fastest way to lose weight, improve eating habits, and have increased energy. This convenient book will help readers lose weight because it provides nutritional information for thousands of food items in addition to all the tools necessary to create a personalized weight-loss plan.

Manufacturer: Nourish

Bran muffin or chocolate chip? Which wine is likely to do add the most inches to your waistline – red, white or sparkling? And if you’re dying for a pizza, how can you keep the damage to a minimum? Faced with this type of difficult decision, The Right Bite is here to help you make the least bad choice. It’s full of accessible, practical advice for all those everyday occasions when you might be tempted to have a little treat but don’t want to do too much damage. Each chapter focuses on a different eating environment, including coffee shops, bars, takeout, the movies and even a family barbecue. For each situation The Right Bite explores the type of foods likely to be available and compares them, explaining the main health pitfalls and highlighting a top pick for each one.  --The Right Bite panel allows you to immediately pick the least ‘bad’ choice --Fact Boxes scattered throughout give you extra tips and expert advice--Nutrition Numbers help you compare and weigh up your options instantly --Understanding Key Nutrients explains the main food groups    Written by an experienced nutritional therapist – so you know that you are getting savvy advice – and small enough to slip in your bag, this is the one-stop guide for anyone facing difficult food choices in the real world.

Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Health Benefits of Black Cumin For Cooking and Health Table of Contents Preface Getting started Chapter # 1: Intro Chapter # 2: How is black cumin commonly used? Chapter # 3: Black cumin recipes Chapter # 4: Growing your own black cumin Chapter # 5: Precautions Benefits of black cumin to the brain Chapter # 1: Boosts memory Benefits of black cumin to the body Chapter # 1: Fights cancer Chapter # 2: Strengthens the immune system Chapter # 3: Alleviates allergic conditions Chapter # 4: Eases high blood pressure Chapter # 5: Counters the effects of radiation Chapter # 6: Reduces frequency of pediatric seizures Chapter # 7: Helps in weight loss Chapter # 8: Helps with migraines Conclusion References Preface Many plants that seem so innocuous to us today have been used in traditional medicine for centuries and have produced astonishing results. Greek and Indian medicine in particular has taken leverage of numerous herbs and plants in curing a wide variety of ailments. Only today has science caught up with what our ancestors took as common knowledge. Research conducted over the past few decades have begun to testify to the health benefits of these botanical wonders. One such amazing plant is Black Cumin more specifically known as Nigella sativa. It is a plant that blossoms yearly and was found originally in the southern and southwestern regions of Asia. Growing to a height ranging from twenty to thirty centimeters, it is characterized by its thin and straight leaves, fragile blue / white flowers and large bloated fruit holding the renowned Black Cumin seed. The seed of this plant has been used in cuisines around the globe but is particularly famous and notable in Sub-continental cooking. Its pungent taste and unique aroma has made it famous in many dishes. Its importance in the kitchen aside, this seed has a host of medicinal benefits that make it ideal for consumption from a health perspective. It can have a positive effect on both body and m...

Manufacturer: Da Capo Press Brand: Hirsch, Anita Color: Multicolor

High cholesterol is an important risk factor for heart disease, heart attack, and strokes. And although cholesterol screening is one of the most widely administered and evaluated blood tests, many people don't realize that our bodies require some cholesterol to function normally and remain confused about which cholesterol is the "good" one and which is the "bad." Now, in Good Cholesterol, Bad Cholesterol, Hirsch presents a clear, concise primer to all the varieties of this blood lipid, including HDL (high-density lipoprotein), LDL (low-density lipoprotein), VDL (very low density lipoprotein), and others, as well as the connection between the ways various types of fat affect cholesterol levels. Providing essential information about how cholesterol relates to heart disease, stroke, and other life-threatening medical conditions, this essential primer also provides guidance about how to manage your cholesterol levels—through diet, exercise, and stress management—for optimum, lifelong health.

Manufacturer: Rodale Press

Manufacturer: Rodale Books

With an angry food industry hot on their heels and a ravenous fan base clamoring for more, Zinczenkoand Goulding once again redefine the American food landscape.Featuring up-to-the-minute information on the ever-changing array of supermarket and restaurantofferings, Eat This, Not That! 2012 reveals the shocking calorie counts, mind-bending sugar and fatloads, and deceptive advertising and marketing techniques that are making America fat―and givesreaders the information they need to fight back.Packed with cool tips, industry secrets, and essential nutrition knowledge, Eat This, Not That! 2012is a must-have for anyone who cares about what they eat―and how they look.