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First published in 2011, the author put forward his belief that wheat products were the largest contributor to the nationwide obesity epidemic. Now updated with refreshed recipes, new program guidelines, and cutting-edge nutritional findings, this book is an illuminating look at what is making Americans sick, and an action plan to clear our plates of the harmful ingredients of wheat and gluten.
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Eat Naked with Margaret Floyd for a Sexier You
•Are you fed up with counting calories?
•Confused by all the diet hype?
•Want to eat delicious, real food and look and feel great?
Leading nutritional therapist Margaret Floyd's Eat Naked will help you strip away the overprocessed, overpackaged, and overdressed junk food from your diet. It's time to enjoy "naked" foods-whole foods that are fresh, organically grown, and prepared in...
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"What is the "best" diet? Do calories matter? And when it comes to protein, fat, and carbs, which ones are good and which are bad? Food writer and cook Mark Bittman and health expert David Katz, MD, answer all these questions and more in a lively and easy-to-read Q&A format. Inspired by their viral hit article in Grub Street--one of New York magazine's most popular and most-shared articles--here Bittman and Katz share their clear, no-nonsense perspective...
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"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollan's thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through the generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not "real."...
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Eat for Life is the first book to showcase Dr. Joel Fuhrman's Nutritarian Diet in full--the most practical, balanced, and focused way to eat, lose weight, and live longer. Emphasizing high-nutrient, whole plant foods that supply abundant amounts of micronutrients. Most Americans are deficient in micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) and consume too many macronutrients (calories). Natural, colorful plant foods contain the largest assortment of micronutrients,...
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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the best-selling author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook—this everyday cookbook is “filled with fun and easy ... recipes that will have you actually looking forward to hitting the kitchen at the end of a long work day” (Bustle).
A happy discovery in the kitchen has the ability to completely change the course of your day. Whether we’re cooking for...
A happy discovery in the kitchen has the ability to completely change the course of your day. Whether we’re cooking for...
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Do you know what maltodextrin is? No, it's not the winning word from the national spelling bee. It's probably in your corn flakes. Should you eat something that you can't pronounce? In the past few days, you've probably eaten several hundred chemicals during your snacks and meals. Some you may know all about, but there may be a lot you've never heard of and even a few you can't pronounce! Are all these chemicals safe? Which are healthy, and which...
10) The end of food
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Paul Roberts, the best-selling author of The End of Oil, turns his attention to the modern food economy and finds that the system entrusted to meet our most basic need is failing.
In this carefully researched, vivid narrative, Roberts lays out the stark economic realities behind modern food and shows how our system of making, marketing, and moving what we eat is growing less and less compatible with the billions of consumers that system...
In this carefully researched, vivid narrative, Roberts lays out the stark economic realities behind modern food and shows how our system of making, marketing, and moving what we eat is growing less and less compatible with the billions of consumers that system...
12) You--the owner's manual: an insider's guide to the body that will make you healthier and younger
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Outlines steps to achieving overall physical health, addressing each area of the body in a series of chapters designed to challenge popular myths while informing readers on a range of dietary, exercise, and therapeutic concerns.
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This documentary tells the far-fetched but completely true history of how our country became so unhealthy, tracing a detailed history spanning 150 years to show just how misinformation and outright lies have become "truth." FAT exposes the widespread myths and lies around healthy eating, fat and weight loss and shows how, in spite of all our good intentions, we go on getting fatter and fatter.
14) Unsupersize Me
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This film documents the inspiring story of Juan-Carlos Asse, owner of Zen Fitness, and his quest to prove that a whole foods, plant-based diet coupled with an intensive exercise regimen is capable of remarkably and rapidly improving the health of any and every individual. Asse teams up with Tracy Ryan, who has struggled with obesity throughout her life, and guides her from poor health to a new life. Watch as Asse helps Ryan lose 200 pounds in a single...
15) Diet Fiction
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This film exposes the most popular diets on the planet as well as several misconceptions about weight loss and nutrition. The film follows the audacious filmmaker Michal Siewierski (Food Choices) in his treacherous journey.
16) The Magic Pill
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What if most of our modern diseases are really just symptoms of the same problem? THE MAGIC PILL follows doctors, patients, scientists, chefs, farmers and journalists from around the globe who are combating illness through a paradigm shift in eating. And this simple change – embracing fat as our main fuel – is showing profound promise in improving the health of people, animals and the planet.
17) PlantPure Nation
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From the Producer and Writer of Forks Over Knives, the documentary film PLANTPURE NATION tells the story of three people on a quest to spread the message of one of the most important health breakthroughs of all time.
18) Unsupersize Us
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This film is the follow up to the award-winning *Unsupersize Me*. Five subjects that all suffer from common health issues are put on regimen of a plant based diet and exercise for six weeks. The results are impressive as the five people quickly turn their health around. UNSUPERSIZE US showcases cooking skills, healthy shopping, eating healthy on the road, and mental fortitude. Winner of two awards at the **Impact Docs Awards**.
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Overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, Joe Cross was at the end of his rope and the end of his hope. With doctors and conventional medicine unable to help, Joe traded in junk food and hit the road with a juicer and generator in tow, vowing only to drink fresh fruit and vegetable juice for 60 days. Across 3,000 miles Joe had one goal in mind: To get off his pills and achieve a balanced lifestyle. "*This...
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The Next Generation of the Zone!
Dr. Barry Sears is one of the world's most trusted voices on health, diet, and nutrition. Over the past decade, millions of people worldwide have followed his prescriptions for healthy living through his bestselling books. He introduced the world to the Zone, a state of improved hormonal control that has helped a generation of people lose excess body fat, reverse the aging process, and fight heart disease and diabetes.
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