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Author
Publisher
Book Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Comprehensive edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 611 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Health authorities regard well-planned vegan diets as safe and adequate for people at all stages of the life cycle, including those with unique nutritional needs, such as athletes. Furthermore, research has confirmed that vegan diets protect against many chronic diseases and are remarkably effective in treating these conditions. -- from back cover.
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Gundry has long endorsed the ketogenic diet and believed his patients' efforts to adhere to the challenging regimen was worthwhile. Then his research uncovered a shocking truth: We've gotten keto all wrong. Over the long term, a very low carb-diet can lead to muscle wasting and poor cognitive health. You have to have enough ketones and other plant compounds called polyphenols present in your body to unlock the process of mitochondrial uncoupling....
Publisher
YMAA Publication Center
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The DVD was developed especially for beginners, using a mirror-view workout that allows viewers to follow along with ease. This will help improve strength, flexibility, balance, and posture, and develop graceful movement. Master Helen guides viewers through a qigong warm-up, an easy tai chi class, and a cooldown meditation. In a separate chapter, she gives clear step-by-step instruction of the sixteen-movement tai chi form indoors and out, with multiple...
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
xviii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A specialist in clinical sleep disorders identifies a link between sleep and the hormones that control appetite, in a reference that explains how to lose weight naturally through effective sleep practices.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this definitive book on gluten, the authors of Celiac Disease: A Hidden Epidemic cut through the misinformation, false claims, and widespread confusion over gluten to explain the science behind the current gluten-free craze and examine the food-brain-gut triangle to reveal what's really going on in our bodies and our brains.A regimen once followed by those diagnosed with gluten intolerance or celiac disease (a serious autoimmune disorder), gluten-free...
Author
Publisher
Book Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
283 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Completely revised, this seminal classic offers fresh insights into the implications of becoming vegan -- for individuals, for animals, and for our fragile planet. It includes new information on the health benefits of vegan diets and a blueprint for clean eating. This streamlined "express" version is extensive yet easily understandable for anyone who wants to construct an optimal plant-based diet."--Cover page 4.
33) The longevity factor: how resveratrol and red wine activate genes for a longer and healthier life
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First Harvard University Press paperback edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Does the world make you sick? If the distractions and distortions around you, the jarring colors and sounds, could shake up the healing chemistry of your mind, might your surroundings also have the power to heal you? This is the question Esther Sternberg explores in Healing Spaces, a look at the marvelously rich nexus of mind and body, perception and place.
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First Da Capo Press edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Science writer Jörg Blech sets out the actual physiological effects of exercise: it triggers the growth of new brain cells, induces stem cells in blood vessels, and reverses symptoms of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Doctors are now using exercise to combat common ailments such as heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis, and depression. Everyone--whether a healthy athlete, a patient seeking to overcome a chronic disease, or a person...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A guide to harnessing the power of plants and enjoying the benefits of a plant-forward diet. For dieters who want to utilize the benefits of fruits, vegetables, and complex carbs-without eliminating the meat, dairy, fish, and fats they love-Plant Power delivers the most flavorful and favorable plant-based foods to their plates. In a four-week program, readers will, day-by-day, flip their diet from 70% meat/30% plants to 30% meat/70% plants, leading...
Author
Publisher
Rodale Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xxvi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Is high-quality sleep the missing component to help you shed fat for good, stave off diseases, and keep you productive? In Sleep Smarter, Shawn Stevenson, host of the popular podcast, The Model Health Show, answers these and many other sleep-related questions. As a teenager, Stevenson was diagnosed with a degenerative bone disease. He gave up on his health and his body, until he decided to fight back.Through years of research and consulting health...
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