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The Take Control Diet

Author : Ian Smith
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345487141
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book The Take Control Diet written by Ian Smith and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Shred GET OFF THE DIETING ROLLER COASTER-NOW AND FOREVER! You already know that fad diets don't work. But that doesn't mean you can't lose weight! Here at last is a science-based diet that will give you the body you want. The secret is to work with your body, not against it. Exploding the many diet myths on the market, Dr. Ian Smith gives you the knowledge you need to solve your weight problem permanently. For instance, did you know that eating too much protein damages your health? That starvation and deprivation slow your metabolism? That it is impossible to convert fat to muscle? Here Dr. Smith not only explains the true causes of overweight but demonstrates how metabolism and genetics factor in to weight control. He shows you how to design your own eating and exercise plan to accommodate your preferences, your routines, and your particular weight goals. The plan includes: - vital information on "feel-full" foods - proven strategies to optimize your metabolism - effective ways to exercise that get results With a 30-day menu and exercise program customized to your needs, The Take-Control Diet is the last weight-loss book you will ever need!

Controlled Cheating

Author : Larry Goldberg
Publisher : Doubleday Books
ISBN 13 : 9780385173797
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (737 download)

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Download or read book Controlled Cheating written by Larry Goldberg and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1981 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cruise Control Diet

Author : Jorge Cruise
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0525618694
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book The Cruise Control Diet written by Jorge Cruise and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Activate your weight-loss autopilot--use the power of simple on/off fasting to lose the pounds and keep them off, from Hollywood trainer and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jorge Cruise. Timing is everything. Or, as #1 New York Times bestselling author and celebrity trainer Jorge Cruise explains: When we eat is as important as what we eat. Building on the scientifically proven but hard-to-sustain day-on, day-off technique known as "intermittent fasting," Cruise simplifies your calendar by dividing every day into two easy-to-remember nutritional zones: a 16-hour evening and overnight "burn zone" (semi-fasting) followed by an 8-hour "boost zone" (eating). To help you crush cravings throughout, he ingeniously introduces foods that can be consumed in either zone to keep you burning fat all around the clock. You'll never be hungry if you don't really ever have to fully fast! Putting the body on weight-loss autopilot, The Cruise Control Diet includes: - 50 recipes for deliciously unexpected boost-zone foods, such as Margherita pizza, spaghetti squash lasagna, and turmeric shrimp; - 15 high-fat, no-sugar burn-zone recipes for craving-quenching foods like chocolate coconut mousse and caramel chai latte; - Weekly menus and handy grocery lists to take guessing out of the equation; - Candid testimonials and amazing weight loss results from Cruise's clients; - An optional burn-zone exercise program with instructional photos"--

Take Control of Your Endometriosis

Author : Henrietta Norton
Publisher : Kyle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780857830685
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Take Control of Your Endometriosis written by Henrietta Norton and published by Kyle Books. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a sufferer of endometriosis and a qualified nutritional therapist, Henrietta Norton provides both a personal and professional look at how women can take control of their endometriosis and relieve their symptoms naturally.

The Digital Diet

Author : Daniel Sieberg
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0307887383
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Digital Diet written by Daniel Sieberg and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all know someone who needs a digital diet. Technology has overwhelmed our daily lives to the point of constant distraction. Many of us can no longer focus on a single task or face-to-face conversation without wanting to reach out—or retreat—to the virtual world every few minutes. Science and technology reporter and recovering digital addict Daniel Sieberg has devised a foolproof 4-step plan to help you regain control, focus, and true connection in your life. Step 1//Re: Think: Consider how technology has overwhelmed our society and the effect it’s had on your physical, mental, and emotional health. Step 2//Re: Boot: Take stock of your digital intake using Sieberg’s Virtual Weight Index and step back from the device. Step 3//Re: Connect: Focus on restoring the relationships that have been harmed by the technology in your life. Step 4//Re: Vitalize: Learn how to live with technology—the healthy way, by optimizing your time spent e-mailing, texting, on Facebook, and web surfing. This program will enable families to communicate better, employees to be more productive, and friends to stay in touch. Sieberg teaches us how to manage and use the technology in our lives to our advantage, without letting it control us.

The DASH Diet Action Plan

Author : Marla Heller
Publisher : Amidon Press
ISBN 13 : 097634081X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (763 download)

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Download or read book The DASH Diet Action Plan written by Marla Heller and published by Amidon Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DASH Diet Action Plan is the user-friendly teaching guide to the DASH diet. Initially, many people find it difficult to follow the DASH diet. This book makes it simple to understand and put into practice. The book makes it easy to lose weight with the DASH diet, and it has realistic ways to add exercise. Although the book was not intended to be an aggressive weight loss book, people are writing to say that they have surprised themselves by finding it easy to lose weight following the plan! Many people find the DASH diet to be hard to implement and sustain in a hectic lifestyle. The average American gets 2 - 3 servings of fruits and vegetables combined each day, so following the DASH diet may seem daunting. The DASH Diet Action Plan book is designed to help you with more than just "what" is involved with the DASH diet, it also shows you "how." How to follow the DASH diet in restaurants, how to lose weight, how to make over your kitchen to make it easy to follow your plan, how to fit in exercise, how to reduce salt intake, how to add vegetables even if you "hate" vegetables. And the book helps you make your own personal plan with specific steps you will take to fit the DASH diet into your daily routine. Our readers say that this is the best DASH diet book! Your step-by-step plan will include: setting your goals for blood pressure and cholesterol, determining the calorie-level you need for maintenance or weight loss, developing meal plans, developing a realistic exercise plan, adjusting the DASH diet to accommodate other health problems, choosing the key DASH diet foods, reading food labels, and learning how to incorporate more vegetables in your diet, and setting up your kitchen to make it easy to stay on track. This book was written by a registered dietitian who is experienced in helping people make sustainable behavior changes, and make healthy eating part of their real lives. She knows that people need flexibility and options to choose different approaches, since not everyone has the time or the interest in cooking or making drastic changes in how they eat. The book incorporates tools that will help you plan the specific steps you will take to adopt the DASH diet. Research shows that people who make concrete plans are more likely to be successful with adopting new health behavior. This should improve your ability to lower your blood pressure (and cholesterol), without medication.

Diet for Dancers

Author : Robin D. Chmelar
Publisher : Dance Horizons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Diet for Dancers written by Robin D. Chmelar and published by Dance Horizons. This book was released on 1995 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first diet book based on research with dancers, this guide provides information about proper dietary procedures that will enable people to reach and/or maintain their optimal body weight for dancing. Areas discussed include weight control, individual differences in metabolism, and body composition.

The Boston Police Diet and Weight Control Program

Author : Sam S. Berman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (726 download)

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Download or read book The Boston Police Diet and Weight Control Program written by Sam S. Berman and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The 4 Day Diet

Author : Ian K. Smith, M.D.
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429923628
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The 4 Day Diet written by Ian K. Smith, M.D. and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Ian demands big results from his diet plans: whether on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club, State Farm's 50 Million Pound Challenge or his numerous inspirational appearances across the country, his advice has helped countless numbers of dieters lose millions of pounds. With over twenty years of experience watching how and why dieters lose weight—and how they don't—Dr. Ian developed a program that actually retrains the brain to diet naturally. In The 4 Day Diet, Dr. Ian distills that program into the acronym SMARTER: --Sense of where you are: don't fool yourself about your habits and what kind of shape you're in --Make realistic goals: don't sabotage your success by trying to do too much too fast --Activate your motivational engine: learn how to be your own best diet coach --Resist temptation: how to put yourself in an environment that supports your diet and keeps you disciplined --Think thin: why visualization works --Every bite counts: track your intake, but learn how to enjoy what you eat more at the same time --Reward yourself: indulge yourself in small and big ways along the road to permanent weight loss

The "I" Diet

Author : Susan B. Roberts Ph.D
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0761161996
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book The "I" Diet written by Susan B. Roberts Ph.D and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-01-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "I" Diet is a breakthrough: A diet based on impeccable research. A diet where the dieter never goes hungry or feels deprived. A diet that's completely healthy for you, grounded in the metabolic, genetic and psychological workings of the human body. A diet that shows how the hardwired food instincts that once ensured our survival are now driving too many on the road to obesity—and how we can turn those same instincts into an engine for permanent, healthy weight loss. And a fat-burning marvel of a diet that helped the men and women pictured on the cover and inside the book lose 30 pounds on average in a few short months. Start the "I" Diet and be amazed. The diet has been universally praised. From Jane Brody in The New York Times: "Perhaps the most comprehensive approach to eating for effective weight control." From Women's World: "Obesity cure!" From world-class nutritional researchers and scientists: "A real paradigm shift;" "wise guidance along the road to long-term weight management;" "an honest, straightforward and helpful guide." And not to mention from Harvard's Henry Louis Gates Jr., who recommends the book to "anyone who has struggled with weight gain or obesity, and has given up hope. This diet will change their life."

The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet

Author : Barbara Rolls
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006206066X
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet written by Barbara Rolls and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The founder of the #1 New York Times–bestselling Volumetrics diet combines new findings, user-friendly tools, and dozens of fabulous and filling recipes to help you lose weight without feeling hungry in this full-color diet book/cookbook. In The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet, Dr. Barbara Rolls expands on her time-tested message with new findings, recipes, and user-friendly tools. Dr. Rolls's twelve-week program supports readers step-by-step as they develop new habits to help them lose weight and keep it off—and her 105 delicious recipes, divided into thirty-five food categories, provide a foundation for personalizing and preparing everything from breakfast favorites to main courses to desserts. The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet also features: Budget- and time-saving tips for losing weight Myth busters shattering common beliefs about diets and dieting Food shopping strategies and options for saving time or saving money Game plans for eating out, including menu buzz words, key questions, calorie labeling, and more New tips for feeding the family and camouflaging veggies in favorite dishes Concise charts with nutritional information for personalizing meals Before-and-after photos comparing standard and Volumetrics recipes, with tips on how they were adapted to provide more food for the calories

The DASH Diet Younger You

Author : Marla Heller
Publisher : Grand Central Life & Style
ISBN 13 : 1455554537
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The DASH Diet Younger You written by Marla Heller and published by Grand Central Life & Style. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author and DASH Diet specialist Marla Heller reveals groundbreaking research to help prevent and even halt signs aging through a combination of DASH-approved superfoods and strategies designed to target aging. The most trusted brand in diets--the DASH diet--has helped millions of people lower blood pressure, lose weight, and improve their health. Now, in this groundbreaking new program, it can help you look and feel 20 years younger! Marla Heller, New York Times bestselling author and premier DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) dietitian, has combined key elements of the DASH diet with the latest cutting-edge research to develop a program that can halt and even reverse many of the effects of aging. Based on the diet rated the #1 Best Overall Diet by U.S. News & World Report, The Dash Diet Younger You reveals five age-defying strategies designed to target the root causes of aging, including Oxid-Aging, Inflamm-Aging, and Glyc-Aging. You'll lose weight and turn back the clock while enjoying a delicious diet of antioxidant rich superfoods, satisfying plant-based meals, and foods that promote healthy gut bacteria and decrease inflammation and cravings. Featuring a natural detox that fights aging at the cellular level and proven blood pressure "busters," this powerful program will help you erase years with visible and measurable results. In just 10 weeks, you can: Reverse the diseases of aging Fortify and rejuvenate hair and skin Revitalize and strengthen bones, muscles, and joints Improve heart health and blood pressure Lose weight, especially in the tummy Look and feel younger, healthier, and slimmer! Complete with 28 days of meal plans and over 75 delicious recipes, The Dash Diet Younger You has everything you need to look and feel years younger!

The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition

Author : T. Colin Campbell
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1942952902
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition written by T. Colin Campbell and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revised and expanded edition of the bestseller that changed millions of lives The science is clear. The results are unmistakable. You can dramatically reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes just by changing your diet. More than 30 years ago, nutrition researcher T. Colin Campbell and his team at Cornell, in partnership with teams in China and England, embarked upon the China Study, the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease. What they found when combined with findings in Colin's laboratory, opened their eyes to the dangers of a diet high in animal protein and the unparalleled health benefits of a whole foods, plant-based diet. In 2005, Colin and his son Tom, now a physician, shared those findings with the world in The China Study, hailed as one of the most important books about diet and health ever written. Featuring brand new content, this heavily expanded edition of Colin and Tom's groundbreaking book includes the latest undeniable evidence of the power of a plant-based diet, plus updated information about the changing medical system and how patients stand to benefit from a surging interest in plant-based nutrition. The China Study—Revised and Expanded Edition presents a clear and concise message of hope as it dispels a multitude of health myths and misinformation. The basic message is clear. The key to a long, healthy life lies in three things: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Anti-Diet

Author : Christy Harrison
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
ISBN 13 : 0316420360
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Anti-Diet written by Christy Harrison and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2019-12-24 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reclaim your time, money, health, and happiness from our toxic diet culture with groundbreaking strategies from a registered dietitian, journalist, and host of the Food Psych podcast. 68 percent of Americans have dieted at some point in their lives. But upwards of 90% of people who intentionally lose weight gain it back within five years. And as many as 66% of people who embark on weight-loss efforts end up gaining more weight than they lost. If dieting is so clearly ineffective, why are we so obsessed with it? The culprit is diet culture, a system of beliefs that equates thinness to health and moral virtue, promotes weight loss as a means of attaining higher status, and demonizes certain ways of eating while elevating others. It's sexist, racist, and classist, yet this way of thinking about food and bodies is so embedded in the fabric of our society that it can be hard to recognize. It masquerades as health, wellness, and fitness, and for some, it is all-consuming. In Anti-Diet, Christy Harrison takes on diet culture and the multi-billion-dollar industries that profit from it, exposing all the ways it robs people of their time, money, health, and happiness. It will turn what you think you know about health and wellness upside down, as Harrison explores the history of diet culture, how it's infiltrated the health and wellness world, how to recognize it in all its sneaky forms, and how letting go of efforts to lose weight or eat "perfectly" actually helps to improve people's health—no matter their size. Drawing on scientific research, personal experience, and stories from patients and colleagues, Anti-Diet provides a radical alternative to diet culture, and helps readers reclaim their bodies, minds, and lives so they can focus on the things that truly matter.

How to Eat

Author : Mark Bittman
Publisher : Harvest
ISBN 13 : 035812882X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (581 download)

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Download or read book How to Eat written by Mark Bittman and published by Harvest. This book was released on 2020 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy-to-understand rules for eating right, from food expert Mark Bittman and Yale physician David Katz, MD, based on their hit Grub Street article

The Take-Control Diet

Author : Ian Smith
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 158836108X
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book The Take-Control Diet written by Ian Smith and published by Random House. This book was released on 2001-12-04 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Shred The Take-Control Diet aims to make you the expert on your body. Dr. Ian Smith delivers the final word on dieting for the fad-weary reader who wants the truth about permanent weight loss. The Take-Control Diet explains the real science of how your body manages energy, why crash diets and trendy programs sabotage your chances of success, and how you can get off the yo-yo ride forever. Dr. Smith offers a diet and exercise program that allows you to eat without feeling deprived, or adopting an entirely specialized diet, and that helps you use both anaerobic and aerobic exercise for maximum weight loss results. He explains how to calculate your own individual food-and-exercise equation in order to lose the ideal amount of weight per week. The Take-Control Diet equips you with the facts so that you can approach your health and fitness goals psychologically fortified for the task. Understanding common myths about dieting will give you the knowledge you need to resolve your weight issues for good. Did you know that, contrary to the recommendations of many popular diets, eating too much protein could seriously damage your health? That it is impossible to convert fat to muscle? That starving yourself slows your metabolism and causes your body to store energy as fat? That no foods appreciably increase your metabolism? That chronic, yo-yo dieting makes weight loss increasingly difficult? Dr. Smith explains the causes of overweight, the health concerns of dieting, how metabolism and genetics factor in to weight control, and what you can do to work with, rather than against, your body’s processes. Many diets dictate a program that might work—if it works at all—only as long as you can adhere to radical and unnatural habits. The Take-Control Diet, instead, equips you to design your own eating and exercise plan—one that accommodates your preferences, your daily routine, and your particular weight loss hurdles. Losing weight will not only help you look your best but also reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer—in addition to improving your overall energy level and ability to fight illness. Dr. Smith offers a plan, based on extensive research and his personal work with patients, that respects your intelligence and empowers you to win the battle with overweight. The Take-Control Diet is one hundred percent free of unrealistic promises, poor science, and far-fetched gimmicks—and one hundred percent yours for life.

The Cruise Control Diet

Author : Jorge Cruise
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0525618716
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book The Cruise Control Diet written by Jorge Cruise and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activate your weight-loss autopilot—use the power of simple intermittent fasting to lose the pounds and keep them off, from Hollywood trainer and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jorge Cruise. Timing is everything when it comes to losing weight. Or, as celebrity trainer Jorge Cruise explains: When we eat is as important as what we eat. Building on the scientifically proven but hard-to-sustain day-on, day-off technique known as “intermittent fasting,” Cruise has developed a revolutionary masterplan that simplifies your calendar and eliminates between-meal hunger. He divides every day into two easy-to-remember nutritional zones: a 16-hour evening and overnight “burn zone” (semi-fasting) followed by an 8-hour “boost zone” (eating). Ingeniously, his plan also includes “bumper foods” that can be consumed in either zone—around the clock—to keep you satiated and burning fat throughout. You’ll never be hungry if you don’t really ever have to fully fast! Backed by the very latest research and client-tested for optimal results, The Cruise Control Diet unlocks the key to dramatic results with • recipes for deliciously unexpected boost zone foods, such as Portobello Mini Pizzas, Zoodle Spaghetti & Meatballs, Sheet Pan Salmon & Asparagus, and even Almond Butter Cookies • high-fat, no-sugar burn-zone recipes for craving-quenching foods like Double Chocolate Fudge Mousse and Vanilla Chai Tea Latte • weekly menus and handy grocery lists to take the guess work out of the equation • candid testimonials from Cruise’s clients and test-panel participants • an optional burn-zone exercise program with instructional photos With The Cruise Control Diet you’ll automate your diet and finally conquer weight loss forever! Featuring a foreword by Brooke Burke and an introduction by Jason Fung, M.D. Praise for Jorge Cruise “Jorge gets it right. His recipes make eating smart easy. I recommend them highly.”—Andrew Weil, M.D., #1 New York Times bestselling author of Why Our Health Matters “Jorge knows how to make weight loss simple and easy without feeling hungry.”—Tyra Banks, model, actress, CEO, and New York Times bestselling author “Recipes from my friend Jorge Cruise—where healthy food meets great flavor.”—Emeril Lagasse, chef, restaurateur, and New York Times bestselling author