Discusses weight control, causes of overeating, the dangers of diet fads, and proper nutrition.

"A lively and evidence-based argument that a whole food diet is essential for good mental health. Food has power to nourish your mind, supporting emotional wellness through both nutrients and pleasure. In this groundbreaking book, journalist Mary Beth Albright draws on cutting-edge research to explain the food/mood connection. She redefines "emotional eating" based on the science, revealing how eating triggers biological responses that affect humans'...

From world-class marathoner and 4-time Olympian Shalane Flanagan and chef Elyse Kopecky comes a whole foods, flavor-forward cookbook that proves food can be indulgent and nourishing at the same time. This cookbook for runners that shows fat is essential for flavor and performance and that counting calories, obsessing over protein, and restrictive dieting does more harm than good. Packed with more than 100 recipes for every part of your day, nutritional...

"A practicing pediatrician, bestselling author, and spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics offers a simple, fool-proof, no fuss plan for raising kids who love eating nutritious food. As a pediatrician and mother of three boys, Dr. Tanya Altmann knows that good nutrition is essential for healthy kids. But parents today are bombarded with confusing, and sometimes harmful, information. Nutritional guidelines are constantly changing, and...

"Obesidad, arteriosclerosis, enfermedades coronarias, hipertensi?n, ciertos tipos de c?ncer, osteoporosis... la mayor?a de las enfermedades tienen relaci?n directa con factores nutricionales o diet?ticos. A nivel mundial vivimos m?s tiempo. La raz?n fundamental es que han disminuido las tasas de mortalidad por enfermedades infecciosas y diversas patolog?as. En este contexto es innegable que la alimentaci?n es crucial en el control de la salud. En...

"Having sanctified himself in The Year of Living Biblically and sharpened his mind in The Know-It-All, A. J. Jacobs had one feat left in the self-improvement trinity: to become the healthiest man in the world. He didn't want just to lose weight, or finish a triathlon, or lower his cholesterol. His ambitions were far, far greater: Maximal health from head to toe. The task was massive. He had to tackle a complicated web of diet and exercise advice,...

"Recent changes in growing and processing food harm kids gut microbiomes, immune systems, and brains, contributing to chronic disease. Dr. Mayas plan started with the soil, using fresh foods and nature to heal her son from the inside out and the outside in. Since then, shes successfully helped chronically ill patients from around the world. Revealing the profound connections between food, nature, and childrens health, Dr. Maya explains how food is...

An obesity and neuroscience researcher explores how food choices are often influenced by brain circuits that control survival instincts and draws on cutting-edge neuroscience to offer guidelines for eating well and maintaining a healthy weight.

"Respaldado por una sólida investigación, en Comer para sanar el renombrado doctor William Li -cuya conferencia en TED Talk «ΔPodemos comer para que el cáncer muera de hambre?» cuenta con más de 11 millones de visualizaciones- pone finalmente a nuestro alcance el secreto de una salud inquebrantable: una estrategia que depende denuestras elecciones alimenticias para preservar y reforzar nuestros cinco sistemas naturales de defensa -la angiogénesis,...

"Let nutrition guide you to sobriety (or to just drinking a little less) with this guide and meal plan to reduce alcohol cravings and repair your health through food. Trapped in alcohol's addictive grip, Dr. Brooke Scheller wanted a way out. For her, total sobriety was the answer to her problem, which she achieved by applying her skills as a doctor of nutrition, pairing her knowledge of nutrition with other integrative therapies to eliminate alcohol...