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AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Acclaimed journalist and author of The Dorito Effect delivers a groundbreaking, entertaining, and informative work that reveals…
how our dysfunctional relationship with food began—and how science is leading us back to healthier living and eating. For the last fifty years, we have been fighting a losing war on food. We have cut fat, reduced carbs, eliminated sugar, and attempted every conceivable diet only to find that eighty-eight million American adults are prediabetic, more than a hundred million have high blood pressure, and nearly half now qualify as obese. The harder we try to control what we eat, the more unhealthy we become. Why? Mark Schatzker has spent his career traveling the world in search of the answer. In The Dorito Effect , he revealed the startling relationship between flavor and nutrition. In Steak , he was one of the first authors to recognize the critical importance of regenerative agriculture. Now, in The End of Craving , he poses an even more profound question: What if the key to nutrition and good health lies not in resisting the primal urge to eat but in understanding its purpose? Beginning in the mountains of Europe and the fields of the Old South, Schatzker embarks on a quest to uncover the lost art of eating and living well. Along the way, he visits brain scanning laboratories and hog farms, and encounters cultural oddities and scientific paradoxes—northern Italians eat what may be the world's most delicious cuisine, yet are among the world's thinnest people; laborers in southern India possess an inborn wisdom to eat their way from sickness to good health. Schatzker reveals how decades of advancements in food technology have turned the brain's drive to eat against the body, placing us in an unrelenting state of craving. Only by restoring the relationship between nutrition and the essential joy of eating can we hope to lead longer and happier lives. Combining cutting-edge science and ancient wisdom, The End of Craving is an urgent and radical investigation that will fundamentally change how we understand both food and ourselves
Guide for teens addresses physical fitness and health. Suggests exercises, healthy food choices, and weight-management strategies. Provides information on allergies,…
eating disorders, diabetes, and growth hormones and includes a question-and-answer section and personal stories. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2011
Two food-blogging moms provide tips and seasonal recipes for encouraging children to eat more fresh, wholesome foods. Includes such dishes…
as breakfast panini, hearty kale-potato soup, Asian-style fish with greens, and chocolate-walnut-zucchini bread. Discusses the benefits of various vegetables and whole grains like quinoa and wheat berries. 2010
Pediatric endocrinologist explains the scientific evidence for the toxicity of sugar and its effect on the hormones that control hunger…
and satiety. Exposes the food industry's contribution to poor health and the epidemic of obesity. Offers suggestions to maintain weight. Basis for the YouTube video "Sugar: The Bitter Truth." 2012
Physician discusses the effects of sugar, fat, and salt on eating habits in this adaptation of Kessler's The End of…
Overeating (DB 69088) for young readers. Identifies the signs of overeating and offers simple, practical tools for self-control. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2013
Author chronicles his dietary journey from his childhood as an omnivore and avid fisherman, to early adulthood as a strict…
vegan, and later a more thoughtful carnivore. Explores the history of vegetarianism in American culture, and ways his personal relationships affected his thoughts on the acquisition of food. 2012
Fitness expert and former nutritionist on the Dr. Phil television show posits that food intolerance is the culprit behind weight…
gain, inflammation, and premature aging. Offers a plan to eliminate gluten, soy, dairy, eggs, corn, peanuts, and sugars--with gradual reintroduction of some foods. Includes case studies and recipes. Bestseller. 2012
Physician and author of Eat to Live (DB 75601) outlines his nutrition plan to boost immunity and overall health. States…
that modern medicine and poor dietary choices degrade the body's ability to protect itself. Lists foods that promote wellness. Includes recipes. 2011
Doctor Fuhrman details his diet designed to supply optimal nutrition and enable rapid weight loss. Revised edition describes ways to…
reverse diseases, including diabetes and heart disease, through better nutrition. Explains the poor American diet, provides a comprehensive overview of nutrition, and offers a beginner's six-week vegetarian diet. Bestseller. 2003
In this updated edition, the author describes his travels to five areas of the world where a concentration of the…
inhabitants live longer than the norm. Suggests ways to incorporate the lifestyle habits that prevail in Sardinia, Italy; Loma Linda, California; Ikaria, Greece; Nicoya, Costa Rica; and Okinawa, Japan. 2012
Journalist and former public-health consultant discusses the influence of military research on culinary history and civilian eating habits. Examines preservation…
techniques, adulteration of basic staples such as bread and cheese, and the ways food is packaged and transported. Considers the effect of these processes on children. 2015
Guide for kids to make tasty, healthy vegetarian dishes, including a red pepper hummus, fruity raisin granola, sunshine rice, and…
more. Separates the recipes by the color of the fruits and vegetables, and discusses how to prepare the ingredients. For grades 3-6. 2016
Nephrologist provides an overview of how the kidneys work and how nutrition affects kidney function. Discusses dietary needs of different…
types of chronic kidney disease. Includes fifty recipes for kidney health for different diets and lists the nutritional information for each dish. 2015
Holistic nutrition coach Jamieson suggests that women should be aware of the desires underneath their food cravings and ditch negative…
body-image obsessions. She discusses the neuroscience behind cravings, ways to break long-standing eating habits, and the benefits of being mindful of what we eat. Descriptions of sex. 2015
An M.D. and a yogi, both health writers, offer paragraph-long suggestions on improving health, organized by categories of eating, moving,…
boosting, healing, and living. Examples include: work standing up; embrace the neti pot; and buy dark leafy greens, cruciferous veggies, avocados, blueberries, eggs, and walnuts every week. 2014
British physician-turned-health-journalist Mosley and health writer Spencer suggest a practice of restricting calories two days each week and eating normally…
the other five. Explains the health benefits of this method and provides meal suggestions for maintaining the five-hundred-calorie limit for women and six-hundred-calorie limit for men during the "fasting' days. 2014
Known for her long-running public television fitness show Classical Stretch, former professional ballet dancer Esmonde-White presents the technique she developed…
called Essentrics--routines that work each of the body's six hundred and twenty muscles. She explains how this differs from other types of exercising and how it prevents muscle atrophy. 2014
Duncan examines the dangers in food production, transportation, storage, and preparation that may result in preventable illness and death. The…
author also includes a broad examination of problems and potential solutions in food safety practices, inspections, and enforcement. 2015
Award-winning journalist examines the history of thirteen dietary supplements since their discovery early in the twentieth century. Investigates the complicated…
psychological relationship we've developed with these mysterious chemicals in pursuit of good health and challenges us to rethink our daily food choices. 2015
Gynecologist explains how female weight gain is the result of misfires involving seven metabolic hormones--estrogen, insulin, leptin, cortisol, thyroid, growth…
hormone, and testosterone. She outlines her three-week program of three-day bursts that address each of these hormones in turn through dietary changes. 2015