"EatingWell's" test kitchen delivers more than 100 new recipes that celebrate the health benefits--and great taste--of eating fresh produce from local farmers' markets.

Great-tasting, healthy and easy-to-fix lunches.Junk food so common on the serving lines of school cafeterias is a huge problem. Childhood obesity is now an epidemic across the country, fueled by everyday menus that lack nutritional value.In Kids' Healthy Lunchbox Cara Hobday proposes healthy, quick recipes for packed lunches kids can take to school each morning. The nutrients provided by each lunch are listed in easy-to-read boxes that ensure children get the needed fuel to keep them fit and strong.Such easy-to-fix lunches as hummus and tomato wrap, curried vegetable samosa, and green pea and feta dip are not only healthful but sure to please the pickiest kids. In addition to these fast and delicious recipes, there are great ideas for encouraging children to help make their own lunches. Hobday creates the perfect opportunity to teach children about nutrition during meal preparation, while keeping them healthy, energetic and satisfied after lunch.Parents and kids will learn how to whip up such dishes as: Foccacia with turkey, avocado and red pepper Cornbread with roasted vegetables Honey mustard-glazed salmon and potato salad Finely sliced beef with tomato, cucumber and potato and pesto dressing Quiche Lorraine Curried vegetable samosa Peach and cranberry muffins Date and apple muesli slice.

Natural health's number-one bestseller for more than twenty years, completely revised and updated. With more than five million copies sold, Prescription for Nutritional Healingis the most trusted, comprehensive source on dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, and herbs. A pioneer in the field of nutritional healing, Phyllis Balch passionately and meticulously researched and compiled this groundbreaking book. Now, a generation later, her message has more relevance than ever: consume fresh foods, avoid processed foods and those high in saturated fat, and optimize your intake of essential nutrients with the right supplements. Today's well-stocked vitamin and natural-health stores can be confusing, and people need Balch's clear, concise, landmark guide. To help them make sense of the mind-numbing array of choices that are available, readers of Prescription for Nutritional Healingwill: - learn the basics of good nutrition; - find out how to balance vitamins and minerals so that the body can properly absorb both; - determine how best to treat 250 problems-from abscesses to wrinkles-using herbs, nutrition, and supplements; and - get the facts on other complementary therapies, like ayurveda, biofeedback, chiropractic care, and more. Prescription for Nutritional Healingis an essential resource for every health-minded consumer.

From the bestselling author ofGet With the Program!andBob Greene's Total Body MakeovercomesThe Best Life Diet,a lifetime plan for losing weight and keeping it off. Bob Greene helped Oprah achieve her dramatic weight loss, and he can help you too. You'll eat the same delicious food that Oprah enjoys, and, just like Oprah, you'll have Bob to encourage you at every step. Unlike a celebrity, however, you don't need to hire a staff of experts to aid and advise you, because Bob's plan, easily tailored to an array of tastes, lifestyles, and activity levels, acts as your personal trainer and private nutritionist. Just open the book and let Bob help you get started down the path toward your best possible life. What sets Bob apart from all the other experts who claim to have plans that work is that he admits that weight loss is difficult: seventeen years of watching people struggle to lose weight on a seemingly endless string of trendy crash diets, only to backslide and regain the pounds they've shed, have taught him that dropping pounds is not simply a numbers game. By acknowledging that it is not simple laziness but a complicated web of social rituals, cultural expectations, and habits that drives people to gain weight, Greene is able to attack the problem of weight loss realistically and offer not a short-lived, quick-fix formula, but a long-term program that accounts for the challenges and constraints of the real world. Divided into three phases,The Best Life Dietgives you the tools you need to change your life. In each phase, you'll be asked to reexamine the decisions you make on a daily basis and gradually alter your habits to achieve lasting results. The book also includes easy-to-follow meal plans that make it simple to meet your daily energy and nutrient requirements, whether you are on the run and breakfast means a quick smoothie or you have time to shop for fresh produce and make something special. You'll watch the weight disappear as you learn to prepare festive and flavorful dishes like Fire-Roasted Tomato-Shrimp Veracruz, Chicken Sausage Jambalaya, or Flank Steak with Chimichurri Topping and indulge in desserts like Roasted Peaches with Ricotta and Almonds or Apple Rhubarb Walnut Crisp. And for each delicious recipe, there is a detailed nutritional analysis, so you know exactly what you are eating and how it fits into your personal eating plan. Most important, Bob's plan doesn't end once you've lost the weight. Instead, it gives you the tools you need to make living your best life second nature, because for Greene, a diet is not something you go "on" or "off" but a set of guidelines that will help you claim the life you deserve.

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Diet only halfthe time with this simple, safe, and science-based weight-loss program. The Alternate-Day Dietis a revolutionary eating plan based on the animal studies documenting alternateday calorie restriction, which indicate that limiting caloric intake every other daycan turn on the “skinny” gene (SIRT1). Applying this same model in humans, Dr. Johnson discovered that a similar cascade of positive effects occurs —reduced inflammation, lower free-radical stress, improved insulin resistance, and better cellular energy production, among others. Most important, it also promotes fat loss by releasing fat cells from around the body’s organs. But, perhaps, the most significant benefit for those who want to lose weight is that every-other-day calorie restriction eliminates feelings of chronic deprivation—the reason that most diets fail. Easy-to-follow and scientifically sound, the diet is already a worldwide Internet phenomenon. And this book will provide Dr. Johnson’s legion of followers—plus those new to the diet— with all the guidance and recipes they will need to make the diet work best.

What's the secret to losing weight? Find out in this groundbreaking new diet book by fitness expert Kathy Smith. Inside Kathy shares a little-known concept: By Feeding your muscles with three key nutrients, you'll automatically shrink fat, lose weight, and keep it off. The diet plan also includes a step-by-step guide to Kathy's Matrix workout-a fast and simple total-body fitness plan. So let go of your old ideas for losing weight and get ready to feed muscle and shrink fat! Book jacket.

YOUR GENES ARE TRYING TO KILL YOU– AND YOU’RE EATING IT UP! Does losing weight and staying healthy feel like a battle? Well, it’s really a war. Your enemies are your own genes, backed by millions of years of evolution, and the only way to win is to outsmart them. Dr. Steven Gundry explains what your body is “thinking” and tells you why, surprisingly, your genes actually “want” you to be fat–even sick. Eating many so-called healthy foods gives your body the wrong messages and may activate what Dr. Gundry calls “killer genes,” whose purpose is to get rid of you. Now, with his revolutionary ideas, which enabled him to easily lose 70 pounds, you can reprogram your body for the health, life, looks, and longevity you desire! And this is a diet that works equally well for women and men, no matter what their age. Transform yourself with this three-phase plan: • The Teardown Phase will train your body to stop storing fat and curb your appetite, which enables you to lose weight while turning off “killer genes.” • The Restoration Phase gives your genes the resources to make you healthy and strong. • The Longevity Phase will allow you to enjoy your new, slim, vibrant body for a good, long time by making your genes protect you from aging. This entirely new way of looking at eating, weight loss, and the aging process teaches you how to manipulate your body’s programming, learn to deactivate “killer genes,” and keep disease and aging at bay. Dr. Gundry’s Diet Evolution shares the health secrets other doctors won’t tell you: • Why plants are “good” for you because they’re “bad” for you and meat is “bad” because it’s “good” for you • Why plateauing on this diet is actually a sign that you’re on the right track • How to choose micronutrient-rich, “calorie scant” foods instead of just “low calorie” foods • Why artificial sweeteners have the same effects as sugar on your health and your waistline • Why taking antacids, statins, and drugs for high blood pressure and arthritis only mask health issues instead of addressing them • Why thinning hair and skin tags are two signals that your genes are trying to kill you Along with the meal planner, 70 delicious recipes, and inspirational stories, Dr. Gundry’s easy-to-memorize tips will keep you healthy and on course: • If it’s “beige” or “white,” keep it out of sight. • If you eat dark “green,” you will become lean. • If you eat fake fats, you’ll get heart attacks. From the Hardcover edition.