For people trying to lose weight and enhance well-being, its a little miracle: chia, a tiny seed that the Aztecs used for centuries as a super food, provides a complete source of dietary protein with more omega-3 fatty acids than salmon and more fiber--but fewer carbs--than rice, grains, and corn. In fact, chia is a gluten-free natural appetite suppressant that helps regenerate muscle, sustain energy, and balance blood sugar. This definitive work covers the history and benefits of chia, an...

One of the four main Aztec crops at the time of Columbus’s arrival in the New World, chia is now a forgotten food of the Americas. Chia seed oil offers the highest omega-3 fatty acid content available from plants, but today this species is known only for its use in "chia pets." Yet pre-Columbian civilizations used chia as a raw material for medicines and nutritional compounds, while chia flour could be stored for years as a food reserve and was valued as a source of energy...

A New York Times bestsellerNamed one of The Economist’s Books of the YearNamed one of The Wall Street Journal’s Top Ten Best Nonfiction BooksKirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction BooksForbes’s Most Memorable Healthcare BookIn The Big Fat Surprise,investigative journalist Nina Teicholz reveals the unthinkable: everything we thought we knew about dietary fat is wrong. She documents how...

Why is it so easy to gain weight and yet so difficult to lose it?Why is extra weight so bad for your health if it is just a store of energy?Why is obesity higher among the rich in poor countries and among the poor in rich countries?Why is the prevalence of obesity particularly high in island nations?What can we all do immediately (whatever our size) to improve our health and prevent weight gain?The Origin of Overweight explores the link between vitam...

A New Scientist Best Book of 2020Our evolutionary ancestors once possessed the ability to intuit what food their bodies needed, in what proportions, and ate the right things in the proper amounts—perfect nutritional harmony. From wild baboons to gooey slime molds, most every living organism instinctually knows how to balance their diets, except modern-day humans. When and why did we lose this ability, and how can we get it back?David Raubenheimer an...

The Guerrilla diet is the ideal diet for human consumption, one that has been proven to reverse disease and will help you easily and naturally lose weight and achieve optimal health. This lifestyle program is called The Guerrilla Diet because you will have to learn to combat all that you were taught and told to believe is healthy for you. The Guerrilla Diet is based on proven facts that examine human roots and consider all of the genetic and anatomical changes that have taken place in huma...

Milk and dairy products are a vital source of nutrition for many people. They also present livelihood opportunities for farm families, processors and other stakeholders in dairy value chains. Consumers, industry and governments need up-to-date information on how milk and dairy products can contribute to human nutrition and how dairy-industry development can best contribute to increasing food security and alleviating poverty. This publication is unique in drawing together information on nut...

Despite plant-based diets being associated with some of the best health outcomes, myths about the need for meatm dairy and eggs in the diet persist. Following a Q&A format, Shireen and Zahra Kassam, both medical doctors specialising in cancer treatment, answer all the commonly asked questions you may be concerned about when considering transitioning to a plant-based diet. How will I get enough protein? What about vitamin B12? And calcium? Is it safe for children? Is soya problematic for ho...

The first complete guide to natural healing properties and uses of the prickly pear cactus• Examines the scientific research promoting the cactus as a natural diabetes and cholesterol medication as well as its use in the treatment of obesity, gastrointestinal disorders, skin ailments, and viral infections• Explores the healing uses of prickly pears from the perspective of doctor, chemist, ethnobotanist, cook, and layman• Includes 24 cactus recipes--from Prickly Pear...

As the most complete chronicle of the science and folklore of pau d’arco, this book will serve as an invaluable resource for herbalists, scientists, and anyone interested in medicines from the rain forests of South America. Kenneth Jones describes the different varieties of pau d’arco and their applications in South American folk medicine, as well as giving clear directions for the herb’s preparation and dosage in the form of a tea and as an extract. Reviewing the wide-ranging scientific l...

How To Eat HealthyHow to Eat Healthy: Clean eating made simple and it all starts with food is a guide for what to eat and which foods to avoid in order to enjoy abundant energy, stable body weight, and better over-all health. Inside the pages of this book you’ll discover the secrets to a healthy body, improved muscle tone, and abundant energy – in other words, eat healthy feel great! In every sense, this book presents a clean eating diet plan.There is a color-coded clean fo...

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