Elevated homocysteine is a powerful, independent risk factor in more than 100 major medical conditions, including heart disease, strokes, and Alzheimer's disease. The authors discuss factors that contribute to high homocysteine, tell how to detect it if it's too high, and explain how to dramatically lower it.

We know that a plant-based, vegan diet is healthy. But how easy is it to incorporate it into our lifestyle? Are there any other steps that need to be taken to ensure our body is getting the nutrients it needs?In Optimum Nutrition for Vegans, Patrick Holford, bestselling author of over 25 health books, shows you how to achieve optimum nutrition while following a vegan diet. This book features 100 delicious, easy recipes that will nourish your body and your brain. Patrick wi...

Adequate vitamin B12 is essential for physical and mental health yet the NHS estimated in 2018 that one in 10 people over 75 and one in 20 people aged 65 to 74 were deficient. A deficiency may be due to pernicious anaemia (an autoimmune problem), in which case the only recourse is to inject B12 regularly, but it is much more likely to be due to medications (both metformin and omeprazole disrupt B12 metabolism), gastritis (from a poor diet, alcohol etc) or a poorly planned vegan diet, in wh...

Discover the 8 steps you can take to optimise your brain for better mood, memory, sleep and stress resilience.The results are in: our mental health, memory and intelligence are deteriorating. One in six children is now diagnosed with mental health issues, anti-depressant prescriptions have sky-rocketed, and the incidence of Alzheimer's and dementia, with are largely preventable, are on the rise. But we can take action to stop this decline in its tracks.In

COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE LATEST CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH. The best-selling Optimum Nutrition Bible has revolutionised health. It explains how, by giving yourself the best possible intake of nutrients, to allow your body to be as healthy as it possibly can. This revised and updated edition shows you: What a well balanced diet really means; How to boost your immune system; How to increase your energy and fitness levels; How to prevent cancer and turn back the ageing clock; ...

In this essential guidebook, the authors identify the most common allergens, help readers diagnose an allergy, and provide a full action plan for allergy relief.

A radically different, practical and doable way to achieve a healthy weight and substantially reduce your risk of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and dementia.'If you follow the advice here, you will improve your health, lose weight, avoid diabetes and reduce your risk of cancer and Alzheimer's. What more could you ask?' Dr Malcolm Kendrick, GP and author of The Great Cholesterol Con'A highly readable, smart and we...

Kickstart ketosis, lose weight, gain energy and transform your health in just five daysPioneering research has shown that a diet that is low in carbs and calories and high in good fats that trigger ketosis can counteract many diseases and boost wellbeing better than water fasts. In The 5-Day Diet, nutrition expert and co-author of The Hybrid Diet Patrick Holford provides you with a tried and tested plan to trigger a self-repair process, called aut...

Discover how understanding and experiencing the true power of connection—with others, with yourself, and with your life’s purpose—can have drastic effects on your healthAcclaimed author Patrick Holford has spent the last 40 years exploring what it means to be 100% healthy. In The Chemistry of Connection, he shares deep wisdom that will help you feel more fully alive and awake to your life and the lives of others. By exploring elemental, chemical, psycholog...

Burn Fat Fast is quite simply the easiest, healthiest and most effective way to lose weight. Alternate-day dieting, which involves taking in a very low amount of calories on alternate days, is all the rage - this diet takes it to a whole new level.In this book Patrick Holford outlines how, by combining elements of alternate-day fasting with a low glycemic-load (GL) diet, you can lose fat fast, without going hungry or compromising your health. For those new to the low-GL di...

Life expectancy is increasing, but this is only good news if you stay well and can enjoy it. The 10 Secrets of Healthy Ageing draws on the latest research findings, and the health secrets of long-lived people, to outline the diet and lifestyle that will help you stay healthy, look younger and feel great as you age. It explains how your body changes as you age and what you can do to avoid the illnesses of old age, as well as the aches, pains, poor sleep and eyesight deteri...

Patrick Holford's low-GL diet is a simple and effective way to seriously improve your health. Since the first edition of the diet was published in 2004 numerous people have tried it and can testify to its effectiveness for weight loss - not only that but it improves long-term health and vitality. This book summarises the main principles of the diet and provides everything you need to get started.So what is a low-GL diet? Essentially it is a way of keeping your blood sugar steady so...