Award-winning author Grace Lin joins science writer Ranida T. McKneally to get kids talking about the science of food, the five food groups, and what a healthy meal looks like. Answering questions like "why are so many vegetables...
Nutrition
- Author:Lin, GraceSummary:
- Author:Rinzler, Carol AnnSummary:
You've been hearing it since you were a little kid: "You are what you eat." But unlike most adages you've long since debunked, this wise saying is true! Good nutrition is the key to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight and...
- Author:Parnell, MartinSummary:
In 2005, during a four-month cycling trip through Africa, Martin Parnell was struck by the power of sport and its ability to bring people together and to bring about change. Five years later, the 55-year-old mining engineer, husband,...
- Author:Percy, Jane H.Summary:
In the U.S., millions of people spend billions of dollars on books, programs, drugs or surgery that claim to offer a solution to obesity. It is a huge and exploitive industry that flourishes while, per capita, we are becoming heavier...
- Author:Maïano, Christophe, Ricard, Marie-Michèle, Aimé, AnnieSummary:
Cet ouvrage, qui fait appel à une soixantaine de spécialistes canadiens et européens − médecins, psychiatres, psychoéducateurs, nutritionnistes, kinésiologues et professeurs-chercheurs −, décrit de façon approfondie les caractéristiques...
- Author:Fioravanti, GiulioSummary:
Ce que nous appelons la vie de tous les jours n'est en réalité qu'un état incontrôlé d'émotions et de stress qui nous déconnecte de notre être et qui se traduit par des effets néfastes tant au niveau de notre...
- Author:Siegel, Bettina EliasSummary:
Most parents start out wanting to raise healthy eaters. Then the world intervenes. In Kid Food, nationally recognized writer and food advocate Bettina Elias Siegel explores one of the fundamental challenges of modern parenting: trying...
- Author:Pollan, MichaelSummary:
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan"s In defense of food, the well-considered answers he provides to the questions posed in the bestselling The omnivore's...
- Author:British Columbia Ministry of Health, BC Centre for Disease ControlSummary:
The book addresses many of the barriers to healthy eating: time, effort, knowledge and skills, taste and cost. It includes information about supplements and how to eat with a chronic disease. And it offers ways to eat with less fat and...
- Author:Bellonzi, VincentSummary:
Health Recklessly Abandoned is designed to bring people up to date on research that is showing just how much impact we have on our own quality of life. Diseases that were once believed to be fate, or genetically programmed, are being...
- Author:Moore-Pastides, Patricia, Trichopoulos, DimitriosSummary:
Take 87 ambrosial recipes designed for the needs and appetites of everyday cooks, leaven with delectable anecdotes about the Greek lifestyle, then pepper with revealing scientific insight, and the result is Greek Revival: Cooking for...
- Author:Lugavere, MaxSummary:
In his first two books, Max Lugavere provided information on brain health. This is the companion cookbook, filled with recipes to help you lose weight, feel great, and reach optimum health.
- Author:Spence, CharlesSummary:
The science behind a good meal: all the sounds, sights, and tastes that make us like what we're eating-and want to eat more. Why do we consume 35 percent more food when eating with one other person, and 75 percent more when dining...
- Author:Newby, P.K., Seaver, BartonSummary:
For health-conscious cooks, clean eaters, and smart consumers, National Geographic introduces a science-based guide to healthy, everyday eating for your whole family, and the planet.
- Author:Hyman, MarkSummary:
Mark Hyman explains how our food and agriculture policies are corrupted by money and lobbies that drive our biggest global crises: the spread of obesity and food-related chronic disease, climate change, poverty, violence, educational...
- Author:Neely, Melinda HinsonSummary:
Busy people, whether single or married, male or female, employed by a huge corporation or working at home, lead crazy, busy lives. Though many aspire to be healthier and happier, it can be intimidating to figure out how and when to...
- Author:Saxelby, CatherineSummary:
Review of nutrition for heart health including recipes.
- Author:Wright, Jonathan, Larsen, LindaSummary:
Clean foods are natural; free of added sugars, hydrogenated fats, trans-fats and anything else that is unnatural and unnecessary. Used as a way of life, clean eating can improve overall health, prevent disease, increase energy and...
- Author:Pesek, Todd J.Summary:
Eat Yourself Super seeks to educate readers about Superfoods: what they are, where to find them, how much to eat, and how to prepare them. Using “Dr. Todd’s Superfoods Pyramid” and “Secrets of Long Life” research as the basis for this...
- Author:Stevenson, ShawnSummary:
This book will empower you and make you feel inspired about your food choices, not just because of the impact they have on your weight, but because the right foods can help make you the best version of yourself.