Book picks similar to
Escape the Diet Trap by John Briffa
non-fiction
health
self-help
nutrition
Delay, Don't Deny: Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle
Gin Stephens - 2016
The best part about intermittent fasting is that it doesn't require you to give up your favorite foods! You'll learn how to change WHEN to eat, so you don't have to change WHAT you eat. Are you ready to take control of your health, and finally step off of the diet roller coaster? All you have to do is learn how to "delay, don't deny!"
The Longevity Diet: Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to Slow Aging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight
Valter Longo - 2016
The culmination of 25 years of research on aging, nutrition, and disease across the globe, this unique program lays out a simple solution to living to a healthy old age through nutrition. The key is combining the healthy everyday eating plan the book outlines, with the scientifically engineered fasting-mimicking diet, or FMD; the FMD, done just 3-4 times a year, does away with the misery and starvation most of us experience while fasting, allowing you to reap all the beneficial health effects of a restrictive diet, while avoiding negative stressors, like low energy and sleeplessness. Valter Longo, director of the Longevity Institute at USC and the Program on Longevity and Cancer at IFOM in Milan, designed the FMD after making a series of remarkable discoveries in mice, then in humans, indicating that specific diets can activate stem cells and promote regeneration and rejuvenation in multiple organs to significantly reduce risk for diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and heart disease.
Suzanne Somers' Eat Great, Lose Weight: Eat All the Foods You Love in Somersize Combinations to Reprogram Your Metabolism, Shed Pounds for Good, and Have More Energy Than Ever Before
Suzanne Somers - 1996
Now Somers believes that diets and deprivation do not help people lose weight in the long-term. In Eat Great, Lose Weight, she explains the food-combining plan she calls "Somersizing": eliminate "funky foods" such as sugar ("my body's greatest enemy") and white flour; eat fruits alone on an empty stomach; eat proteins and fats with vegetables and without carbohydrates; eat carbohydrates with vegetables and without fat. Sommers presents 113 recipes that certainly don't resemble a traditional diet and might make a weight-loss expert's hair curl, such as Crispy Fried Eggplant and Mozzarella Finger Sandwiches, Flourless Cheese Souffle (with butter, eggs, cream cheese, and Gruyère cheese), and Grilled Pepper Steak with Herb Butter (trim the fat from the meat, but add both butter and olive oil). There's no nutritional breakdown, so you can't count fat or calories. Somers admits that "many experts will argue that food combining is a myth," but she says it works for her, and she credits it with trimming her down to 116 pounds, even though she eats "more than ever
The Ultimate Tea Guide: A Detailed List of 60+ Tea Varieties, including Health Benefits & Steeping Recommendations
Kathleen Rao - 2014
Everybody wants to live long while feeling good and looking amazing. This universal desire has led to the introduction of countless beauty products, many of which are expensive yet ineffective. But in the midst of these hullabaloos, there is something that actually can help you achieve a longer, healthier, and happier life – and it’s all natural too. Research has revealed that drinking different types of tea has a way of altering cellular count and health in the body thus improving your health while at the same time slowing down the natural process of aging. Tea has also been found to be a good stimulant and helps to calm and revitalize the nervous system. Everyone should consider including different types of teas in their day-to-day life so as to enjoy the amazing benefits. Remember, different types of teas have different health benefits and therefore you should seek to familiarize yourself with a range of teas in order to seek out and appreciate the type that will next fill your cup and grace your tongue. This book contains a detailed list of more than 60 different tea varieties for you to use as a reference guide as you build your own pantry tea selection.
The F-Factor Diet: Discover the Secret to Permanent Weight Loss
Tanya Zuckerbrot - 2006
To help her busy clients ditch the fad diets,Tanya Zuckerbrot spent more than a decade designing a healthful, delicious, sustainable diet that sheds pounds, boosts energy, lowers cholesterol, and reduces the risk of heart disease and diabetes. The F-Factor Diet presents a fresh take on eating high-fiber carbs, and reveals the secrets to satisfying meals and lasting weight loss, including: - A simple three-stage program - A wide array of food choices - More than 75 delicious recipes-from appetizers through desserts-and a complete set of guidelines for those who don't want to cook - Journal pages and helpful hints to keep dieters on track
But I Could Never Go Vegan!: 125 Recipes That Prove You Can Live Without Cheese, It's Not All Rabbit Food, and Your Friends Will Still Come Over for Dinner
Kristy Turner - 2014
You’ll find you can get enough protein, fit in at a potluck, learn to love cauliflower, and enjoy pizza, nachos, brownies, and more—without any animal products at all. (Even vegan pros will discover some new tricks!) Colorful photographs throughout will have you salivating over Kristy’s inventive, easy-to-follow recipes. So what are you waiting for? Get in the kitchen and leave your excuses at the door!
SuperFoods HealthStyle: Proven Strategies for Lifelong Health
Steven G. Pratt - 2005
Like SuperFoods Rx, the authors’ bestselling book, HealthStyle takes the most recent, cutting-edge research on what lifestyle practices have actually been proven to achieve disease prevention and improve daily functioning -- both physically and mentally -- and translates this information into simple recommendations that you can use to improve your physical and mental health now and in the future.Evidence abounds that total health is achieved via a network of efforts. You might guess that diet and exercise are important. Did you know that other factors like sleep and stress management can have just as much impact on your daily health and functioning? In HealthStyle Dr. Steven Pratt, dubbed "the Food Dude" by Oprah Winfrey, has expanded on his original thirteen SuperFoods and broadened his focus to include all aspects of health promotion. He covers such topics as:How ordinary spices like black pepper and cinnamon can make surprising contributions to health promotionWhat the latest compelling research shows about how poor sleep habits could be sabotaging your efforts at weight control, reducing your cognitive abilities, and impairing your overall healthHow achieving "personal peace" can prolong life and improve brain functionWhy dark chocolate, honey, and kiwi have joined the ranks of SuperFoodsHow the simplest imaginable exercise program can be the most effectiveWhy paying attention to one simple aspect of eating could be the answer to weight controlHealthStyle is about extending the true quality of life. It’s about being as active at seventy as you are at thirty-five. It’s about helping to prevent osteoporosis, hypertension, and Alzheimer’s disease. It’s about ending the confusion about how people should exercise and how often. It is about making simple but significant changes to get the most out of life for the rest of your life.
The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy
Mark Sisson - 2009
And it's simply not working. Rates of obesity, diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, and cancer continue to climb, and even the most committed fitness enthusiasts often carry 10 or 20 extra pounds of body fat.In this updated and expanded edition of the 2009 hardcover release from Mark Sisson, MarksDailyApple.com publisher and de-facto leader of the burgeoning primal/paleo/evolutionary health movement presents the compelling premise that you can reprogram your genes in the direction of weight loss, health, and longevity by following 10 immutable Primal laws validated by two million years of human evolution.This 2012 paperback release contains extensive, never-before-published bonus material, including an incredible full-color, 16-page insert of seven Primal Blueprint reader success stories and their stunning before/after photos, pictorials, detailed descriptions and workout log pages for the Primal Essential Movements and Primal sprint workouts, hacks for each of the 10 Primal Blueprint lifestyle laws (to promote quick results in body composition, fitness, athletic performance, daily energy levels, and reduce disease risk factors and reliance on medication, solutions to common questions and stumbling blocks)-- pulled from Primal Blueprint reader submissions, and commentary on diets and dieting, including compare/contrast of Primal Blueprint with other popular programs.
Salad Of The Week: 52 Amazing Salad Recipes For Weight Loss And Healthy Eating "The Delicious Way" (Recipe Of The Week Cookbook)
Lisa Brown - 2013
Here is why:My name is Lisa Brown. I’m working mom of two. Our family lives with precious dog named Archie and “ugly mortgage” in sunny California.I don’t know for sure but it seems to me that I may have tried and collected more really delicious and healthy salad recipes than anyone else that I know. Maybe, I’m exaggerating a little, but here are some proofs: The Simple Old-Fashioned Greek Salad Has Made Our Guests From Greece Almost Cry With Joy! And you’ll learn the real secret to this salad from recipe #1.The easy-to-prepare recipe #2 will show you the delicious way how you too can easily add to your health and receive all the benefits of… One Of The World's Most Healing Superfoods! The next 50 recipes should remove almost every single roadblock that has ever stopped you from making healthy and more importantly delicious salads.This is sure to become your go-to resource time and time again! WARNING: This Is NOT A Common Salad Book You May Have Seen This is not just basically ice burg lettuce with different dressings and veggies thrown on top… In this one all the salads are really different from each other.Also, you'll find plenty of useful tips, tricks, and interesting facts… Now… Here Are Some More Important Reasons Why You Might Want To Get This Book:
You'll discover how to make regular salad ingredients taste far, far better, by preparing them in a special way…
The unexpected way revealed in the first section will enable you to earn a bunch of money trying these recipes for yourself!
This collection will prove useful for just about everyone, including vegetarians and vegan.Granted it is NOT strictly vegetarian but most of the salads are vegetarian or vegan and with simple adaptions they can all be.
You'll learn what vegetable the French call “The King Of Body Detox”… And…How you can enormously benefit from this superfood, if you eat it every morning.
Revealed: What food you must eat every day if you want to be healthy even at age 110!
You'll find out the easy way how to workout without working out! It’s obvious, but almost always overlooked…
Discover the simple trick that helped my friend lose 35 pounds in just 3 months, almost effortlessly!No diet. No hunger. No workout. No nothing! It’s SO easy you wouldn’t believe it! But, I saw it with my own eyes…
Come closer: These recipes have already generated hundreds of compliments from friends and family for me, my friends and that very select group of people who subscribe to my newsletter.
Upgraded Chef: 12 Core Recipes to Supercharge Your Body & Brain
Dave Asprey - 2012
As a bio hacker, I look at cooking as one of the variables that leads to better personal performance. It's not just the quality of your food, it's how it's prepared. Being upgraded I take this stuff more personally than most people for good reason. This is the diet that helped me lose 100 lbs and keep it off since the late 90s. This is the diet that fixed - and upgraded - my brain function. It's the basis of the diet I created to help my wife Lana, a Karolinska-trained physician, restore her fertility so we could start a family at about age 40, after Lana was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) by her OB-GYN, who said she'd likely be infertile. This is literally the diet that transformed my health, my family, my career, and my life. Bulletproofing yourself More than 100,000 people come to my blog every month to learn about how to eat to upgrade their bodies, their brains, and their lives. You can see their unsolicited testimonials on the site; people who lose 20 or more pounds in 6 weeks, without cutting calories. The guy who lost 75 pounds in 75 days. The physicians who use it in their practices. This recipe book isn't going to teach you everything you need to know about the Bulletproof Diet or even all the ways it works. You can find this info for free on Bulletproofexec.com where it can help the most people. Fuel your body with upgraded food This recipe book is going to teach you how to use safe, delicious cooking techniques to prepare meals that taste amazing, but also fuel your body and mind to levels of performance beyond what you probably believe you're capable of. We focus on three main types of cooking because they are the most versatile, flavorful, simple ways to create Bulletproof food. Bulletproof food is high in healthy fats (50-70% of calories), and avoids toxic foods and other toxins created by cooking. These small details can make all the difference in your health. They did for me. EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK "These 5 Indian spices make a popular spice mix known as Panch Poron. Make up a triple batch of the seed blend, it's lovely, you'll use it. Bring meats, fish, eggs to room temp before using, find out why on pages 53, 54 & 56." "Bacon is an amazing food to cook with. The problem is that the quality of your bacon is very important. Average store quality bacon comes from animals fed an unsuitable diet, and the bacon is often cured in such a way that it contains more toxins that it should. Read more about "bacon" on page 51." Buy the book to read more!
Fat-Burning Man: Intro to the Paleo Diet
Abel James - 2012
At roughly 44-pages, this Introduction to the Paleo lifestyle is a brief, easy-to-read, and informative resource to help you rolling right away.Abel James, host of the wildly-popular Fat-Burning Man Show, covers a brief history of the natural human diet, paleo fitness, meal ideas, 9 delicious recipes, a shopping list, and a complete paleo-in-a-page resource to get you started (or back on track) right away.Take a look at “Paleo in a Page” if you’re in a hurry to get started.Learn where the concept of Paleo came from and where it’s going.See why you don’t need to buy expensive supplements, miracle fat loss potions, or do endless hours of cardio to lose weight and improve your health.Find out principles that spur fat loss by supercharging your metabolism and muscle growth.Eating less and exercising more is not necessary. A calorie is not a calorie. You do not need to tether yourself to a treadmill. When you embrace the Paleo lifestyle, you can be lean and enjoy life. It’s a piece of (gluten-free) cake.
THE FITNESS CHEF: Eat What You Like & Lose Weight For Life - The infographic guide to the only diet that works
Graeme Tomlinson - 2019
You just need this book.
Graeme Tomlinson, a.k.a. The Fitness Chef, has amassed over half a million instagram followers thanks to his myth-busting health-and-diet infographics.In his first book, this simple visual guide, you will discover: how to lose weight and keep it off forever; why you don’t need a complicated new diet, slimming-club rules or a personal trainer; How you can still eat everything you love and feel great about it.The good news is: you don’t need to ban foods (you can still eat your favourite biscuits) or stop eating food groups (enjoy carbs, fats and sugar). After reading this book you will be able to make informed food choices for the rest of your life and succeed at any weight-loss goal.Forget the confusing diet myths – carbs don’t make you fat! You don’t need intermittent fasting, keto or special diet foods!Understand the facts and empower yourself to make informed food choices for the rest of your life.Enjoy Graeme’s quick, low-calorie meal ideas and affordable food swaps and get to know the calorie counts for commonly consumed foods and drinks.You already have a diet, you just need to get to know it better.
What to Eat: Food that’s good for your health, pocket and plate
Joanna Blythman - 2012
Food should be one of life's greatest pleasures yet, increasingly, choosing it is becoming a chore. Bombarded by questions such as 'Is red meat bad for you?' and 'Is local always best?' it's difficult to know what to eat. At the same time, even the basics are becoming more and more expensive, making it essential that we choose the best foods for ourselves and the planet and make them go as far as possible. Packed with brilliant ideas for choosing lovely, wholesome meat, fish and veg and quick, easy suggestions for cooking them well, without compromising your principles or emptying your purse, this is the modern manual for eating well in the twenty-first century. About the Author Joanna Blythman is Britain's leading investigative food...
The Wicked Good Ketogenic Diet Cookbook: Easy, Whole Food Keto Recipes for Any Budget
Amanda C. Hughes - 2016
For Amanda C. Hughes, the chef behind the popular food blog WickedStuffed.com, "eating keto" isn't a diet—it's a way of life.
The ketogenic diet is an effective diet regime that is effective in producing healthy weight loss among its users, particularly those looking to lose up to 25 pounds or more. The ketogenic diet follows two simple principles: eat real food and stay in ketosis. Chef Amanda C. Hughes skeptically began testing the ketogenic diet nearly a decade ago to address her own weight-loss and stress-management challenges. Hughes began seeing results immediately and lost nearly 100 pounds in the first few years. Her personal success inspired her to bring the ketogenic diet to others who could benefit. Her unique approach to the ketogenic diet delivers more total health benefits than ever with recipes that offer the added benefit of using whole foods and still taste "wicked good"! The Wicked Good Ketogenic Cookbook is built on a tried-and-true system of: Choosing from over 175 easy low-carb, high-fat recipes that use clean, whole foods Understanding how ketosis affects the body, and how to stay in it Following a clear list of foods to enjoy and avoid, and a guide for selecting keto-friendly ingredients Stocking your kitchen with affordable, keep-it-keto foods with the help of a pricing key Swapping ketogenic recipes to "make it paleo' so paleo-conscious cooks never have to choose Discover the simple, clean recipes in The Wicked Good Ketogenic Cookbook and learn how thousands of Hughes' fans have already started cooking their way to a healthier life through the ketogenic diet—feeling full and satisfied all the meanwhile!
Slim for Life: The Ultimate Health and Detox Plan
Gillian McKeith - 2007
Drawing on the same expertise that brings Olympic athletes and Hollywood stars to her nutrition clinic in London, Dr. Gillian McKeith lays out a 28-day plan for flushing away bad habits and establishing new eating patterns that will keep you thin and healthy for life. Packed with detailed eating plans, practical tips, relevant nutritional information, strategies for avoiding backtracking, and lush, full- color photographs, Slim for Life is the all-in-one road map to a whole new you.