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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Fitness & diet > General
Scientists now know that diet and lifestyle can have a positive
effect on type 2 diabetes! Dr. Tom Barnard and Brenda Davis, RD,
(the author of several books on diet and health) offer real hope by
showing how your health can be vastly improved or, in some cases,
completely restored by making lifestyle changes.
This book offers the practical steps you need to take to
construct a diet and lifestyle that really works.
The diet that works best to defeat diabetes is based on simple,
whole foods. Included are meal menus using whole grains and
legumes, nutrition content of selected foods, long with basic
shopping list sa and over 50 delicious recipes to get you
started.
Also includes a daily self-care checklist that addresses the
essentials of living well: physical fitness, sleep, sexual fitness,
and emotional health.
'Invaluable' - WATERSTONES BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF 2022 'Amazing,
really incredibly inspiring book' Joe Wicks on Born to Run Born to
Run's Chris McDougall and long-time running coach Eric Orton show
us how to join the global barefoot running movement and explore the
world on our own two feet. Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training
Guide teaches every runner, new or experienced, how to master
humankind's first true superpower and tap into hidden reserves of
strength and stamina. With chapters dedicated to the Free Seven -
Food, Fitness, Form, Focus, Footwear, Fun and Family - we learn
exactly how to change our biomechanics, clean up our diets, heal
our injuries, adapt to healthier footwear, and prepare for our
dream challenge. Packed with advice and inspiring stories from
runners who have made the transition, it includes: - A rock-solid
food primer on optimum diet and power-packed On the Run recipes -
Techniques for running with dogs and baby buggies to help you run
with the whole family - 'Perfect Form' exercises that will overhaul
your stride in less than ten minutes - A 90-Day Run Free Programme,
designed to give everything you need to run faster and farther,
forever.
The fourth edition of this bestselling text will again provide the
latest coverage of the biochemistry and physiology of vitamins and
vitamin-like substances. Extensively revised and expanded on the
basis of recent research findings with enlarged coverage of health
effects of vitamin-like factors, it is ideally suited for students
and an important reference for anyone interested in nutrition, food
science, animal science or endocrinology. It contains a cohesive
and well-organized presentation of each of the vitamins, as well as
the history of their discoveries and current information about
their roles in nutrition and health.
Eggs are economical and of high nutritional value, yet can also be
a source of foodborne disease. Understanding of the factors
influencing egg quality has increased in recent years and new
technologies to assure egg safety have been developed. Improving
the safety and quality of eggs and egg products reviews recent
research in these areas Volume 2 focuses on egg safety and
nutritional quality. Part one provides an overview of egg
contaminants, covering both microbial pathogens and chemical
residues. Salmonella control in laying hens is the focus of part
two. Chapters cover essential topics such as monitoring and control
procedures in laying flocks and egg decontamination methods.
Finally, part three looks at the role of eggs in nutrition and
other health applications. Chapters cover dietary cholesterol, egg
allergy, egg enrichment and bioactive fractions of eggs, among
other topics. With its distinguished editors and international team
of contributors, Volume 2 of Improving the safety and quality of
eggs and egg products is an essential reference for managers in the
egg industry, professionals in the food industry using eggs as
ingredients and all those with a research interest in the subject.
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