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This work presents the results of a large study of diet and death rates from cancer in adults across China and Taiwan and explains the study's significance and what it reveals about the implications of poor nutrition. While revealing that proper nutrition can have a dramatic effect on reducing and reversing these ailments as well as obesity, this text calls into question the practices of many of the current dietary programs, such as the Atkins diet,...
Author
Publisher
Fair Winds Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
255 p. ; 23 cm.
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English
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With one-third of our calories coming from sugar and white flour added to processed foods, sugar addiction is a rapidly growing epidemic. Teitelbaum uncovers four types of sugar addiction and gives a step-by-step plan for resolving their underling causes, breaking sugar cravings forever, and achieving improved health and energy levels.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This videodisc examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called 'diseases of affluence' that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods and adopting a whole foods plant-based diet. This film tackles the issue of diet and disease in a way that will have people talking for years.
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Publisher
Basic Health Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
x, 309 pages ; illustrations : 23 cm.
Language
English
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A useful and comprehensive resource for anyone who has fallen through the medical cracks, providing readers with new hope for healing. The twelve major imbalances in the body that often contribute to chronic and/or complex illnesses are identified, and by treating these imbalances symptoms are often improved or resolved completely. Healing is really possible.
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Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxv, 601 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Not another diet book: After seven years of research in every science connected with the impact of nutrition on health, science writer Taubes shows that almost everything we believe about a healthy diet is wrong. We are taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more--yet we see unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Taubes argues persuasively that the problem lies...
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English
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"From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening expose that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic proportions; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these,...
14) Super size me
Publisher
Hart Sharp Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xiv, 447 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A "New York Times"-bestselling author reveals that problems in the brain don't start there, and explains how detoxifying and fortifying the body can maximize brain function, alleviate depression, and improve memory--without drugs.
16) The acid-alkaline diet for optimum health restore your health by creating pH balance in your diet
Author
Publisher
Healing Arts Press
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
202 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
17) The China study
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
15 audio discs (18 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An updated, expanded edition of the best-selling book hailing the benefits of a plant-based diet.
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Publisher
BenBella Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xvi, 240 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Backed by numerous scientific studies, this timely resource discusses the dire state of American health due to poor nutrition choices based on cynical food politics and medical misinformation and reveals how diet can dramatically improve and turn around many life-threatening conditions.
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Publisher
John Wiley
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
xiii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Do you often feel irritable, anxious, depressed, disconnected, or moody for no apparent reason? Do you have sleeping problems? These problems might well have something to do with what you eat, and this book shows you what you can do about it. In this eye-opening exploration of the food-mood connection, nutrition expert Jack Challem isolates the nutritional triggers of anger, tension, fatigue, impatience, anxiety, and depression, providing solutions...
20) Super size me
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American...
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