"The first-ever weight-loss plan specifically designed to stop--and reverse--age-related weight gain and muscle loss, while shrinking your belly, extending your life, and creating your healthiest self at mid-life and beyond"--

Eat for Life is the first book to showcase Dr. Joel Fuhrman's Nutritarian Diet in full--the most practical, balanced, and focused way to eat, lose weight, and live longer. Emphasizing high-nutrient, whole plant foods that supply abundant amounts of micronutrients. Most Americans are deficient in micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) and consume too many macronutrients (calories). Natural, colorful plant foods contain the largest assortment of micronutrients,...

"What is the "best" diet? Do calories matter? And when it comes to protein, fat, and carbs, which ones are good and which are bad? Food writer and cook Mark Bittman and health expert David Katz, MD, answer all these questions and more in a lively and easy-to-read Q&A format. Inspired by their viral hit article in Grub Street--one of New York magazine's most popular and most-shared articles--here Bittman and Katz share their clear, no-nonsense perspective...

"In this addition to his New York Times bestselling Plant Paradox series, Steven R. Gundry, MD offers a guide to the gut biome and its control over its home-us!-revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to heal our guts to prevent and reverse every type of disease"--

"The NYT bestselling author of Fat Chance, Dr. Robert Lustig explains the eight pathologies that underlie all chronic disease, and how they are not 'druggable, ' but how they are 'foodable'--meaning, medication can't cure what nutrition can--by following two basic principles: protect the liver and feed the gut"--

"If you're the parent of a "picky eater," you've likely tried everything to get your kiddo to eat their veggies. And, like many other parents, you may have noticed these tactics often fail... Based on the powerful and practical Table Talk Method, this book serves up the familiar yet largely unexamined phrases parents say to kids at mealtime, and reveals how using certain words can actually sabotage your efforts to nurture healthy eating habits. You'll...

Frazier and Cheeke reveal proof that the human body does not need meat, eggs, or dairy to be strong. Instead, research shows that a consciously calibrated plant-based diet offers the greatest possible recovery times, cell oxidation, injury prevention, and restorative sleep, and allows athletes to train more effectively, with better results. Committing to a plant-based diet is not as simple as swapping vegetables for meat. Even the slightest food adjustments...

"What makes a healthy brain? The answer is simpler than you think! In The Sugar Brain Fix, a thoroughly revised and updated edition of Diet Rehab, Dr. Mike Dow takes a deeper look at how sugar affects brain chemistry. Sugar releases serotonin in the brain, a "feel-good" chemical that makes you want to keep eating more. But recent studies have shown that sugar is actually shrinking the brain, resulting in a smaller hippocampus and a host of other issues,...

"Carbohydrates are an important part of a healthy and balanced diet, but what exactly are they and what do they do for the human body? Readers will find those--and many more--answers as they delve into this engaging volume. Eye-catching photographs provide visual examples of foods rich in carbs, while accessible text reinforces key lessons from elementary science curricula. Readers will learn how carbs can help their bodies, which foods are the best...

"Minerals are simple inorganic elements such as calcium and iron, which are essential components of a healthy diet. Minerals perform many functions, from serving as components of organs to helping regulate metabolism. Adequate mineral intake is particularly important for children's growth and development. This book explains how a range of key minerals are important to health. Young readers will learn about properties and appropriate amounts of various...