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	The Abs Diet 6-Minute Meals for 6-Pack Abs: More Than 150 Great-Tasting Recipes to Melt Away Fat! »rank: 16869 by: David Zinczenko, Ted Spiker : :The best-selling Abs Diet series continues with the perfect cookbook for anyone who wants to eat sensibly to get a flat, sculpted set of abdominals —but doesn’t have a lot of time to cookTens of thousands of Americans have changed their bodies—and their lives—with the help of The Abs Diet, the New York Times bestseller from David Zinczenko, editor-in-chief of Men’s Health® magazine. A key factor in the ...		Protein Power: The High-Protein/Low-Carbohydrate Way to Lose Weight, Feel Fit, and Boost Your Health--in Just Weeks! »rank: 8892 by: Michael R. Eades, Mary Dan Eades : :lf smoked salmon and cream cheese omelets, sautéed jumbo shrimp, and double-patty burgers suit your palate, belly up to the Protein Power diet: 'Not a high protein diet' but 'an adequate protein diet.' Doctors Michael R. and Mary Dan Eades make a persuasive case in favor of 'the diet we were meant to eat.' Similar to Dr. Robert Atkins's New Diet Revolution, the authors cite insulin as the main ...
	The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life »rank: 22226 by: Brendan Brazier : :The Thrive Diet is a long-term eating plan that will help you develop a lean body, sharp mind, and everlasting energy, whether you’re a professional athlete or simply looking to boost your physical and mental health. 0ne of the few professional athletes on an entirely plant-based diet, Brendan Brazier researched and developed this easy-to-follow program to enhance his performance as an elite endurance athlete.Brazier clearly describes why it’s ...		Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes »rank: 13980 by: Monique Ryan : :Endurance athletes regularly push their bodies to the limits with strenuous training regimens that demand smart nutrition. This book provides sound nutritional guidelines to boost athletic performance in triathlon, cycling, swimming, distance running, cross-country skiing, mountain biking, cyclo-cross, and adventure racing. First, Monique Ryan creates an excellent all-purpose sports diet. Based on the building blocks of a balanced diet — carbohydrates, proteins, fats, as well as fluid, vitamin, ...
	Are You Ready!: To Take Charge, Lose Weight, Get in Shape, and Change Your Life Forever »rank: 15534 by: Bob Harper : :The world-renowned fitness coach on the hit TV show The Biggest Loser presents his winning approach to lasting weight loss by showing how to get at the root of your overeating problem, followed by a nutritionally savvy diet and unique exercise plan.0n The Biggest Loser, Bob Harper gives contestants the practical tools and psychological insights they need to get into the best shape of their lives. The key ...		Live Right 4 Your Type »rank: 17364 by: Peter J. D'Adamo : :The idea that blood type plays a role in health, wellness, and personality wasn't exactly new when Dr. Peter D'Adamo came out with Eat Right 4 Your Type in 1997. The idea had been around for most of the 19th century, and had gained quite a bit of currency in Japan. But it was a startling idea to most Americans, who made the book a bestseller that was translated ...
	Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, And Fair »rank: 9453 by: Carlo Petrini : :By now most of us are aware of the threats looming in the food world. The best-selling Fast Food Nation and other recent books have alerted us to such dangers as genetically modified organisms, food-borne diseases, and industrial farming. Now it is time for answers, and Slow Food Nation steps up to the challenge. Here the charismatic leader of the Slow Food movement, Carlo Petrini, outlines many different ...		Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fats »rank: 19886 by: Mary Enig, Sally Fallon : :Based on more than two decades of research, Eat Fat, Lose Fat flouts conventional wisdom by revealing that so-called healthy vegetable oils (such as corn and soybean) are in large part responsible for our national obesity and health crisis, while the saturated fats traditionally considered harmful (from such foods as coconut, butter, and meat) are essential to weight loss and health. Just in time for the FDAs new ...
	Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine »rank: 24448 by: Gabriel Cousens : :Medical researchers have found that a high-fat, high-sugar diet, combined with environmental pollutants and stress, can lead to a buildup of toxins in the body collectively known as chronic degenerative disease. Here holistic physician Gabriel Cousens provides a dietary regimen that may help reverse this process by introducing whole, natural, organic, and raw foods into the diet. These restorative “live” foods can reverse chronic disease and bring back ...		Understanding Food: Principles and Preparation »rank: 4643 by: Amy Christine Brown : :UNDERSTANDlNG F00D, Third Edition is your introductory guide to learning about foods, food preparation, food service, and food science. This text is a launch to prepare you for a variety of careers in the food industry. Highly researched and comprehensive in coverage, UNDERSTANDlNG F00D thoroughly explores the science of food through core material on food selection and evaluation, food safety and food chemistry. The many aspects of food ...