Exploring Top Books of Shelfari

What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food , the well-considered answers he provides to the questions posed in the bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma . Humans used to know how to eat well, Pollan argues. But the balanced dietary lessons that were... (more)

Mindless Eating

Why We Eat More Than We Think

by Brian Wansink

In this illuminating and groundbreaking new book, food psychologist Brian Wansink shows why you may not realize how much you’re eating, what you’re eating–or why you’re even eating at all. • Does food with a brand name really taste better? • Do you hate brussels sprouts because your mother did? • Does the size of your plate determine how hungry you feel? • How much would you eat if your soup bowl secretly... (more)

The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook: Great-Tasting Recipes That Keep you Lean

The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook: Great-Tasting Recipes That Keep you Lean

by Tosca Reno

Tosca Reno is not only a health and fitness expert, but also a fabulous cook. Who better to write a stunning cookbook that everyone will love? Get: * 150 beautiful food photographs * Delectable low-fat beef, pork, chicken and fish dinners * Protein-rich meat-free recipes * Gluten-free meals * Tips on eating clean in difficult situations * Timesaving one-dish meals for busy moms * Great recipes on the go * How to... (more)

The Eat-Clean Diet: Fast Fat-Loss that lasts Forever!

The Eat-Clean Diet: Fast Fat-Loss that lasts Forever!

by Tosca Reno

With The Eat-Clean Diet, the diet that fitness professionals rely on, readers will transform themselves from sluggish, exhausted and overweight to energetic, lean and fabulous! Just like the author and cover girl Tosca Reno did when she was sixty pounds overweight, readers will discover how to make their bodies burn fat while eating tons of food. We've all seen the fitness professionals on the covers of magazines... (more)

More-With-Less Cookbook (World Community Cookbook)

More-With-Less Cookbook (World Community Cookbook)

by Doris Janzen Longacre, Doris Longacre

Longacre has gathered 500 recipes from Mennonite kitchens that tell us how to eat better and consume less of the world's limited food resources. All recipes have been tested by professional home economists. This cookbook is written for those who care about their own health and the food needs of others in the world.

Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salads

by Christine Avanti

Packed with real-world advice for a real-life transformation, Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salads shows that it’s not only possible to shed weight while eating carbs, fats, and all your favorite foods—it’s the ONLY way. On the Skinny Chicks plan you will: -Drop up to 7 pounds within the first 7 days -Eat every 4 hours to keep your fat-burning metabolism humming -Never feel deprived, with over 100 fabulous... (more)

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle CD: A Year of Food Life

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle CD: A Year of Food Life

by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Camille Kingsolver

Eight Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power

Eight Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power

by Andrew Weil

From the best-selling author of SPONTANEOUS HEALING, a brilliantly conceived, safe and effective eight-week programme for improving and maintaining health. Dr Weil first explains, then shows how, week by week, gradual changes can lead to long-term benefits such as greater vitality, weight loss and a body which heals itself. Incorporating alternative medicines and treatments, he provides specific and detailed... (more)

The Incredible Shrinking Critic: 75 Pounds and Counting: My Excellent Adventure in Weight Loss

The Incredible Shrinking Critic: 75 Pounds and Counting: My Excellent Adventure in Weight Loss

by Jami Bernard

Jami Bernard was fat and now she's not. In this riotously funny, intensely personal book she tells us how she did it. After trying countless diets and workout routines, she stopped dieting: She began enjoying food and life in a rational, healthy way and finally lost the weight. No foods were demonized, no fads embraced. As Jami discovered, lasting weight loss is about strategy not willpower. She charted her... (more)

Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats

Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats

by Sally Fallon, Pat Connolly, Phd. Enig, Mary G., Mary G. Enig

A full-spectrum nutritional cookbook with a startling message--animal fats and cholesterol are vital factors in the human diet, necessary for reproduction and normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease and optimum energy levels. Includes information on how to prepare grains, health benefits of bone broths and enzyme-rich lacto-fermented foods.

8 Minutes in the Morning: A Simple Way to Shed up to 2 Pounds a Week Guaranteed

8 Minutes in the Morning: A Simple Way to Shed up to 2 Pounds a Week Guaranteed

by Jorge Cruise

With 8 Minutes in the Morning you will: NOT do aerobics, NOT spend hours in the gym, and NOT be on a starvation diet. What's Jorge's get-slim secret? Just 8 minutes of his unique strength-training moves done in the privacy of your home. A few minutes each morning is all you need to lose up to 2 pounds a week. Add the cutting-edge eating program that teaches you how to eat the right fats to satiate your... (more)

Wheatgrass : Superfood for a New Millennium

Wheatgrass : Superfood for a New Millennium

by Li Smith

Wheatgrass authority Li Smith describes the outstanding nutritive and therapeutic benefits of consuming wheatgrass juice. From a holistic perspective, she recounts the history of this amazing superfood and its importance within the spiritual traditions of many cultures. Li also offers home usage and growing instructions and presents a new cleansing and rejuvenation program, which incorporates wheatgrass, fresh... (more)

Simply In Season (World Community Cookbook)

Simply In Season (World Community Cookbook)

by Mary Beth Lind

Not so long ago most fresh food on North American tables came from home gardens and local farmers markets. Today, the average item of food travels more than a thousand miles before it lands on our tables. It’s a remarkable technological accomplishment, but has not proven to be healthy for our communities, our land or us. Through stories and simple "whole foods" recipes, Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert... (more)

You Are What You Eat: The Plan That Will Change Your Life

You Are What You Eat: The Plan That Will Change Your Life

by Gillian McKeith

The #1 UK bestseller with over 2 million copies sold, with a TV show in development in the United States First, Dr. Gillian McKeith turned Britain’s worst eaters around with incredible results. Then, the internationally renowned nutritionist brought her groundbreaking plan to America, and not a minute too soon. You Are What You Eat brings together practical advice and real-life stories to create a diet... (more)

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

A Year of Food Life

by Barbara Kingsolver

Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat. "As the U.S. population made an unprecedented mad dash for the Sun Belt, one carload of us paddled against the tide, heading for the Promised Land where water falls from the sky and green stuff grows all around. We were about to begin the... (more)

"Reader's Digest" Health and Healing the Natural Way: Eating for Good Health (Health and Healing the Natural Way)

"Reader's Digest" Health and Healing the Natural Way: Eating for Good Health (Health and Healing the Natural Way)

by Reader's Digest Association

This text shows how much health and well-being are determined by what people eat. It aims to show the reader how to assess his/her diet and offers practical advice on a range of subjects to ensure the he/she reaps the ultimate benefit of a long and healthy life.

The Ultimate Tea Diet: How Tea Can Boost Your Metabolism, Shrink Your Appetite, and Kick-Start Remarkable Weight Loss

The Ultimate Tea Diet: How Tea Can Boost Your Metabolism, Shrink Your Appetite, and Kick-Start Remarkable Weight Loss

by Mark Ukra; Sharyn Kolberg

Mostly Macro: A Guide to Healthy Cuisine for the Disriminating Palate

Mostly Macro: A Guide to Healthy Cuisine for the Disriminating Palate

by Lisa Turner

Healthy food doesn't have to be boring! In this cookbook, Lisa Turner adapts macrobiotic principles to the way we cook today, and turns healthy eating into a sensory delight. From Shrimp with Cilantro Walnut Pesto to Berry Peach Tart , you will find a wealth of creative recipes for every course of a "mostly macro" meal.

Dieting for Dummies

by Jane Kirby

Get your children on the right track with a weight management plan Now updated to evaluate todays popular diets If youre tired of the diet roller coaster, then this friendly, authoritative guide is for you. Now updated with the latest information, this clear and comprehensive book not only reveals exactly what you need to know and do, but also helps you identify and break through the barriers that... (more)

The Supermarket Diet

by Janis Jibrin

Shop and then drop...your weight! The trusted diet and nutrition experts at Good Housekeeping present a groundbreaking new way to navigate the supermarket aisles for weight loss-and achieve long-lasting success. Real food for real folks--and real weight loss that you'll be able to maintain. And it's all as easy as going to your local supermarket and picking up ordinary packaged convenience foods. Diets are... (more)

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An Eater's Manifesto

by Michael Pollan

Why We Eat More Than We Think

by Brian Wansink

by Tosca Reno

by Tosca Reno

by Doris Janzen Longacre, Doris Longacre

by Christine Avanti

by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Camille Kingsolver

by Andrew Weil

by Jami Bernard

by Sally Fallon, Pat Connolly, Phd. Enig, Mary G., Mary G. Enig

by Jorge Cruise

by Li Smith

by Mary Beth Lind

by Gillian McKeith

A Year of Food Life

by Barbara Kingsolver

by Reader's Digest Association

by Mark Ukra; Sharyn Kolberg

by Lisa Turner

by Jane Kirby

by Janis Jibrin