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From the bestselling author of Get With the Program! and Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover comes The Best Life Diet, a lifetime plan for losing weight and keeping it off. Bob Greene helped Oprah achieve her dramatic weight loss, and he can help you too. You'll eat the same delicious food that Oprah enjoys, and, just like Oprah, you'll have Bob to encourage you at every step. Unlike a celebrity, however, you... (more)

French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure

French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure

by Mireille Guiliano

Stylish, convincing, wise, funny–and just in time: the ultimate non -diet book, which could radically change the way you think and live. French women don’t get fat, but they do eat bread and pastry, drink wine, and regularly enjoy three-course meals. In her delightful tale, Mireille Guiliano unlocks the simple secrets of this “French paradox”–how to enjoy food and stay slim and healthy. Hers is a charming,... (more)

You: The Owner's Manual

by Gary Hallgren, Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet Oz, Mehmet C. Oz

Between your full-length mirror and high-school biology class, you probably think you know a lot about the human body. While it's true that we live in an age when we're as obsessed with our bodies as we are with celebrity hairstyles, the reality is that most of us know very little about what chugs, churns, and thumps throughout this miraculous, scientific, and artistic system of anatomy. Yes, you've owned your... (more)

YOU: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger

YOU: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger

by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz

For the first time in our history, scientists are uncovering astounding medical evidence about dieting -- and why so many of us struggle with our weight and the size of our waists. Now researchers are unraveling biological secrets about such things as why you crave chocolate or gorge at buffets or store so much fat. Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, America's most trusted doctor team and authors of the... (more)

French Women for All Seasons: A Year of Secrets, Recipes, and Pleasure

French Women for All Seasons: A Year of Secrets, Recipes, and Pleasure

by Mireille Guiliano

By letter, e-mail, and in person, readers of Mireille Guiliano’s phenomenal best seller, French Women Don’t Get Fat, have inundated her with requests for more of her cunning but simple secrets to living the good life, the ways French women manage to enjoy wine, chocolate, and many other seductive pleasures without gaining weight. Mireille’s answer? This buoyant book brimming with fresh advice and seasonal... (more)

The Biggest Loser Cookbook: More Than 125 Healthy, Delicious Recipes Adapted from NBC's Hit Show

The Biggest Loser Cookbook: More Than 125 Healthy, Delicious Recipes Adapted from NBC's Hit Show

by Devin Alexander

More Than 125 Healthy, Delicious Recipes From The Biggest Loser Experts and Cast--As Seen On NBC's Hit Show! By The Biggest Loser experts and cast Building on the groundbreaking success of The Biggest Loser brand, this sequel to last year's best-selling book is sure to be a hit! The Biggest Loser Cookbook offers: * 125 recipes from The Biggest Loser cast, trainers, and fans * motivational... (more)

The Food You Crave

Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life

by Ellie Krieger

Do you think that healthy food couldn't possibly taste good? Does the idea of "eating healthy" conjure up images of roughage and steamed vegetables? Author Ellie Krieger, host of Food Network's Healthy Appetite, will change all that. A registered dietitian, Ellie is also a lover and proponent of good, fresh food, simply but deliciously prepared. And she's not about denial--no nonfat foods here, because when you... (more)

Living a Beautiful Life

by Alexandra Stoddard

With the publication of Living A Beautiful Life , Alexandra Stoddard originated the idea of creating an atmosphere of beauty and tranquillity with simple touches that turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. As a world-famous interior decorator, she has worked her madic on interiors large and small, from mansions and embassies to cottages and studio apartments. Though her writing and lectures, she has... (more)

Prescription for herbal healing

by Phyllis A. Balch

The popularity of herbal medicine has exploded during the past decade, with herbal remedies becoming increasingly available in such conventional outlets as drugstores and even supermarkets. Prescription for Herbal Healing brings to herbal medicine the same in-depth, easy-to-understand information and accessible style that Prescription for Nutritional Healing successfully brought to diet and nutritional... (more)

Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the Inside Out: Every Woman's Guide to Real Beauty, Renewed Energy, and a Radiant Life

Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the Inside Out: Every Woman's Guide to Real Beauty, Renewed Energy, and a Radiant Life

by Mariel Hemingway

Question: Which of the following have you done this week? A. Switched on the TV within minutes of waking up. B. Eaten lunch while driving. C. Taken your cell phone into the bathroom. D. Used a cup of coffee as a pick-me-up. E. Looked in the mirror and had a negative thought about your body. Question: Which of the following haven't you done this week? A. Laid the table for breakfast. B.... (more)

The Omnivore's Dilemma

A Natural History of Four Meals

by Michael Pollan

The bestselling author of The Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the twenty-first century "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature offers, humans... (more)

Fast Food Nation

by Eric Schlosser

Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning. Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from California's subdivisions, where the... (more)

Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry

Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry

by Albert J. Bernstein

"Bernstein provides a field guide to the various types of Emotional Vampires and advises readers how to protect themselves from being victims of these predatory personalities."Boston Globe From bestselling author Albert J. Bernstein The author of Dinosaur Brains offers protection from people who seek to destroy the emotional and psychological well-being of others. Like the fabled... (more)

Betty Crocker's Vegetarian Cooking: Easy Meatless Main Dishes Your Family Will Love!

Betty Crocker's Vegetarian Cooking: Easy Meatless Main Dishes Your Family Will Love!

by Betty Crocker

Vegetarian cooking has become one of the hottest topics in cooking today. It's only natural that people who trust Betty Crocker -- the expert on delicious, family-friendly meals -- would turn to her for the best and easiest vegetarian recipes. Without a doubt, Betty Crocker's Vegetarian Cooking is the perfect primer for vegetarian cooking. With over 200 fabulous meatless recipes to choose from, everyone from... (more)

Finding My Balance: A Memoir with Yoga

by Mariel Hemingway

Stardom, thanks to Woody Allen and his film Manhattan , came at an early age...but so did the problems of a broken and dysfunctional family. Yet in a life so out of kilter, Mariel Hemingway summoned the strength and inner resolve that enabled her to find -- and to keep -- her balance. In Finding My Balance, actress Mariel Hemingway uses the lessons and practices of yoga as a starting point for her own... (more)

Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special: More Than 275 Recipes for Soups, Stews, Salads and Extras

Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special: More Than 275 Recipes for Soups, Stews, Salads and Extras

by Moosewood Collective

A steaming bowl of soup with fresh bread and a green salad, a tempting combo plate of crisp, complementary salads--these Daily Specials have been staples of Moosewood's ever-changing menu board since the restaurant opened its doors more than twenty-five years ago. Over the years the creative chefs of the Moosewood Collective have introduced literally thousands of new soups and as many salads, all devised... (more)

Cooking Light : Annual Recipes 1997 (Serial)

Cooking Light : Annual Recipes 1997 (Serial)

by Leisure Arts, Cooking Light Magazine

Culled from the pages of Cooking Light magazine, this collection features over 700 light and healthy recipes. A complete nutritional analysis for every recipe is given, along with timesaving tips and menu suggestions for today's busy, health conscious cook. 70 color photos.

Healthy Life Kitchen

by Marilu Henner

Most of us go through a constant tug-of-war between the foods we love and the foods we feel we should be eating. But what if we didn't have to give up our favorite foods? Healthy Life Kitchen shows you a new way, a better way, to create a "health factory" in your home. Out go the red meat, dairy, and refined sugar products, and in come the freshest fruits, vegetables, grains, soy, seafood, poultry, and... (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)

Living the G.I. Diet

by Rick Gallop

The easiest diet going is now even easier--and tastier. Off to an explosive start, The G.I. Diet quickly landed on New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists, and required five quick printings (for a total of 190,000 copies) to keep pace with demand after national publicity discovered the "Canadian miracle diet" ( Woman's World ). Now, continuing to build on the nutritional wisdom of the... (more)

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Tags: healthy living

by Bob Greene

by Mireille Guiliano

by Gary Hallgren, Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet Oz, Mehmet C. Oz

by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz

by Mireille Guiliano

by Devin Alexander

Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life

by Ellie Krieger

by Alexandra Stoddard

by Phyllis A. Balch

by Mariel Hemingway

A Natural History of Four Meals

by Michael Pollan

by Eric Schlosser

by Albert J. Bernstein

by Betty Crocker

by Mariel Hemingway

by Moosewood Collective

by Leisure Arts, Cooking Light Magazine

by Marilu Henner

by Gillian McKeith

by Rick Gallop