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Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
It's the most dominant food in the world. How has sugar infiltrated our diet and culture? What effect does it have on our minds and bodies? THAT SUGAR FILM is one man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights...
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Publisher
Book Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Completely revised, this seminal classic offers fresh insights into the implications of becoming vegan -- for individuals, for animals, and for our fragile planet. It includes new information on the health benefits of vegan diets and a blueprint for clean eating. This streamlined "express" version is extensive yet easily understandable for anyone who wants to construct an optimal plant-based diet."--Cover page 4.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
We want all our kids to eat healthy...but how do you actually accomplish it? How do we get them to want to eat healthy? Studies show that life-long healthy eating habits start by having kids help prepare the food! Follow Nica and preschoolers in the kitchen as they have fun learning about nutrition through making healthy snacks. Features easy recipes, ways you can "be prepared", safety tips, and highlights easy jobs in the kitchen that teach preschoolers...
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Series
Publisher
American Book Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Los jugos naturales no sólo son riquísimas bebidas que aportan gran cantidad de nutrientes a nuestro cuerpo, son el pilar de una alimentación balanceada y la ayuda ideal para quienes buscan reducir unos kilos en su báscula Con este manual didáctico podrás llevar un record de tus avances y cambios tanto físicos como emocionales. Con un cálculo nutrimental, restringiendo ciertos alimentos y cualquier tipo de actividad física, obtendrás beneficios...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
At 24 years old, filmmaker Shannon Harvey was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Her immune system had become hyperactive and was attacking normal, healthy tissues. Her muscles and joints were inflamed and she was told if her disease progressed she could end up with organ failure, or wheelchair bound. In search of a cure, Shannon tried everything from drugs to alternative therapies and everything in between. But she was still sick. There was one...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 2004, Canadian health researchers made a startling discovery in the Chippewa birth records for the city of Sarnia, an hour north of Detroit: for the past decade, female babies had been outnumbering male babies at a rate of 2:1. Further investigation revealed large numbers of miscarriages, a cluster of reproductive cancers in young women, and widespread neurological problems among the band's children. The Beloved Community looks at...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"Eating healthy can be a struggle. It's hard to choose broccoli and brown rice instead of hot, cheesy pizza. And diets often ask you to cut out different foods all at once, leaving you feeling deprived. In The 3-Day Reset, Pooja Mottl outlines 10 simple ways you can change your cravings and start eating whole, healthy, delicious foods--three days at a time. Each reset takes only 72 hours to complete, which means you'll be able to stay focused on healthy...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning journalist Alden Wicker breaks open a story hiding in plain sight: the unregulated toxic chemicals that are likely in your wardrobe right now, how they're harming you, and what you can do about it. In To Dye For, Wicker reveals how clothing manufacturers have successfully swept consumers' concerns under the rug for more than 150 years, and why synthetic fashion and dyes made from fossil fuels are so deeply intertwined with the rise...
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Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"While e-cigarettes do not contain as many chemicals as regular cigarettes, using them is not safe. Traditional cigarettes contain more chemicals and are known to cause cancer. E-cigarettes expose the user to fewer chemicals, but using them isn't harmless. They bring dangerous chemicals into the body, including the addictive chemical nicotine, and their long-term effects have serious consequences"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Because yoga has become more and more popular and integrated into Western culture, millions of people outside of India study and practice yoga. Along with this has been a proliferation in the numbers of yoga teachers. In this book, introduces "yoga myths' in each chapter. These are the beliefs commonly held about how movements should be practiced which in fact do not represent the actual physical anatomical reality the body's structure and how it...
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Publisher
Citadel Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"It picks you up and calms you down, warms you and refreshes you. With black, white, red, green, and herbal varieties, there's a tea for every taste, and now this time-honored superfood is trending as the drink of choice for health-conscious people of all ages and cultures. This fascinating book boils down the rich history of tea, as well as the ever-expanding list of health and weight loss benefits found in its leaves"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Familius
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Coconut Kitchen explores all things coconut, the rising star of the world's superfood movement and one of nature's most versatile foods. Author Meredith Baird, one of the key authorities in the raw food movement for the last decade, touches upon the endless array of health benefits that the coconut offers--from health to wellness to beauty secrets that have long been eliminated from the western diet. Through 60 recipes complemented with stunning full-color...
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Publisher
Penguin Life
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The author turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age; why we should think about health span, not life span; and, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence, how you can make the most of your seventies, eighties, and nineties today, no matter how old you are now. More of us are living into our eighties than ever before - what if the best was yet to come? This book reveals the evolving power of the human brain through...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Lifelong Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"An incisive, utterly engaging exploration of walking: how it is fundamental to our being human, how we've designed it out of our lives, and how it is essential that we reembrace it." --Amazon.com.
Driven by a combination of a car-centric culture and a thirst for productivity and efficiency, we're spending more time sedentary and alone than we ever have before. If bipedal walking is truly what makes our species human, what does it mean that we are...
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Publisher
Eddison Books Limited
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This highly effective technique for releasing muscular tension throughout the body teaches new ways of sitting, standing and moving that put less stress on our muscles, bones and joints. This step-by-step illustrated guide shows you how to move with comfort and ease and relieve and prevent common aches and pains, simply by taking control of your posture. By adjusting the way you do things you can avoid putting your body under strain, and achieve a...
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