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"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...
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#1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of This is Your Mind on Plants, How to Change Your Mind, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and Food Rules
Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it?
Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion—most of what we’re consuming today is longer the product...
Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it?
Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion—most of what we’re consuming today is longer the product...
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Get the facts on good nutrition, slim down, and feel great. This guide shows you how to manage your diet so you get the most bang (nutrients) for your buck (calories) and gives you the know-how to put together a shopping list, prepare healthy foods, and easily cut calories.
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Bestselling author Dan Buettner reveals how to transform your health using smart nutrition, lifestyle, and fitness habits gleaned from longevity research on the diets, eating habits, and lifestyle practices of the communities he's identified as "Blue Zones"—those places with the world's longest-lived, and thus healthiest, people, including locations such as Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula; Ikaria, Greece; and Loma
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810L
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Brian Cleary's zany rhyming text introduces young readers to foods in the grains group, including pasta, crackers, cereal, and bread. Cleary also introduces the health benefits of these foods and provides information on how many servings of grains the USDA recommends.
12) Healthy eating
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Bellwether Media
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2007.
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"A basic introduction to the benefits of healthy eating. Intended for kindergarten through third grade students"--Provided by publisher.
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The author explores his theory that the food industry's used three essential ingredients to control much of the world's diet.
Traces the rise of the processed food industry and how addictive salt, sugar, and fat have enabled its dominance in the past half century, revealing deliberate corporate practices behind current trends in obesity, diabetes, and other health challenges.
19) Vegetables
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Chelsea Clubhouse
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2003.
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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Presents information on the importance of the vegetables food group of the USDA Food Guide Pyramid, describing various kinds of vegetables and how they are grown, handled, and prepared.
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