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Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, "Eating Animals" explores the many fictions we use to justify our eating habits--from folklore to pop culture to family traditions and national myth--and how such tales can lull us into a brutal forgetting.
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"The China Study" revealed what we should eat and provided the powerful empirical support for this answer. "Whole" answers the question of why. Why does a whole-food, plant-based diet provide optimal nutrition? "Whole" demonstrates how far the scientific reductionism of the nutrition orthodoxy has gotten offtrack and reveals the elegant wonders of the true holistic workings of nutrition, from the cellular level to the operation of the entire organism....
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2021.
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368 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"Have you heard that a plant-forward lifestyle is better for you, but you don't know why you should make plant-based foods a bigger part of your diet? Or maybe you understand the why, but you've had trouble figuring out how to improve your vegetable intake. In Plants First, Dr. Katie Takayasu helps you understand the reasons for prioritizing plant-powered foods to clean up the hormonal cascades that cause cravings and leave you feeling sick and tired....
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"A bold new plant-based plan that challenges popular keto and paleo diets, from an award-winning gastroenterologist. The benefits of restrictive diets like paleo and keto have been touted for more than a decade, but as renowned gastroenterologist Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, or "Dr. B," illuminates in this groundbreaking book, the explosion of studies on the microbiome makes it abundantly clear that eliminations are in fact hazardous to our health. What studies...
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2022.
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319 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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"A fact-based guide to plant-based eating, explaining why a diverse diet is the key to better health-with 80 plant-packed recipes"--
"The secret to a healthy gut (and a healthier body and mind) is all in the microbes: the trillions of microorganisms that live in our digestive tract. These microbes thrive on fiber--as many different types as they can get. That's why Dr. Megan Rossi developed the Diversity Diet, a simple yet revolutionary way of eating...
9) The Smart Girl's guide to going Vegetarian: how to look great, feel fabulous, and be a better you
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What would you love. Love what you eat.No labels. No fuss. It's not about what you call yourself--it's about how you feel. Whether you're going vegan, vegetarian, fish-only, chicken-only, or all veggies except grandma's famous pigs-in-a-blanket, this book is your new best friend.Eating less meat can boost your energy, help you lose weight, and it's better for the environment. If you're looking to cut down on meat or cut it out completely, here you'll...
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2009
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xiii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Professional athlete-turned-firefighter Rip Esselstyn shows you how to lose weight, lower cholesterol, significantly reduce the risk of disease, and become physically fit--in just 4 weeks--by following his plant-powered eating plan based on a diet of whole foods, including whole grains, fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and seeds.
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Founded on the principle that it takes 21 days to make or break a habit, The 22-Day Revolution is a vegan diet designed to create lifelong habits that will empower you to live a healthier lifestyle, to lose weight, or to reverse serious health concerns. Exercise physiologist Marco Borges provides motivating strategies, benefits and tips for staying the course, delicious recipes, and a detailed 22-day meal plan.
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c2011
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ix, 230 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
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Infused with Carr's signature sass, wit and advice-from-the-trenches style, "Crazy Sexy Diet" is a beautifully illustrated resource that puts readers on the fast track to vibrant health and happiness, laying out the fundamentals of a low-glycemic, vegetarian program that emphasizes balancing the pH of the body with lush whole and raw foods, nourishing organic green drinks, and scrumptious smoothies.
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2021.
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lxxxi, 415 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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"Discover the eating plan that revolutionized the way Americans think about their meals, updated for its fiftieth anniversary with new recipes for the modern meatless chef. "In the . . . years since the publication of Diet for a Small Planet, a movement dedicated to the reform of the food system has taken root in America. Lappé's groundbreaking book connected the dots between something as ordinary and all-American as a hamburger and the environmental...
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c2009
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312 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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From the Publisher: Part memoir, nutritional primer, and political manifesto, this controversial examination exposes the destructive history of agriculture-causing the devastation of prairies and forests, driving countless species extinct, altering the climate, and destroying the topsoil-and asserts that, in order to save the planet, food must come from within living communities. In order for this to happen, the argument champions eating locally...
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[2019]
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1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. Executive produced by James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jackie Chan, The Game Changers follows James Wilks - elite Special Forces trainer and winner of The Ultimate Fighter - whose world is turned upside down when he discovers a group of world-renowned athletes and scientists who prove that everything he had been taught about protein was a lie. Directed by Oscar-winner Louie Psihoyos, The Game Changers mixes real-time, groundbreaking...
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