This newest addition to the Nutrition and Health series focuses on nutrition’s key role in lifestyle interventions to prevent and manage diseases. The book pays particular attention to nutritional considerations related to obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Edited by a cardiologist, Dr. James Rippe, a well-known expert in the nascent specialty of Lifestyle Medicine, Nutrition…
Read moreFrom basic nutrition principles to the latest nutrition therapies for common diseases, Williams’ Essentials of Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 11th Edition offers a solid foundation in the fundamental knowledge and skills you need to provide effective patient care. Authors Eleanor Schlenker and Joyce Gilbert address nutrition across the lifespan and within the community, with an…
Read moreConsumer Health: Making Informed Decisions is a concise, current text with the most up-to-date information about healthcare reform and insurance. It is devoted to the most critical issues relative to consumer health issues, including advertising, dietary supplements, herbal remedies, weight management, and medications. There are in-depth analyses of the American healthcare system, insurance options, and…
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Why don’t we give a big, warm welcome to Dr. Michael Greger? [Applause] Surely, if there was some safe, simple, side-effect-free solution to the obesity epidemic, we would know about it by now, right? I’m not so sure. It may take up to 17 years before research findings make it into day-to-day clinical practice. To…
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“Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal for Weight Loss?” Breakfast is widely touted as not only the most important meal of the day in general but specifically for weight loss. This is not just a pop culture prescription from checkout aisle magazines, but an idea put forward by prestigious institutions such as Johns Hopkins, NYU,…
Read moreThe new edition of the BMA Complete Home Medical Guide is a jargon-free medical reference book that gives you all the information you need to help safeguard the present and future well-being of your family. From viral infections to immune disorders, this essential medical guide contains in-depth coverage of over 750 medical conditions, with explanations…
Read moreDitch the complicated recipes, expensive products and supplements, vegan ‘detoxes’ and all the other crazes out there – that’s the message of The Food Effect approach to nutrition – which, based on real science, separates the fads from the facts, and now presents the program that’s had amazing results, adapted to suit a vegan diet.…
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Read moreThe biggest misconception people have about doctors? That they know nothing about food and nutrition. The fact is food has become an important part of medicine. Studies have shown that a healthy diet and other good lifestyle habits can reduce your odds of developing a serious illness by 82 percent! What Doctors Eat brings together…
Read moreDiscusses how teenagers can learn to make more healthy food choices and get more exercise to improve their health.
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