This text presents an updated edition of 'The Holford Low-GL Diet', the ultimate diet for fast weight loss, increased energy and improved health. It is packed with new information and strong testimonials to the life-changing effects of a low-GL diet.

Low mood and depression are endemic, and on the increase, and the recession has further fuelled the need for the practical, down-to-earth advice provided in THE FEEL GOOD FACTOR.
Written by leading nutrition expert and mental health specialist Patrick Holford, it reveals highly effective methods to make a difference to how you feel - without the need for medical drugs. It includes lifestyle and life management techniques, as well as revealing the right foods to eat, and those to avoid, to help improve your mood dramatically.
This accessible approach is supported by substantial research,...

Revised and updated, a guide to winning the war on colds and flus, decreasing allergy potential, and protecting yourself from cancerall using foodPreventingdisease and fighting infectioncan be done, byusing a simple yet powerful medicinefood. Understanding nutrition and correctly supplementing your diet is the key to boosting your immune system. Today, our immune systems also face a growing number of enemies, such as stress, pollution, pesticides, and food additives.This guideexplains how to meet all these challenges in order to beat infections naturally, supplement for immune strength,...

The authors reveal how crucial optimum nutrition is for children's general health and development, as well as their behaviour and IQ. They explain why certain foods are so beneficial and why others are damaging, and identify common problems in children which can be improved or solved with the right foods and supplements.

Cancer is increasing at an alarming rate and one in three people will develop cancer at some point in their lives. According to the World Cancer Research Fund, up to 39 per cent of the most common cancers - lung, breast, colorectal, skin, mouth/throat and oesophagus, liver, stomach, prostate, cervical ovarian, testicular, endometrial and pancreatic - are preventable through diet, physical activity and weight control alone.
SAY NO TO CANCER was originally published by Piatkus in 1999 and this greatly expanded edition contains new chapters that reflect the very latest information on the...

In SAY NO TO DIABETES, nutrition expert Patrick Holford presents a complete action plan for sufferers of type-1 diabetes, type-2 diabetes and the forerunner of type-2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome. He outlines the causes of the current diabetes 'epidemic' and explains the 10 secrets for preventing and reversing diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
Comprehensive yet doable, SAY NO TO DIABETES provides an anti-diabetes diet, recipes, a daily supplement programme and advice on how to undo the damage caused by diabetes and diabetes drugs. Based on the latest scientific findings, combined with...

Your homocysteine level is the single most important statistic you need to know in order to determine how healthy you are and how long you will live. Your 'H level' is now widely understood to be a greater risk factor for heart disease than cholesterol. Homocysteine expert Dr James Braly has shown that a high homocysteine score is a major risk factor for cancer, arthritis and even obesity. In this accessible book Dr Braly and leading nutritionist Patrick Holford show you how to assess your H level and suggest 10 remarkably simple changes to your diet and your lifestyle that will lower your...

Life expectancy is increasing, but this is only good news if you stay well and can enjoy it. The 10 Secrets of Healthy Ageing draws on the latest research findings, and the health secrets of long-lived people, to outline the diet and lifestyle that will help you stay healthy, look younger and feel great as you age. It explains how your body changes as you age and what you can do to avoid the illnesses of old age, as well as the aches, pains, poor sleep and eyesight deterioration that many believe are an inevitable part of ageing. It also shares the secrets of staying as fit and...

We have a 50 per cent chance of dying from heart or artery disease. However, these devastating diseases can be prevented by using a simple yet powerful medicine - food. In Say No to Heart Disease you will learn how eating the right foods and correctly supplementing your diet can eliminate your chances of a heart attack, lower your blood pressure without drugs, reverse artery disease, maximise recovery after a stroke or heart attack, and add twenty years to your healthy lifespan.
Informative and practical, it describes the cardiovascular system and what goes wrong with it, the key...

Přední a mediálně známý britský nutriční odborník Patrick Holford zde podává ucelenou přehlednou informaci o potravních doplňcích, vitaminech, minerálech, jejich účincích a dávkování a o posledních vědeckých objevech na tomto poli. Mluví také o potravinách a zdravém způsobu života. Knížka obsahuje i přehled současných škodlivých vlivů, kterým je možné se vyhnout, počítá mezi ně také některé léky. Dokládá, že můžeme zdravě stárnout, pokud víme, jak na to, a sami se o to zasloužíme. Jak si zlepšit kůži, kosti, svaly, energii,...