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Now in paperback comes the book that presents the safest, most effective known strategy for fighting the number one cancer among American men.

Flavorwise and texturewise pecans are the "Queen of the Edible Nuts. " This has been verified by salters, bakers, confectioners and ice cream manufacturers in America and western Europe. Hickory nuts and macadamia nuts are close behind, but are available only in limited supply. Pecans are among the nuts highest in oil content. In general, the varieties of nuts with the highest oil content are also rich in flavor and tender in texture. Some varieties of pecans (i. e., Schley and Curtis) have been shown to contain as much as 76% oil. The oil in pecans is highly unsaturated, which means it is...

Following on from the success of the first edition, John Coveney traces our complex relationship with food and eating and our preoccupation with diet, self-discipline and food guilt. Using our current fascination with health and nutrition, he explores why our appetite for food pleasures makes us feel anxious. This up-to-date edition includes an examination of how our current obsession with body size, especially fatness, drives a national and international panic about the obesity epidemic .

Focusing on how our food anxieties have stemmed from social, political and religious problems...

Peter J. D'Adamo, author of the Eat Right 4 Your Type(R) series--with more than two million copies in print--has developed a brand new, targeted plan for fighting allergies. With specific tools unavailable in any other book, Allergies: Fight Them with the Blood Type Diet(R) has four battle plans--individualized for your needs--for preventing and treating environmental and food allergies, chronic sinus infections, asthma, and related allergy conditions.

Dr. D'Adamo's Allergies: Fight Them with the Blood Type Diet(R) battle plan includes:

• A diet tailored...

The Truth About Carbohydrates Are carbohydrates fattening? Does sugar make kids hyperactive? Are fiber supplements just as good as the real thing? The questions and myths surrounding carbohydrates abound. But with this book, The American Dietetic Association sets the record straight. You will discover:
* How carbohydrates affect your weight, mood, and physical performance
* How fiber helps to reduce the risk for heart disease, diabetes, and other health problems
* Why high-protein diets are based on pseudo-science
* Why high-carbohydrate, low-fat diets are best for weight loss...

Make snacking a part of a balanced diet with advice from America s nutrition experts Snacking can be a habit that nourishes and sustains you or a source of excess calories and fat. Snacking Habits for Healthy Living shows you how to select a variety of snack foods and make them part of a healthy diet. This helpful guide provides advice for everyone, with specific information on the snacking needs of children, teenagers, athletes, weight-conscious adults, and those with special nutrition needs. It offers practical guidelines and strategies for different snacking situations and settings: at...

From the authors of the bestselling The New American Diet, here is a breakthrough guide that ends the confusion about saturated fat and cholesterol in our foods. This book sums up the heart-healthiness of every food choice in one simple measurement. Serial Self and Rodale's Food and Nutrition Letter. Charts, graphs and tables.

This work focuses on the preparation, structure, chemistry, functional properties, stability, handling and applications of naturally-derived colorants approved for use in food products in the USA, Europe and Asia. It presents studies that investigate whether natural colorants reduce risk of heart disease, specific types of cancer, and other conditions.

A cookery book properly explained and in accordance with the rules of the Jewish religion. Originally published in 1871, the Jewish Cookery Book was the first Jewish cookbook published in America. The book offers practical, down to earth advice for American-born Jews who did not have the benefit of a good Jewish education.

ELIMINATE TOXINS, LOSE WEIGHT AND INCREASE ENERGY
When naturally balanced, your body is alkaline. But a diet high in meat, dairy and sugar overwhelms your body with acidic waste, resulting in weight gain, low energy, poor skin and brittle bones.
The pH Balance Diet explains how to correct imbalances, eliminate toxic overload and reverse acid buildup. It offers a gradual, healthy approach to restoring your body's natural acid-alkaline balance, including:

Easy-to-follow, three-phase program

Tips on how to eat fewer acid-forming...

Written by experts in the field and filled with the latest research data, this comprehensive work presents important information on the nutritional properties of fish oils for human health and the analysis of fatty acids. Included is information on the breakdown, production and refining of fatty acids, as well as the newest methods of analysis and fractionation of fish oil fatty acids. This book should be of interest to seafood industry personnel, researchers, nutritionists, food scientists, biochemists and chemists and scientists in the pharmaceutical industry using fish oil.

Contents - List of Figures - List of Tables - I. Baking: - J. F. Herringshaw (A.R.C.S., Ph.D., F.R.I.C.) - II. Canning and Freezing: - D. A. Herbert (F.R.I.C., F.I.F.S.T., M.I.Biol.) and J. D. Felmingham (B.Sc., F.R.S.H., F.I.F.S.T., M.Inst.Pkg.) - III. Confectionery: - R. Lees (M.R.S.H., A.I.F.S.T.) - IV. The Dairy Industry: - J. G. Davis (D.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.I.C., F.I.F.S.T., F.R.S.H.) - V. - Dehydration: - C. G. Tucker (B.Sc., F.I.C.I., F.I.F.S.T.) - VI. Fats and Fatty Foods: - P. Brown (M. Inst. Inf. Sci.) and I. D. Morton (Ph.D.) - VII. - Fish Processing: - C. L. Cutting (Ph.D., B.Sc.) -...

Many of you who read Dr. Doug Pray's first book, "I Don't Go With Fat Boys --Weight Loss for People Who Love to Eat," say how much you appreciate him sharing his story and what you have learned about the underlying causes of the unhealthy lifestyles that have created our overweight society. You say, after reading "I Don't Go With Fat Boys," you better understand the "why" of your roller coaster weight struggle. Now you would like some practical "how tos" for successfully achieving and maintaining your weight goals and gaining health for yourselves. Dr. Doug Pray has examined the mind and...

This expanded second edition provides the latest information on restoring your body's acid-alkaline balance

- Discusses the role of enzyme supplements, prebiotic and probiotic complexes, and antioxidants in neutralizing and eliminating acids

- Addresses the relationship of proper hydration to essential enzyme activity and acid elimination

- Outlines a sample alkaline detoxification diet

Most people consume an abundance of highly processed foods that acidify the body. As a result, they are afflicted with health problems ranging from minor skin irritations, chronic fatigue, back...

Cholesterol is a type of fat (lipid) made by the body. It is essential for good health and is found in every cell in the body. However, a high cholesterol level in the blood (hypercholesterolaemia) is associated with an increased risk of heart disease and stroke. Seven out of 10 people over the age of 45 have high cholesterol.
Cut Your Cholesterol demystifies the subject quickly, clearly and concisely. Packed with accessible information about cholesterol and advice to help you identify if you have raised cholesterol levels, the book includes a clinically proven three-month programme to...

Legendary trainer Tim Grover's internationally acclaimed training program used by the pros, including Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant--now completely revised, updated, and expanded, with 100 new photos.

Since 1989 when Tim Grover began training Michael Jordan, hundreds of elite competitors have turned to Grover to become stronger, faster, and more powerful, both physically and mentally. From Jordan to Kobe Bryant to Dwyane Wade and countless other superstars, Grover's revolutionary methods have made the best even better, year after year.

In Jump Attack, Grover shares the...