Food and Wine : Health & Healing

Packed with essential advice on healthy eating, feeding fussy eaters, dealing with an overweight child, and plenty of tips for no-hassle meals, quick snacks and lunch boxes. more...

Price: $26.00

Current research has shown that what you eat is one of the strongest factors in preventing cancer. You can take advantage of this fact to safeguard your health – and this book shows you how. Drawing on the latest medical and dietary research, Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Cancer presents a complete and sensible plant-based nutrition program that can help make cancer less likely – and also help those already diagnosed to heal. more...

Price: $14.95

''Part Joan Rivers, part Mahatma Gandhi, Jessica Porter makes macrobiotics meaningful, hilarious, and totally life-changing.''. Simon Doonan, creative director, Barneys New York and author of Wacky Chicks. Heralded by New York magazine as one of the city’s most popular diets, macrobiotics has become the latest trend in dieting, thanks to high-profile supporters like Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow. Speaking to the generation of young women looking to extend their healthy lifestyles beyond yoga and Pilates, macrobiotic chef and instructor Jessica Porter offers fresh, contemporary, and accessible insight into one of the world’s most popular diets that is based on century’s old principles. She explains that through the right balance of food, women can find balance in every aspect of their lives—improved health, weight loss, or fulfilling relationships. The effects of eating a macrobiotic diet can extend beyond basic health to weight loss, beauty, better sex, and peace of mind. Cooking tips and recipes are combined with Jessica’s no-nonsense philosophy and witty anecdotes to create a lifestyle book that will inspire women to hit the kitchen with an understanding of how to strengthen their mind and body through food. more...

Price: $16.95

With sixty great family recipes, beautiful food photographs, good safety advice and lots of practical tips, this is the ideal book for adults who want to teach kids to cook and eat healthy food. more...

Price: $15.95

The Inside Out Diet. ''A gem of a book, full of helpful information.''. —Frank Lipman, M.D., author of Total Renewal: 7 Key Steps to Resilience, Vitality, and Long-Term Health. ''I've been a fan of Dr. Cathy Wong for a long time, and if you haven't discovered her yet, this terrific book is a great way to do it. The three-step plan is on the money and the book is a rich source of information about food, detoxification, spices, weight control, and general health—a great addition to your library.''. —Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., iVillage Weight Loss Coach, and author of The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth. ''The Inside-Out Diet is an excellent approach to natural weight loss and radiant health in a well-balanced manner.''. —Joshua Rosenthal, M.Sc.Ed., founder and director of The Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Say good-bye to weight-loss woes with this practical approach to eating from leading naturopathic doctor and nutritionist Cathy Wong. Her easy-to-follow plan helps you achieve productive, safe, and permanent weight loss the enjoyable way, with no fasting, strange foods, or colonics required. You don't have to permanently give up coffee, meat, wheat, or dairy foods, either!. Drawing on the latest nutrition and health research, she shows how a healthy, high-functioning liver is the key to getting slimmer. You'll learn how to be picky about your proteins and leverage the power of the purple protectors (purple or red vegetables), the right whites (white or light green vegetables), and other foods to gently detoxify the body, support liver function, and drop those extra pounds for good. With four weeks of meal plans and more than fifty delicious recipes from successful chef-to-the-stars Sabra Ricci, you're well on your way to losing weight and feeling great, both inside and out!. more...

Price: $24.95