All foods are either acid- or alkaline-forming and the body's health and beauty is entirely affected by choosing the right balance.Too many acid-forming foods can lead to conditions such as low energy, lifeless skin and hair and brittle bones.This practical book provides a 3 stage plan, food lists and simple recipe ideas.
Joanna Hall, author of Drop a Size in 2 Weeks Flat, offers a special 28-day plan to lose up to 5 inches off your waist. A great alternative to Atkins, Joanna's Carb Curfew method (banning carbs after 5pm) has been hailed as the healthiest, simplest way to diet the low-carb way. The healthy way to follow a low carb diet and really see the benefit. For all those who have tried Atkins or South Beach and found it difficult, Joanna's Carb Curfew system is fantastic. Joanna Hall presents a day-by-day diet plan specifically designed to help you lose up to 5 inches from your waistline in a month ? watch your belly disappear, while your health improves and fitness soars. Fat on your stomach is a potential killer and Joanna shows how simply using a step counter (pedometer) and her quick abs routine will help you lose those 5 inches. The book also includes:• Special 'Do It Together' plan for partners• Trouble shooting daily tips• Carb Curfew recipes
The New Vegan is an exciting new Vegan cookbook. It provides a comprehensive guide to creating everything from starters to main courses to deserts and includes information on the nutritional principles of the vegan diet. Veganism is an increasingly popular dietary choice ? as more people recognise the now widely accepted health benefits of foregoing meat and dairy products at least some of the time. This book covers everything from starters to main courses to desserts and includes: Polenta Square with Seared Portobello Mushrooms; Pizza, Quesadilla; Lasagna; Pumpkin Ravioli with nut sauce; Shepherd's pie; Apple Turnover, vegetable drinks, and plenty more! The author also discusses the nutritional concerns for both children and adults and shows that vegan cooking is super-healthy and is:- very low cholesterol- low fat- high in antioxidants (anti-ageing)- high in vitamins & minerals- low in toxins ? the basis of any 'detox'
Mind Maps at Work takes a fresh and exuberant look at how Mind Maps can keep you one step ahead of your colleagues at work. Full of practical tips, exercises and inspiring casestudies of people from all career backgrounds, it will help you unlock your reservoirs of creativity and find the fulfilment at work you know you deserve. Tony Buzan is the world-renowned inventor of Mind Maps who has helped hundreds of highly successful international businesses and organisations. In this inspiring new book he shows how you too can use Mind Maps to achieve greater satisfaction and success at work AND still have time to play. Mind Maps help you tap into your brain's full potential by using a combination of colour, image and association. Mind Maps at Work will help you:• Brainstorm and solve the toughest of problems• Set goals and achieve them• Reinvent your career, business strategy or brand• Pinpoint your priorities and multi-task with ease• Deliver excellent presentations with confidence• Maintain work?life balance• Bring out the best in yourself and others
The perfect companion to the 5:2 Diet. ITV's popular diet and fitness presenter Joanna Hall presents the perfect accompaniment to fasting programmes. This easy-to-use handy guide tells you the exact calorie, carbohydrate, protein, saturated fat, fibre, sugar and salt content of the foods you eat, helping you to lose weight and keep it off. Building on her bestselling titles Drop a Size in Two Weeks Flat and Drop a Size for Life Joanna Hall offers a handy reference guide to counting the calorie, carb, protein, saturated fat, sugar, salt and fibre value of the foods you eat. Divided into simple food sections, both branded and generic, this practical, easy-to-use guide includes:• take-away foods and eating out• ready-made meals, including brand names such as Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Asda, Safeway, Tesco and Marks and Spencer• snacks• drinks Broken down into food categories it is designed to use as you shop, aisle by aisle ? with all the information you need to calculate your meals for fasting days.
A self-help bible based on Lynda Brown's personal experiences of chronic insomnia and her research into the subject, this book welcomes you to the insomniacs' 'club' with a whole host of tips, tried and tested remedies, advice and support. written by insomniacs for insomniacs, this is the caring, sharing book that all sufferers need. For the past two years, Lynda Brown has suffered from chronic insomnia and she has now put together a self-help bible for other sufferers who have found that it can change your personality, take over your life and leave you feeling obsessional. Lynda has tirelessly researched the insomnia market, talking to therapists, professionals and natural health store workers to find out the facts people need to know. The book strikes the right balance between 'what the experts say' and 'what worked for me'. The book is written by insomniacs, for insomniacs and offers practical, grass-roots help in a well-written, humane and supportive way. As well as practical advice, the book also offers much needed moral support and understanding in the same vein as The Fat Ladies Club and the Girlfriends guides.
Cookery expert Marguerite Patten and nutritionist Jeannette Ewin tell you everything you need to know about eating for a healthy gut. Includes information about a wide range of gut problems, practical advice on the best food choices and 60 healthy gut recipes. This invaluable new collaboration between favourite British cookery expert Marguerite Patten and nutritional scientist Jeannette Ewin, authors of the bestselling Eat to Beat Arthritis, takes a look at how diet and nutrition are key factors in creating and maintaining good gut health. Gut disorders such as IBS and Crohn's disease, as well as more general complaints such as constipation are on the increase. Many of these conditions are due to, or exacerbated by, poor nutrition.Marguerite Patten, in her introduction, describes her own recent experience of the highly common condition, IBS. She offers 60 delicious recipes that show you how to create tasty and nutritious meals following the nutritional guidelines to ease such digestive disorders.Jeannette Ewin gives invaluable advice on nutrition for a healthy gut, an explanation of how and why things go wrong and information on self-treatment using probiotics and how medications can affect the gut.
A comprehensive and accessible handbook providing vital information for sufferers of low blood sugar, this is an ideal reference guide and essential first step for those who want to understand and treat their symptoms naturally. Includes 60 delicious recipes to prove that sufferers don't have to miss out! An increasing number of people are being diagnosed with low blood sugar due to today's high-pressure lifestyles and the predominance of over-processed foods in our diet- and the number of sufferers is set to rise. This is an essential up-to-date reference guide to low blood sugar, detailing everything that sufferers need to know about their condition and how to treat it. A complete guide to how to treat low blood sugar, this book reviews all the latest research on subjects such as insulin resistance, syndrome X and the role of the adrenal and thyroid hormones, as well as providing information about all the complementary and orthodox treatments available. The book explains what low blood sugar is and what causes it, and lists the symptoms of the condition making it easy to spot. The easy-to-follow nutritional plan is accompanied by 60 delicious recipes that prove sufferers can still enjoy their food while keeping low blood sugar under control. A comprehensive resources section reviews appropriate supplements, websites and suppliers. Ideal for anyone who wants to prevent low blood sugar, as well as for anyone already suffering from this condition.
Joanna Hall, the popular diet and fitness presenter for ITV's This Morning show, reveals her simple 5 step fat loss plan. The golden rule is 'no carbs after 5pm' ? and with Joanna Hall's help the rest is easy! Joanna Hall introduces her simple 'Carb Curfew' plan- no carbs after 5pm- to help you lose weight. Joanna's weight-loss plan consists of just 5 simple steps, making this fitness regime easy to remember, understand and follow. Includes 40 new Carb Curfew recipes to make the plan easy to stick to. The book includes tips, case studies and useful snack ideas, making it simple to incorporate this new way of eating into everyday life. This book is ideal for people who find the pure protein diets hard to stick to, offering a useful compromise that is more healthy and easier to fit into your life.
Now world-leading fitness trainer Simon Waterson ? who trained Halle Berry ? brings you seven focussed circuit-training programmes tailored for specific needs ? prepare your body for a skiing holiday, build up serious strength, tone up all over, get great abs, burn fat fast and more! Circuit training is the system used by anyone who needs to build serious levels of fitness ? athletes, soldiers, climbers and explorers. This book will give you the body you've always dreamed of. Following on from Commando Workout, which used a four-week programme to build fitness, 30 Minute a Day Body Challenge contains six 30-minute circuits based on military training techniques. The workouts target: • lower body • upper body • cardio • abs • plyometric (speed, strength and endurance) • the ultimate circuit challenge. Celebrity trainer and ex-Commando Simon Waterson then provides seven four-week programmes combining the circuits in different ways so you can achieve very specific results: • fat loss • ab attack • total toning • serious strength • ski and trek workout • ball sport skill • active pregnancy. Simon's real-life Commando experiences form a backdrop to the programme, which will also increase mental endurance, give you a sense of personal challenge and achievement, increase speed, power, agility and reaction times and improve muscle tone and endurance.
This guide is a must for anybody who wants to control high blood pressure naturally. Sarah Brewer, respected doctor and Telegraph columnist, has teamed up with Michelle Berriedale-Johnson, a successful special diets cookery writer, to provide readers with a comprehensive self-treatment plan that includes 60 mouth-watering recipes. Sales Handles: Heart disease is the number one killer in the West and is closely linked to high blood pressure, or hypertension. High blood pressure can be triggered by many things and diet is one of the major contributing factors. This clear and accessible guide provides an easy-to-follow nutritional plan that shows readers how to prevent and control high blood pressure by changing their eating habits. Dr Sarah Brewer also gives readers medically up-to-date information on high blood pressure, what causes it and how to control symptoms. The book also reviews all the orthodox and complementary treatments that are available. 60 simple recipes from special diets expert Michelle Berriedale-Johnson allow sufferers to control their condition while still enjoying their food.
A comprehensive and fully accessible guide to understanding and managing asthma through yoga, encouraging sufferers away from exclusive reliance on drugs in favour of using the ancient wisdom of yoga to control the condition themselves through the powers of breathing and of the mind. The number of asthma sufferers has risen sharply since the mid 1980s, with 10 million sufferers in the US and 3.7 million in the UK. Although many people are able to control their condition with drugs, it is still a serious condition- every six hours somebody dies from asthma in the UK. In Yoga Beats Asthma, qualified nurse and experienced yoga teacher Stella Weller reveals how yoga can help sufferers move away from reliance on powerful drugs for treatment. The powerful breathing techniques and exercises outlined in the book show sufferers how to support their respiratory system and help prevent, control and lessen the severity of an attack . This essential resource is ideal for sufferers of all ages, as well as parents of asthmatic children who want to help treat the problem naturally. The book includes an explanation of the breathing system, helping readers to understand what asthma is and how it is triggered. The yoga approach to asthma and how and why it works is also clearly explained. This highly practical and accessible guide includes: • physical exercises (asanas) • breathing exercises (pranayama) • mind power • coping with anxiety and panic to prevent attacks • relaxation exercises • nutritional advice.
The most comprehensive self-help book ever written for sufferers of poor intestinal health (10 million in the UK). Claire Rayner has praised it as 'a splendidly detailed book... it will be a life-saver for a great many people' and Prof. R. John Nicholls called it 'an invaluable book for anyone with a bowel or digestive problem.' One in five people in the UK suffer from lower gut disorders , which can be extremely painful and embarrassing. In The Good Gut Guide, Stephanie Zinser, a journalist and sufferer of ulcerative colitis herself, confronts these often ignored problems, with sections on: • Irritable Bowel Syndrome • Ulcerative Colitis • Crohn's disease • Coeliac Disease • Diverticulosis • haemorrhoids • bowel cancer. This comprehensive book is not only an excellent medical resource, but also aims to give support on all elements of life as a sufferer of gut and bowel disorders. The psychological effect of these debilitating and embarrassing illnesses is considered, with advice on how to cope with depression, hospitals and sexual relationships. Diet and stress, often considered to be two of the root causes of gut disorders, are also discussed, as are helpful complementary therapies (including aromatherapy, homeopathy and acupuncture).
A book for cancer sufferers and those wishing to prevent it, written by the Medical Director and the Nutritional Advisor to the famous Bristol Cancer Help Centre Eat To Beat Cancer shows that there are ways you can help yourself to:• Eat well to avoid the onsett of serious illness• Keep cancer in remission• Use nutrition to fight cancer. Dr Rosy Daniel Explains:• Why Change The Way You Eat?• How To Change The Way You Eat ? and make the change easy.• What To Change In The Way You Eat ? what's really important.• Food As Therapy ? including detoxification, raising your energy levels, correcting nutritional imbalances. All recipes are free from animal products,saturated fat and are low in salt and sugar.
The new kick-start fat loss programme from This Morning's Diet and Fitness presenter. How to lose fat quickly and, more importantly, how to keep it off using Joanna's own starch curfew plan and special exercises Everyone has those times when they want to lose their love handles quickly- to get back in their jeans, lose weight put on over Christmas, or look fantastic for a special occasion or a holiday. Joanna Hall, the UK's hottest fitness presenter, shows people how to achieve this and, more importantly, how to make sure the weight doesn't go straight back on! Tried and tested on 12 volunteers, Drop A Size In 2 Weeks Flat! includes:• A 14 day 'Get a Grip' plan• A great 'maintenance' system: how to keep your body trim in the long term using a simple points system, so you can eat the foods you want while following Joanna's no carbs after 5pm rule• 'Damage Limitation' tips: how to minimize the harm when away on business trips, cooking for a family, entertaining or eating out.
The bestselling guide to this increasingly common womens' health concern. Although one in ten women in the UK suffer from polycistic ovary syndrome (PCOS), with a myriad of symptoms and the problem that many doctors do not recognise this condition ? sufferers often experience an uphill battle for diagnosis and help. This is the first book to tackle the issue of PCOS. Written by a sufferer, this book offers essential advice on dealing with this gynaecological disorder which can effect everything from weight to infertility and therefore impacts on a woman's sense of self. The book will look at how PCOS effects the body, but above all it will offer an essential self help plan for dealing with the condition. PCOS will include a 4-point wellness plan, an A?Z of symptoms and associated remedies and a section on self esteem and rebuilding your life. As well as the common symptoms of weight gain, excess body hair, acne, breast pain, dizziness, chronic fatigue and hair loss, sufferers from PCOS can experience associated health risks including a higher risk of miscarriage, heart disease, diabetes but infertility is still their largest worry. Colette Harris has put together a valuable self help regime ? which looks at both conventional and complementary medicine. The 4 step plan will focus on diet, exercise, supplementation and relaxation.
This newly updated version of Super Confidence instructs you on how to bring out the best in yourself and provides practical skills to help you rise to the challenge. We all envy people for being open, secure, relaxed and successful. But confidence isn't something you have to be born with but a quality we are all capable of learning. Gael Lindenfield is not asking you to be Superwoman. But by working through the practical exercises we can gradually build up a self-assurance which can conquer those difficult situations. Then you too can stand tall and bring out the best in your relationships and your work.
Tofu is a soya-based bean-curd which has been used for cooking in the Far East for centuries. This cookbook shows how easy to cook, deliciously versatile and wonderfully healthy tofu is. High in protein, low in calories and completely cholesterol-free, tofu is an excellent substitute for eggs, dairy products and meat. This inspiring cookbook explains the different types of tofu, how to store it and how to cook creatively with it. The easy to prepare recipes are dairy-free versions of international favourites including classic dishes such as English shepherd's pie, Mexican tacos, savoury Mediterranean-style risotto as well as soup, salads and desserts from around the world.
This series of self-help guides contain natural, safe and effective treatments for a wide range of health problems. High blood pressure ? hypertension ? is one of the most common and serious of all health conditons. This accessible self-help guide clearly explains the background and causes of high blood pressure and describes ways to restore health and stablilize blood pressure. It includes:• self-help treatment such as fasting, diet, exercise, breathing and relaxation.• how lifestyle and behaviour affect blood pressure and what you can do about it. THE HEALTH SERIES YOU CAN TRUST FOR EXPERT AND CARING ADVICE.
An introduction to how to change your diet to change your health and what a nutritional therapist offers Many people are consulting nutritional therapists due to food allergies and other problems, many of which are caused by the body's inability to absorb essential nutrients due to the effects of antibiotics and other drugs and environmental pollutants. The book outlines:• how deficiencies occur• how nutritional therapy works• which key illnesses, such as eczema, asthma, candida, ME, arthritis and muscle pain, or food allergies the therapy can fight
This practical guide for succeeding in aptitude tests, which are increasingly being used to test applicants for jobs and academic courses, offers general information (benefits, drawbacks, use of tests) in addition to many examples of themed tests with recommended answers and explanations. This practical guide for succeeding in aptitude tests, which are increasingly being used to test applicants for jobs and academic courses, offers general information (benefits, drawbacks, use of tests) in addition to many examples of themed tests with recommended answers and explanations. It is an essential aid for anyone faced with an aptitude or psychometric test ? particularly one that can make the difference between getting a job or losing it!
This practical guide for succeeding in aptitude tests, which are increasingly being used to test applicants for jobs and academic courses. This practical guide for succeeding in aptitude tests, which are increasingly being used to test applicants for jobs and academic courses, offers general information (benefits, drawbacks, use of tests) in addition to many examples of themed tests with recommended answers and explanations. It is an essential aid for anyone faced with an aptitude or psychometric test ? particularly one that can make the difference between getting a job or losing it! Includes: Verbal, non-verbal, spatial and numerical tests. Tips on how to speed through a test.
A concise, straightforward book on how to handle difficult people in your personal or professional life.
The award winning million-copy seller. The book shows you how to tell the difference between the additives you need in food and wine and those you don't (after all, by no means the majority of additives are bad for you). when preservatives, colourings and flavourings have a place in our food GM foods ? which issues should cause concern Additives in unexpected places ? even in a glass of wine facts on pesticides, fertilizers, antibiotics and growth hormones
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