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The Autoimmune Fix: How to Stop the Hidden Autoimmune Damage That Keeps You Sick, Fat, and Tired Before It Turns Into Disease

Tom O'Bryan · Rodale Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Do you have crud in the blood?Millions of people suffer from autoimmunity whether they know it or not. The root cause of most weight gain, brain and mood problems, and fatigue, autoimmunity can take years -- or even decades -- for symptoms and a clear diagnosis to arise. Through years of research,...

A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic

Marilyn Wedge · AVERY, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pages: 250
Format: Print book

A surprising new look at the rise of ADHD in America, arguing for a better paradigm for diagnosing and treating our children In 1987, only 3 percent of American children were diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, also known as ADHD. By 2000, that number jumped to 7 percent,...

The Lagasse Girls' Big Flavor, Bold Taste--and No Gluten!: 100 Gluten-Free Recipes from EJ's Fried Chicken to Momma's Strawberry Shortcake

Jilly Lagasse · Da Capo Lifelong Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

When you have to give up gluten, either for yourself or a family member, you may think you have to say good-bye to all of the comforting foods you love. It's hard enough adopting a new way of eating, but the idea of giving up your favorite fried chicken, mac 'n' cheese, or oatmeal...

The Fibro Fix: Get to the Root of Your Fibromyalgia and Start Reversing Your Chronic Pain and Fatigue in 21 Days

David M M D Brady · Rodale
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Chronic pain affects nearly 100 million Americans. Ongoing fatigue affects even more. The combination of fatigue and body-wide chronic pain, often called "fibromyalgia," remains mysterious and confusing, and an alarming 2/3 of sufferers may be misdiagnosed. For more than 25 years,...

It Was Me All Along: A Memoir

Andie Mitchell · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 232
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA heartbreakingly honest, endearing memoir of incredible weight loss by a young food blogger who battles body image issues and overcomes food addiction to find self-acceptance. All her life, Andie Mitchell had eaten lustily and mindlessly. Food was her babysitter,...

The Overworked Person's Guide to Better Nutrition: Simple Steps YOU Can Take to Eat Well, Reduce Stress, and Improve Your Health

Jill Weisenberger · American Diabetes Association; 1 edition
Format: Print book

The Overworked Person's Guide to Better Nutrition offers bite-sized tips for busy people who want to make time for good nutrition, but feel trapped by their hectic schedules. Responding to the number-one obstacle she hears from clients who have trouble staying healthy - "I don't...

American Plagues: Lessons from Our Battles with Disease

Stephen H. Gehlbach · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover - Revised Ed.

Smallpox, yellow fever, malaria, and polio are horrible diseases that once beset Americans, but are now largely, simply, unhappy history. Yet lessons learned from confronting these past plagues inform our present struggles to understand and remedy problems like HIV/AIDS, coronary heart...

The Mindspan Diet: Reduce Alzheimer's Risk, Minimize Memory Loss, and Keep Your Brain Young

Preston W Estep · Ballantine Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

From an esteemed geneticist and the director of gerontology at the Personal Genome Project at Harvard Medical School comes a revolutionary plan for curbing memory loss and improving cognitive longevity that will forever change how you think about diet and aging. All around the world people...

Saving Jake: When Addiction Hits Home

D'anne Burwell · FocusUp Books
Pages: 314
Format: Print book

Winner of the 2015 USA BEST BOOK AWARD in the category of Health: Addiction & Recovery.D'Anne Burwell's smart, athletic son--raised in a loving and prosperous home--begins abusing OxyContin as a teenager, and within a year drops out of college, walks out of rehab, and lands...

Breast Cancer Smoothies: 100 Delicious, Research-Based Recipes for Prevention and Recovery

Daniella Chace · HCI
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The statistics are staggering. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women--About 1 in 8 U.S. women (about 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. Second only to heart disease by a mere one percent, every ounce of prevention and every...

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