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Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life

Louise Aronson · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

As revelatory as Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but little respected stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That...
 
 
Skinny Pasta: 80 flavour-packed recipes of less than 500 calories

Julie Azzarello · Kyle Books
Pages: 160
Format: Flexibound

Low-calorie, big-flavoured and comforting meals are the dream for dieters, and the dishes in Skinny Pasta can tick all those boxes.Although pasta is often on the 'avoid' list of a diet, this needn't be the case as it's the accompanying sauces and topping that pile on the calories,...
 
 
The Complete Guide to Nutrients: An A-Z of Superfoods, Herbs, Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements

Michael Sharon · Carlton Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Want to know how healthy your food choices are? This updated edition of the guide to essential nutrition reveals all! With processed foods and commercially farmed produce offering us less in the way of essential nutrition, and food industry labels exaggerating the health benefits of their...
 
 
The Widower's Notebook: A Memoir

Jonathan Santlofer · Thorndike Press Large Print
Pages: 384
Format: Library Binding

Written with unexpected humor and great warmth,  The Widower's Notebook is a portrait of a marriage, an account of the complexities of finding oneself single again after losing your spouse, and a story of the enduring power of familial love. "This is deeply moving ... beautifully...
 
 
The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain

Steven R Gundry · Harper Wave
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

"I read this book... it worked. My autoimmune disease is gone and I'm 37 pounds lighter in my pleather." --Kelly ClarksonMost of us have heard of gluten - a protein found in wheat that causes widespread inflammation in the body. Americans spend billions of dollars on gluten-free...
 
 
Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How the Body Can Heal Itself

William W Li · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Is your diet feeding or defeating disease? Forget everything you think you know about your body and food, and discover the new science of how the body heals itself. Learn how to identify the strategies and the dosages for using food to transform your resilience and health in EAT TO BEAT...