The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet by Richard Heller

$27.99 NZD

Category: Diet and Nutrition | Series: Signet

Does this sound like you? After eating a full breakfast, are you hungry before it's time for lunch? Do you have a hard time stopping once you start to eat bread, pasta, or sweets? Do you have a tendency to gain weight easily, or if you lose weight, to gain it back again? If you answered yes to o ne or more of these questions, you may not be experiencing a lack of willpower but rather a physical addiction to carbohydrates. Now, Drs. Rachael and Richard Heller, both retired from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, offer a revolutionary diet that eliminates the cravings and helps you overcome the yo-yo syndrome - permanently - without deprivation. (Preceeding text courtesy of penguin.com.au) ...Show more

Can I Eat That?: A Nutritional Guide Through the Dietary Maze for Type 2 Diabetics by Jenefer Roberts

$29.99 NZD

Category: Diet and Nutrition

Written in a chatty and non-medical style, Can I Eat That? guides people through the initial and sometimes frightening stages which follow diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes. It contains an explanation of the nutritional factors behind the disease, and the nutritional factors in foods that are tolerated; and brings these factors together in advice on the choice - and the cooking - of beneficial and tasty foods. The book also contains over 100 various recipes for healthy, nutritious and above all enjoyable meals suitable for people with Type 2 diabetes. ...Show more

The Body Ecology Diet by Donna Gates

$56.95 NZD

Category: Diet and Nutrition

The Body Ecology Diet shows you how to restore and maintain the important "inner ecology" your body needs to function properly and to eliminate or control the symptoms that rob you of the joy of living. The Body Ecology Diet makes it easy for you to: Plan meals with dozens of delectable recipes, menus , and detailed shopping lists! Learn simple principles of proper eating and food combining to rebalance your internal ecology.Use effective cleansing methods to restore your system's harmony.Develop strategies for controlling your urge to snack and for dining away from home. ...Show more

The Paleo Diet: Lose weight and get healthy by eating the food you were designed to eat by L. Cordain

$35.00 NZD

Category: Diet and Nutrition

"We can't recommend The Paleo Diet highly enough!" Michael and Mary Dan Eades, M.D. authors of Protein Power The Paleo Diet is at once revolutionary and intuitive...Its prescription provides without a doubt the most nutritious diet on the planet." Jennie Brand-Miller, Ph.D., coauthor of the bestselling The Glucose Revolution and The Glucose Revolution Life Plan "Filled with delicious recipes and meal plans, The Paleo Diet will open your eyes, trim your waistline, and improve your overall health."--Michael R. Eades, M.D., and Mary Dan Eades, M.D. authors of The 30-Day Low-Carb Diet Solution and coauthors of The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook "Finally, someone has figured out the best diet for people a modern version of the diet the human race grew up eating. Dr. Loren Cordain's easy-to-follow diet plan cuts right to the chase." Jack Challem, coauthor of Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance Healthy, delicious, and simple, the Paleo Diet is the diet you were designed to eat. If you want to lose weight up to 75 pounds in six months or if you want to attain optimal health, The Paleo Diet will do wonders for you. ...Show more

Fat-Burner Foods by Caroline Shreeve

$24.95 NZD

Category: Diet and Nutrition

Fat-burning food is a unique revolutionary development in the history of slimming because it combines, safe rapid weight loss with lasting results. The benefits include satisfactory weight reduction; provision of all essential food groups; bans hunger and boosts energy levels; the weight stays off, whic h helps establish healthier eating; Comprehensive 4 day eating plan provided with recipes; Hints and tips for getting the most out of fat-burner foods ...Show more

Beat High Blood Pressure Cookbook by Readers Digest

$40.00 NZD

Category: Diet and Nutrition | Series: Reader's Digest S.

Effective, all-natural plan to beat high blood pressure with delicious recipes that are easy to prepare. Based on a highly respected US dietary strategy which has been adapted for Australia and New Zealand and expanded to include a lifestyle program. The key is enjoying a low-salt diet with plenty of po tassium-rich fruit and vegetables. ...Show more

WEEK IN THE ZONE by Barry Sears (Ph.D.)

$21.95 NZD

$22.99 (4% off)

Category: Diet and Nutrition

A national bestseller for more than three years in hardcover, The Zone has introduced millions of people worldwide to a breakthrough approach to dieting based on Novel Prize-winning scientific research. Treating food as the most powerful drug available, The Zone plan shows how food, when used unwisely, can be toxic. Used wisely however, it will take anyone into the Zone, a state of exceptional health familiar to champion athletes. Now the benefits of Barry Searsß²evolutionary program can be experienced in just one week! With "A Week in the Zone," everyone can start on the path to permanent weight loss and learn how to burn body fat, and keep it off - without deprivation or hunger. They'll also discover how the Zone helps to both increase energy and fight heart disease, diabetes, PMS, chronic fatigue, depression, and cancer. ...Show more

The New Glucose Revolution: Top 100 Low Gi Foods by Jennie Brand Miller (Human Nutrition Unit, University of Sydney, Australia)

$16.95 NZD

Category: Diet and Nutrition

The GI tables—a comprehensive list of foods and their GI values—are the key to unlocking the fantastic health benefits of The New Glucose Revolution. Here, for the first time, the GI tables are presented as a stand-alone book. Symbols indicate those foods that are ‘star performers’—possessing a low GI and providing you with the best overall nutritional value and readers will also find additional information about the latest research on glycemic load, and a GI food pyramid. ...Show more

The Gi Points Diet: Lose weight forever - with the revolutionary point-counting system by Azmina Govindji

$29.95 NZD

Category: Diet and Nutrition

The glycaemic index (GI) is one of the hottest topics in weight loss today. Like Atkins, it's based on carbohydrates but unlike Atkins it's based on the quality of the carbs and allows much more flexibility for the dieter. This book uses GI in a groundbreaking fashion: simply by adding up the GI points of each food, and keeping to 30 points a day, it's possible to lose weight quickly, effortlessly, enjoyably- and permanently. Unlike other diet books, this is not about avoiding foods- it's about eating what you want within healthy boundaries. Importantly, it's about balancing your meal - by eating certain foods together, you can ensure you get a healthy, delicious and low- GI meal- and lose those kilos. ...Show more

Skinny Bitch: A No-nonsense, Tough-love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous! by Rory Freedman

$25.00 NZD

Category: Diet and Nutrition

If you can't take one more day of self-loathing, you're ready to hear the truth: you cannot keep shovelling the same crap into your mouth every day and expect to lose weight. Not for the faint-hearted, Skinny Bitch tells it like it is, delivering the truth about food so that readers can make informed, educated decisions about what they put in their bodies. Much more than just the next fad diet, Skinny Bitch outlines a way of life that will help readers make healthy choices. ...Show more

Gluten-Free Girl by Shauna James Ahern

$28.00 NZD

Category: Diet and Nutrition

Do you, or someone you love, have to avoid certain foods? Imagine passing on the pizza during your honeymoon in Rome, or skipping the sugar cookies your sister makes at Christmas. Shauna James Ahern understands your pain - literally. After years of inexplicable exhaustion and endless medical tests, she found relief in her diagnosis of celiac disease. After giving up gluten, she learned how to live well and love food more fully. Now she can help you do it, too.In Gluten-Free Girl, Shauna James Ahern shares the journey that changed her from a typical Gen-X processed-food junkie to a fun-loving foodie. She shows you how to say yes to a gluten-free lifestyle and embrace a whole new world of fresh foods and flavors. She shares dozens of recipes everyone will love, like salmon with blackberry sauce, chocolate banana bread, and lemon olive oil cookies. Part memoir, part best friend giving advice, part cookbook, Gluten-Free Girl will put the spring back in your step and your diet, one delicious meal at a time.Check out the author's famous Blog for recipes and more! ...Show more

Food Combining for Health: The Bestseller That Has Changed Millions of Lives by Doris Grant & Jean Joice

$19.95 NZD

Category: Diet and Nutrition

A fresh new cover design, more modern look and updated text bring this classic guide to food combining up to date for the 21st century. This is the classic guide to the health benefits of the Hay Diet, or food combining, from Doris Grant, a pioneer for the Hay Diet in the UK. The diet works by keeping s tarch foods separate from protein foods in the daily diet so foods can be digested more easily and general health is improved. This informative guide gives you an in-depth look at the wide range of health problems that food combining has been found to alleviate, including digestive disorders such as IBS and indigestion obesity ulcers arthritic pain persistent migraines and headaches skin problems such as psoriasis and eczema As well as practical advice on how to begin and then stick to the food combining system, this comprehensive book offers plenty of suggestions and over 90 recipes to show you how easy it is to stick to the plan. ...Show more