EATERS DIGEST


Book Description

One of the most common problems today is: What does it means to be a human living in an advanced technological world? Of particular importance is how to make simple decisions about what food to eat and how to take responsibility for our own health. This book addresses some basic questions: How did we get here? What should we believe? What does the microbiome mean for me and my personal health? This book addresses the “why” and the “how”, but also the one question that I always hear after people read books on food, health, the microbiome: “What should I do today?” General information is not helpful; we don’t make general decisions, we make specific and personal decisions. The NOW questions are: What should I eat? What about fad diets? What does “healthy” mean? We will begin with a foundation for understanding. With an ecological understanding of the microbiome, in combination with an understanding of antibiotics, modern food, food quality, pharmaceuticals, medical interventions, and ecosystems. The questions concerning our modern medical and health issues will become more understandable. We constantly hear that the future of health depends on medical breakthroughs and more detailed knowledge, but also that it might take years. I don’t think we don’t have the luxury of waiting and I also think we have the information we need right now. I suggest that real solutions require a change of orientation regarding what human health is and that begins with understanding what the microbiome is, what keeps the microbiome healthy, and how we can manipulate that on a daily basis and over the long term. And starting today, we can all make more informed decisions about our personal health.




Eater's Digest


Book Description

Abstract: More than 100 additives commonly used by food manufacturers are described in detail in the reference guide. Also explained is how to read a food label, why additives are used, how additives are tested, which additives are harmful and which are safe, which additives have not been adequately tested, and how some additives are used to deceive the consumer. Food standards are discussed and condensations of the official definitions of a variety of food products (including mandatory ingredients) are provided. Appended are listing of banned additives, partial list of compounds generally recognized as safe, chemical formulas of additives, and a glossary.




Eat This Book


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Journalist Ryan Nerz spent a year penetrating the highest echelons of international competitive eating and Eat This Book is the fascinating and gut-bustingly hilarious account of his journey. Nerz gives us all the facts about the history of the IFOCE (Independent Federation of Competitive Eating)--from the story of a clever Nathan's promotion that began in 1916 on the corner of Surf and Stillwell in Coney Island to the intricacies of individual international competitions, the controversial Belt of Fat Theory and the corporate wars to control this exploding sport. He keeps the reader turning the pages as we are swept up in the lives of Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas, "Cookie" Jarvis, "Hungry" Charles Hardy, and many other top gurgitators whose egos and secret agendas, hopes and dreams are revealed in dramatic detail. As Nerz goes on his own quest to become a top gurgitator, we become obsessed with him as he lies awake at night in physical pain from downing dozens of burgers and learning to chug gallons of water to expand his increasingly abused stomach. Sparing no one's appetite, Nerz reveals the training, game-day strategies and after-effects of competition in this delectably shocking banquet of gluttony and glory on the competitive eating circuit.




Eat Better, Live Better


Book Description

The exhaustive introduction to the subject contained in this commonsense guide to nutrition and good health can help you and every member of your family become more aware of food as nutrition. The decision to be healthy and fit is within your grasp. Take the sensible, down-to-earth approach to eating outlined in this book; forget the fads, gimmicks, and quick-weight-loss schemes. Change your life-style and add happy, healthy years to your life. - Foreword.




Reader's Digest Quintessential Guide to Healthy Eating


Book Description

"This book is a clear, fresh, and frequently surprising guide to the increasingly complex world of everyday food--the meals, snacks, and drinks that most of us consume"--




Andrew Zimmern's Field Guide to Exceptionally Weird, Wild, and Wonderful Foods


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Andrew Zimmern loves food. In fact, there's practically nothing he won't try--at least once. As host of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern and Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods America on the Travel Channel, Andrew's passion is exploring how different foods are important to different cultures. Now, Andrew is sharing his most hilarious culinary experiences--as well as fun facts about culture, geography, art, and history, to name a few--with readers of all ages. Don't like broccoli? Well, what if you were served up a plate of brains, instead? From alligator meat to wildebeest, this digest of Andrew's most memorable weird, wild, and wonderful foods will fascinate and delight eaters of all ages, intrepid and...not so much.




The Digest Diet


Book Description

The Digest Diet is a 21-day weight-loss plan based on groundbreaking science and newly discovered foods and habits that help your body to release fat. Reader’s Digest sifted through all the weight-loss science to pick the foods, recipes, and habits that truly slim you down quickly and safely. We reviewed cutting-edge nutrition advances and myth-busting articles. We discovered some new reasons fat creeps on—and reliable ways to get it to fade away quickly. The Digest Diet targets surprising fat increasers in three key areas—eating, environment and exercise—and gives you the tools you need to turn the tables and shift your body into fat release mode. The eating plan is organized in three basic stages: Fast Release, Fade Away, and Finish Strong. Every phase loads you up on fat releasers. But the calorie and macronutrient ratios shift in each so as to maximize fat release—and results! Fast Release (12-minute exercise routine) is a four-day fat releasing jump start. The Fat-Release Workout combines both strength training and HIIT (high intensity interval training) into a 12-minute workout that’s amazingly effective for fat burn and muscle growth. Fade Away transitions you into lean proteins and micronutrient-rich greens. For this 10-day stretch, you continue to have a shake a day, but the lean-and-green focus gives your body what it needs to help you release fat and build muscle, while lowering your intake of carbohydrates for faster fat fade. Finish Strong is the last week of the plan. The meals and recipes show you how to enjoy a balanced, healthy, wholefoods diet rich in fat releasers. The Digest Diet provides a list of 13 fat releasers, which include Vitamin C, Calcium, Protein and Coconut Oil, as well as an easy cheat sheet of fat releasing foods that can be eaten during the diet, such as broccoli, grapefruit, mozzarella cheese, almonds, fish, beef, red wine, dark chocolate and avocados, to name a few. Inside the Digest Diet, you will also find a 21 day meal-plan, 50 fat releasing recipes with full color photos, a 12 minute fat release workout, a fat release workout calendar, before and after success stories, “laugh it off” sidebars to help keep perspective and sanity, and a free online destination for tips, videos, shopping lists and daily food and exercise journals to help make your weight loss goals easy and achievable. www.digestdiet.com To prove the 21-day eating plan truly works, we put a dozen men and women on the diet—and their results will astound and inspire you. Our top tester lost 26 pounds in 3 weeks!




Reader's Digest Food Cures New Edition


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Heal What Ails You with Delicious Superfoods! Discover the incredible healing power of everyday food—treat the most common conditions naturally, safely, and deliciously—and live pain free, allergy free, disease free, and worry free. Clean out your medicine cabinet and restock the shelves of your kitchen pantry with healing and appealing items from the grocery store. Rely less on pills and more on real food. How much? How often? In Food Cures, you’ll find all the answers, the research-validated treatments, and successful cures for dozens of common conditions. The past ten years have been filled with intriguing announcements from the world of medial research. Forget about wonder drugs; we’re living in a time of wonder foods. The foods described in this book are nutritional powerhouses bursting with compounds that have specific and well-defined health benefits. Changing your diet won’t guarantee that you’ll never get sick or need drugs, but eating the right food can help heal what ails you and can bolster your body’s defenses against disease, treat disease directly, aid in weight loss, and even slow the aging process. Healing foods section includes: A rainbow of fruits and vegetables (8 to 9 servings a day)—the wider the variety the better—will lower the risk of an array of cancers Kale, spinach, and other dark leafy greens, which in addition to protecting your eyes from macular degeneration, are high in vitamin K which can help maintain bone density Ancient grains such as quinoa, teff, farro, and millet, are great sources of fiber and provide antioxidants, vitamins and minerals to support immunity and fight disease Dark chocolate contains hefty amounts of disease-fighting flavonoids and can significantly improve blood pressure Olive oil lowers “bad” LDL cholesterol and raises “good” HDL cholesterol Cures for common conditions include: Allergies: when the trees bud and grasses sprout add more salmon and other fatty fish, garlic, onions, yogurt with live cultures, and sweet potatoes to your diet Colds and flu: chicken soup is not just an old-wives tale, chicken soup plus lots of water, decaffeinated tea, and juices really can help Gum Disease: A squirt of lime juice can help your mouth battle bacteria plus lean beef (rich in zinc and vitamin B6, whole-grain cereal with milk and a glass of orange juice, and fruits and vegetables high in antioxidants Insomnia: Grandma prescribed glass of warm milk really works. Plus whole grains, chamomile tea, red meat, shellfish, tofu, lentils and other iron-rich food




Eat with Joy


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Seeking an antidote to widespread anxiety over food ethics, cultural obesity and more, Rachel Stone calls us to reclaim the joy of eating with gratitude. As we learn to see our daily bread as a gift from above, we find our highest religious and cultural ideals (from the sacramental life to sustainable living) taking shape on a common tabletop....




Food Cures


Book Description

The foods described in this book are nutritional powerhouses bursting with compounds that have specific and well-defined health benefits. The 75 recipes included can help bolster the body's defenses against disease and even slow the aging process.