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"Turn your kitchen into a secret weapon for losing up to 20 pounds in 28 days through the fat-burning power of food! Use food as medicine to cook your way healthy in this must have companion to the bestselling diet sensation, The Fast Metabolism Diet. You will find over 200 simple, effective, mouthwatering, family-pleasing recipes designed to evoke change in your body with a plan that celebrates food, thrives on variety, and has you eating five to...
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Mackie Shilstone is famous for helping world-class athletes and business titans look great and achieve peak performance. Now, he presents an all-new approach to burning fat for both women and men. Drawing on Mackie's unique nutrition and exercise programs, The Fat-Burning Bible gives you the secrets and tools to increase your metabolism, target the parts of your body that carry excess fat, and see results in just four weeks. Inside you'll find:
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"All science classrooms discuss animals that hibernate during winter months, but few know about animals that estivate--a prolonged sleep during hot or dry periods. Dual layers of text awaken readers to the reasons estivating animals become dormant--whether it's because warm weather threatens food supply or to avoid increased body temperatures."--
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Atkins, the Zone, the South Beach Diet, good carbs, bad carbs, the liquid diet-anyone with a serious weight problem has probably tried (and failed) to use one of these diets to lose weight. And it's not their fault.
Everyone has a unique body type and corresponding metabolism, and because we are all different, there is no one "miracle diet" for everybody. Dr. Scott Rigden has twenty years of experience as a weight loss specialist in Arizona where...
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Woodhead Publishing series in biomedicine volume no. 18
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This volume focuses on the highly topical subject of metabolic regulation to culture environments. Detailed analysis is provided from the gene level to metabolic level regulation. Importantly, the most recent modelling approaches are described.
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Do you have an underactive thyroid?
"I'm tired. I'm losing my hair. I can't lose weight. I have bad moods and feel like crap. They said the blood work is all fine. It's probably just stress."
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is the most common cause of hypothyroidism-underactive thyroid-and the most common autoimmune disease in the world. Unfortunately, it's often not diagnosed properly, and when it is, monitoring or medication are the only options offered.
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This book provides the guidance you need to confidently and effectively take a more active role in improving and maintaining yours or a loved one's health and seeking out the best medical help when needed. Taking charge requires educating yourself about your condition and learning communication skills that enable you to describe your symptoms to your doctor, ask questions, and negotiate treatment options. Practical steps to improve both your relationships...
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Considered by many to be one of the hottest topics in medicine, male hormone replacement has gone from a feared, questionable practice to full blown mainstream treatment. Like any medical practice, treatment, or therapy, a detailed understanding of the disorder and associated disease states, the medications used in disease states, physiology of both the human and the drug the human uses as well as its side effects, interactions, and reactions is essential....
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Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, add what is uniquely your own.
-Bruce Lee
When it comes to metabolism, each of us is distinctly unique. Still, we search for the perfect diet plan hoping for perfect results, basing our decisions on a formula designed by someone else-someone who may understand how the body works but not how your body works.
Theories, trends, and gimmicks will get you nowhere. You need a different kind of solution....
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Amy Myers's The Thyroid Connection by Instaread Preview: The Thyroid Connection by functional medicine doctor Amy Myers is a self-help book for people who suffer from thyroid dysfunction or suspect that they do. Myers took up her mission to help others understand thyroid conditions when she was in medical school and was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an autoimmune condition that results in hyperthyroidism, or an overactive...
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Get the Summary of Cyrus Khambatta & Robby Barbaro's Mastering Diabetes in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Mastering Diabetes" by Cyrus Khambatta and Robby Barbaro is a comprehensive guide for managing all forms of diabetes through lifestyle and dietary changes. The authors, both living with type 1 diabetes, advocate for a low-fat, plant-based, whole-food diet, coupled with regular exercise to combat insulin resistance...
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The Do's and Don'ts of Hypoglycemia: An Everyday Guide to Low Blood Sugar is a success because of its simplicity and easy-to-understand format. Its author, Roberta Ruggiero, is able to bring the do's and don'ts of treating and controlling hypoglycemia symptoms through simple diet and lifestyle changes. She takes the reader from understanding and recognizing hypoglycemia to the role diet, exercise and vitamin therapy play in the healing process. Roberta...
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Summary of The Obesity Code by Jason Fung | Includes Analysis Preview: The Obesity Code addresses the history, causes, and treatments of obesity and today's rising obesity rates. By understanding it through scientific and social study, obesity becomes less of a blanket term for metabolic complications and a more tangible problem with real, though not widely practiced, solutions. The main problem with treating obesity is that many doctors and their...
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La diabetes es hoy en día una enfermedad bien conocida, que no entraña ningún riesgo si se toman las debidas precauciones. Por ello, es conveniente conocer perfectamente no sólo las medidas terapéuticas y farmacológicas recomendadas, sino también los diferentes tipos de diabetes que existen y sus particularidades. Este libro explica de una forma sencilla y amena cómo prevenir las posibles complicaciones y atenuarlas, cómo procurar los primeros...
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"Understanding Diabetes: A Simplified Guide" is a comprehensive and accessible book, expertly crafted about diabetes. This guide demystifies the complexities surrounding diabetes, offering a clear and concise exploration of the condition. It covers essential topics such as the types of diabetes, signs and symptoms, the role of insulin, and the impact of diet and lifestyle choices. The book also provides insights into managing blood sugar levels, medication...
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"Understanding Thyroid Disorders: A Simplified Guide" is an essential resource for navigating the complex world of thyroid health. Authored by a family doctor with a deep understanding of the challenges faced by those with thyroid conditions, this book offers a clear, concise, and compassionate overview of thyroid disorders. It simplifies the medical jargon, making it accessible to a broad audience, and covers various aspects including the anatomy...
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The Endocrine System is the body's bridge between nervous and glandular functions. All chemicals released in the body likely do so through an endocrine response. In order to design exercise, dietary and supplement regimens to aid the body's performance, a basic knowledge of the roles of each element of the Endocrine System is required. Illness and other physical maladies are most evident in the body through the performance of organs and glands. Endocrine...
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There is in this slim treatise one message given in 1921, exactly one hundred years ago, which if followed may well have limited today's pandemic of diabetes.
The aphorisms, selected by the author, an ex-Joslin Fellow, are from the writings of Elliott Proctor Joslin, the founder of the Joslin Diabetes Centre in Boston and one of the greatest diabetes specialists of the twentieth century.
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