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We have entered a new ‘age of eating’ where most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called ultra-processed food – food which is industrially processed and designed and marketed to be addictive. But do we really know what it’s doing to our bodies? Join Dr. Chris van Tulleken in his travels through the world of food science and a UPF diet to discover what’s really going on.
A 4-week guide to incorporating the principles of how to avoid glucose spikes into everyday life. 4 simple science-proven ways to steady your blood sugar, increase energy, curb cravings, reduce inflammation, improve mood and sleep and slow your ageing process.
From the bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.
Eating well doesn’t need to be dull food and deprivation – it should be eating a wonderfully varied, vibrant and exciting range of foods. In ‘The Kitchen Prescription’, gastroenterologist Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed draws on her love of good food and her expertise in gut health to create 101 recipes that are easy to make, incredibly delicious to eat and will effortlessly keep your gut and digestion in tip-top condition.
A fascinating exploration of how animal science and human medicine intersect, and how kissing a frog could save your life.Â
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This easy-to-use and friendly handbook for teenagers will help you learn how to develop a healthy and loving relationship with your body and food. Packed with helpful tips and advice, in an easy to digest format. In no time at all you can dramatically improve the way you feel by making better choices in terms of both food and lifestyle habits. This will improve not only how you feel, but also your confidence and sense of wellbeing.
We are all apprentice old people. More and more of us are living to a very great age. But how do we give those we love, and eventually ourselves, a chance to be older as happily and healthily as we possibly can? Dr Lucy’s book looks at answers, to questions big and small, and helps us understand that long life is something to be celebrated and embraced. Most situations, she tells us, are solvable.
For fans of Oliver Sacks and Henry Marsh, a glimpse into the fascinating world of modern neurology by a leading expert in the field.As a trainee doctor, A. J. Lees was enthralled by his mentors: esteemed neurologists who combined the precision of mathematicians, the scrupulosity of entomologists, and the solemnity of undertakers in their diagnoses and treatments. For them, there was no such thing as an unexplained symptom or psychosomatic problem?no difficult cases, just interesting ones?and it was only a matter of time before all disorders of the brain would be understood in terms of anatomical, electrical, and chemical connections.Today, this kind of “holistic neurology” is on the brink of extinction as a slavish adherence to protocols and algorithms?plus a worship of machines?runs the risk of destroying the key foundational clinical skills of listening, observation, and imagination that have been at the he
Ten years ago, Kate Mosse began to help her heroic mother care for her beloved father, who was suffering from Parkinson’s disease. In this lyrical and humorous book, she reflects on more than a decade of multi-generational living and being an ‘extra pair of hands’, first for her parents and now for her wonderful 90-year-old mother-in-law. Interspersed with snapshots of the overlooked voices of carers of the past – from poems, diaries and folk remedies that have survived the centuries – Kate looks at the contemporary landscape of care in a world of slashed budgets and at the women bearing the brunt of austerity as they battle to hold families of all shapes and sizes together.
A follow-up to The Gut Stuff, this is an accessible, easy-to-follow cookbook that offers easy How-Tos so you can add fermented food seamlessly into your daily diet for a healthy, happy gut. All recipes have been carefully constructed to include the top three most important elements for a healthy digestive system? variety, fibre and ferments.
Informative but light-hearted social and cultural history of our obsession with drinking and bathing in spa waters. Beautifully illustrated with paintings, engravings, maps, caricatures, posters, advertisements, ephemera and modern photos from 1597 to present day, this book presents everything you need to know about ‘taking the waters’.
Sourdough is one of the tastiest and most nutritious breads you can make, but it has a reputation for being both tricky and time-consuming. ’10-Minute Sourdough’ is Vanessa Kimbell’s foolproof guide to slow bread for those with busy lives. None of the fuss-free, no-knead recipes – which include everything from a basic sourdough boule to tomato focaccia and apple spelt sourdough with cinnamon butter – require more than 10 minutes’ active work in total (not including fermentation time or time in the oven) and mean that anyone can turn their hand to sourdough baking, no matter how little time they have.
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