Personal and public health / health education Books

Cancer is a leading cause of death among adults but research shows that the chances of developing cancer can be reduced by lifestyle changes. Increasing numbers of people use dietary vegetables, medicinal herbs, and plant extracts to prevent or treat...

Filling the need unmet by today's medical dictionaries, the new fifth edition of Nutrition and Diet Therapy Reference Dictionary, is the most comprehensive dictionary covering nutrition and diet therapy available for health care professionals. In this...

Report of the British Nutrition Foundation?s Task Force Chairman of the Task Force: Professor Malcolm Jackson, University of Liverpool Plants: Diet and Health is an extremely timely publication comprising the comprehensive and authoritative independent...

Continuing accumulation of scientific evidence demonstrates that nutrition is one of the most important determinants of health for the individual, and that specific nutrition habits of various populations can significantly decrease the overall risk of...

This exciting new book is the updated and revised second edition of an extremely popular and well-received textbook. Written by Martin Eastwood, well respected internationally in nutritional sciences, this important new edition provides students with a...

Continuing the exciting series of BNF Task Force Reports, Adverse Reactions to Foods covers in depth food allergy, food intolerance, nutrition and the immune system and autoimmune disease. Chaired by Professor Dame Barbara Clayton, task force members...

Health and fitness professionals are frequently frustrated at their inability to help clients achieve long-standing health behaviour changes and are seeking new, scientifically sound, alternative approaches which are more effective. This handbook has...

Current Toxicology Series Series Editors Diana Anderson BIBRA Toxicology International, Surrey, UK Michael D Waters Consultant, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Timothy C Marrs Department of Health, London, UK Nutrition and Chemical Toxicity Edited by Costas...

This book summarises the current state of the art of our understanding of the problem of non-communicable diseases and their primary prevention. It aims to increase international awareness of the global burden of non-communicable diseases and in...

Advanced Nutrition and Dietetics in Gastroenterology provides informative and broad-ranging coverage of the relation between nutrition and diet and the gastrointestinal tract. It explores dietary factors involved in causation of a variety of...

Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterised by recurrent unprovoked seizures, and affects 50 million people worldwide. Approximately 30% of these do not have seizure control even with the best available medications, hence renewed and...

This second edition of Clinical Nutrition, in the acclaimed textbook series by the Nutrition Society, has been revised and updated in order to: Provide students with the required scientific basis in nutrition, in the context of a systems and health...

The Holistic Healing Handbook for a Homeopathic Household"A thoughtful, comprehensive synthesis of a multifaceted approach to healing"-Belleruth Naparstek, LISW, BCD,series#1 New Release in Diseases & Physical AilmentsHeal your body naturally using...

Processed Foods and the Consumer was first published in 1976. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.In...

Renowned nutritionist, Rosemary Stanton, and prominent exercise scientist, Andrew Hills, provide answers to common questions about obesity in children. They give the facts about body fat, good eating and healthy activities, and look at the risks, the...

A companion journal to The Diabetes Code from Dr Jason Fung, New York Times bestselling author, creator of The Obesity Code, and 'founder of intermittent fasting'. (The Daily Mail) The Diabetes Code Journal begins by outlining Dr Fung's trademark,...

500 Ketogenic Recipes: Hundreds of Easy and Delicious Recipes for Losing Weight, Improving Your Health, and Staying in the Ketogenic Zone

“Are you seeking a more plant-based diet that is full of flavor and made of ingredients that are natural and easy to find? Are you struggling with bloating, digestive issues, fatigue, weight gain, or chronic illness? The good news is that research shows...

From celebrities posting about their daily celery juice routines to people from all walks of life sharing pictures and testimonials of their dramatic recovery stories, celery juice is revealing itself to ignite healing when all odds seem against it. What...

Discover your Health Habit for the life you want to live-and never slide backward again! What if the best health of your life isn't just about what you do -- or don't -- eat? The secret to having the healthy body and life you want isn't just in a...

If you want to fight cancer, what should you eat? Food is medicine. By now, this important message has made its way from holistic circles to the mainstream. To ward off cancer and decrease its risk, meals specially formulated to nourish, soothe, and...

Expert advice from a neurotic shrink who's lived with it all his life.  Consultant psychiatrist Dr Mark Cross knows a lot about anxiety. Many of his patients are sufferers, which is hardly surprising, given anxiety is the most common mental health...

Glucose, or blood sugar, is a tiny molecule in our body that has a huge impact on our health. It enters our bloodstream through the starchy or sweet foods we eat. In the past five years, scientists have discovered that glucose affects everyone – not...

Our health is in crisis and so is our climate. What if there was a way of eating that may help us live healthier for longer and protect the future of our planet, too? The good news is that evidence now shows a plant-based diet may offer us exactly that...

Full Diet, The: The revolutionary new way to achieve lasting weight loss