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12 Best Foods Cookbook: Over 200 Recipes Featuring The 12 Healthiest Foods

DANA JACOBI

ISBN: 1579549659, Paperback - BUY

Book Description From an award-winning food writer and chef-the breakthrough cookbook that identifies 12 micronutrient-rich foods that can help protect you against major disease and shows you how to turn them into mouthwatering dishes.A diet rich in nutrients, including protein, carbohydrates, fat, fiber, and vitamins, is not enough for our health. For optimum protection against heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and other chronic diseases, we also need an abundance of micronutrients. How to make sure we get enough of these vital micronutrients-and how to prepare them easily and deliciously-is what Dana Jacobi shows us in 12 Best Foods Cookbook.After identifying the 12 foods containing the most potent micronutrients-broccoli, black beans, tomatoes, salmon, soy, sweet potatoes, oats, onions, blueberries, walnuts, spinach, and chocolate-Jacobi provides over 200 fabulous, remarkably varied recipes starring these ingredients. From appetizers and sandwiches to sides and smoothies, from Salmon and Creamed Corn Chowder to a stir-fry of Asparagus, Red Pepper and Curried Tofu, the recipes in this book prove that a diet rich in all the micronutrients science has shown to be indispensable to our well-being can be a parade of delectable dishes. And, since chocolate is the most powerful antioxidant food, The Ultimate Bittersweet Brownies is one of the sweet treats that will satisfy the yearnings of health-conscious eaters and passionate chocoholics alike. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

SALMON

DIANE MORGAN

ISBN: 0811842126, Paperback - BUY

Diane Morgan is hooked on salmon and it shows. From the deck of a commercial fishing boat in Alaska to the fish farms in Scotland, she has traveled the world on a quest to find out everything there is to know about the world's favorite fresh fish. Learn the difference between wild and farmed salmon, discern among the varieties of species, whether Atlantic, Chinook, Coho, or Sockeye, and discover the heart-healthy benefits of including salmon in the diet. The real catch are the recipes. Salmon Hash, Thai Coconut Soup, Salmon Tacos, and a dramatic yet simple whole roasted version show the incredible versatility of salmon it's perfect morning, noon, and night. It pairs well with an international array of flavors and can be poached, smoked, baked, or grilled. With tips for storing, preparing, filleting, cutting steaks, taking out pin bones, plus gorgeous scenic photographs of famed fishing areas, Salmon is sure to make a big splash in the kitchen.

Hot Yoga: Energizing, Rejuvenating, Healing

Marilyn Barnett

ISBN: 0764125281, Paperback - BUY

Yoga is many centuries old, but hot yoga, developed only in the 1960s, has already proven a beneficial and popular variation on the ancient art. Hot yoga-also known as Bikram, after its originator, Bikram Choudhury-is a method for working out in rooms heated up to 100 degrees, thus enhancing muscle suppleness and aiding body detoxifica-tion. This heavily illustrated book describes each of the 26 progressively more challeng-ing hot yoga postures. Aided by color photos, the author gives detailed instruction on all hot yoga poses, which she claims unite mind, body, and spirit when performed in rigor-ous but enjoyable workouts. Each pose is preceded by information on its specific bene-fits. Practitioners are advised to end each session with cool-down techniques that relax both mind and body. The book concludes with recommendations for hot yoga as treat-ment for complaints such as back pain, sports injuries, and stress. Hot yoga helps its practitioners explore their limits and enhance their physical and mental well-being. Ap-proximately 50 color photos and more than 100 line drawings.

Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga...
B.K.S. Iyengar	ISBN: 0805210318, Paperback - BUY The definitive guide to the philosophy and practice of Yoga--the ancient healing discipline for body and mind--by its greatest living teacher. Light on Yoga provides complete descriptions and illustrations of all the positions and breathing exercises. Features a foreword by Yehudi Menuhin. Illustrations throughout.

The True History of Chocolate, Second Edition

ISBN: 0500286965, Paperback - BUY

The Coes, both anthropologists with a culinary bent, delve deeply into the history of their mouth-watering subject. The material on ancient cultures is particularly fascinating--did you know that the Maya used unsweetened liquid chocolate as currency? And in a chapter called "Chocolate for the Masses," they detail the modernization of chocolate manufacture, which has allowed more than 25 million Hershey's Kisses to roll off the conveyor belt each day. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The Chocolate Therapist

ISBN: 1412047420, Paperback - BUY

News about dark chocolate is all over the internet and newspapers, but this is the first book to consolidate all the healthy facts into a one stop information center, a must-have resource for chocolate lovers all over the world. Both entertaining and educational, The Chocolate Therapist will help readers discover the extraordinary health benefits of chocolate. It's filled with information that every devout chocolate connoisseur should have committed to memory, yet there are plenty of important facts for the amateur chocolate lover as well. After a brief history of chocolate, you'll find guidelines on how eat chocolate properly and how to select the best chocolate for maximum health. The majority of the book is written in a "prescription style" format -- a recommended chocolate bar for your health concern, backed by current research and statistics as to why and how it can help. There's also a handy reference guide in the appendix to help you locate! the best chocolate all over the world. The book is entertaining and certain to conjure up a few laughs, but it's also loaded with valuable statistics that will have you reaching for chocolate over chips or chicken nuggets every chance you have. By the time you've finished reading, you'll be healthier, happier, and eating chocolate absolutely guilt-free.

The Great Book of Chocolate

ISBN: 1580084958, Paperback - BUY

The Great book every chocophile has been waiting for, pastry chef David Lebovitz’s guide is a jam-packed snapshot of the global chocolate picture. In this compact volume, he gives a succinct cacao botany lesson, explains the process of chocolate making, runs through chocolate terminology and types, presents information on health benefits, offers an evaluating and buying primer, profiles the world’s top chocolate makers and chocolatiers (with a whole chapter dedicated to Paris alone!), and shares dozens of little-known factoids in sidebars throughout the book. More than 30 of his favorite chocolate recipes—from Black-Bottom Cupcakes to Homemade Rocky Road Candy, Orange and Rum Chocolate Mousse Cake to Double Chocolate Chip Espresso Cookies—are icing on the cake. His extensive resource section (with websites for international ordering) can bring the world’s best chocolate to every door. A self-avowed chocoholic, Lebovitz nibbles chocolate every day—and with THE GR! EAT BOOK OF CHOCOLATE in hand, he figures the rest of us will too.

Chocolate Unwrapped: The Surprising Health Benefits of America's Favorite Passion

Rowan Jacobsen

ISBN: 1931229317, Paperback - BUY

A host of recent studies has revealed news about chocolate that at first seems too good to be true. Chocolate protects you from heart disease. Chocolate improves cholesterol levels. Chocolate may even help prevent some cancers. Can this be? Can America’s most demonized dessert actually be good for you? In a word, yes. Evidence is piling up that chocolate has a list of health benefits few foods can match. We’re all familiar with antioxidants, the compounds found in fruits, vegetables, red wine, and tea that prevent heart disease, cancer, and premature aging. What we don’t hear is that chocolate has the highest concentration of antioxidants of any food on the planet—ten times that of spinach, five times that of blueberries, and four times that of green tea. Chocolate Unwrapped explains the science behind chocolate’s health benefits, then goes on to dispel the myths swirling around chocolate. Chocolate does not cause acne, allergies, migraines, or hyperactivity. Chocolate has much less caffeine than most people think. And tannins in chocolate actually help prevent cavities, making chocolate better for teeth than other sweets. Though there is no proof for chocolate’s reputation as an aphrodisiac (both Casanova and the Aztec emperor Montezuma drank it for that purpose), chocolate has clear effects on the brain and mood. Chocolate contains anandamide, a substance that activates the same receptors in the brain as marijuana, as well as other chemicals that causes feelings of excitement and well-being, explaining the natural craving many people feel for it. Chocolate Unwrapped not only explains the positive physical and psychological effects of chocolate, but goes on to explore the colorful history, botany, and chemistry of chocolate, so you’ll understand what to look for and what to avoid. A recipe section provides a multitude of healthy ways to eat chocolate, from flourless chocolate cake to Mexican mole, and a comprehensive list of resources tells you where to find the best-quality chocolates in the world. All this and more makes Chocolate Unwrapped a book that will change the lives of chocoholics everywhere.

THE GREAT CHOCOLATE PYRAMID

ISBN: 1892451409, Hardcover - BUY

In The Great Chocolate Pyramid book, you will find more than eighty simple, fun and irresistible chocolate recipes to drive your taste buds wild! For each of the food groups on the USDA food pyramid, there are ten or more wickedly delightful recipes which include chocolate as a key ingredient. And, if you are one of those chocoholics who must have their chocolate now, a Quick Fix section is included with twenty fast and easy recipes just for you. As you read and indulge your deserving sweet tooth, you will: 1. Laugh at cartoons and quotes about the worlds most perfect food, 2. Enjoy fascinating trivia and test your chocolate IQ with challenging quizzes, and 3. Learn clever ways to exercise while preparing and consuming your favorite food. Anything tastes better when you add chocolate! Have you ever tried chocolate tenderloin con queso or chocolate chili? How about white chocolate cranberry scones, chocolate chip pancakes or chocolate pear cake? Each year you consume about 1,000 meals, and each time you eat you are faced with choices about what to eat. Surveys show that people crave chocolate more than any other food. And it follows, that if you are going to eat anyway, you might as well enjoy it and eat chocolate! So get some friends and family members together to laugh and eat what you have secretly been craving all day long!

SMART ABOUT CHOCOLATE: A SWEET HISTORY

ISBN: 0448434806, Paperback - BUY

Our unique, kid-friendly Smart About series continues with something for your sweet tooth! Smart About Chocolate is "chock-full" of fun facts about the history of chocolate, from the Mayans to Milton Hershey! Kids will learn how chocolate comes from beans of the rain forest's cacao trees and how candymakers in England and Switzerland first produced the chocolate we know and love today. Includes recipes and recommendations of classic books about chocolate.

The Chocolate Cake Sutra: Ingredients for a Sweet Life

ISBN: 0060836954, Hardcover - BUY

A melt–in–your–mouth chocolate cake is the perfect metaphor for where we can land if we introduce the correct ingredients into our lives. When the ingredients merge and melt together, we become spiritual warriors able to take the slings and arrows of our lives in stride with grace and a grin. The ingredients? Living life as an adventurer, being a true friend, genuine generosity, extreme tolerance, energetic effort, clear headedness, opening our arms to crazy wisdom, ethical conduct with a strong subset of whistle blowing as an art form, and bringing so much wisdom to our own tables that we might as well change our middle names to Yoda. The Chocolate Cake Sutra is about how everyone and everything is precious. Lots of traditions say everyone and everything is holy.....maybe we all say that. But, this book holds that particular behaviors can actually lead to, or feed, this experience. Chocked full of moving and enlightening stories, everywhere from the life of the Buddha to living in innercity Detroit, this book will charm and inspire––comfort food for the soul. "Is everyone and everything holy?" If our answer is anything but, "of course," there is work to be done, and The Chocolate Cake Sutra will help sustain you along the way.

ASHTANGA YOGA

DAVID SWENSON

ISBN: 1891252089, SPIRAL BOUND - BUY

This is the most user-friendly yoga book available! It contins the entire Primary and Intermediate series of Ashtanga Yoga with three options for every asana. It is spiral bound to easily remain open while practicing. It contains over 650 photos with clear instructions and commentary. It is a great book for all levels of practitioners to enjoy and teachers will find it to be an invaluable tool for teaching their students.

Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen	ISBN: 0143036238, Paperback - BUY Our favorite movie by Jane Austen, stars Keira Knightley in paperback. Our recommendation: Read the book first...such a romantic piece.

Dr. Perricone's 7 Secrets to Beauty, Health, and Longevity: The Miracle of Cellular Rejuvenation

ISBN: 0345492455, Hardcover - BUY

Dr. Perricone's revolutionary diet plan in an easy to follow format and IT WORKS!!!
Review Advance praise for Dr. Perricone’s 7 Secrets to Beauty, Health, and Longevity
“Once again Dr. Perricone’s quest for successful and safe dietary interventions has taken the science of nutrition to another level. The seven secrets focuses on cellular rejuvenation beginning with the mitochondria, the energy producing part of the cell. Step-by-step, learn how to rebuild organ systems, rejuvenate aging skin, and eliminate body fat while maintaining muscle mass and rebuilding bone. Dr. Perricone continues to show, clearly and succinctly, his leadership in formulating a healthful life style.” –Harry G. Preuss, M.D., M.A.C.N., C.N.S., professor of physiology, medicine, and pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
“There are a lot of things about Dr. Perricone’s science that really resonate with me. Here is one of them: growing up Italian has kept me in touch with the magical properties of olive oil. Dr. Perricone has taken this and others to a new level!” –Steven Tyler, lead singer, Aerosmith
Book Description He has shown us how to smooth our wrinkles, and helped us slim down without feeling deprived. Now #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Nicholas Perricone gives us an anti-aging program that unveils the miracle of cellular rejuvenation. These seven powerful strategies are not only easy to follow but present a plan for total health designed to help us look and feel great by age-proofing us from the inside out.
Taking a holistic approach that taps into cutting-edge science, Dr. Nicholas Perricone reveals how to rev up our cellular metabolism so that we can stay healthy, strong, and energetic, while keeping our skin soft, smooth, and supple. These strategies will help us reverse osteoporosis, restore bone structure and muscle mass, revitalize brain cells, reduce the chances of heart disease and cancer, elevate mood, manage blood sugar, and slim down and stay trim. Inside Dr. Perricone’s 7 Secrets to Beauty, Health, and Longevity you will discover
• the six kinds of food you need to eat every day, as well as healthy and delicious snacks–including a vegetable that both suppresses appetite and builds muscle • new findings about the best nutritional supplements to win the fight against aging • revolutionary skin rejuvenating secrets for radiant, toned, and youthful-looking skin • the role of pheromones in curbing depression, boosting self-confidence, triggering weight loss, and improving libido • the essential oil that is more powerful than antibiotics • an exercise plan that will shape your silhouette and strengthen your bones in as little as ten minutes a day • delicious recipes, easy shopping lists, and a guide to safe cookware so that you can create your own anti-aging kitchen • Dr. Perricone’s trademark tips about new products that really work–and where to find them
Whether your aim is to look younger, improve your health, or just feel great, you’ll see fast results by following Dr. Perricone’s simple program. These seven indispensable secrets will keep you beautiful, healthy, and young all through life.

Anatomy of Hatha Yoga: A Manual for Students, Teachers, and Practitioners (Hardcover)

ISBN: 0970700601, Hardcover - BUY

Anatomy of Hatha Yoga is the only modern authoritative source that correlates the study of hatha yoga with anatomy and physiology. Hatha yoga is comprised of stretching, strengthening and breathing exercises in upright, lying down and inverted postures. Yoga teachers and students, personal trainers, medical therapists, or anyone who is curious or troubled about how the body responds to stretching and exercise will find in this book a cornucopia -- partly new and partly old -- of readable and reliable information. It was written and edited to meet the needs of a general audience largely unschooled in the biomechanical sciences, and yet to attract and challenge the interests of the medical profession. This book features 230 black and white photographs and more than 120 diagrams and anatomical illustrations. Chapter 1 summarizes general principles of anatomy and physiology as applied to hatha yoga. Breathing is next in chapter 2 because yogic breathing expedites movement and posture. Breathing is followed by pelvic and abdominal exercises in chapter 3 because the pelvis and abdomen form the foundation of the body. Standing postures will then be covered in chapter 4 because these poses are so important for beginning students, and because they provide a preview of backbending, forward bending, and twisting postures, which are covered in detail in chapters 5, 6, and 7. The headstand and shoulderstand, including an introduction to cardiovascular function, are presented in chapters 8 and 9. Postures for relaxation and meditation are treated last in chapter 10. WINNER, 2002 Benjamin Franklin Award for Health Wellness, and Nutrition - Publishers Marketing Association.

Bikram Beginning Yoga Class

Bikram Choudry

ISBN: 0007154992, Paperback - 21.69 BUY

The best medicine for any ailments...do yoga the Bikram way and detoxify and stretch your soul to a new you...
Bikram Choudhury, author of the newly revised Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class and yoga guru to the stars, is on a mission to heal America through yoga. Bikram claims that faithfully doing his yoga routine, which consists of 26 hatha yoga asanas (postures) set down by Patanjali over 4,000 years ago, can fix everything from chronic diseases (like heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis) to obesity and depression. According to Bikram, his beginning yoga class exercises 100 percent of the body, increases energy, and leaves you looking and feeling fantastic.
The book contains nearly 200 photographs illustrating each of the poses. Each asana is also accompanied by detailed directions on how to do it the right way. Can't quite twist your leg around your head or touch your nose to your knee? Bikram will tell you how to modify poses so one day you, too, can resemble a pretzel.

This is not an easy workout. Even intermediate students will find Bikram's yoga routine, which requires about an hour to complete, challenging. Need encouragement? Beginning Yoga contains suggestions for maintaining proper yoga practice, a section on the medical benefits of yoga, notes from Bikram's students, and a good dose of Bikram humor and philosophy. If you can't get to one of Bikram's 100 yoga centers and want to give his style of "hot yoga" a try, open up Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class and let Bikram work his magic on your body, mind, and spirit. --Ellen Albertson

Yoga Body, Buddha Mind (Paperback)

ISBN: 1594480249, Hardcover - BUY

In Yoga Body, Buddha Mind-the first book to give readers the best of both inextricably linked practices-Cyndi Lee shares her twenty years of experience as a practicing Tibetan Buddhist and one of the country's most famous yoga instructors. This easy-to-use guide shows readers of all yoga levels how to combine the basic tenets of Buddhism and meditation with yoga practice. Her book offers simple meditations and exercise sequences that can be done just about anywhere, in addition to more advanced and rigorous regimens. Written in the same personal, comfortable, and charismatic style that Cyndi Lee has brought to her classes, Yoga Body, Buddha Mind is a comprehensive how-to guide for the ultimate enlightening experience.

1,001 Ways to Relax: An Illustrated Guide to Reducing Stress

ISBN: 0811841650, Paperback - BUY

Book Description Don't get stressed out, get the stress out! Best-selling author Mike George's 1,001 Ways to Relax is a chunky, charmingly illustrated volume packed with quick fixes like visualization and aromatherapy, as well as big-picture solutions such as eliminating clutter, overcoming bad habits, and creating more harmonious relationships with family and friends. Organized by theme, the book looks at the most common sources of tension and pressure, and offers practical solutions that bring self-assurance, tranquility, and acceptance. 1,001 Ways to Relax gathers the best advice for quick and lasting tranquility - all for the worry-free price of $9.95. About the Author Mike George is a renowned teacher of meditation and stress consultant who lectures around the world, and for clients such as General Motors and Mitsubishi. He lives in the United Kingdom.

Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

ISBN: 1878424114, Hardcover - BUY

Refresh your soul with Deepak Chopra's powerful teachings...

Chopra builds on this powerful thought in this recording that expands his life's work in spiritual approaches to daily living. He explains the laws of pure potentiality, giving, karma, least effort, intention and desire, detachment, and dharma and includes useful suggestions on how to apply these fundamental, natural principles if one is truly searching for purpose and a satisfying life. Ancient Vedic concepts form the basis of this philosophy of living that transcends the Eurocentric theological dogma that seems to preoccupy Western thought, especially among Americans. With Chopra's rapidly growing adherents and his appearance on the glib talk shows, look for this new release to attract attention. The recording, read by the author, is also available in book form (Amber-Allen Pub., 1995), which may appeal to those listeners willing to do the hard work required to successfully implement these principles.

Power of Now
	ISBN: 1577311957, Hardcover - BUY Enlighten your spirit with Eckhart Tolle's guidance... Tolle leads readers into a new form of thinking (or actually not thinking) that erases the consuming habits of waiting, worrying, and being in fear.

Purpose Driven Life
	ISBN: 0310205719, Hardcover - BUY Whew! I new I had a purpose...just had to locate it...:)

French Women Don't Get Fat
	ISBN: 1400042127, Hardcover - BUY A revolutionary and common sense way to eat healthy and stay slender. It includes recipes.

CARB CONSCIOUS VEGETARIAN

ROBIN ROBERTSON

ISBN: 1594861234, Paperback - BUY

Now you can enjoy healthy, low-carb meals without the cholesterol-in this collection of high-protein, high-fiber meat and dairy-free recipes The low-carb revolution continues to take the nation by storm. But the heavy emphasis these diets place on meats leaves vegetarians in the lurch. Now acclaimed cookbook author Robin Robertson offers 150 fabulous carb-conscious vegetarian recipes-meat and dairy-free dishes that banish refined carbohydrates and bring out the best flavors from vegetables and other vegetarian ingredients.

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