Presents nutritional information for hundreds of popular brand name and restaurant foods, with practical substitutions that can help people cut calories and fat and lose weight.
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Provides a nutritional reference that counsels readers on how to make informed dietary choices and swap bad foods for better foods, using examples of foods available in such popular fast food restaurants as Applebee's, Burger King, Chili's, Olive Garden, and McDonald's.
Presents nutritional information for hundreds of popular brand name and restaurant foods, with practical substitutions that can help people cut calories and fat and lose weight.
Dr. Joe Schwarcz, the expert in connecting chemistry to everyday life has taken his thorough knowledge of food chemistry, applied it to today's top food fears, trends, and questions, and leavened it with his trademark lighthearted approach. The result is both an entertaining rev…
Eat salmon. It's full of good omega-3 fats. Don't eat salmon. It's full of PCBs and mercury. Eat more veggies. They're full of good antioxidants. Don't eat more veggies. The pesticides will give you cancer. Forget your dinner jacket and put on your lab coat: you have to be a nut…
Health Lab's theme is the most popular of Dr Joe's specialities. There are riveting and sometimes hair-raising vignettes from the history of medicine and food production. There are reports aimed at equipping readers to recognize and beware muddled thinking, misunderstandings and…
From the raw food movement to Atkins, an ever-increasing number of health and weight-loss diets are engaged in an overheated struggle for new converts. Paleo Diet advocates tell us that all foods less than 12,000 years old are the enemy. Vegans demonize animal foods. Then there …
From the raw food movement to Atkins, an ever-increasing number of health and weight-loss diets are engaged in an overheated struggle for new converts. Paleo Diet advocates tell us that all foods less than 12,000 years old are the enemy. Vegans demonize animal foods. Then there …
From the raw food movement to Atkins, an ever-increasing number of health and weight-loss diets are engaged in an overheated struggle for new converts. But underneath such differences, author Fitzgerald observes, these disparate groups all agree on one thing: that there is only …
From the raw food movement to Atkins, an ever-increasing number of health and weight-loss diets are engaged in an overheated struggle for new converts. But underneath such differences, author Fitzgerald observes, these disparate groups all agree on one thing: that there is only …
"For most people, the hardest part of lasting weight loss is either getting started or reaching their goals--too often, motivation is tough to maintain or those final few pounds simply won't budge, no matter how many hours are logged on the treadmill and how many calories counte…
"For most people, the hardest part of lasting weight loss is either getting started or reaching their goals--too often, motivation is tough to maintain or those final few pounds simply won't budge, no matter how many hours are logged on the treadmill and how many calories counte…
"A new epidemic is sweeping the country. Some people call it "ADHD," "scatter brain," or "brain fog." And some people simply say they "just don't feel like themselves"--And haven't for a long time. People are thinking and feeling worse than ever. Why? Because our brains are not …
"A new epidemic is sweeping the country. Some people call it "ADHD," "scatter brain," or "brain fog." And some people simply say they "just don't feel like themselves"--And haven't for a long time. People are thinking and feeling worse than ever. Why? Because our brains are not …
