Medicine

Lose weight by eating more of what you love

Dr William Li’s first book, Eat to Beat Disease, showed us how eating the right foods can reduce the risk of chronic diseases, while also extending our lifespan and improving our overall health. Building on this groundbreaking work, Dr Li now brings us Eat to Beat Your Diet, a revolutionary, science-based approach to weight loss. Eating more of the right foods and adopting a “MediterAsian” diet (combining the best of Mediterranean and Asian diets) can promote fat loss and improve our metabolism in as little as 21 days.

Rooted in new science, Eat to Beat Your Diet offers a simple plan providing leading research on how supplements, sleep and exercise can help us defend the body against excess fat. With clear lists of fat-fighting foods and recipes, including a week-long detox and 3-week weight-loss protocol, this book empowers readers to lose 10-20 pounds healthily – all while enhancing enjoyment of food.

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Optimize your overall health through digestive wellness!

Fewer antacids and less bloating aren’t the only benefits of good digestion. When your digestive system is healthy and balanced, you sleep better, have more energy, think more clearly, experience less pain, and combat disease more effectively.

Digestive Health shows how everything from migraines to skin disease to arthritis are connected to your digestive system. And now, this go-to guide has been updated with critical new research and developments, including late-breaking information on:

• Probiotics and Prebiotics
• Celiac Disease
• The Gut-Brain Connection
• Carbohydrates
• Leaky Gut Syndrome
• Auto-Immune Conditions
• Kidney and Bone Health
• Cancer Prevention
• Alzheimer’s Disease

You’ll find practical solutions to numerous conditions and disorders, along with expert guidance on the newest advances in testing and diagnosis, nutrition, and natural therapies.

A perfect balance of science and practical advice, Digestive Health explains how your digestive system works and what to do when it doesn’t function properly.

It provides everything you need to take control of your overall health through close, careful attention to your digestive system.  

 

 

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A fascinating look at what’s rattling around in your skull

Neuroscience For Dummies introduces you to the mind-boggling study of the human brain. It tracks to the content of a typical introductory neuroscience class at the college level ―and it’s perfect for anyone curious about what makes us tick. New technologies and an explosion of research have completely transformed our understanding of memory, depression, the mind-body connection, learning, and genetics. This updated edition―still in classic, beginner-friendly Dummies style―covers the latest research advances and technologies in the field of neuroscience. Put some knowledge about the brain into your brain.

• Grasp the basic concepts and applications of neuroscience
• Understand the brain’s structure and function
• Explore how the brain impacts memory, learning, and emotions
• Discover how the brain is connected with other physical systems

For students and general readers alike, Neuroscience For Dummies is a great way to understand what’s going on inside our heads.

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Includes a 30-Day fasting reset that uses the power of your cycle―even if you no longer have one!

A go-to fasting manual created specifically to address women’s needs based on their hormones and menstrual cycle by Dr. Mindy Pelz, a well-known expert on women and fasting, whose fast-growing YouTube channel has become the destination for women who want to learn about fasting.

Are you among the many women who feel unheard and unseen by their doctors and health professionals? Have you become exhausted by the promise of quick-fix diets that only leave you disappointed? Well in Fast Like a Girl, Dr. Mindy helps you to take back control of your health by using the quickest path back to better health―fasting.

While most fasting advice has been a one-size-fits-all approach that leaves women with more questions than answers, in this book Dr. Mindy shares the proven strategies, specific protocols to use if you are trying to overcome a condition, fasting hacks, and tools that she has used to help hundreds of thousands of women thrive with their fasting lifestyles.

Dr. Mindy will teach you:

· the rights steps on how to go from eating all day to intermittent fasting (13-15 hours)
· how to safely fast longer if you choose to do so (15-72 hours)
· how to time fasting according to your menstrual cycle (although if you don’t have a cycle, she has you covered)
· the best foods to break your fast to achieve better metabolic health

This book also includes more than 50 recipes based on the two food plans―ketobiotic and hormone feasting―she created to best support women’s hormones. And, it has recipes specifically created to break a fast such as her Coconut Cacao Chia Pudding.

Inspired by the thousands of women she has worked with who have reclaimed their health with fasting, Dr. Mindy wrote this book because, “once a woman knows how to build a fasting lifestyle around her cycle, she becomes unstoppable.”

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The perfect textbook for healthcare students who want a fresh, innovative way to understand how law and ethics relate to their studies, placements, and professional practice.

By using a unique format made up of frequently asked questions and corresponding answers, Key Questions in Healthcare covers the what, why, where and how in legal and ethical issues related to healthcare. Its easy-to-use layout helps you quickly find informative yet straightforward answers to over 150 questions, helping you to feel confident in your legal and ethical knowledge, without leaving you overwhelmed or confused. All answers are written in-line with Nursing and Healthcare regulations and its conversational writing style will make you feel like you are talking with a lecturer, instructor, or knowledgeable colleague, rather than reading a textbook.

The book is appropriate for all levels, from healthcare students in the initial stages of their education, to the advanced practitioner who wishes to refresh their knowledge, or maybe learn something new.

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Pre-order your copy of The Good Bite’s High Protein, Meal Prep Manual now, for food as tasty as it is good for you.

Niall Kirkland, founder of The Good Bite, is on a mission to bridge the gap between healthy and delicious. In this book, he shares 80 calorie-counted, meal-prep, air fryer and slow cooker recipes – with a photo for every one – that will help you fill your fridge with mouth-watering, high-protein dishes that take the stress out of mealtimes.

• PB&J Protein French Toast
• Peri-peri Rice Bake with Grilled Corn
• Sticky Korean Popcorn Chicken
• Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie
• Creamy Peanut Noodles with Prawns
• Hot Honey Halloumi Pittas with Harissa-Lime Mayo
• Creamy Tuscan Butter Beans
• Cookie Dough Bites

With chapters covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts and snacks – as well as essential advice on calculating your ideal protein intake, full nutritional breakdowns and barcodes that feed directly into your food-tracking app for each recipe – this is the ultimate resource for anyone looking to harness the power of protein. Inside you’ll find delicious, nourishing meals packed with flavour, to keep you eating strong all week long.

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The long-awaited companion volume to Gut & Psychology Syndrome, the book that launched the GAPS diet, which has been translated into 22 languages and sold more than 300,000 copies.

Since the publication of the first GAPS book, Gut and Psychology Syndrome, in 2004, the GAPS concept has become a global phenomenon. People all over the world have been using the GAPS Nutritional Protocol for healing from physical and mental illnesses.

The first GAPS book focused on learning disabilities and mental illness. This new book, Gut and Physiology Syndrome, focuses on the rest of the human body and completes the GAPS concept. Allergies, autoimmune illness, digestive problems, neurological and endocrine problems, asthma, eczema, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, psoriasis and chronic cystitis, arthritis and many other chronic degenerative illnesses are covered. Dr. Campbell-McBride believes that the link between physical and mental health, the food and drink that we take, and the condition of our digestive system is absolute. The clinical experience of many holistic doctors supports this position.

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Joseph English was living his best life when a car accident changed everything. He suffered life changing injuries, and the doctors told him there was no chance of recovery. Facing life as a quadriplegic, Joe lost his business, his romantic partner, and, for a while, his will to carry on. His story, told with extensive contributions from his family and friends, charts his journey from being dead at the roadside to finding something to live for as he recounts his progress from injury to survival.

With absolute candour, Joe tells the whole story of his accident, his rehabilitation, and his recovery. Full of advice and suggestions from professionals in the rehabilitation journey, this book is remarkably frank about the struggles Joe has endured, and the times when he felt as if life wasn’t worth living. It addresses all the most difficult issues around life after paralysis, including loss of identity and letting go of the past, as well as providing practical information on topics such as assistive technology, financial claims and legal support. It also outlines the various roles of those in the rehabilitation team. His doctors and specialist practitioners give their unique perspectives into their processes and procedures, helping to demystify them, while Joe’s family and friends ask the kinds of questions readers will be asking too, making this an invaluable guide to what to expect for anyone going through a similar experience. The book shows – by lived example – that there is always more to live for.

It is essential reading for those with paraplegia, quadriplegia and other spinal injuries, and their families, friends and care-givers. It is also valuable for neuropsychologists, neurologists and other rehabilitation therapists, as well as students in medicine, nursing, allied health and neuropsychology.

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Health promotion is a core nursing topic and for the past decade, as a nurse, you will be spending more time and energy in the community, doing preventative work and helping to rebalance services away from hospitals. You are expected to ‘Make Every Contact Count’ and look for opportunities to encourage healthier behaviours and lifestyles each time you engage with an individual. The recent Coronavirus epidemic has brought public health and health promotion activities even more sharply into the spotlight and this has made a huge impact on the work you do.

This book focuses on health education – this is the core health promotion work that you will do on a daily basis and it is ideal for those studying at Masters level. It takes an international approach, with Ruth Cross being extremely experienced with a proven track record in the health promotion community. 

This book includes:

• Explanations of the theory and context of health promotion and health education
• International content from people in the field including Norway, Australia and Ghana
• ′Tutorial Triggers′, ′Points to Ponder′ and ′Time to Reflect′ features, encouraging you to apply the chapter content to your practice
• Real-life examples across the lifespan and in a range of different settings

 

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A book written by nurses for nurses providing a simple guide to the most common medicines.

Spanning 8 concise and highly readable chapters, the book explains the pharmacology of different drug types in simple terms while also considering the practical aspects of working with people requiring mental health medicines. 

Key features:

• A detailed ′Medicines List′ contained in each chapter providing the key information on dosages, brand names and possible adverse reactions
• Takes a life course approach highlighting specific considerations for children, pregnancy and older people
• Cuts through the complex terminology with clear and simple language supported by real world case studies

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Freshen up your meals with Jamie’s essential collection of healthy and delicious recipes for the whole family

Let Jamie teach you how to make healthy eating a part of everyday family life with Super Food Family Classics.

With easy-to-follow, tried and tested recipes, Jamie has created a cookbook that will allow you to add more fruit and veg to your family’s plates, without sacrificing any flavour – or your time.

With these tasty recipes, you can . . .
· Sneak in extra veg onto their plate with Squash Mac ‘N’ Cheese
· Enjoy a no-arguments family dinner with Chicken Fajitas, Smoky Dressed Aubergines & Peppers
· When you need a no-fuss meal on the table fast try Chicken Goujons or Pasta Pesto
· Get ahead with freezer-friendly Jumbo Fish Fingers or Proper Chicken Nuggets
· Use ingredients your family already love with Sweet Potato Fish Cakes or Chocolate Porridge

With valuable advice on everything from cooking with kids and tackling fussy eaters, to good gut health and how to budget, Jamie’s Super Food Family Classics is the kitchen companion every family needs.

In Jamie’s extensive collection of internationally loved and trusted cookbooks, this is the one about healthy food for all the family

‘Brilliant recipes’ Mail on Sunday

‘Our failsafe foodie of choice’ Sunday Times

‘Jamie Oliver is great – I’d put him in charge of the country’ Guardian

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The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition is the definitive practical handbook for anyone wanting a performance advantage.

What you eat and drink are important considerations when it comes to maximising your sports performance. Whether you are a professional or amateur athlete, or just enjoy regular workouts, well-chosen nutrition strategies can enhance your performance and recovery after exercise.

This fully updated and revised edition incorporates the latest cutting-edge research and provides all the tools to help you reach your performance goals.

This ninth edition includes accessible guidance on the following topics:

· Maximising endurance, strength, performance and recovery
· How to calculate your optimal energy, carbohydrate and protein requirements
· Advice on improving body composition
· The most popular sports supplements
· Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) and eating disorders
· Hydration strategies to prevent hypohydration and overhydration
· Specific advice for masters athletes, young athletes and plant-based athletes
· Nutrition strategies to prepare for competition
· Immune health and recovery from injury
· Gut health and how to avoid gut problems during exercise.

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Why don’t we eat more veg? They’re healthy, cost-effective and, above all, delicious. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall believes that we should all be eating more of the good stuff, as he explains in this brilliant book.

He’s come up with an abundance of veg-tastic recipes, including a warm salad of grilled courgettes, lemon, garlic, mint and mozzarella, a winter giant couscous salad with herbs and walnuts, radishes with butter and salt, lemony guacamole, linguine with mint and almond pesto and cherry tomatoes, baby carrot risotto, new potato gnocchi, a summer stir-fry with green veg, ginger, garlic and sesame, a winter stir-fry with Brussels sprouts, shiitake mushrooms and five-spice, a cheesy tomato tart, a spring onion gallette, roast jacket chips with merguez spices and spiced yoghurt, curried bubble and squeak, scrambled eggs and asparagus with lemon, tomato gazpacho, pea and parsley soup, roast squash wedges, baba ganoush, beetroot houmous, spinach pasties and barbecued corn on the cob.

With over 200 recipes and vibrant photography from Simon Wheeler, River Cottage Veg Every Day is a timely eulogy to the glorious green stuff.

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Want to cook more veg for your family, but have no idea where to start? Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is here to help, with a whole host of veg-centric recipes that are easy, foolproof and delicious. Let’s ‘Eat Them To Defeat Them’!

Hugh’s River Cottage Veg Every Day! became the UK’s best-selling vegetable cookbook, persuading us through sheer temptation to make vegetables the mainstay of our daily cooking. In this much-anticipated follow-up, Hugh delivers more irresistible recipes, and this time, takes things one step further. Fuelled by his passionate belief that plant foods should be the dominant force in our kitchens, Hugh has put cheese, butter, cream, eggs, and refined flour and sugar firmly to one side. Instead, he uses veg, fruit, wholegrains, nuts, seeds, spices and cold-pressed oils to explore the length and breadth of what can be achieved with natural, unprocessed plant foods. River Cottage Much More Veg! makes it clear that unadulterated ingredients are the very best building blocks for delicious and healthy meals.

In typical Hugh style, the recipes are easy, utterly foolproof,delicious, and full of plenty of swap-out suggestions. All but a handful are gluten-free, and at least half the dishes require 20 minutes (or less) hands-on work time. With recipes such as Roast squash and chickpeas with spicy apricot sauce, Blackened cauliflower with pecans and tahini, Spiced beetroot, radicchio and orange traybake, Celeriac and seaweed miso broth, Seared summer cabbage with rosemary, chilli and capers, and Baked celery agrodolce, River Cottage Much More Veg! demonstrates how easy it is to make versatile, plentiful and delicious vegetables the bedrock of your diet.

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Physical Examination of the Newborn at a Glance provides a comprehensive guide for all those involved with both the routine neonatal examination and the more specific full physical examination of a newborn.

Covering the routine care and the competencies required to perform the examination of the newborn as set out by the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) Screening Programme, this beautifully illustrated book encourages the critical appraisal of personal and practice standards relating to the examination of the newborn in order to promote effective and high quality holistic care of the family unit.

Encapsulating the learning requirements across a pre and post-registration audience, Physical Examination of the Newborn at a Glance is an indispensable resource for those beginning their journey to become a NIPE practitioner, as well as those who are looking to update their professional knowledge and understanding.

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Written and edited by experts in medical interview skills, this second edition takes you through all the important aspects of CT, ST and Registrar interviews and will give you a unique insight into the marking schemes. Through the detailed analysis of 120 medical interview questions, techniques and NHS hot topics, you will gain an invaluable insight into a wide range of common medical interview topics such as – how to talk about your motivation, your skills, experience, strengths and weaknesses; – how to demonstrate your understanding and experience of clinical governance, audit, research and teaching; – how to deal with difficult ethical dilemmas on confidentiality and consent; – how to handle a wide array of difficult colleagues. This book also contains detail of recent NHS reforms and other hot topics which may be discussed at interviews. As well as formal medical interview stations, the book provides advice on how to handle role play, presentation, group discussion and other communication stations.

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