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Jamie shares the secret to delicious healthy family meals in Jamie’s Dinners

Jamie’s Dinners sees Jamie Oliver going back to basics in the kitchen to revolutionise family meals. In ‘Family Tree’ he takes recipes several different ways, giving you confidence whilst at the same time hoping to get you hooked on learning more. He also reveals the world’s most-loved food from a global website survey he conducted: the Top Ten dishes that families love to eat together.

From exciting dishes inspired by Jamie’s travels including Southern Indian Rice and Seafood Soup to family favourites like flaky Chicken and sweet Leek Pie and Banana and Blueberry French Toast, there’s something in Jamie’s Dinners for everyone (even the most fussy eaters)!

With over 100 brand new recipes, this book is all about making cooking inspiring and accessible.

‘The Jamie Effect is being felt not just in schools but in households all over Britain. We must rejoice in the national treasure he is’ Vanessa Feltz, Daily Express

‘Jamie should be given the Victoria Cross’ The Times

‘There is only one Jamie Oliver. Great to watch. Great to cook’ Delia Smith

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Want To Make The Most Of Your Weight Training Workouts? You’ve Got To Get Your Nutrition Right…

The fitness world is crazily confusing with countless diets out there claiming to be the best.

Low-carb, sky-high protein, keto…it’s hard to figure out what to believe.

Then there are countless crappy supplements promising the world – and all sorts of advice being thrown at you about macronutrients, micronutrients…blah, blah, blah.

Wouldn’t you rather just cut out the bull**** and learn a straightforward weight training diet that’ll help you gain lean muscle, keep your bodyfat levels low, and maintain good health?

This is it.

Strength Training Nutrition 101: Build Muscle & Burn Fat Easily…A Healthy Way Of Eating You Can Actually Maintain is a sensible, manageable nutrition guide for men and women who lift weights.

Written by Marc McLean, an online personal training and nutrition coach with 20 years’ worth of experience in weight training, Strength Training Nutrition 101 is a masterplan for maximising your workout efforts.

You’ll learn:

• A simplified strategy on what to eat, when, and what to avoid to get the best results from your strength training workouts.
• An easy-to-follow dietary approach that doesn’t ban all your favourite foods.
• The low-down on calories, protein, carbs and fats – taking away all the confusion.
• 7 Golden Rules of Clean Eating.
• Best food choices pre and post-workout to help you develop a leaner, stronger body.
• Which natural supplements can give you the edge – and ones to avoid.
• …and so much more.

This book is not filled with complicated bodybuilding nutrition advice or nutrition plans that are too hard to maintain.

It’s about getting all the important stuff right and building a solid nutritional foundation for sculpting a lean, athletic body.

The bottom line is that sticking with good nutrition should be easy to follow – and never actually feel like a ‘diet’.

Order your copy today to help take your strength training workout results to the next level.

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Widely used by physical therapists, chiropractors and personal trainers, kinesiology tape provides incredible support while simultaneously stretching so your body can perform its normal range of motion. Now you can utilize this amazing material at home. Simply buy a roll at your local drugstore and follow the taping methods described in this book to reduce pain, rehab an injury and get back in the game.

Providing clear step-by-step instructions and helpful photos, the author shows how to tape the most common injuries and conditions anywhere on the body:

• Neck pain
• Frozen shoulder
• Bicep strain
• Tennis elbow
• Wrist sprain
• Tight IT band
• ACL/MCL sprains
• Achilles tendinitis
• Ankle sprain
• Plantar fasciitis

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Reduce your weight, your cholesterol, and your blood pressure

Get the facts about carbs and get serious about improving your health

Curious about going low-carb? This plain-English guide explains the latest research behind reduced-carbohydrate diets, dispelling the myths and revealing how to navigate your way through the good and bad carbs to create a diet plan that works! You get delicious recipes and lots of tips to make your low-carb diet a success.

Discover ho to:

• Stock a low-carb kitchen
• Prepare 75 tasty low-carb recipes
• Eat right while dining out
• Create both meat and vegetarian dishes
• Incorporate exercise into your day
• Maintain a low-carb lifestyle

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“Above all you have given us hope, help and a means to manage this disease.” R. McNally, County Dublin, Ireland “This timely volume provides an easily accessible and scientifically referenced source of information on the diverse aspects of drugs and nutrition.” Professor Leslie Findley, Medical Advisor to The European Parkinson’s Disease Association “To me, nutrition now forms the platform for drug therapy and other contributory factors to my well-being. To anyone with or touched by Parkinson’s, I commend this book to you. It is an indispensable tool to help you to help yourself… Read on and reap the benefits!” Tom Isaacs, Co-Founder, The Cure Parkinson’s Trust, UK “In timing the L-dopa as the book says, I feel much better!” V. R., PD Person, Southampton, UK The REVISED EDITION of this groundbreaking book offers a powerful blending of nutritional and pharmaceutical benefits, presenting the latest drugs and nutrients in the therapeutic approach and management of Parkinson’s disease. In user-friendly, easy-to-follow style, it aims to reduce distressing symptoms, improve general functional health and promote well-being in people with Parkinson’s disease. It clearly explains the effects of nutrition and medication on the brain and general metabolism, thereby empowering the reader to plan a more predictable and personalized management approach. This innovative book is suitable for Healthcare Professionals, Parkinson’s Sufferers and Caregivers alike. It is also appropriate for students of medicine, nutrition and dietetics, presenting underlying biochemistry and scientific references. The authors are recognized internationally as pioneers in the field of nutritional management of Parkinson’s Disease and have received a “Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Award” in the USA and “The CAM Highly Commended Outstanding practice Award” in the UK. They have contributed to journals, lecture internationally at Parkinson’s Disease congresses and have written other books on Parkinson’s Disease. The many topics presented in this book include: • Drug-nutrient interactions (L-dopa and food) • Best combinations of food and drugs for effectiveness & reducing dyskinesia • Smoothing out the “on-off” period • Individualizing drug dosage with special monitoring charts • Improving bowel function and constipation, • Weight control • Supporting energy and blood sugar regulation • Biochemical tests to establish deficiencies/excesses • Nutritional supplements and diet for cellular deficiencies or excesses • Intravenous nutritional support • Stabilizing cell membranes • Cooking methods, diet, antioxidants and environmental awareness to reduce harmful free radicals • Recipes for L-dopa users with family and friends • Solutions for chewing, swallowing and malabsorption problems • Sexuality and Sleep – practical recommendations • Stress management and the “dopamine connection” • Optimum recovery from surgery • After antibiotics – restoring intestinal immunity with probiotics • Caregivers Needs • Explanation of how the body and brain make dopamine from nutritional factors (biochemistry)

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We all want tasty food that’s good for us. Key to that is ensuring we eat our daily intake of fruit and vegetables.

Most of us aren’t even getting half the fruit and veg we need in a day. In Five Rachel de Thample makes delicious food effortless, offering over 150 easy, flavoursome recipes that will boost your daily intake.

Rachel’s inspirational treasure trove includes such dishes as Fig, Almond and Orange Blossom Water Muffins, Moroccan Beetroot Soup, Wild Spring Spaghetti and Carrot Cake Scones, as well as themed and seasonal menu suggestions. Whatever you choose to eat, each dish is clearly flagged with the number of portions of fruit and veg each serving contains – some even offer a full 5 portions. So you always know you’re eating both well and happily.

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Medical Terminology WORKBOOK

A good grounding in medical terminology is absolutely essential to succeed in any of the medical and health-related fields.

Feedback from our readers has informed us that while they love the textbook, they’re looking for more quizzes and exercises on medical terminology.

This Workbook has been prepared to address that need. Here you’ll find plenty of questions and exercises to test your knowledge and understanding of medical terms.

This Medical Terminology Workbook contains different types of exercises. Some examples are:

• Match the columns
• Fill in the blanks
• Multiple choice questions (MCQs)
• True or false
• Label the picture

This Workbook is a companion to our Medical Terminology textbook. As such, it can be used in the following ways:

1. After you’ve finished the textbook, you can use this workbook to test your knowledge retention.
2. Also, you can progress through the textbook and workbook together. Whenever you finish a chapter of the textbook, you can do the corresponding unit of exercises from the workbook. That will help you assess your knowledge retention but also serve to recapitulate the key concepts.
3. Finally, if you’re feeling really confident, you can actually start off with the workbook first and see where you stand. If you find knowledge gaps, then you can go through the textbook to improve your grasp of the subject.

Click ‘add to cart’ and start testing your knowledge!

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Digitalis purpurea. The common foxglove. Vision blurs as blood pressure drops precipitously. The heartbeat slows until, finally, it stops.

Atropa belladonna. Deadly nightshade. Eyes darken as strange shapes flutter across your vision. The heart begins to race and soon the entire body is overcome with convulsions.

Papaver somniferum. The opium poppy. Pupils constrict to a pinprick as the senses dull. Gradually, breathing shudders to a halt.

Scratch the surface of a coffee bean, a chilli flake or an apple seed and find a bevy of strange chemicals – biological weapons in a war raging unseen. Here, beetles, birds, bats and butterflies must navigate a minefield of specialised chemicals and biotoxins, each designed to maim and kill.

And yet these chemicals, evolved to repel marauding insects and animals, have now become an integral part of our everyday lives. Some we use to greet our days (caffeine) and titillate our tongues (capsaicin), others to bend our minds (psilocybin) and take away our pains (opioids).

Inspired by his father’s love of the natural world and his eventual spiral into the depths of addiction, evolutionary biologist Noah Whiteman explores how we came to use – and abuse – these chemicals. Delving into the mysterious origins of plant and fungal toxins, and their unique human history, Most Delicious Poison provides a kaleidoscopic tour of nature’s most delectable and dangerous poisons.

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‘Deeply researched and fascinating.’ —JENNIFER DOUDNA, WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY

‘Magisterial, fascinating and gripping.’ —NEIL SHUBIN, AUTHOR OF YOUR INNER FISH

‘Exuberant, poignant and mind-blowing.’ —DANIEL E. LIEBERMAN, AUTHOR OF EXERCISED

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Everything new and experienced parents need to know about their baby’s first 12 months to give them the best start in life

Each year, more than 4 million babies are born in the United States-and the first year of a baby’s life is a joyous, challenging, and sometimes overwhelming time. Your Baby’s First Year For Dummies serves as a complete guide for baby’s first twelve months, from what to do when arriving home from the hospital to handling feeding, bathing, and sleeping routines to providing the right stimuli for optimal progress.

This comprehensive yet no-nonsense guide can help new or even seasoned moms and dads looking for tips and advice to help with every aspect of their baby’s development. During Baby’s first year, at times things will go well: Baby’s sleeping and eating well, she’s hitting milestones on time, and you’re balancing childcare with work or with housekeeping. Then again, there are times when things aren’t great. This jargon-free book takes a realistic look at what Baby’s first year might be like, month by month. You’ll find it helpful if you’re pregnant and wondering what Baby’s first year will be like; you have given birth and want to know what the months ahead hold; you have given birth and need advice from a book that doesn’t talk down to you or make you feel as though there’s something wrong with you (because there’s not) if you’re having a hard time making the adjustment to parenthood.

Packed with tips on every aspect of baby’s physical, emotional, and social development, Your Baby’s First Year For Dummies gives you advice on topics like the following:

• Bonding with Baby
• Breastfeeding vs. bottle-feeding
• Baby’s first checkup
• Baby’s checkups at two months, four months, six months, nine months, and twelve months
• Sleeping habits
• Teething
• Baby toy safety and preventing injuries
• Food preparation and food allergies
• Traveling with your baby
• Signs of common illnesses
• Planning Baby’s 1-year party
• And much more

Additionally, Your Baby’s First Year For Dummies provides tips for surviving the first few weeks, Daddy survival tips, and advice on when to call your pediatrician (and when not to). If Baby has arrived or you expect her soon, get your copy to make every moment count.

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Medical Statistics Made Easy has been a perennial bestseller since the first edition was published (it is consistently a #1 bestseller in medical statistics on Amazon).

It is widely recommend on a variety of courses and programmes, from undergraduate medicine, through to professional medical qualifications.

It is a book of key statistics principles for anyone studying or working in medicine and healthcare who needs a basic overview of the subject. It is ideal for non-statisticians who need to understand how statistics are used and applied in medicine and medical research.

Using a consistent format, the authors describe the most common statistical methods in turn and then rate them on how difficult they are to understand and how common they are. The worked examples that demonstrate the statistical method in action have been updated to include current articles from the medical literature and now feature a wider range of medical journals.

This fourth edition continues with the same structure as the previous editions, with new sections on cut-off points and ROC curves, as well as a new chapter on choosing the right statistical test. It also features a completely revised and updated “Statistics at work” section.

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⚡️ Have you, or someone you know, recently been diagnosed with diverticulitis?

⚡️ Would you like to learn new healthy and easy-to-follow eating habits specific for people who suffer from diverticulitis, to ease the symptoms and avoid surgery?

If the answer is “YES”, keep reading because this book is what you were looking for.

Diverticulitis is a very debilitating condition for many people, and taking care of your health becomes mandatory after discovering it.

The internet is filled with a massive amount of information on how to eat well after being diagnosed with diverticulitis, so it’s easy to get confused and overwhelmed, and it’s also easier to follow bad eating habits and actually worsen your condition.

This is why I’ve decided to write this book, which is much more than just a cookbook: it will be your companion and your reference point for a stress-free, healthy life after diverticulitis.

By reading this book, you’ll discover:

• An In-Depth Overview On Diverticulitis, so you can understand what it is, what are its symptoms and possible causes, what are the various stages of the disease, and how you can ease the discomfort that comes with it

• Remedies For Diverticulitis Flare-Ups, so you can have different alternatives to manage your attacks and reduce the pain, bloating, nausea, and all the problems that come with it

• 300 Delicious, Safe-To-Eat Mediterranean Diet Recipes, which were specifically selected to be safe to consume during every stage of the disease. All the recipes come with detailed instructions on how to prepare them in less than 30 minutes, even if you are a beginner and don’t have much experience in the kitchen

• 100 Bonus Recipes For The Whole Family, so you will be able to enjoy delicious, homemade, healthy meals with your loved ones while being completely sure to prevent any worsening of your disease

• 90-Days Meal Plans For Each Stage Of The Illness, so you will never feel worried about what you’re eating and always consume the right foods in proper amounts, to transition smoothly through every stage of your condition

• A Super Useful Weekly Shopping List, combined with a blueprint that will help you reduce to a minimum the time you spend in the kitchen,so you can avoid those time-consuming shopping sprees and shorten the preparation time of every recipe

• … & Much More!

This cookbook will help you on your way to recovery, and it will show you how to easily change your eating habits so you can avoid any future troubles with this painful problem.

…What are you waiting for?

Scroll to the top of the page, click the “BUY NOW” button, and grab your copy right away!

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There’s no need for unnecessary blah, blah, blah: this book is a comprehensive guide with very precise instructions so that you know everything and don’t get lost.

From anatomical understanding of the skin to advanced burn care techniques, pain management and emotional support, each chapter is a mine of valuable information. Detailed case studies offer an illuminating perspective on real-life situations, while practical advice prepares the Caregiver to excel in their role.

But this book is not just about technique. It compassionately addresses the human aspect of caring for burn patients, emphasising the importance of communication, psychological support and interdisciplinary teamwork.

Whether you are a professional aspiring to join the burns service, or a seasoned practitioner seeking to improve your skills, this book is your ally. It doesn’t just impart knowledge, it inspires excellence and compassion.

Discover the path to an informed, empathetic and effective practice. Treat yourself to the definitive guide to burn care and join a community dedicated to making a difference, one scar at a time.

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