Wasatch County Library

An introduction to nutrition that explains the benefits of eating healthy and the components of a nutritious diet.

"From renowned cardiac surgeon Steven R. Gundry, MD, a revolutionary look at the hidden compounds in "healthy" foods like fruit, vegetables, and whole grains that are causing us to gain weight and develop chronic disease. In the deadly game of predator versus prey, an adult gazelle can outrun a hungry lioness, a sparrow can take flight when stalked by a cat, and a skunk can let loose a spray of noxious liquid to temporarily blind a fox. The stakes...

#1 New York Times Bestseller
"A useful and funny purse-sized manual that could easily replace all the diet books on your bookshelf." —Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times
A definitive compendium of food wisdom
Eating doesn’t have to be so complicated. In this age of ever-more elaborate diets and conflicting health advice, Food Rules brings welcome simplicity to our daily decisions about food....

"The first-ever weight-loss plan specifically designed to stop-and reverse-age-related weight gain and muscle loss, while shrinking your belly, extending your life, and creating your healthiest self at mid-life and beyond"--

Almonds, eggs, and beans . . . What do these protein foods have in common? They're all healthy! Discover where protein foods come from, what nutrition they provide, and how they help form a healthy diet. Filled with meaty facts, including meat alternatives, this Pebble Explore book will give curious young readers: and report writers: plenty to chew on.

"A nutritional consultant and holistic healthcare expert to the stars offers her four-step Food Freedom program that helps you find balance between eating enough and determining how you feel to lose fat, increase lean muscle mass, reduce inflammation and increase energy."

"In Eating Healthy Foods, emergent readers see and read about eating healthy options from each of the five main food groups. Carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references to support emergent readers and ensure reading success. Eating Healthy Foods includes tools for teachers and caregivers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of contents, words to know, and...

"Thanks to the advent of processed food, people who live in industrial countries, especially those whose families have done so for several generations, often have symptoms of multiple nutrient deficiencies on a very high level. Green smoothies provide a way for us to correct these persistent imbalances and begin to discover what health actually feels like. Green Smoothie Revolution offers a wide variety of smoothie recipes as well as the nutrition...

Introduces young readers to dairy foods, including where dairy foods come from, what nutrition they provide, and how they help form a healthy diet.

Traces the rise of the processed food industry and how addictive salt, sugar, and fat have enabled its dominance in the past half century, revealing deliberate corporate practices behind current trends in obesity, diabetes, and other health challenges.