Celebrity nutritionist Leslie Beck unlocks the secrets to achieving good health and maintaining an active and energetic lifestyle in Leslie Beck's Longevity Diet. Complete with food plans, new recipes, tips, and strategies, Leslie Beck's Longevity Diet includes the following information to help slow aging and promote lifelong vitality: • The secrets of the healthiest cultures from around the world • A quick and easy self-assessment to determine how your lifestyle habits are affecting your health • The top foods to slow aging and promote health • How to determine your own caloric prescription for optimal longevity
Leslie Beck’s Healthy Kitchen is a must-have kitchen staple, with 250 sumptuous recipes and quick ways to help you eat the healthiest diet possible, including meal-planning tips, getting portion sizes right, healthy cooking methods, and more. Featuring recipes for breakfasts, lunches, snacks, appetizers, dinners, and desserts, this book will help you stay slim and healthy as you enjoy all your favourite foods. These easy-to-prepare, great-tasting dishes make weekday meals a cinch. Enjoy Cranberry Apple Granola for breakfast, Lentil Salad with Citrus Yoghurt Dressing for lunch, Kale Chips with Sea Salt or Cashew Mango Trail Mix for a snack, Easy Fish Tacos for dinner, and Blueberries Topped with Candied Almonds for dessert. On weekends, make Smoked Salmon and Dill Frittata or Banana Flax Pancakes to start your family’s day. Beck’s easy recipes are great for entertaining, too. Serve Cumin Scented Grilled Pork Tenderloin for dinner followed by Chocolate Fruit Fondue for dessert. Don’t sacrifice taste or your favourite foods to reap the benefits of smart eating for a healthy lifestyle. Leslie Beck’s Healthy Kitchen will show you a new way to eat with these delectable, easy recipes and healthy kitchen tips.
Leslie Beck's Nutrition Encyclopedia" translates the latest scientific information on nutrition, vitamins and minerals, herbal medicine and complementary therapy into easy-to-implement strategies to help you manage or treat over 75 health conditions. Inside you'll find a wealth of information that can help you prevent disease, increase your energy level, boost your immune system and achieve optimal health.
Leslie Beck's Nutrition Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy is a must-read if you are contemplating pregnancy, are already expecting, or are a new mother. You'll find plenty of practical advice that translates the most up-to-date research into healthy eating strategies. Whether your eating habits need a tune-up or a complete overhaul, Leslie provides all the information you need, including: * a nutrition plan and pre-pregnancy checklist for your 'training trimester' that will help you fine-tune your diet, build up your nutrient stores, and shape up your body * a total nutrition strategy for pregnancy that includes a 14-day meal plan and over 75 fast and easy recipes developed and Tested Till Perfect by The Canadian Living Test Kitchen * essential facts on what's happening to you and your baby during each trimester * strategies for managing pregnancy discomforts and disorders * a safe exercise program for pregnancy * an after-pregnancy nutrition plan for moms and babies who breastfeed * a nutrition plan for formula-fed babies * guidance on introducing your baby to solid foods * nutrition strategies for getting your figure back
Leslie Beck's Nutrition Guide for Women" provides in-depth information that is easy to understand, lifestyle-relevant, and based on current scientific evidence. This complete reference on women's health is written for "all" women. It's for healthy women who want to stay well and lower their chances of disease and for women who have a specific health condition and want to do whatever they can through diet and supplements to manage it. Symptoms, risk factors, and treatment or prevention strategies are outlined for women's common health conditions, including breast cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, heart disease, infertility, perimenopause, premenstrual syndrome, and urinary tract infections. Recommendations include dietary strategies, vitamin and mineral supplements, and herbal remedies.
… indispensable advice for women of all ages!" — James F. Balch, MD, co-author of Prescription for Nutritional Healing Leslie Beck, RD, leading nutritionist, and author of the national bestseller Managing Menopause with Diet, Vitamins and Herbs Nobody can eat perfectly every single day. So how can women stay vibrant and healthy? Leslie Beck, Canada's leading nutritionist, offers natural approaches to managing the health issues unique to women. Leslie discusses what Canadian women are eating and describes how nutrition plays a role in health. Women's health concerns are organized into chapters that relate to individual areas of women's health. Comprehensive chapters include Heart Health, Breast Health, Reproductive/Gynecological Health, Pregnancy, Mood and Emotions, Digestive Health, Energy and Vitality, and Immune System Health. Leslie Beck's Nutrition Guide for Women provides easy-to-use strategies for managing women's health concerns through dietary approaches, vitamins and minerals, and herbal remedies. What's inside: A close look at carbohydrates, proteins, and fat; vitamins, minerals, and health; and the growing interest and use of herbal remedies. Health issues, including symptoms, who's at risk, and what is going on in the body. Listings of dietary approaches, vitamins and minerals, and herbal remedies for health issues. Nutritional guidelines for optimum health. A seven-day eating plan
Healthy Eating for Preteens and Teens is a practical family guide that covers every aspect of essential nutrition to help raise healthy teens. In a super-size-me world, Leslie Beck provides strategies for making healthy food choices and establishing good eating habits for life. Healthy Eating for Preteens and Teens includes: • How to determine a healthy body weight • All the facts on carbohydrates, protein, fat, water, and other fluids • Making healthy food choices when eating at home and school, and in restaurants and food courts • Nutrition advice for vegetarian teens • Weight control strategies for teens • Nutrition advice for sports • Understanding and dealing with eating disorders • Over 60 healthy recipes for breakfasts, school lunches, dinners on the fly, and snacks
The Complete Nutrition Guide for Women provides in-depth information that is easy to understand, lifestyle-relevant, and based on current scientific evidence. This comprehensive reference is written for all women: healthy women who want to stay well, and women who have a specific health concern and want to manage it through diet and supplements. The guide outlines symptoms, risk factors, and treatment or prevention strategies for many common conditions, including: • breast cancer • chronic fatigue syndrome • depression • heart disease • infertility • perimenopause and menopause • premenstrual syndrome Designed with all ages in mind, The Complete Nutrition Guide for Women should be on every woman's bookshelf.
In this comprehensive guide, registered dietician Leslie Beck gives you the tools you need to manage common health concerns with diet, vitamins, minerals, and herbs. The Complete A-Z Nutrition Encyclopedia provides you with: - up-to-date information about how your food choices affect your health - a simplified look at proper nutrition, with opportunities for you to put your new-found knowledge into practice - the latest facts about common herbal and dietary supplements - seventy-five common health issues and dietary strategies for managing them - a comprehensive resource section You'll find a wealth of information that can help you prevent disease, increase your energy, boost your immune system, and achieve optimal health.
Natural ways to improve your nutritional health When it comes to health and nutrition, women have unique needs; they experience more health problems and visit the doctor more often than men. Women are also at particular risk for major nutrition-related health conditions, including heart disease and breast cancer. Now, leading nutritionist Leslie Beck presents a comprehensive, complete guide to women’s nutritional health care, backed by the latest scientific research. The Ultimate Nutrition Guide for Women is written for all women–whether you want to stay well and lower your chances of disease or learn to manage your specific health condition through diet and supplements. This book looks closely at how to manage the various health concerns of women–from migraines and anemia to polycystic ovary syndrome, fibro-myalgia, and urinary tract infections–with safe, natural methods. Beck outlines the symptoms, risk factors, and treatments or prevention strategies for the most common health conditions, then offers recommended dietary solutions, vitamin and mineral supplements, and herbal remedies. She explains how food affects your weight, energy levels, and the health of your body–and provides practical choices that will help women of all ages lay a foundation for better nutrition habits and long-lasting health. Topics include: Breastfeeding Cervical dysplasia Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Depression Eating disorders Endometriosis Fibrocystic breast conditions Food sensitivities High cholesterol Hypoglycemia Infertility Insomnia Migraines Osteoporosis Perimenopause Pregnancy Thyroid disease Weight control
Although every woman experiences the changes of menopause, advice on the subject is scant in most women's health guides, and what advice there is often relies on a traditional, pharmaceutical-based approach to symptoms. In Leslie Beck's Nutrition Guide to Menopause, Canada's most trusted health and nutrition expert provides proven diet, vitamin and herbal remedies that address the major symptoms and health concerns associated with menopause. Because women experience menopause in very different ways, Leslie Beck suggests they tailor their response to menopause to fit their own needs. Rather than promoting a catch-all approach to the symptoms of menopause, she advises women to carefully assess their particular symptoms, then address those symptoms systematically, using a variety of dietary approaches, herbal remedies and vitamin and mineral supplements for the greatest possible relief. This edition, which is a revised and updated version of Managing Menopause with Diet, Vitamins and Herbs, includes a substantial new section on hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Recent controversies regarding HRT have made it a source of great anxiety for many women, and Leslie Beck addresses those concerns methodically. Other helpful additions to this edition include a menopause symptom questionnaire, a completely revised appendix on vitamins and minerals with updated recommended dietary allowances, and a section on the benefits of phytoestrogens, which are found in foods rich in soy and flaxseed.
In Leslie Beck's 10 Steps to Healthy Eating, Beck tells you in no-nonsense terms how to get organized, choose the right foods, and know when to eat them. Drawing readers in with examples from her clinical practice, Beck shows us how her strategies have transformed the lives of her clients for the better, and how she can change yours. Featuring chapter summaries that break her strategies down into do-able steps, a 14-day meal plan, and over 65 recipes created by the Canadian Living Test Kitchen, this book will have you eating and feeling better in no time.
A warm, welcoming kitchen is just a few stitches and paint strokes away with these simple, stylish accessories. From quick place mats and napkins to painted furniture, chenille rugs, curtains, and even a painted picnic basket, these projects will turn any common kitchen into a creative, comfortable living space. -- Features over 30 sewing and craft projects especially for the kitchen that are beautiful, practical, and easy -- Includes four distinct project collections: Vintage, Koffee Klatch, Antique Fruit, and Folk Art Rooster -- Covers basic painting and sewing, with clearly illustrated directions provided for each project
A plant-based diet has enormous potential to optimize your health. There is clear scientific evidence that the health benefits gained from eating only plant-based foods are far-reaching, from preventing heart disease, diabetes and certain cancers to halting disease progression. A plant-based diet also improves mental clarity, restores energy and is a healthy and effective way to shed excess body fat and stay lean. More and more people are turning to a plant-based diet because it simply makes sense. You'll discover that it helps alleviate a host of common health problems, and you'll look and feel amazing, too Renowned dietician Leslie Beck shows you, step by step, how to follow the principles of plant-based nutrition and get all the nutrients you need. In the process, you'll discover new and delicious foods that will become favourite staples in your diet. Complete with an easy-to-follow 7-day meal plan, over 40 healthy and delicious recipes and plenty of cooking tips, "The Plant-Based Power Diet" has everything you need to adopt a plant-based lifestyle.
Almost daily, research is linking certain foods and food components to disease prevention. Eating the right foods-and excluding certain foods-can significantly help you reduce the risk of disease and stay healthy, active, and energetic for life. Leading nutritionist Leslie Beck explains which foods to eat—how often, in what amounts, and how to add them to your diet in easy and delicious ways. Foods That Fight Disease will help you discover power foods-nutrient-packed whole foods that have been demonstrated in scientific studies to lower the risk of many chronic diseases. Foods That Fight Disease is an invaluable guide to help you boost the nutritional quality of your diet and includes: - Everything you need to know about power foods-which vegetables, fruits, whole grains, protein foods, dairy foods, fats and oils, and beverages are disease-fighting stars - Tips for buying, storing, preparing, and incorporating power foods into your meals and snacks - A nutrition primer on carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals - Over 100 delicious and easy-to-prepare power food recipes
From relieving hot flashes and mood swings to alleviating insomnia and forgetfulness to managing your weight and reducing the risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, and breast cancer, Leslie explains how to manage your symptoms by making smart changes to your diet, adding the right vitamins, minerals, and herbal remedies to your daily routine.
From relieving hot flashes and mood swings to alleviating insomnia and forgetfulness to managing your weight and reducing the risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, and breast cancer, Leslie explains how to manage your symptoms by making smart changes to your diet, adding the right vitamins, minerals, and herbal remedies to your daily routine.
EVERYBODY IS GOO-GOO GA-GA over the new baby at our house. Sometimes I wish that I were the baby again, so I could get all the attention. Most of the time, though, I'm happy to be older. I'M A BABY EXPERT!' A lively guide for any child who's recently become a big brother or sister, I LOVE THE NEW BABY AT OUR HOUSE . . . MOST OF THE TIME invites the older sibling to take an active role with FUN, SASSY, HANDS-ON, FILL-IN-THE-BLANK pages and DRAWING areas. Whether they're delighted with the new arrival or wish they could return the baby to the hospital, this book is the perfect gift for any new brother or sister.
Ex-football player and ex-cop Harry Molina is paid to keep people safe, and in sunny Miami, where Uzis are as common as retirees, a lot of people need his help. His friend Bryce, a financier with bad debts, has disappeared. Bryce's ex-wife is in danger as well. And 18-year-old Jane Unruh, witness to murder, comes forward with some shocking news--she's Harry's daughter. Now Harry's got his hands full. . . .
A practical four-step cognitive therapy program for overcoming self-doubt and fear?from leading experts in the field. Long-time associates of the Beck Institute, Drs. Sokol and Fox share their practical, four-step cognitive therapy program for overcoming self-doubt and fear, building confidence, and maximizing potential in all areas of life. Their unique program enables the reader to identify and examine those areas where self-doubt gets triggered and interferes with their potential. As the self-doubt becomes more externalized, readers are shown step-by-step how to determine if their fear is valid, and if not, how to overcome it. Readers will learn how to develop confidence and to base their actions on a new, more positive belief structure, resulting in a true and lasting form of solid self-esteem and confidence.
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