The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
A New York Times bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain us—whether industrial or organic, alternative or processed—he develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications our food choices have for the health of our species and the future of our planet.
Customer Review: Before you eat that steak….
The general premise in Michael Pollan’s book about industrial agriculture being a brutal and corrupt business is not news to me. But he did manage to make my eyes open even wider and stop and consider what is going on in this country in regards to the raising and slaughter of our farm animals. This is not a book that aims to necessarily convert people to vegetarians, but rather to educate the reader about the many reasons why they should stop and consider just where their food is coming from and how it is being raised. Also explores the difference between the “organic” food movement and real organic sustainable farming. Pollan goes on his own personal journey to look at the process of meat eating, and encourages all meat eaters to do the same. If you are going to eat meat, it’s your obligation to consider the life of the animal that is feeding you. This is not a book just for vegetarians but for anyone who is interested in the politics of agriculture, the health and quality of the food they put in their mouth, and anyone who has respect for the creatures we rely upon to be a bulk of our American diet.
Customer Review: Bravo
Michael Pollan traced the origins of our present-day “square-meals” as he wallowed across the fertile cornfields of Iowa. His approach might not have been strictly scientific; yet, it was all the while insightful. In fact, some of his inferences would attract applause from even the most skeptical dietitian.
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You: On A Diet: The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management
For the first time in our history, scientists are uncovering astounding medical evidence about dieting — and why so many of us struggle with our weight and the size of our waists. Now researchers are unraveling biological secrets about such things as why you crave chocolate or gorge at buffets or store so much fat.
Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, America’s most trusted doctor team and authors of the bestselling YOU series, are now translating this cutting-edge information to help you shave inches off your waist. They’re going to do it by giving you the best weapon against fat: knowledge. By understanding how your body’s fat-storing and fat-burning systems work, you’re going to learn how to crack the code on true and lifelong waist management.
Roizen and Oz will invigorate you with equal parts information, motivation, and change-your-life action to show you how your brain, stomach, hormones, muscles, heart, genetics, and stress levels all interact biologically to determine if your body is the size of a baseball bat or of a baseball stadium. In YOU: On a Diet, Roizen and Oz will redefine what a healthy figure is, then take you through an under-theskin tour of the organs that influence your body’s size and its health. You’ll even be convinced that the key number to fixate on is not your weight, but your waist size, which best indicates the medical risks of storing too much fat.
Because the world has almost as many diet plans as it has e-mail spammers, you’d think that just about all of us would know everything there is to know about dieting, about fat, and about the reasons why our bellies have grown so large. YOU: On a Diet is much more than a diet plan or a series of instructions and guidelines or a faddish berries-only eating plan. It’s a complete manual for waist management. It will show you how to achieve and maintain an ideal and healthy body size by providing a lexicon according to which any weight-loss system can be explained. YOU: On a Diet will serve as the operating system that facilitates future evolution in our dieting software. After you learn about the biology of your body and the biology and psychology of fat, you’ll be given the YOU Diet and YOU Workout. Both are easy to learn, follow, and maintain. Following a two-week rebooting program will help you lose up to two inches from your waist right from the start.
With Roizen and Oz’s signature accessibility, wit, and humor, YOU: On a Diet — The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the food you consume, so that you’ll diet smart, not hard. Welcome to your body on a diet.
List Price: $25.00
Amazon Price: $15.00
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Customer Review: Info for Anyone who goes on a Diet
This book explains what seemed to be unexplainable. How to work with your own body’s physiology to beat those extra pounds!
Customer Review: I’ve never learned so much about digestion and hunger
You On A Diet is a great book. You’ll learn a ton about your body and how food works within your body. It seems like there isn’t much new here, other than this is a healthy carb, lower calorie eating plan. This diet is about general guidelines, not hard and fast rules. I would highly recommend this book in conjuction with the Beck Solution which is a congnative therapy approach to dieting, some of which is lightly covered in You On A Diet.
Laugh and Learn About Breastfeeding
Although Breastfeeding is a natural process, it is mostly a learned art. Obstacles are the norm, but it is the best start that a mother can give her new baby. Breastfeeding benefits both mothers and babies, it protects babies from disease, and women who have nursed have substantially lower rates of breast cancer. Like the other two video classes in this series, ‘Laugh and Learn About Childbirth’ and ‘Laugh and Learn About Newborn Baby Care’, ‘Laugh and Learn About Breastfeeding’ is a comprehensive, fun and entertaining way to learn everything you need to know to have a pleasant Breastfeeding experience. On her new DVD, Sheri Bayles, RN shares her experiences, gives tips and strategies to avoid Breastfeeding obstacles, explains latch on, holds and positions, especially for breastfeeding twins, pumping, diet, and setting up a schedule that let’s you get a good night of sleep. Best of all, in her class you get to watch and learn with real live demonstrations of all the techniques.
List Price: $24.95
Amazon Price: $24.95
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Customer Review: Entertaining & Informative
This DVD shows various breastfeeding positions & gives a wealth of useful information. I would have preferred a little more in-depth information, but it is still well worth the time to watch this (especially if you are first-time parents). I purchased this & her newborn care DVD & found them both to be useful.
Customer Review: Not many laughs and only limited learning
This video was informative enough, but it’s brief, and really doesn’t have anything I haven’t seen on You Tube or other free sources. I was a little wary about the humor since the title is ‘Learn and Laugh About Breastfeeding’ after all, but Sheri Bayles is simply not funny, and at points it’s painful to watch. She’s clearly working hard to sell her schtick, but the purpose of the video is to get info on breastfeeding, not to allow an outlet for an obviously frustrated comedienne. She knows breastfeeding facts, and she’d do better to just give the information. Finally, it’d be a better video if they included more footage of real babies feeding, latching, etc., rather than focusing on the baby dolls and Sheri’s endless banter from the couch.
Girl Crush Streak & Style (Colors May Vary)
With the Girl Crush Streak & Style, you can totally express your style with your own colorful and easily washable hair styles again and again! Choose from four gorgeous hair streaking colors: Moonstone Silver, Sugar Pink, Hot Pink and Cool Blue. Pop in the color gel tubes into the easy to use tongs and slide beautiful hair streaks into your hair. It’s so fast and easy to use! Includes magic hair wand, 4 color gels, 4 sponge applicators all in a super trendy ready-to-use styling case. Refills sold separately.
List Price: $29.99
Amazon Price: $27.95
Customer Review: Streak & Style
My 6 and 7 year old daughters and I have had a lot of fun doing makeovers with our streak n style. The colors wash out easily–and my youngest has platinum blonde hair.
Customer Review: Very pleased Mom
My daughter only wanted this for Christmas and only Amazon had it in stock. She and I both love it! She looks so cute and the color comes out mostly after one wash. Some times it takes two to get it all out. It dries quickly and stays put.
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