Taubes, Gary
Summary: "From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening expose that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic proportions; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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Summary: "Many people blame sugar cravings on lack of willpower rather than accept that sugar is highly addictive-even more so than cocaine, nicotine, and alcohol. The problem isn't just dessert, but the fact that sugar is everywhere. Approximately 80% of products in supermarkets contain sugar, so it's unsurprising that many people struggle to eliminate it from their diets. In Sugarless, Dr. Nicole...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: " ... the first documentary to investigate the actual mechanisms by which mobile phone technology can cause cancer. The film takes a deeper look at how humanity is reacting to the most profound environmental change the planet has ever seen. Two billion years ago life first appeared on earth, a planet bathed in a natural electromagnetic frequency. As life slowly evolved from simple to complex...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Janson Media 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RESSlingerland, Edward G. (Edward Gilman)
Summary: A look at how alcohol and other intoxicants helped spark the rise of the first large-scale societies by enhancing creativity, alleviating stress and building trust among conflicting tribes to allow them to cooperate with each other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.1 SLINorthrup, Christiane.
Summary: An unconventional mind-body approach to women's health after menopause discusses the impact of hormonal changes, the myths and realities of menopause, and ways to prevent long-term health problems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.1 NORNeustaedter, Randall
Summary: The Vaccine Guide gives consumers the information they need to make informed decisions about vaccination. Parents who face a multitude of vaccines for their children and adults who must decide about flu shots, vaccination for international travel, hepatitis, and booster doses, now have a guide to the complex and often confusing realm of vaccine choices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.4 NEUMcKibben, Bill.
Summary: 'Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, this classic work on our environmental crisis features a new introduction by the author, reviewing both the progress and ground lost in the fight to save the earth. This impassioned plea for radical and life-renewing change is today still considered a groundbreaking work in environmental studies. McKibben's argument that the survival of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 MCKPinnock, Dale
Contents: Ingredients -- Recipes -- Conditions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Contents: Is your child sugar sensitive? -- It's not your fault, there is a solution -- Step one: breakfast -- Step two: making connections -- Step three: snacks and drinks -- Step four: lunch and dinner -- Step five: browning your family -- Step six: taking out the sugar -- Managing holidays and other special occasions -- Refining the program for special needs -- Life after sugar -- Recipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2004
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Summary: In thirty-six each half hour lectures, Professor Sam Wang explores the science and mystery of the human nervous system, from essential neurochemical and neurobiological processes to the psychological and social constructs they are thought to produce.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2006
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Summary: "The story of the invention and use of electricity has often been told before, but never from an environmental point of view. The assumption of safety, and the conviction that electricity has nothing to do with life, are by now so entrenched in the human psyche that new research, and testimony by those who are being injured, are not enough to change the course that society has set. Two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2020
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Summary: "Health warnings about diabetes and obesity are on the rise. In The Sugar Detox Plan, an expert medical team explains how and why sugar has become the villain of the modern diet, why it is bad for you, and what you can do about it. Learn about alternative sugars and follow the three practical steps to reduce your sugar intake, eat healthily, and enjoy more exercise. Includes a full range of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2016
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Summary: The Complete Guide to Beating Sugar Addiction - now with an improved education section, new research, 50 recipes, and refined treatment methods! With one-third of our calories coming from sugar and white flour added to processed foods, sugar addiction is a rapidly growing epidemic. However, unlike other addictions, going "cold turkey" won't fix it. In an updated version of the groundbreaking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fair Winds Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 TEIBreggin, Peter Roger
Summary: In a study of the side effects of psychotropic drugs that are being used to treat a variety of mental and emotional ailments, it looks at the influence of antidepressants, stimulants and tranquilizers in a scathing indictment of the pharmaceutical industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 BREHuhman, Heather R.
Summary: "This indispensable, comprehensive, and accessible reference book to infertility provides people with the tools they need to be their own best advocates as they navigate fertility treatments and highs and lows of their infertility journey. Author Heather Huhman guides readers through every stage of the process-from knowing when to seek medical advice to parenting after infertility, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.1 HUHBreggin, Peter Roger
Summary: Psychiatric drugs are prescribed to more than 20 million Americans. This book aims to convince us to stop taking these drugs, and to show us how to do it safely. The authors contend that after 15 minutes with a physician or psychiatrist, Americans are prescribed medications that we may take for years or a lifetime, which can do more harm than good. We're irritable, anxious, emotionally numbed,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DaCapo Life Long 2007
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Summary: "Improve all areas of your health from your weight, sleep, cravings, mood, energy, skin, and even slow down aging, with easy-to-implement, science-based hacks to manage your blood sugar levels while still eating the foods you love. Glucose, or blood sugar, is a tiny molecule in our body that has a huge impact on our health. It enters our bloodstream through the starchy or sweet foods we eat....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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Summary: "One of us (Elizabeth) had the opportunity to conduct research with a gentleman named Henry Molaison (better known by his initials, H.M.1), who had the interior portion of his left and right temporal lobes (the part of your brain next to your temples) removed in 1953 because of epileptic seizures that were difficult to control. From a technical standpoint, the surgical procedures went fine....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2023
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Summary: Would you feed your child a candy bar for breakfast? Of course not. And yet today our children routinely consume three times the recommended daily allowance of added sugar, which puts them at an unprecedented risk for type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, excess weight, and even nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Half the Sugar, All the Love is here to help, with 100...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Hyman, Mark
Summary: Outlines a low-insulin weight-loss program that demonstrates how to activate the body's natural abilities to burn fat, reduce inflammation, and enable other long-term health benefits.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown & Co 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.12 HYMRuhl, Jenny
Summary: Based on the award winning Bloodsugar101.com web site, this book explains what peer-reviewed research published in top medical journals has to say about: What is a normal blood sugar? How does diabetes develop? What really causes diabetes? What blood sugar levels cause complications? Must you deteriorate? What diet is right for you? How can you make that diet work? What medications are safe?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Technion Books 2016
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Summary: Contending that heart disease is not caused by cholesterol and saturated fat, presents a statin-free plan for preventing and managing heart disease that focuses on reducing sugar, inflammation, stress, and processed foods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fair Winds Press 2012