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Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
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 doctor-approved recipes that cut the sugar (by half or more!) without...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Suicide by Sugar begins with the story of Dr. Appleton's battle with her own sugar addiction. next, the authors examine all the frightening (and unknown) things that can go wrong with people consume too much sugar - from increased susceptibility to disease to imbalanced body chemistry. They go on to discuss the various ways scientists measure sugar's impact on blood glucose, and explain why these statistics cannot be solely relied on when choosing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The imminent arrival of spring has the locals gearing up for their sweetest celebration ever--the first annual Maple Madness Weekend. However one of blueberry farmer Candy Holliday's friends is accused of stealing sap from a rival's sugar maple trees, and landscaper Mick Rilke is found dead. As Candy taps into Mick's life, his unsavory side comes to light, as well as a possible connection to both crimes. Now it's up to Candy to follow the flow of...
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Delicious DASH diet meals in 30 minutes or fewer! The #1 diet in the United States, the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet is one of the healthiest ways to lose weight, lower blood pressure, and curb diabetes risk--all without the use of medications. Packed with flavorful, easy-to-make recipes, this cookbook shows you how to create dozens of DASH diet{u2013}approved meals in just 30 minutes. Featuring step-by-step instructions and...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Sara King has nothing, save for her secrets and the baby in her belly, as she boards the bus to Memphis, hoping to outrun her past in Chicago. She is welcomed with open arms by Mama Sugar, a kindly matriarch and owner of the popular boardinghouse The Scarlet Poplar. Like many cities in early 1960s America, Memphis is still segregated, but change is in the air. News spreads of the Freedom Riders. Across the country, people like Martin Luther King...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Emily Railsback and award-winning sommelier Jeremy Quinn provide intimate access to rural family life in the Republic of Georgia as they explore the rebirth of 8,000-year-old winemaking traditions almost lost during the period of Soviet rule.
88) Sugar Mountain
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
To avoid a debt to a local thug, two brothers plan to fake a disappearance on an Alaskan mountaintop. But as the sheriff becomes suspicious, the hoax turns real and a dangerous man is looking for blood.
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Severe memory loss and dementia are not inevitable parts of aging. Science now shows that you can make changes, no matter your age, to protect your brain. Join the authors as they guide you through a science-based tour of dementia, including how your brain works and how its function is affected by everything from blood circulation and blood pressure to sugar levels, medications, vision, and hearing"--
"Worried about memory loss and dementia risk?...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Writing with clear, persuasive language, Dr. Jason Fung explains the only way to treat type 2 diabetes effectively is proper dieting and intermittent fasting - not medication. Dr. Fung proposes a new, evidence-based way to break the cycle of high blood glucose and increased insulin resistance. Drawing from the latest in medical research, he outlines the impact of diet and lifestyle in type 2 diabetes and offers simple, easy-to-follow advice for preventing...
Author
Series
Lou Prophet westerns volume 10
Publisher
Berkley Pub Group
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Lou Prophet loves to keep beautiful women company. But when the invitation comes from Miss Louisa Bonaventure, the Vengeance Queen, he finds himself intimate with hot lead instead of her warm female form. Louisa's got him riding the brutal Mexican frontier chasing outlaws led by Tony Lazzaro, a notorious thief whose deadly weapon, Sugar Delphi, is a blind and blood-hungry pistolera. While Lou and Louisa hunt for Lazzaro, they've got two gangs hot...
95) Mulled murder
Author
Series
Pennyfoot Hotel mysteries volume 21
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"This holiday season at the Pennyfoot, the head count is down-but the body count is up. With one of her housemaids leaving to get married, Cecily Sinclair Baxter wants nothing more for Christmas than some good help. Instead of visions of sugar plums, she's calling the plumber to deal with flooded bathrooms. Then there's the surly new janitor, who acts like he got coal in his stocking. But as Cecily scrambles to hire and train new staff in time for...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For the last fifty years, we have been fighting a losing war on food. We have cut fat, reduced carbs, eliminated sugar, and attempted every conceivable diet only to find that eighty-eight million American adults are prediabetic, more than a hundred million have high blood pressure, and nearly half now qualify as obese. The harder we try to control what we eat, the more unhealthy we become. Why? Mark Schatzker has spent his career traveling the world...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A cozy collection of heirloom-quality recipes for pies, cakes, tarts, ice cream, preserves, and other sweet treats that cherishes the fruit of every season. In this visually stunning collection of flavor-forward recipes, summer's wild raspberries become Raspberry Pink Peppercorn Sorbet, ruby red rhubarb is roasted to adorn a pavlova, juicy apricots and berries are baked into galettes with saffron sugar, and winter's bright citrus shine in Blood Orange...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Some of the most famous instances of fictional fare have become synonymous with the holidays. Who can forget the plentiful food surrounding the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol? The simple but generous and joy-filled Christmas gatherings at the Marchs' in Little Women? Or the Van Tassel's autumnal feast in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? Finally, these literary meals can become a reality on your table with A Literary Holiday Feast. From...
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