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Cookbooks
New in Cookbooks Candle 79 Cookbook: Modern Vegan Classics from New York’s Premier Sustainable Restaurant $30.00 |
A Guide to Healthy Weight Loss
A Guide to Healthy Weight Loss: Three weeks on a low-fat vegan diet gets you on the road to your healthy weight goal Of the many ways to lose weight, one stands out as by far the most healthful. When you build your meals from a generous array of vegeta |
Growing a Three Sisters Garden
A Three Sisters garden is fun to grow and educational for both children and adults. A 10-by-10-foot garden is a perfect size. You can use a smaller plot, but your yield will be less robust. Corn is a social plant; it needs at least a small group in order to pollinate.* Choose a spot that has full direct |
Growing a Three Sisters Garden
A Three Sisters garden is fun to grow and educational for both children and adults. A 10-by-10-foot garden is a perfect size. You can use a smaller plot, but your yield will be less robust. Corn is a social plant; it needs at least a small group in order to pollinate.* Choose a spot that has full direct sun |
The Best and Worst Cookbooks of the Decade
A Report from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine January 2010 As record obesity rates underscore the need for Americans to adopt more healthful eating patterns, many cookbooks encourage readers to follow exactly the opposite trajectory—with high-fat, meat-heavy meals. Dietitians from the Physi |
Frequently Asked Questions About Chemical Regulation
Frequently Asked Questions About Chemical Regulation What is toxicity testing? What are some concerns with the use of animals in toxicity testing? What is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)? Is TSCA in need of modernization? How can chemical regulatory legislation be more effective? What is the Saf |
Frequently Asked Questions About Nutrition
Frequently Asked Questions About Nutrition 1. Do you recommend a vegetarian or a vegan diet? 2. I want to try a vegan diet. How should I start? 3. Is it healthy for children to be on a vegan diet? 4. How do I get protein on a vegan diet? Do I need to combine proteins? 5. How do I get enough calcium on a vegan diet |
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The Vegan Diet How-To Guide for Diabetes
Meal Suggestions BREAKFAST— Often breakfast can be similar to the one you are accustomed to with a few simple modifications. Hot cereals: oatmeal with cinnamon, raisins, and/or applesauce All-Bran or muesli with nonfat soy or rice milk and/or berries, peach, or banana |
Sublime Vegan Cookbooks Top PCRM’s Best Cookbooks List
Vegan cookbooks The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone and The Conscious Cook by Tal Ronnen were recent New York Times best-sellers. Like Nanci Alexander’s The Sublime Restaurant Cookbook and others that topped PCRM’s best cookbooks list, the popularity of these books shows that Americans want to improve the |
The Five Most Unhealthful School Lunches
The Five Most Unhealthful School Lunches A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Spring 2010 Introduction Because American children consume more than 7 billion school meals every year, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) evaluates meals served in the Nation |
Foods and Breast Cancer Survival
Healthful diets not only help prevent cancer; they also improve survival when cancer has been diagnosed. In the last issue of Good Medicine, we looked at how foods affect survival in prostate cancer. In this issue, we look at breast cancer. The first clues that foods might affect the course of breast cancer came fr |
The Five Worst Cookbooks of 2011
A report from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine December 2011 Some popular cookbooks of 2011, including high-profile recipe collections from celebrity chefs, encourage Americans to fill up on high-fat, meat-heavy meals, even as the country struggles with record levels of obesity and diabetes. Dietitia |
Diet and Diabetes: Recipes for Success
Diet and Diabetes: Recipes for Success Diabetes Basics Glucose, a simple sugar, is the body’s main fuel. It is present in the bloodstream, but in people with diabetes it cannot get into the cells where it is needed. In type 1 diabetes (which was once referred to as childhood-onset diabetes), the pro |
Vegetarian Diets for Correctional Facilities
Vegetarian Diets for Correctional Facilities Many people choose vegetarian diets for reasons of health, ethics, environmental concerns, or others. The American Dietetic Association states that vegetarian and vegan diets have health benefits and are nutritious when appropriately planned. Luckily, planning is easy, |
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