A Diet For All Seasons

Have you ever wondered why some meals make you feel energized and alert, while others have the opposite effect? Maybe you've noticed that certain people thrive on eating lots of meat and fat, while others do best on a low-fat vegetarian diet. Cutting-edge scientific studies show that people burn different amounts of protein, carbohydrates, and fat. The Four Seasons Diet will teach you the right way to eat for your season-type. Winter season-type: The classic "meat eater." Burns large amounts of fat, both at rest and during exercise. Thrives on a high-protein, higher-fat, lower-carb diet. Suffers from hypoglycemia if too many carbs are eaten. Tends to get fat from overeating carbs. Autumn season-type: Similar to the Winter season-type but burns less fat and more carbs for energy. Summer season-type: The classic "vegetarian." Burns large amounts of carbs, both at rest and during exercise. Thrives on a high-carb, low-fat, lower-protein diet. Suffers from low energy if too much fat is eaten. Tends to get fat from overeating fats. Spring season-type: Similar to the Summer season-type but burns more fat and fewer carbs for energy. When you eat protein, fat, and carbs in the same ratio that your body burns for energy, amazing things can happen! You will: Be less hungry as you decrease your "hunger hormones" and boost your "feel-full hormones." Feel more energetic when you feed your body the fuel it prefers. Have greater mental clarity as your blood sugar stabilizes. Lose weight effortlessly when you eat foods you "burn," rather than foods you "store." Steven Capeder is an advocate for natural harmonious living, which includes being at peace with your body by eating natural foods that are most compatible with your unique constitution. Citing more than 400 medical studies and examining the latest research about fat-burning muscles vs. sugar-burning muscles, Steven has unraveled many of the mysteries behind ancient Ayurvedic medicine and the theories of Dr. George Watson. In the process, he created four unique diets, one of which is ideal for your body type.

Fitness and diet expert John Douillard helps you restore balance to your daily life with The 3-Season Diet Derived from a 5,000-year-old traditional medical system, the 3-season diet does what no other diet will: work along with the body's natural response to the changing seasons to feed the body what it craves and can best utilize at all times. In winter, for instance, we crave soups, nuts, warm grains, and other high-fat and protein foods such as fish and meat. In spring we want salads, berries, and leafy greens: a naturally low-fat diet. And in summer, when long days and outdoor activities require high energy, we desire fruits, vegetables, starches, and other high-carbohydrate foods. By following The 3-Season Diet's simple instructions for eating foods appropriate to each season, adjusting your diet to your body type, eating at the optimal time of the day, and exercising without triggering a survival response, The 3-Season Diet will become an easily sustainable way of life that lets you look and feel better than you've ever imagined.

For the legions of fans who asked for seconds after devouring French Women Don’t Get Fat, a charming and practical guide to adding some joie to your vie and to your table, every day of the year. By letter, by email and in person, readers of Mireille Guiliano’s phenomenal bestseller French Women Don’t Get Fat have inundated her with requests for more advice. Her answer: this buoyant new book, brimming with tips and tricks for living with the utmost pleasure and style, without gaining weight. More than a theory or ideal, the French woman’s way is an all-encompassing program that can be practised anytime, anywhere. Here are four full seasons of strategies for shopping, cooking and moving throughout the year. Whether your aim is finding two scoopfuls of pleasure in one of crème brûlée, or entertaining beautifully when time is short and expectations are high, the answers are here. And here too are 100 new simple and appetizing recipes that feature French staples such as leeks and chocolate and many more unexpected treats besides, guaranteeing that boredom will never be a guest at your table. Woven through this year of living comme les françaises are more of Mireille’s delectable stories about living in Paris and New York and travelling just about everywhere else – in the voice that has already beguiled a million honorary French women. Lest anyone still wonder: here is a new compendium of reasons – both traditional and modern – why French women don’t get fat.

"In Macrobiotics for All Seasons, the unique and modern approach to macrobiotic eating--which explores the philosophy of the five elements and Chinese medicine and explains the health benefits of eating a diet that changes with the seasons--is shared"-- Provided by publisher.

According to the latest trends, cooking is enjoying a resurgence of family-oriented, home-cooked meals using fresh, whole foods. In A COOKBOOK FOR ALL SEASONS, Dr. Elson Haas offers guidelines for maintaining healthy and Nutritious eating habits in today's world of processed, instant food. Featuring sections on food combining and rotation, seasonal menu planning and recipes, and individual nutritional needs, this unique kitchen companion is structured around the seasons to take advantage of ingredients at the peak of both flavor and nutrients. Includes a nutritional analysis of each seasonal diet.

Nature's cycles affect not only the external climate, but also our internal health and mental well-being. With this as its primary tenet, STAYING HEALTHY WITH THE SEASONS revolutionized the fields of preventive and integrated medicine when it was first published in 1981, and introduced a seasonal approach to nutrition, disease prevention, and mind-and-body fitness. A leading practitioner of the season-based lifestyle theory, Dr. Elson Haas provides simple, logical advice for achieving glowing good health: Bring the mind and body into balance with the earth, and consume a diet that emphasizes in-season, chemical-free foods. Joining Western and Eastern medicines with seasonal nutrition, herbology, and exercise practices, this timeless classic, revised for the 21st century, provides the keys to staying healthy from spring right on through winter. • A landmark text in mind/body health and seasonal nutrition, revised for the new millennium, with a new introduction, updated resources, and extended appendices. • Makes seasonal recommendations for detoxification, diet, and exercise programs. • Previous edition has sold over 125,000 copies.

Ramsay, a rugby player turned U.K. superchef, has done a rare thing: he's created a chef's cookbook of impeccable yet unfussy food that's truly approachable.