Títulos em Preparo Físico, Dieta e Nutrição

Dietary science is on the move. For decades, people were wrongly focused on reducing fat and calories, whereas we now know that the real trouble-makers are the foods that deregulate our blood sugar levels. In writing both clear and empathetic, biochemist Jessie Inchauspé explains why blood sugar spikes are so bad for us and how to flatten those spikes to transform our health.

Michael Pollan investiga também os motivos de a maioria dos alimentos da dieta ocidental ser comercializada com destaque de seus benefícios à saúde. Hoje os comestíveis anunciam “vitaminas”, “baixo teor de gordura” ou “enriquecimento” com ômega-3 ferro, magnésio, soja ou uma série de substâncias pretensamente saudáveis, que variam conforme campanhas de marketing fundamentadas em diretrizes econômicas e/ou governamentais. Em defesa da comida ressalta que esse deve ser o primeiro sinal de alerta.

Por anos sobrestimamos o poder do corpo humano de restaurar a nossa saúde. O médico pioneiro Dr. William Li tem mostrado os estudos que comprovam como mais de duzentas comidas são capazes de reduzir o risco de demência, retardar o crescimento do câncer e vencer outras tantas doenças. E o melhor: o foco deste livro não é sobre as comidas para evitar, mas servir como um guia inovador sobre os alimentos que devem ser consumidos para melhorar a saúde, como ameixas, canela, chá de jasmim, vinho tinto e cerveja, tomates italianos, azeite de oliva, ostras, queijos, pão de fermentação natural e café.

Every month seems to bring a trendy new diet or a new fad to try in order to lose weight - but these diets clearly aren’t making us any happier or healthier. As obesity rates and associated disease and impairments continue to rise, it’s time for a different approach. How Not to Diet is a treasure trove of buried data and cutting-edge dietary research that Dr Michael Greger has translated into accessible, actionable advice with exciting tools and tricks that will help you to safely lose weight and eliminate unwanted body fat - for good.

If you want to get bigger, leaner, and stronger without steroids, good genetics, extreme dieting, or wasting ridiculous amounts of time in the gym...you want to listen to this book. Because here’s the deal: Building lean muscle and burning stubborn fat isn't nearly as complicated you’ve been led to believe. This book is the shortcut.

Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her hormonal transition and beyond, as well as the tools to help her take charge of her health at this pivotal life stage—by the bestselling author of The Galveston Diet.

Starting Strength has been called the best and most useful of fitness books. The updated third edition expands and improves on the previous teaching methods and biomechanical analysis. No other book on barbell training ever written provides the detailed instruction on every aspect of the basic barbell exercises. Many people all over the world have used the simple biological principle of stress/recovery/adaptation on which this method is based to improve their performance, their appearance, and their long-term health.

In this book, Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D., shares the groundbreaking weight-loss solution based on her highly acclaimed Bright Line Eating Boot Camps. Rooted in cutting-edge neuroscience, psychology, and biology, Bright Line Eating explains why people who are desperate to lose weight fail again and again: It’s because the brain blocks weight loss.

The chakras can be thought of as the sense organs of the ethereal body, and this audio represents a fascinating introduction to each chakra and its role in our lives and relationships. The discussion draws on Western scientific discoveries and psychology to explain the chakras system and its effects on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of our lives.

How would it feel to have the body you've always wanted, a huge boost in energy, and the mindset to keep it forever? Have you ever felt frustrated about not getting the results you want? Do you feel you are eating the right foods and doing the correct workouts but your body still isn't changing as quickly as you want? Are you grinding through your workday with low energy levels, praying for the next day off so you can sleep in?

Best-selling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers - athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs, and more - who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us. What does it take to accomplish the impossible? What does it take to shatter our limitations, exceed our expectations, and turn our biggest dreams into our most recent achievements?

In this highly listenable and provocative book, Dr. Jason Fung sets out an original, robust theory of obesity that provides startling insights into proper nutrition. In addition to his five basic steps - a set of lifelong habits that will improve your health and control your insulin levels - Dr. Fung explains how to use intermittent fasting to break the cycle of insulin resistance and reach a healthy weight - for good.

Practical Programming for Strength Training - 3rd Edition addresses the topic of training. It details the mechanics of the process, from the basic physiology of adaptation to the specific programs that apply these principles to novice, intermediate, and advanced lifters. The most comprehensive audiobook on the theory and practice of programming for strength training.

Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner Christopher McDougall sets out to discover their secrets. In the process, he takes his readers from science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultra-runners are pushing their bodies to the limit.

Muito além de um simples regime de perda de peso, a dieta Mindfulness é um plano que visa alcançar o bem-estar por meio da alimentação. Emagrecer não é um mero objetivo, mas a consequência natural de um processo de reeducação alimentar que se dá a partir da conexão com os sentidos, pois é através da atenção plena que o seu metabolismo atingirá o equilíbrio perfeito.

Reverta! é o primeiro programa cientificamente comprovado que ajuda a reverter doenças crônicas, assim como prevenir, tratar e reduzir os sintomas de doenças como: câncer, hipertensão arterial, diabetes, obesidade, depressão, ansiedade, demências, doenças autoimunes, doenças cardíacas e até mesmo retardar o processo de envelhecimento das células, aumentar a longevidade e otimizar as quatro áreas mais importantes para a sua qualidade de vida: alimentação, vida sentimental, gerenciamento de estresse e prática de atividades físicas.

Since the introduction of dietary guidelines calling for reduced fat intake in the 1970s, a strange phenomenon has occurred: Americans have steadily, inexorably become heavier, less healthy, and more prone to diabetes than ever before. After putting more than two thousand of his at-risk patients on a wheat-free regimen and seeing extraordinary results, cardiologist William Davis has come to the disturbing conclusion that it is not fat, not sugar, not our sedentary lifestyle that is causing America’s obesity epidemic—it is wheat.

Beyond Training is for men and women who have made it out of couch potato mode and are ready to take things to the next level, whether that means shedding those last few extra pounds, finishing a 5K, or even crossing the finish line of an Ironman triathlon. Everyone from the casual exerciser to the weightlifter, CrossFitter, obstacle racer, marathoner, mountaineer, triathlete, swimmer, cyclist, runner, and biohacker will glean tons of knowledge and life-changing advice from this book.

Pollan elegeu os princípios básicos que devem nortear a dieta equilibrada e dividiu as regras da alimentação saudável em três categorias.

Ao contrário do que ouvimos quase 24 horas por dia, uma relação saudável com a comida não se constrói com “foco, força e fé” e não tem nada a ver com comer pouco e malhar muito. Isso porque nossa saúde e nosso bem-estar vão muito além do nosso peso corporal e envolvem o equilíbrio de todos os aspectos da vida. Em Os 7 pilares da saúde alimentar, Sophie Deram trazendo as reflexões e as ferramentas necessárias para você mudar seus hábitos e fazer as pazes com o peso, o corpo e a comida de uma vez por todas.