You can move along folks. There’s nothing new to see here! Two Meals a Day tries to combine the currently fashionable intermittent fasting with a grain-less, processed sugar-free, and no seed oil diet. It also throws in aerobic exercise, journalizing, Marie Kondozing, and orange light only before bedtime. If youContinue Reading
The Power Plate Diet has four rules: No super-starchy carbs after 4 p.m. Cut back on added sugar Cut back on sodium Cut back on alcohol In addition, what goes on your plate varies based on meal. For breakfast, it’s a third each of proteins, carbs, and fruits/non-starchy vegetables. ForContinue Reading
Tired of being on diets only to gain all the weight back (plus more)? The Mediterranean diet is more like a lifestyle. Once you commit to it, you won’t want to stop eating its delicious food. The author of The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Beginners knows of what she speaksContinue Reading
It’s never too early to think about your New Year’s resolutions! If you have, like me, avoided intermittent fasting as a diet method because of long days at the office with extreme commute times, fasting is the perfect way to benefit from working from home (wfh). The Intermittent Fasting DietContinue Reading
Keto or cutting down on carbs or gluten? Craving a sweet blueberry muffin, a savory pepperoni pizza or lasagna but not the carbs they typically have? Then, the Sweet and Savory Keto Chaffles cookbook is for you. These are not your grandma’s waffles. They emulate many of the flavors missingContinue Reading
Mind over Weight looks at how important motivation is to achieving weight loss. However, most of the ideas will be familiar to Psychology 101 alumni or anyone who has read a few other diet books. For example, SMART goals, intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivators, and meditation as a stress-reliever are fairlyContinue Reading
To be vegan isn’t easy. To make it also keto (high-fat and low-carb) is an additional challenge. The Vegan Ketogenic Diet Cookbook surpasses this hurdle with 75 recipes and many helpful tips for new dieters. The book begins with the following benefits of being on a vegan keto diet: IncreasedContinue Reading
Being a vegan should be healthier in general. But when you add in whole foods, you can lose weight and attain several other health benefits. Once you begin Whole Food Vegan Baking, you won’t want to return to that McDonald’s apple pie ever again (even though it is surprisingly “vegan-friendly”).Continue Reading
So you have been trying to fulfill your New Year’s Day resolution to lose weight. But it is not working. Or not working fast enough. If you are ready to try the nuclear option, read Intermittent Fasting for Women (because you don’t really have to be a woman to useContinue Reading
Everyone over forty wants to feel better—not older. Well, The Vail Method is a comprehensive program to do just that! Here are the four core aspects of the program: Eat a plant-based diet Do aerobic exercise to reach a custom heart rate goal Get enough sleep Practice mindfulness Most booksContinue Reading
Chloe Hilliard is a female comedienne who has had it with diets. In fact, F*ck Your Diet. This is a humorous book describing the author’s journey from fried Southern food to veganism (mostly). Beginning as a young child, Chloe was thick. Chocolate was her first word. She had a “torridContinue Reading
Hmmm, Holistic Keto for Gut Health prescribes a keto-like diet for those with gut issues. It sounds much harder to follow than a regular Keto diet since all dairy, eggs and soy are no-no’s as well as most carbs. However, the book does allow a few limited carbs like potatoesContinue Reading
It’s almost time for a new year and a new decade! It is also time for me to try once again to lose some weight in the new year. The Fast800 Diet is an unpdate of the author’s previous two books—The FastDiet and The Eight-Week Blood Sugar Diet. In theContinue Reading
Do you know the feeling you get when you pick up a new cookbook and realize it will be your new go-to cookbook? The ingredients are the food you already love and always have on hand? The recipes teach innovative ways to combine the ingredients for completely new flavor experiences?Continue Reading
“The majority of North Americans eat too much processed food, don’t sleep enough, drink too much, and are overweight.” Why? Because Healthy Habits Suck! Healthy behavior goes against our caveman instincts to rest, avoid pain, seek pleasure, and live in the now. To override those instincts, you must find moreContinue Reading
Hangry is an empowering read letting woman get back their mojo by using a personalized diet and exercise plan. No one wants to be an Hangry B*tch. This book will describe why woman feel tired all the time, have sleep issues, and feel overwhelmed. Spoiler partial answer: we are overwhelmedContinue Reading