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x, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"This book has already offered tremendous help to more than 100,000 readers struggling with out-of-control eating. Christopher G. Fairburn presents a scientifically based blueprint for breaking free of unhealthy eating patterns and finding new ways to deal with the emotional triggers that lead to binges. Packed with step-by-step instructions and straight-talking advice (for example, strict dieting does more harm than good), the book cuts through the...
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xi, 170 pages ; 24 cm
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Readers will learn how to become aware of the difference between eating in a healthy way and eating emotionally - neither to satisfy hunger, nor for enjoyment, but in a desperate attempt to distract oneself from painful thoughts and feelings. Diets don't work for people who eat through their emotions. Instead, learning to recognize the stressors that lead to emotional eating and to address those tensions through other methods besides eating is the...
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Mika Brzezinski is at war against obesity. On Morning Joe, she is often so adamant about improving America's eating habits that some people have dubbed her "the food Nazi." What they don't know is that Mika wages a personal fight against unhealthy eating habits every day, and in this book she describes her history of food obsession and distorted body image, and her lifelong struggle to be thin. She believes it's time we all learned to stop...
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xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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A revised edition of a best-selling guide builds on the original work's theories about sugar sensitivities and how to overcome a range of health challenges by making alternative food choices, in a reference that draws on new scientific information while sharing reader success stories.
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227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Emotional eating is the number-one cause of obesity in the Western world. In a society that fails to meet our human needs, millions of people medicate themselves with second-best solutions -- drinking, drugs, shopping, and the Western drug of choice: eating. But Paul McKenna has cracked the code! "Just when I thought there was nothing more to learn about weight loss, I have discovered the most amazing breakthrough ever," says Dr. McKenna. "It's the...
7) Cuando la comida es mas que comida: un camino espiritual para perder peso y recuperar la autoestima
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189 pages ; 22 cm
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Español
8) Sugarless: a 7-step plan to uncover hidden sugars, curb your cravings, and conquer your addiction
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xxv, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Many people blame sugar cravings on lack of willpower rather than accept that sugar is highly addictive--even more so than cocaine, nicotine, and alcohol. The problem isn't just dessert, but the fact that sugar is everywhere. Approximately 80% of products in supermarkets contain sugar, so it's unsurprising that many people struggle to eliminate it from their diets. In Sugarless, Dr. Nicole Avena, a pioneering neuroscientist on food addiction, spells...
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391 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Al Roker's aha! moment came a decade ago. He was closing in on 350 pounds when he promised his dying father that he wasn't going to keep living as he was. That led to his decision for a stomach bypass - and his life-changing drop to 190. But fifty of those pounds gradually crept back until he finally devised a plan, stuck to it, and got his life back. In this inspiring, candid, and often hilarious story of self-discovery, Al Roker reveals a side of...
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viii, 323 pages ; 18 cm
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"People turn to food to cope with stress and sadness, enhance joy, and bring a sense of comfort. But over time, this kind of emotional overeating can cause weight gain, heart disease, diabetes, and a host of other health problems. In this...follow up to 50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food, renowned psychologist, eating expert...Susan Albers presents fifty more mindful and healthy activities that really work to help readers replace their need to...
11) Bite by bite
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2 audio discs (2 1/4 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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A step-by-step program to help you determine what you are truly hungry for, and create a healthier relationship with food, so you can give up diets permanently and accept yourself at any weight.
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xii, 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
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"A candid memoir by folk legend Judy Collins of her lifelong struggle with compulsive overeating and the spiritual solution that saved her. Since childhood, Judy Collins has been preoccupied, haunted, seduced, and taunted by food, a problem that nearly cost her her career and her life. For decades she thought her food issues were moral issues -- lack of self-will, lack of discipline -- and she worked hard at controlling what she thought of as her...
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325 pages ; 22 cm
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"Crippled with guilt after causing a horrific accident two years earlier, sixteen-year-old Bett's life is a series of pluses and minuses. But when the pluses become too much to outweigh the minuses, Bett is forced to confront her self-harming behavior"--
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303 pages ; 23 cm
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A muchas nos sonará esta historia: siento hambre y como, me doy un atracón y pienso que el atracón es "el problema". Comienzo la dieta y me frustro porque los kilos, tal como se fueron, vuelven. Me siento culpable por haber comido de más, odio mi cuerpo y mi autoestima queda por los suelos. Esta es la espiral en la que entran miles de mujeres en todo el mundo. Pero ¿de qué tenemos hambre? Sumati nos enseña a mirarnos con compasión y ternura,...
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xxviii, 274 pages ; 25 cm
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"Everyone knows how hard it can be to maintain a healthy diet. But what if some of the decisions we make about what to eat are beyond our control? Is it possible that processed food is addictive, like drugs or alcohol? Motivated by these questions, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss began searching for answers, to find the true peril in our food. In Hooked, Moss explores the science of addiction and uncovers what the scientific...
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291 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
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"From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it? No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years, become overweight, and end up with a high risk of diabetes or heart disease -- yet two thirds of Americans do precisely that. Even though we know better, we often eat...
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viii, 421 pages ; 25 cm
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The best-selling author of The Mood Cure exposes the particularly addictive qualities of today's combinations of processed carbs, explaining how to quickly reset the body's appetite-regulating neurotransmitters through strategic dietary approaches built on five key amino acid supplements that target food addiction.--
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