Patrick Holford Books

A must-read book by renowned nutritionist Patrick Holford.

We can all prevent disease and fight infection using a simple yet powerful medicine - food. Understanding nutrition and correctly supplementing your diet is the key to boosting your immune system. Today, our immune systems also face a growing number of enemies, such as stress, pollution, pesticides and food additives. In BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, experts Jennifer Meek and Patrick Holford show you how to meet all these challenges in order to beat infections naturally, win the war against colds and flu, decrease your allergic potential, protect yourself against cancer, supplement for immune strength and much more. Easy to follow and practical, this book will help you stay free from disease, feel great and perform better.

This practical book is designed to help women achieve optimum nutrition before and during pregnancy. Patrick Holford and Susannah Lawson provide sound guidance on the right pre-conception diet, what to eat and which supplements to take if you have experienced difficulties conceiving, and the perfect diet for optimal nourishment during pregnancy. Fiona McDonald Joyce draws on this nutritional advice to provide over 80 easy-to-prepare, delicious recipes that include everything from breakfasts and snacks to easy mid-week meals and healthy desserts. And of course, all of them are safe to eat and will positively nourish your body during one of the most important times of your life - and that of your baby. Many of the dishes are illustrated with full-colour photographs and this, combined with a wealth of practical guidance, makes this an invaluable guide for all mothers to be.

Your homocysteine level is the single most important statistic you need to know in order to determine how healthy you are and how long you will live. Your 'H level' is now widely understood to be a greater risk factor for heart disease than cholesterol. Homocysteine expert Dr James Braly has shown that a high homocysteine score is a major risk factor for cancer, arthritis and even obesity. In this accessible book Dr Braly and leading nutritionist Patrick Holford show you how to assess your H level and suggest 10 remarkably simple changes to your diet and your lifestyle that will lower your score and dramatically cut your risk of ever having cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and many more serious ailments. Learn how to: test your homocysteine levels; reduce your risk of disease; slow down the ageing process; improve your health; and radically increase your life expectancy.

Drawing on scientific studies of children with problems ranging from short attention spans to aggressive behavior, nutrition authorities Patrick Holford and Deborah Colson explain the physiological ways certain nutrients affect the way kids think and act. Parents will learn how to prepare brain-boosting breakfasts, blood sugarbalanced snacks, amino acidrich lunches, and smart-fat dinners that will help get their children off to the best start in life physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Contrary to popular belief, healthy food does not need to be boring. In this invaluable cookbook, Patrick Holford, bestselling author of The Optimum Nutrition Bible, has teamed up with top cookery writer Judy Ridgway to create sumptuous and imaginative recipes using the ultimate in healthy superfoods. In THE OPTIMUM NUTRITION COOKBOOK, what tastes good does you good! Beautifully designed with over 35 pages of outstanding colour photographs, THE OPTIMUM NUTRITION COOKBOOK contains over 200 recipes and menu ideas. From exotic feasts to fantastic fast food, and from hearty winter warmers to delicious desserts, these dishes are designed to appeal to everyone. The recipes are specially coded so you can easily eat the perfect balance of proteins, carbohydrates, essential fats, vitamins and minerals each day. You will also find general guidance on eating a healthy diet, including how to balance your diet, which fats are vital to good health, how to boost your immune system and eating for a healthy heart.

Alternate fats and carbs to boost ketosis, lose weight and improve health in just five days.

Food allergies and intolerances are on the increase. They are frequently the cause of many common health problems that simply won't go away. But there are things we can do to deal with food allergies and intolerances. This book will help if you feel you may be intolerant to a food, find it impossible to lose weight or simply have a range of minor symptoms your doctor can't treat. Hidden Food Allergies identifies the most common allergens, helps you to diagnose and allergy, and contains a full action plan to guide you through getting tested, elimination diets, lifestyle and dietary changes. You will discover: All about allergies, and how they are different to food intolerance; Possible causes; The latest breakthroughs in allergy testing; How to follow elimination diets and reintroduce foods safely; How to guard against, treat and reverse food intolerance.

Optimum nutrition means giving yourself the best possible intake of nutrients to allow your body to be as healthy as it possibly can. This guide shows how to achieve this, and also: what a well-balanced diet really means; how to boost your immune system; how to increase your energy and fitness levels; how to prevent cancer and turn back the ageing clock; how to avoid heart disease and lower your blood pressure without drugs; why the wrong fats can kill and the right fats can heal; and how to increase your IQ, memory and mental performance. Answer the questionnaires in the book to discover exactly which nutrients you need to supplement, then follow the step-by-step plan to create your own personal supplement programme.

Learn how to boost your IQ, improve your mood and emotional stabililty, sharpen your memory, and keep your mind young.

Your H (homocysteine) level is the single most important statistic you need to know in order to determine how healthy you are and how long you will live. Your H level is now widely understood to be a greater risk factor for heart disease than cholesterol. Homocysteine expert Dr James Braly has shown that a high H score is a major risk factor for cancer, arthritis and even obesity. In this accessible book Dr Braly and leading nutritionist Patrick Holford show you how to assess your H level and suggest 10 remarkably simple changes to your diet and your lifestyle that will lower your score and dramatically cut your risk of ever having cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and many more serious ailments. Learn how to: test your homocysteine levels; reduce your risk of disease; slow down the ageing process; improve your health; radically increase your life expectancy

The definitive guide to what children should and shouldn't be eating and which supplements children need at different ages.

TWO SIMPLE RULES 1. Eat no more than 40 GLs a day 2. Eat protein with carbohydate ONE SIMPLE DIET The Holford Low GL Diet At its heart, one controlling principle: If you lose blood sugar control, you gain weight and feel hungry and tired. If you gain blood sugar control, you lose weight and feel happy and full of energy. THE BOTTOM LINE When you balance your blood sugar, you'll lose weight fast. With The Holford Low GL Diet you will beat your cravings! You'll enjoy delicious meals, choosing from a wide variety of energy-boosting foods and simple menu plans. The diet is safe and easy to follow, and includes a nutritional supplementation plan to increase your energy and decrease your appetite.Tried and tested by the Institute for Optimum Nutrition, The Holford Low GL Diet is based on the latest medical and nutritional research, made totally accessible. Discover how easy it is to reprogram your body to burn your fat away.

From Rodney King and “driving while black” to claims of targeting of undocumented Latino immigrants, relationships surrounding race, ethnicity, and the police have faced great challenge. Race, Ethnicity, and Policing includes both classic pieces and original essays that provide the reader with a comprehensive, even-handed sense of the theoretical underpinnings, methodological challenges, and existing research necessary to understand the problems associated with racial and ethnic profiling and police bias. This path-breaking volume affords a holistic approach to the topic, guiding readers through the complexity of these issues, making clear the ecological and political contexts that surround them, and laying the groundwork for future discussions. The seminal and forward-thinking twenty-two essays clearly illustrate that equitable treatment of citizens across racial and ethnic groups by police is one of the most critical components of a successful democracy, and that it is only when agents of social control are viewed as efficient, effective, and legitimate that citizens will comply with the laws that govern their society. The book includes an introduction by Robin S. Engel and contributions from leading scholars including Jeffrey A. Fagan, James J. Fyfe, Bernard E. Harcourt, Delores Jones-Brown, Ramiro Martínez, Jr., Karen F. Parker, Alex R. Piquero, Tom R. Tyler, Jerome H. Skolnick, Ronald Weitzer, and many others.

A much expanded and updated edition that reflects the latest information on the connection between cancer and diet/lifestyle - and what you can do to reduce your risk of the disease

We know that a plant-based, vegan diet is healthy. But how easy is it to incorporate it into our lifestyle? Are there any other steps that need to be taken to ensure our body is getting the nutrients it needs? In Optimum Nutrition for Vegans, Patrick Holford, bestselling author of over 25 health books, shows you how to achieve optimum nutrition while following a vegan diet. This book features 100 delicious, easy recipes that will nourish your body and your brain. Patrick will also show you how to ensure you are getting enough protein and brain fats, control your sugar and energy, and other other steps that need to be taken for overall health for vegans. Whether you already follow a plant-based lifestyle or you simply want to incorporate more meat, dairy and egg-free meals into your week, Optimum Nutrition for Vegans will be your guide for overall health.

Learn how eating the right diet and correctly supplementing your diet can eliminate your chances of a heart attack, lower your blood pressure without drugs, reverse artery disease, maximise recovery after a stroke or heart attack, and add twenty years to your healthy lifespan.

World-renowned psychologist and nutritionist Patrick Holford has teamed up with prominent psychiatrist Dr Hyla Cass, expert in nutrition and mental health. Together they reveal ways to improve the quality of your life and help you feel on top of the world without resorting to artificial substances. You'll learn how to increase your energy naturally, sharpen your mind, improve your mood, relax and beat stress, and feel connected - through herbs, nutritional supplements and simple lifestyle changes.

Do you know the ten habits that could help you thrive - not just survive - in the 21st century? In order to discover what those secrets are, Patrick Holford and his team have carried out Britain's biggest-ever health and diet survey, the 100% health survey, which has now been completed by over 55,000 people. This book is a distillation of the fascinating insights provided by the survey's top scorers and the author's 30 years of experience studying good health and how to achieve it. It shows readers how to discover where they are on the scale of 100% health and provides a new system of good health that is easy to follow and easily measurable - one that will enable people to transform their health and wellbeing, whether they are relatively fit and healthy or struggling with various health issues. This highly informative and practical book covers ten areas crucial to a healthy - and happy - life, including the key to gaining energy and losing weight, how to slow down the ageing process, keeping your body and mind well oiled, sharpening your mind and improving your mood, keeping fit and supple, and finding your purpose in life.

FOOD IS BETTER MEDICINE THAN DRUGS is an important and potentially controversial book from top nutritionist Patrick Holford and leading health journalist Jerome Burne. Brilliantly researched and based on solid scientific trials and illuminating case histories, Food is Better Medicine than Drugs will revolutionise the way you think about your health and put you back in charge. The authors reveal how modern medicine has become distorted and is now, for reasons largely to do with profit and power, heavily dependent on prescription drugs. They look at common health problems (pain/arthritis, heart, depression, diabetes, memory, hormones, digestion, breathing, infections etc) and compare the effectiveness of nutrition-based approaches with today's potentially harmful commonly used medicines.

This is the perfect companion to Patrick Holford's bestselling LOW-GL DIET BIBLE. In THE LOW-GL DIET BIBLE, Patrick Holford revealed his brilliant weightloss diet. He explained how the simple principle of eating no more than 40 GLs a day can help you to lose weight, control your blood sugar and stop cravings. To maintain your weight, he recommends a total daily intake of no more than 60 GLs per day. The LOW-GL DIET COUNTER is the perfect tool to help you achieve whichever of these goals is appropriate to you. It contains a comprehensive list of foods, complete with recommended serving sizes and GL count, protein and fat content. Its easy-to-follow format provides an instant guide to which foods are good, OK and bad according to medically approved low-GL principles. Foods are divided into sections covering breakfast, snacks, main meals and restaurant meals, and each section specifies your daily GL goal - e.g. a maximum daily intake of 5 GLs for snacks and 10 GL for main meals, as well as an extra 5 GLs for drinks and puddings.

Do you often feel exhausted and negative? Do you spend your days feeling tired and wired? Your nights unable to fall asleep easily, or without a drink? Do you wake up anxious and stressed and in need a coffee to get going? Do you forget what you were doing, forget people's names and where you put things? Is your mental acuity and memory slipping? Are you concerned about your memory or mental we[Bokinfo].

Aimed at helping the reader to design a personal supplement programme that gives optimum nutrition. There is also a Nutrient Fact File that lists every nutrient known and and A-Z of nutritional healing, covering common ailments like allergies, fatigue, headaches and ulcers.

Elevated homocysteine is linked to over 100 medical conditions, such as heart disease and Alzheimer's. The authors explore the various factors that lead to increased levels of homocysteine, provide guidance on detection methods, and offer effective strategies to significantly reduce it. This informative guide aims to empower readers with knowledge about this critical health risk and its management.

You are not what you eat - you are what you can digest. This fascinating book outlines why good digestion is vital to your overall health and how you can go about improving your digestive system - and keep it in good shape.In IMPROVE YOUR DIGESTION you will learn how to prevent indigestion, heartburn and ulcers; prevent bloating and constipation; heal irritable bowel syndrome Crohn's disease and colitis; and conquer food allergies. Whether or not you are currently suffering from any of these ailments, the chances are you could tune up your digestion and reap the rewards in terms of extra health and energy. This book is designed to help everyone do just that.

Major New Title From Patrick Holford; The Only way to lose weight and keep it off permanently, Patrick Holford's New Fatburner Diet is a diet for life...it is safe, simple to follow, you'll never go hungry, and it's full of delicious, nutritious everyday food that genuinely does you good. The New Fatburner Diet is based on the latest medical and nutritional research, made totally accessible. Patrick Holford explains that your body is programmed to turn food into fat instead of energy - and reveals how certain foods will reprogramme your body to burn the fat away. It's that easy! In addition, your energy levels will immediately increase, and you'll feel great! Patrick Holford's New Fatburner Diet includes: Full weight-loss diet and exercise plan; Dozens of luscious recipes and snack suggestions; The latest scientific and nutritional research; Hints, tips, and motivating case studies

"100% Health" is a survival guide for the 21st century.It argues that all the major diseases of the 20th century are the consequences of mankind not adapting to the incredible changes that have occurred to our diet, environment and lifestyle. That's the bad news. The good news is that we can adapt and in so doing avoid illness and achieve 100% health. Patrick Holford explains the practical ways that simple changes to your diet and lifestyle can lead you to a whole new level of health.Find out how tofight infections without antibiotics; conquer depression without drugs; balance hormones without HRT; stay free from cancer, heart disease, diabetes, infertility, chronic fatigue, arthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, and mental illness; and live to 120healthily "

The ideal nutritional plan for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby

Optimum nutrition is a revolution in health care. It means giving yourself the best possible intake of nutrients to allow your body to be as healthy as it possibly can. In the bestselling NEW OPTIMUM NUTRITION BIBLE Patrick Holford revealed precisely how to achieve optimum nutrition. In OPTIMUM NUTRITION MADE EASY, Patrick Holford explains the basics of optimum nutrition, including what to eat, what to avoid, information on supplements and superfoods, useful questionnaires, advice on meal planning, and delicious recipes. With an A-Z of common ailments and their optimum nutrition remedies, and a comprehensive nutrition fact file, OPTIMUM NUTRTION MADE EASY will help you determine what your body is telling you and develop a personalised nutrition programme.

Psychologička na veľkom zhromaždení vysvetľuje, ako zvládať stres. Zdvihne pohár vody a namiesto otázky o jeho obsahu sa pýta: "Aký ťažký je?" Potom vysvetľuje, že hmotnosť pohára nezávisí od jeho obsahu, ale od času, počas ktorého ho držíme. Ak ho držíme len minútu, je to v poriadku, no ak hodinu alebo celý deň, ruka nás začne bolieť a pohár sa stane ťažkým. Stres v našich životoch funguje podobne; ak sa stresujeme nepretržite, paralyzuje nás to a vyčerpáva. Autori ponúkajú testy na posúdenie stresového zaťaženia a rady, ako stres zmierniť alebo eliminovať. Navrhujú zmeny životného štýlu, dychové a relaxačné cvičenia, úpravy stravy a detoxikáciu, aby sme chránili telo a myseľ pred stresom. Kniha sa zaoberá problémami ako poruchy spánku, chronická únava a tráviace ťažkosti a ponúka riešenia na ich odstránenie. Vysvetľujú, prečo stimulanciá ako káva a čokoláda môžu zhoršiť stav vyčerpaného tela. Text je prehľadne usporiadaný do krátkych kapitol s registrom. Prečítajte si ju, ak chcete získať návod na zmiernenie stresu, zvýšenie odolnosti a dodanie energie.

Špatná nálada a deprese jsou mezi lidmi trvale zakořeněné a jsou na vzestupu. Úpadek přináší potřebu dalšího praktického poradenství. Knihu napsal přední odborník na výživu a duševní zdraví, Patrick Holford, který předkládá vysoce efektivní metody k tomu, abyste se cítili lépe – bez potřeby léčiv. Žít bez léčiv? Žádný problém! Život bez léčiv zahrnuje životní styl a techniky managementu života, dále nám autor knihy „Faktor, jak se cítit dobře“ radí, jak nalézt správné potraviny, které nám pomohou výrazně zlepšit náladu. Mnohých potravin je lepší se vyvarovat. Autorův přístup je podpořen rozsáhlým výzkumem a opírá se o motivující a přímé anamnézy konkrétních lidí, kteří trpěli depresí a jimž nepomáhaly žádné tradiční způsoby léčby a uzdravili se až díke Holfordově programu. Studie je založena na průzkumu o náladě a životosprávě, kterého se zúčastnilo více než 55 tisíc lidí.

Tato praktická kniha obsahuje spoustu nepostradatelných rad, které vám pomohou získat skvěle vypadající pleť a zbavit se většiny kožních problémů.

Přední a mediálně známý britský nutriční odborník Patrick Holford zde podává ucelenou přehlednou informaci o potravních doplňcích, vitaminech, minerálech, jejich účincích a dávkování a o posledních vědeckých objevech na tomto poli. Mluví také o potravinách a zdravém způsobu života. Knížka obsahuje i přehled současných škodlivých vlivů, kterým je možné se vyhnout, počítá mezi ně také některé léky. Dokládá, že můžeme zdravě stárnout, pokud víme, jak na to, a sami se o to zasloužíme. Jak si zlepšit kůži, kosti, svaly, energii, vzhled, paměť, spánek, krevní tlak, jak se bránit chronickým chorobám. Jak si vylepšit kondici, vypadat mladší a být zdravější - v jakémkoliv věku.