An easy-to-follow manual for feeding babies exactly what they need to hit physical and intellectual milestones from 6 to 24 months, with 60 simple and delicious recipes. The month-by-month format offers a clear understanding of what foods to incorporate and avoid in a baby's diet. World-renowned research neuroscientist, nutrition expert, and author of What to Eat When You're Pregnant Dr. Nicole M. Avena presents an essential guide for new parents on feeding babies during their critical first two years. Answering common questions about picky eaters, food allergies, diversifying baby's appetite, eating out or on the go, feeding baby at daycare or when with another caregiver, and food safety, this comprehensive guide offers easy monthly meal plans and baby-friendly, nutrient-rich recipes designed to support your baby's developmental milestones.

What to Feed Your Baby and Toddler: A Month-by-Month Guide to Support Your Child's Health and Development

Avena PhD, Nicole M.

Teen & Young Adult

Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed

Sugarless: A 7-Step Plan to Uncover Hidden Sugars, Curb Your Cravings, and Conquer Your Addiction

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Special Diet

Union Square & Co.

This revolutionary eating plan reveals definitive proof that sugar is addictive, and presents the first science-based program to cut out the sugar, stop the cravings that cause most diets to eventually fail, and lose weight--permanently. If you’re like most people, you’ve tried a few (or maybe many) different diets without success. The truth is, most diets work for a while, but there’s usually a point at which the dietary restrictions become too difficult to maintain. Why? Because whether you’re following a low-carb, paleo, gluten-free, or even an all-liquid green juice diet, the addictive nature of sugar causes cravings to take over and sabotage your diet-of-the-moment. In Why Diets Fail, Dr. Nicole M. Avena and John R. Talbott reveal definitive proof that sugar is addictive and present the first science-based program to stop the cravings and lose weight—permanently. A neuroscientist and food addiction expert, Dr. Avena has conducted groundbreaking research showing that sugar triggers the same responses in the brain as addictive drugs like cocaine, nicotine, and alcohol. And like those other substances, the more sugar you eat, the more you need to get the same pleasurable feelings. (No wonder your last diet didn’t stick.) Avena and Talbott’s eight-step plan walks you through the process of going sugar-free and surviving the make-or-break withdrawal period—those first few weeks when your body feels the absence of its favorite sweetener most acutely. An easy-to-use Sugar Equivalency Table developed by Talbott lists the amount of sugar in hundreds of common foods so you know precisely what to eat and what to avoid. And when it comes to what you can eat, you have a lot to choose from. In fact, you’ll probably eat more on this diet than you normally do—while continuing to lose weight. This science-based program is the diet to end all diets. It will help you break the yo-yo dieting cycle, end those maddening sugar cravings, and develop a new longing for the good food that will keep you fit, healthy, and happy.

Why Diets Fail (Because You're Addicted to Sugar): Science Explains How to End Cravings, Lose Weight, and Get Healthy

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Talbott, John R.

Diets & Weight Loss

Ten Speed Press+

An approachable guide to what to eat--as opposed to what to avoid--while pregnant and nursing, to support the mother's health and the baby's development during each stage of pregnancy, with 50 recipes. New research suggests that the foods you eat during pregnancy can have lasting effects on your baby’s brain development and behavior, as well as your waistline. Drawing from the fields of medicine, nutrition, and psychology, this easy-to-follow guide, which also includes 50 recipes, gives you a clear understanding of what your body really needs and how certain foods contribute to the development of a healthy and happy baby.

What to Eat When You're Pregnant: A Week-by-Week Guide to Support Your Health and Your Baby's Development

Look around you. The vast majority of people in the United States are overweight, and a growing number are obese. Rich, poor, old, young, male, female—we see obesity happening across all social domains, races, and ages. Body-weight problems aren’t restricted to certain groups of people. Right now, more than 60 percent of Americans are overweight, and more than 30 percent are obese.1 And these numbers are projected to continue to rise. In fact, by 2030, researchers have predicted that 42 percent of Americans will be obese.2 This is not just something that is occurring within the United States either; the obesity epidemic is a global problem. 
Although many of us may want to lose weight simply to improve our appearance or how we feel about ourselves, there are important medical reasons for controlling body weight. Excess body weight has been associated with a number of health risks, including cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Despite these potential harmful consequences and public health warnings regarding the dangers of obesity, many people continue to overeat. And this isn’t hard to do. High-calorie, high-sugar food is easily accessible to many people today, and portion sizes have increased dramatically over the years. Food is also a big part of our social lives and, as you will read in later chapters, has taken on a new role in our society. 
It didn’t used to be this way. Fifty years ago, it was much less common to see fat people and usually a rarity to see fat children. So, what happened to cause such an abrupt and dramatic change in the waistline of society? Certainly, social factors made it easier to stay slim 􏰀fty years ago. There were more stay-at-home moms to prepare healthy, wholesome, homemade meals; more people smoked cigarettes (which are appetite suppressants); and, importantly, there weren’t as many food choices or the large portions we have today.\nlead one to think that we should be healthier, not heavier. There have been dramatic advances 
in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, like cancer and heart disease. We have learned an 
incredible amount from scientists about ways in which we can live healthier, longer lives. And 
we have so many luxuries that should make losing weight and staying well easy: We have 
twenty-four-hour gyms, a variety of health food stores and healthy food choices, and even an 
array of “diet” foods and programs that are supposed to help us keep our body weight in 
check. Low-fat, low-carb, no-carb—there are so many di􀊃erent plans out there that you could 
spend a lifetime trying them all. Dieting is a multibillion-dollar industry. With all of the books, 
magazine articles, and television programs focused on weight loss, it is really a wonder how 
overeating could be such a looming problem, not only in the United States but throughout the 
world. 
Why is this happening? Why can’t people just stop eating so much and lose weight? Many 
possible culprits have been identi􀉹ed. Sure, people are stressed and lead relatively sedentary 
lifestyles, and this undoubtedly contributes to the problem of overeating. Also, genetics play a 
role; overweight people will give their genes (and thus perhaps a tendency to be overweight) 
to their children, and they might also raise them in a home that promotes excess food intake or 
unhealthy eating habits. But there is more to it than just these factors.

Why Diets Fail

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