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Eat Yourself Slim
by Michel Montignac, Jean G. Dumesnil, Erin Goodwillie

The weight loss method that has taken over Europe.
Over the past ten years, the Montignac Method has dramatically changed European eating habits. People are eating healthier meals, losing weight, maintaining their ideal weight, and enjoying their food. They are doing this with the approval and endorsement of nutritionists and cardiologists worldwide. The Montignac Method is good for your weight and good for your heart.

Suzanne Somers':
Get Skinny on Fabulous Food

by Suzanne Somers, Leslie Hamel (Illustrator), Diana Schwarzbein
Somersizing is not a diet, but a way of life. In Get Skinny on Fabulous Food you will find inspiring testimonials from some of Suzanne's greatest success stories, people who have lost weight, lowered blood pressure, and eliminated digestive problems by Somersizing.

366 Healthful Ways
to Cook Leafy Greens
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by Linda Romanelli Leahy
Forget any aversion you have to vegetables, especially the kind your mother says are good for you. In 366 Healthful Ways to Cook Leafy Greens, Linda Romanelli Leahy proves how delicious more than 30 kinds of green veggies can be. Her recipes are pleasantly varied.

Sugarfree New Orleans:
A Cookbook Based on the Glycemic Index
by Deanie B. Baban (Illustrator), Deanie Comeaux Bahan

"Sugarfree New Orleans: A Cookbook Based On The Glycemic Index" is the result of Bahan's success on a low-sugar diet. Best of all, she writes, her husband, a diabetic heart patient, had dramatic drops in his blood sugar, cholesterol and triglyceride levels after she began preparing meals that avoided foods or combinations of foods with significant amounts of sugar. Bahan's 171-page cookbook gives a short explanation of the glycemic response, the rate at which your body converts foods to blood sugar, and includes the Glycemic Index for various foods. She points out that she's not a doctor nor a nutritionist, but just someone who likes to cook.

Recipes for Change :
Gourmet Wholefood Cooking for Health and Vitality at Menopause
by Lissa Deangelis, Molly Siple with author's message from Molly Siple

Meet the Author
Larrian Gillespie, MD
Author of "The Menopause Diet"
FREE recipe
FREE book excerpt, "Female, Fat, and Forty
hosted by Sue Spataro, RN, BSN
Millions of women in perimenopause and menopause ask themselves in frustration, "Why am I gaining weight when I'm still eating the same amounts of food and continue my exercise program?" Her books work hand in hand for any woman in her forties who is trying to lose weight and feel great.  Dr. Gillespie recipe's are delicious and easy to prepare.  Her book The Menopause Diet is excellent and educates us to how our body actually works against us during perimenopause/menopause. Find out more.

Obesity in America
Over the last decade children, in the United States, have been gaining more and more weight.  Obesity is rapidly becoming an epidemic in our youngsters' lives.  Whether it's  all the fast food or lack of exercise, children are heavier than ever.

Cholesterol 101
What's in a number? There seems to be a lot to know about cholesterol levels.  You hear about "good" cholesterol and then the "bad" cholesterol. Find out more.