Series Overview

Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Cancer presents life-saving information on the links between diet and cancer.

Chapter 1 opens with an optimistic message for anyone seeking to prevent cancer with lifestyle changes. Although many people have been slow to heed the connections, hundreds of studies worldwide have shown us which populations succumb to cancer and which ones generally do not. Chapters 1 through 4 will show readers how to put these findings to work in their own lives.

Even when cancer strikes, the right diet can improve survival rates. Chapters 5 and 6 explore nutritional plans that have shown their power in helping cancer patients fight their disease and recover their strength.

Chapter 7 offers a deeper look into today's most common cancers, examining their prevalence and uncovering little known dietary links.

Chapters 8 and 9 address factors that should never be overlooked when we strive for better health, that is, the importance of supportive friends and family members, learning to prepare foods that bolster immunity, taking time for exercise or stress-reduction sessions, and making your own good health a top priority every day.

Healthy Eating for Life for Children takes parents on a wonderful journey, exploring how nutrition affects a child's growing body.

Chapters 1 and 2 provide a thorough overview of what makes up a nutritious eating plan, including how key nutrients from vegetables, grains, and other plant foods go to work to protect, nourish, and stimulate the body's complex mechanisms.

Chapters 3 and 4 offer new and expectant mothers an easy-to-follow eating plan that will provide abundant amounts of important vitamins and minerals as her baby develops and breastfeeds.

Chapters 5 through 8 help parents easily incorporate the healthiest foods into their child's daily routine by suggesting age-appropriate foods that little ones will find irresistible. This is the same nutritious eating plan that the late Dr. Benjamin Spock—a world-renown pediatrician and author—recommended to his patients and readers.

As children grow, they may have to contend with allergies, learn how best to nourish an athletic body, cope with changing body-image issues, or even overcome destructive eating disorders. The remainder of the book covers these and other issues parents may encounter as they navigate along the road to life-long good eating habits and health. Many of the recipes are simple to prepare, giving children a chance to help in the kitchen. Studies have shown that kids who are afforded the opportunity to learn about a variety of foods and how they are prepared are much more likely to try new foods and enjoy healthy meals throughout life.

Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Diabetes will help change the course of many lives, especially for those at risk for Type 2 diabetes.

In the first several chapters, the authors provide a thorough explanation of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes: what they are, how they affect the body, and how certain dietary choices influence these diseases.

Starting with chapter 4, the reader will gain valuable insights into the causes of diabetes. Many of the findings are surprising. Researchers and preventive medicine practitioners have shown us that Type 2 diabetes is a highly-preventable disease. Many physicians are able to intervene when their patients put on extra weight, develop high blood pressure, or are eating poorly. By teaching them simple changes to their dietary and activity patterns, they can often avoid this serious disease.

Chapters 5 through 9 address specific issues in greater detail. It is imperative that people with Type 2 diabetes lose weight, reduce cholesterol to protect their hearts, control their blood sugar levels, and take steps to prevent complications. For some, medications are needed. However, with a sweeping diet change and moderate activity, many patients can reduce or eliminate prescription drugs. This book explains how.

Chapter 10 explains how exercise benefits those with diabetes. Chapter 11 discusses how women with diabetes can have a healthy pregnancy.

As an optimum diet is absolutely essential for preventing and treating diabetes, the recipe section of the book may be the most important chapter of all. With the right diet and the care of a good physician or renal dietitian, diabetes patients can take back control of their condition and avoid the complications that affect far too many people today.

Healthy Eating for Life for Women explores the countless ways in which nutrition affects a woman's health throughout her life.

Chapters 1 and 2 unravel the mysteries of how special chemicals in foods protect the cells of our skin, organs, and all parts of our bodies. The chapters address, in plain language, the mechanisms by which the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants in foods go to work eliminating dangerous free radicals while boosting immune strength and invigorating every cell.

Chapters 3 through 5 focus on a woman's reproductive health, from menarche to menopause. Few women (and not enough doctors) realize how much influence diet has on these phases of life. You will learn how a healthy diet in childhood can positively influence the ages that puberty and menopause occur, which can affect a woman's risk for developing reproductive cancers. You'll even learn how certain foods may boost or hinder fertility.

Chapters 6 through 12 address the many health concerns women face as they mature. From serious conditions such as heart disease to bothersome problems such as bladder infections, the authors present fascinating studies that underscore the importance of consuming plenty of healthy vegetables, whole grains, beans, and fruits throughout life. With easy—and enjoyable—diet changes, women can dramatically cut their risk for obesity, cancer, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, and debilitating headaches.

Healthy Eating for Life for Women is an invaluable wellness plan for women of all ages and fitness levels.