This authoritative new title from health and wellness expert Renee Elliott is a modern encyclopedia of 99 superfood ingredients. Carefully curated by Renee in close collaboration with the buyers of pioneering organic supermarket Planet Organic, the result is a definitive guide to incorporating the most nutritional foods into everyday meals.
Arts in Health: Designing and Researching Interventions provides a complete overview of how to go about undertaking research and practice in the field of arts in health. It starts by exploring the context for arts in health interventions, including the history of the use of arts in health and the theoretical and political developments that have laid the foundations for its flourishing. It also considers what 'arts in health' encompasses and the range of disciplines
involved.
An overview of the research on Hormone Replacement Therapy - its benefits and drawbacks - and the new work which is being done on various 'alternative' therapies. It includes discussions on sex life, social life, face-lifts, exercise, keeping your figure and discovering one's place in life as a middle aged woman in a feminist era.
A practical lifestyle guide based on the Swedish philosophy of Lagom. With chapters covering Home, Work and Health, it explains the practice of Lagom in traditional and practical terms, and includes advice and tips on how to find your happy medium.
Covering topics from anxiety and depression to addiction, self-harm and personality disorders, Juno and Olivia talk clearly and supportively about a range of issues facing young people's mental health - whether fleeting or long-term - and how to manage them.
Discover the Japanese secret to a long and happy life with the internationally bestselling guide to ikigai. And according to the residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa - the world's longest-living people - finding it is the key to a longer and more fulfilled life.
An engaging visual explanation of dyslexia, what it means, and how to embrace it. Vibrant images and simple text depict what dyslexia is, along with helpful tools for learning and examples of skills and professions best-suited for people with dyslexia. Includes tips for success, additional games and learning resources.
An essential addition to every cook's bookshelf, The Modern Cook's Year will show you how to make the most of seasonal produce, using simple, hugely inventive flavours and ingredients.
The Almanac revives the tradition of the rural almanac, connecting you with the months and seasons via moon-gazing, foraging, feast days, seasonal eating, meteor-spotting and gardening. Award-winning gardener and food writer Lia Leendertz shares the tools and inspiration you need to celebrate, mark and appreciate each moment of the year.
Produced by Canterbury Christ Church University, this book is filled with loads of student and budget friendly recipes. It's also packed with lots of money saving tips and ways to become more sustainable in the kitchen.
This leading dictionary contains over 6,150 entries covering all aspects of food and nutrition, diet and health. With jargon-free definitions and useful appendix material, including RDA lists, it is an essential A-Z for anyone studying, teaching or working with food and nutrition and for those who want to know more about the food they are eating.
From the BBC1 presenter and bestselling author of Eat, The Kitchen Diaries and Toast comes a new book featuring everything you need for the winter solstice.
You were born to be great, to succeed - to be a powerful, confident, happy person. If you don't feel like that right now it's time to get back on track. Richard Bandler, the man who inspired Paul McKenna to greatness, will change your life in a matter of minutes with his incredible, potent NLP exercises and free you to unleash your full potential.
Based on techniques developed and practised by the authors, this book teaches parents how to use cognitive behavioural techniques with their children and in so doing, become their child's therapist, helping them to overcome any fears, worries and phobias. It addresses specific fears and phobias as well as general anxiety and 'worrying'.
A manual for the layperson, which introduces Dr Joseph Pilates' exercise regimen for improving the tone and alignment of the body. 40 exercises with programmed combinations are detailed with photographs and muscle or joint explanations.
Covers various aspects of nutrition including nutritional epidemiology, social aspects of nutrition, and the microbiological safety of food as well as the more traditional aspects of food as a source of energy and essential nutrients. This book focuses on nutrition in industrialised countries and on the importance of health promotion.
Providing guidance on the practice of the most important aspects of yoga, this practical handbook covers different types and how they are practised. It contains a history and explanation of yoga and explains breathing and meditation with clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations.
Shows readers how to think and feel differently about what they eat. This book contains statements which help to transform eating that hurts into eating that nourishes and calms.
In a period of meaningless mass manufacturing, our growing appetite for hand-made objects, artisan food, and craft beverages reveals our deep cravings for tradition and quality.
From the winner of the Man Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian comes a stunning meditation on the colour white; about light, about death and about ritual
This volume offers practical advice and tips on how to improve mountain biking skills, employing the latest techniques to create a holistic approach centred on a sound mental approach and correct body equilibrium. Photo-collages present the technique in a flowing, easy-to-understand manner.
"Collins Need to Know?" is a series of illustrated reference books covering a wide range of popular subjects and activities. Illustrated in colour throughout, these handy, practical books give you all the information you need to know in a concise and accessible way.
Part of a series which provides students with the required scientific basis in nutrition, in the context of a systems and health approach, and enables teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition, this title is suitable for students majoring in nutrition and dietetics.
A book about intense physical and personal experience, narrating how Victoria Whitworth began swimming in the cold waters of Orkney as a means of escaping a failing marriage.
This series has been written by students, for students under faculty supervision. It focuses on systems-based presentation of integrated medical science, and includes clear, straightforward diagrams.
Designed to appeals to yoga participants and fitness enthusiasts looking for a different exercise option, this resource features twelve routines to choose from depending on experience, fitness and personal preference that range from gentle stretching to advanced sequences.
Practical, easy-to-follow yoga courses for children, adults of all ages, mothers to be, new parents, and people with special needs. Guidance, postures and training programmes designed to suit all levels of ability, including complete beginners. Step-by-step picutures demonstrate each of the postures.
`I'm just a straight-talking NHS doctor lending my unbiased opinion on healthy eating and showing everybody how to get phenomenal ingredients on their plates everyday.'