In this program, nutrition and fitness expert JJ Virgin reveals the real secret behind weight gain -- food intolerance. A negative reaction to certain foods like dairy or gluten can sabotage your health by triggering inflammation and causing a host of nasty symptoms like bloating, breakouts, headaches, achy joints and--worst of all--stubborn weight gain. On The Zero Tolerance Diet, you'll eat plenty of anti-inflammatory, healing foods to reclaim your health and reset your metabolism, while avoiding the 7 foods that are most likely to cause food intolerance. You'll never feel hungry or deprived, and in just one week, you'll drop up to 7 pounds, lose belly bloat, gain energy, clear up inflammation and look and feel years younger.

We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with.

Absurdity, social realism, and the indepth examination of the human condition are but a few of the themes that comprise the contents of the seventythree short stories breathing menacingly between the covers of this book. Humor attacks surrealism on a landscape sun-saturated with saintly thought and intense clarity creations first simple act of pure effervescence getting drowned.

In this science-based book, registered dietitian Abby Langer tackles head-on the negative effects of diet culture and offers advice to help you enjoy food and lose weight without guilt or shame. There are so many diets out there, but what if you want to eat well and lose weight without dieting, counting, or restricting? What if you want to love your body, not punish it? Registered dietitian Abby Langer is here to help. In her first-ever book, Abby takes on our obsession with being thin and the diets that are sucking the life, sometimes literally, out of us. For the past twenty years, she has worked with clients from all walks of life to free them from restrictive diets and help them heal their relationship with food. Because all food is good for us—yes, even carbs and fats. All diets are bad. Diets are like Band-Aids for what’s really bothering us: Although we might lose weight, they prey on our insecurities, rob us of time and money, and often leave us with the same negative views of food and our bodies that we’ve always had. When the weight comes back, we still haven’t solved the real issues behind our eating habits—our “why.” This book is different. Chapter by chapter, Abby helps readers uncover the “why” behind their desire to lose weight and their relationship with food, and make lasting, meaningful change to the way they see food, nutrition, themselves, and the world around them. In this book, you’ll learn how guilt and shame affect your food choices, how fullness and satisfaction aren’t the same feeling, why it’s important to quiet your “diet voice” and enjoy food, and what the best way to eat is according to science. Empowering, inclusive, smart, and a must-have, Good Food, Bad Diet will give you the tools to reject diets, repair your relationship with food, and lose weight so you can move on with your life.

Your fat is not your fault. Are you eating all the right things—low-fat yogurt, egg-white omelets, whole-grain bread, even tofu—but still can't lose the weight? Your favorite "diet" foods may be to blame. In this groundbreaking program, nutrition and fitness expert JJ Virgin reveals the real secret behind weight gain—food intolerance. A negative reaction to certain foods like dairy or gluten can sabotage your health by triggering inflammation and causing a host of nasty symptoms like bloating, breakouts, headaches, achy joints and—worst of all—stubborn weight gain. On The Virgin Diet, you'll eat plenty of anti-inflammatory, healing foods to reclaim your health and reset your metabolism, while avoiding the 7 foods that are most likely to cause food intolerance. You'll never feel hungry or deprived, and in just one week, you'll drop up to 7 pounds, lose belly bloat, gain energy, clear up inflammation and look and feel years younger. And that's just the beginning!

The government has failed us Cookie-cutter nutritional advice is not cutting it The diet-du-jour industry fattens its bank accounts and dieters alike Diet scams and miracle weight-loss centers come and go without lasting impact The fast food / processed food industrial complex is more interested in getting us addicted to empty-calorie / high-profit foods than providing even minimally healthy fare And while the food industry and government agencies' orchestras continue to fiddle, the health of Americans sinks faster than the Titanic What you need is a comprehensive strategy, a master plan that trumps Spartan discipline or uber-willpower, which nobody can muster day-in, day-out for years on end. You'll find the weapons you need in the fight against obesity and towards a "new you" throughout the entire book. All you need is the desire to take control of your life and health again. Michael Waldau - Background Born into the culinary epicenter of Vienna, in skiing-obsessed Austria, Michael developed a keen interest in nutrition - related matters and an active lifestyle early in life. Eventually this led to a self-taught education on these subjects. He became a certified Personal Trainer and Sports Nutritionist, and has been an ACE-certified Lifestyle and Weight Management Coach since 1997. When he had to start rehab exercises after a long-delayed knee operation, he didn't stop when the healing process was completed. Instead, he kept going, and 20-plus years later Michael has participated in hundreds of races, including six sub-3 marathons, 18 Ironman-distance events (and counting), qualified for Kona 4 times, and competed at countless other triathlons, duathlons, bicycle races and swim meets. He has been listed as USA Triathlon "Honorable Mention," qualified for "Team USA" and has won State and National age-group titles. This book is Michael's attempt to share his hard-earned knowledge with athletes and non-athletes alike to help them attain their own personal health goals."

HAVE YOU EVERa Obsessed over your body's 'problem areas'? Killed an hour on the Sidebar of Shame? Wondered whether to try '50 Sex Tips to Please Your Man'? Felt worse after doing any of the above? Holly and Rhiannon grew up reading glossy mags and, like most women, thought of them as just a bit of fun. But over time they started to feel uneasy - not just about magazines, but about music videos, page 3, and women being labelled frigid, princesses or tramps. So, following the amazing success of their Vagenda blog, they wrote this book. Welcome to your indispensable guide to the madness of women's media.