Live extra lean. Transform your body for life. And never feel bad about food again. As one of today's most beloved personalities on TV and hailed by People as the country's hottest bachelor, Mario Lopez is arguably known as much for his glowing personality as he is for his rock-hard abs. In his first diet book, Extra Lean, Lopez imparts his fool-proof plan for permanent weight loss while eliminating the guilt from enjoying the foods you love. The Extra Lean plan trains your body to constantly burn fat by following three simple steps: 1) Balance your daily intake of carbs, protein and fat 2) Practice proper portion control and 3) Eat frequently throughout the day. Along with health physiologist and personal trainer, Jimmy Peña, and renowned nutritionist, Dana Angelo White, Mario clearly identifies optimal combinations of daily nutrients, transformative eating habits and invigorating mental conditioning tools that will truly redefine your approach to food. By following this plan, your metabolism will become a fat-burning machine allowing you to splurge on special days, weekends or vacations with little to no effect on the scale. With over 40 delicious and easy-to-follow recipes and a seven-week meal plan, Extra Lean is the complete program to change your body and the way you eat for life. Watch a Video

Offers tools for developing healthy eating habits for the family, including detailed food planning guides, over fifty recipes that can be prepared in twenty minutes or less, and nutritional guidelines.

Our bodies are alkaline by design but acidic by function. Metabolic acidosis, a silent saboteur, occurs when our bodies acidity level rise, resulting in the breakdown of metabolically active bone and muscle. Left uncontrolled, the acids produced by life's processes wreak havoc on all of our hormones, leaving our bodies in a state of dysfunction and ultimately disease. Metabolic acidosis not only results from life's processes - stress, disease, and physical activity, but is also caused by diet. It can also be prevented by diet, and The Kick Acid Diet will show you how! Dr. Alwyn Wong, will teach you how to prevent acidosis, improve your health, and lose fat. The Kick Acid Diet plan includes: assessing your own pH levels; controlling acidity through the consumption of alkaline foods; and a muscle-building, calorie burning workout program. If your metabolism is acidic, the Kick Acid Diet is for you!

During the past decade, tremendous growth has occurred in the use of nutrition symbols and rating systems designed to summarize key nutritional aspects and characteristics of food products. These symbols and the systems that underlie them have become known as front-of-package (FOP) nutrition rating systems and symbols, even though the symbols themselves can be found anywhere on the front of a food package or on a retail shelf tag. Though not regulated and inconsistent in format, content, and criteria, FOP systems and symbols have the potential to provide useful guidance to consumers as well as maximize effectiveness. As a result, Congress directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to undertake a study with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to examine and provide recommendations regarding FOP nutrition rating systems and symbols. The study was completed in two phases. Phase I focused primarily on the nutrition criteria underlying FOP systems. Phase II builds on the results of Phase I while focusing on aspects related to consumer understanding and behavior related to the development of a standardized FOP system. Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols focuses on Phase II of the study. The report addresses the potential benefits of a single, standardized front-label food guidance system regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, assesses which icons are most effective with consumer audiences, and considers the systems/icons that best promote health and how to maximize their use.

Annette Natow and Jo-Ann Heslin, registered dietitians and authors of Pocket's many phenomenally successful "Counter" books, bring their astounding expertise to a superb encyclopedia of food values. The essential reference for everyday use, THE MOST COMPLETE FOOD COUNTER, 2nd Edition contains: * listings for calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, sodium, calcium, vitamins A and C, and folic acid * more than 21,000 entries of individual food items--with no repetitions * listings for national and regional brand-name foods, vegetarian, ethnic, organic and take-out items * an A-to-Z dictionary of clearly defined terms, all in an easy, accessible format.

Karen J. Nolan, Jo-Ann Heslin, and Annette B. Natow, registered dietitians and authors of Pocket’s many phenomenally successful Counter books, bring their astounding expertise to a superb encyclopedia of food values. The essential reference for everyday use, The Most Complete Food Counter, 2nd Edition contains: * listings for calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, sodium, calcium, vitamins A and C, and folic acid * more than 21,000 entries of individual food items—with no repetitions * listings for national and regional brand-name foods, vegetarian, ethnic, organic and take-out items * an A-to-Z dictionary of clearly defined terms all in an easy, accessible format.

Now revised and updated, this classic by two nationally renowned nutritionists contains information on more than 20,000 food entries, featuring items from national and regional restaurant chains, brand name foods, take-out favorites, and much more. Original.