Motivated by her son's illness and her own symptoms, Lacy Ngo, MS, RDN became passionate about two missions:1. To help others live their healthiest, happiest, most purposeful life through faith-based mindfulness and evidence-based nutrition, and 2. To provide easy, stress-free, and convenient ways for families to eat nourishing meals. Ngo accomplished these missions by: -Spending two years making an evidence-based list of nutrients that boost mood; promote cognitive function, focus, attention, alertness, and memory; support the immune system; aid in weight loss; and reduce the risk of chronic diseases, autoimmune diseases, Alzheimer's disease, joint pain, and even seasonal allergy symptoms. This evidence-based list is included in The Nourishing Meal Builder!-Developing the simple and easy nourishing meal building strategy. This strategy provides a simple way to implement these nourishing foods into your daily life. With the help of the included Nourishing Meal Builder Cards, you will be able to quickly create a nourishing meal on the spot in a moments notice

Healthy meal planning is made easy in this beginner-friendly guide that teaches you how to shop smartly and plan your weekly meals with confidence—all while enjoying food you actually want to eat. If you constantly ask yourself "what the heck's for dinner?", then The Busy Person's Meal Planner will finally teach you how to meal plan and meal prep no matter how hectic your week might be. With 50+ recipes that can be modified for all diets, the breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack options in this book feature easy-to-find ingredients and most can be made in 30 minutes. And to make the process even easier, the book provides you with easy-to-reference cheat sheets and a 52-week meal planner and grocery list notepad that you can take with you to the supermarket. Written by licensed dietitian Laura Ligos, The Busy Person's Meal Planner is a guide to weekly meal planning for working professionals and families who don't have a lot of free time and need help learning how to get healthy and delicious meals on the table each week. Realistic rather than idealistic, Ligos gives you expert advice on shopping the sales, stocking your pantry, and planning meals that are nutritious, filling, and easy to make. The Busy Person's Meal Planner features: • Meal Planning 101: 5-step guide to planning your weekly meals • 50+ Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Snack Recipes: including modifications for gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan • Advice for Stocking Your Kitchen: Recommended tools and pantry staples • 52-Week Meal Planner and Grocery List Notepad: Perforated, removable notepad so you can write out your meals and take your shopping list to the store

The 52-Week Meal Planner is your complete companion to master meal planning with menus, grocery lists, recipe pages, and more. A well-made meal planner guarantees that hectic schedules don’t get in the way of healthy meals. More effective than a pen and paper, the 52-Week Meal Planner provides the tools you need to map out exactly how you’re going to shop, cook, and eat, week after week. This handy meal planner features one year’s worth of weekly templates to plan breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. With grocery lists, price comparison sheets, and recipe pages, the 52-Week Meal Planner is an all-in-one guide to take control of what you eat and how much time and money you spend. The 52-Week Meal Planner helps you plan meals from scratch with: 55 DIY weekly templates (52 weeks + 3 extras for mistakes and changes) that give you the structure and space to write and make calculations for a full year of well-planned meals 15 blank recipe cards to write down your favorite meal planner recipes for easy reference Price comparison sheets to compare prices at different stores for your go-to purchases Personalized grocery lists to buy only what you need week after week Plan to eat healthier. Plan to save time and money. Plan meals to make your life easier with the 52-Week Meal Planner.

The #1 New York Times author of 100 Days of Real Food makes shopping and cooking a snap with this practical, easy-to-use “real food” meal planner, including pull-out reusable weekly menus for delicious whole food dishes the entire family will love. Incorporating whole, unprocessed foods into everyday eating can be difficult without helpful guidance. Lisa Leake has the answer: a meal planner specifically designed to help you plan and stick to your real food journey. The 100 Days of Real Food Meal Planner makes it simple to create weekly menus that let you shop once, stick to unprocessed foods, and enjoy healthy and yummy meals all the time. Lisa provides handy tear-out pages for meal prep planning, grocery lists, and store templates to get the most out of favorite big-name stores, tips and advice for saving time and money at the local supermarket, and 20 fast and family-friendly dinner recipes for starter meal plans to help you ease into prepping weekly menus. You can eat healthy, eat well, and make cooking and grocery shopping a breeze thanks to this invaluable guide.

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER! Trust in nature. Believe in balance. Eat the rainbow! Andrea Hannemann, aka Earthy Andy, presents a guide to plant-based eating that is simple, delicious, and fun. INCLUDES A 30-DAY PLANT OVER PROCESSED CHALLENGE Andrea Hannemann, known as Earthy Andy to her more than one million Instagram followers, believes that food is the fuel of life, and that consuming a nourishing, plant-based diet is the gateway to ultimate health. Andy’s mantra, “plant over processed,” embodies the way she eats and feeds her family of five in their home in Oahu, Hawaii. But it wasn’t always this way. Andy was once addicted to sugar and convenience foods and suffering from a host of health issues that included IBS, Celiac disease, hypothyroidism, asthma, brain fog, and chronic fatigue. Fed up with spending time and money on specialists, supplements, and fad diets, she quit animal products and processed foods cold turkey, and embarked on a new way of eating that transformed her health and her body. In Plant Over Processed, Andy invites readers to join her on a “30-Day Plant Over Processed Challenge” that will detox the body, followed by a long-term plan for going plant-based without giving up your favorite dishes. Packed with gorgeous photography and mouth-watering recipes—from smoothies and bliss bowls to plant-based comfort and decadent desserts—this life-changing guide takes you to the North Shore of Hawaii and back, showing you how easy it is to eat plant-based, wherever you are.

Food is powerful medicine and whole foods, or foods in their natural unrefined forms, offer us vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that prevent diseases and create a state of balance and health within us. Nutritionist Tom Malterre and Chef Alissa Segersten understand that food can be both healing and delicious and in The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook they provide information on the importance of living a whole foods lifestyle, and how to transition into one. Readers will learn to prepare foods that promote optimal health, prevent disease, and energize the body. With over 300 delicious, nourishing recipes, readers will discover amazing, new ways to cook whole grains, fish, poultry, meat and veggies. The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook includes: Evidence-based information on whole foods Gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, and soy-free recipes A complete guide to stocking your whole foods pantry The whole story on the current diet trends and how to adapt them to best serve your individual needs The real story behind toxicity in food and avoiding PCBs GMOs and non-organics Recipes that any vegan, vegetarian, carnivore or omnivore will love Whether serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks or desserts, readers will enjoy their food while healing their immune system, decreasing the inflammation that causes disease, balancing hormones and promoting better overall health.

If you want to learn about diet and nutrition, eating the right foods for essential nutrients, and becoming a healthier person, check out the HowExpert Guide to Diet and Nutrition. Find the answers to the most asked nutrition questions: - Where do you find reliable nutrition information? - What are the “right” foods to eat to help with mood? - What are the “right” foods to eat to help with memory, alertness, and brain focus? - What are the “right foods and nutrients to eat to help increase my chances of living a long life free from chronic diseases? - According to research, what are the best strategies for weight loss? - Which supplements do what, based on research? Get these questions answered by a registered dietitian and expert in health and weight loss, Lacy Ngo, MS, RDN. Plus, get 101 of the best evidence-based tips on becoming a healthier person and a 4-week dietitian-created meal plan and recipes. Check out HowExpert Guide to Diet and Nutrition to learn about diet and nutrition, eating the right foods for essential nutrients, and becoming a healthier person! About the Expert Lacy Ngo, MS, RDN, is a registered dietitian with a Master’s of Science in Human Nutrition. She is an expert in health, wellness, and weight loss and has extensive professional and personal health transformation experience. Ngo lost 50 pounds and has since helped her clients transform their health by sharing her best health transformation strategies. Ngo is the author of several books and has been quoted and featured in media outlets like Parade, Eat This, Not That!, The Healthy, CN2 News, and Authority Magazine. Ngo also finished 5th in her group in the Ms. Health and Fitness Competition. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides by everyday experts.