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What will it take to run a marathon in less than two hours? The world's fastest times for the marathon have been dropping since the distance of 26.2 miles was made official nearly one hundred years ago. But after a noticeable decline that occurred for a half century, the times, while still edging lower, have stalled several minutes north of two hours for the past decade. For the first time, 1:59 examines what it will take for an elite distance runner to go subtwo hours.

What if you could lose weight without cutting out foods that you love? That was the dream of Kayla Cox, who had struggled with her weight throughout her life. At age 30, she weighed 222 pounds and had tried every diet, sometimes with initial success, but she could never keep it off. Frustrated and feeling hopeless, she discovered intermittent fasting. In the process of losing 80 pounds, she learned she had been making weight loss too complicated. With intermittent fasting, there was no need to count calories, cut carbs, or do high-intensity workouts.

The gig's up. 70 years since 'cabbage soup', obesity has tripled, 97% of all dieters gain it all back - and more, and diets are 5 times more likely to result in an eating disorder than sustained weight loss. In this ground-breaking book, Shahroo Izadi delves deep into the intricacies of food addiction perpetuated by diets and unveils the secret to sustainable weight loss through actively unlearning damaging - and fattening - diet habits.

Dr Amy Shah kept hearing the same complaints from her patients: 'I feel hungry all the time, even when I just ate.' 'My cravings are out of control.' Too many of them were white-knuckling it through yet another exercise and diet plan, only to feel depleted, frustrated and really effing hungry. So she created I'm So Effing Hungry, a science-based plan designed to help you take charge of your health and your cravings, without feeling deprived. As Dr Shah explains, cravings aren't your fault, and eating a healthier diet isn't just a matter of self-discipline or willpower.

Is it possible to eat well, drink wine, and still lose weight? Melanie Avalon is living proof that, heck yeah, it's not only possible, it's unbelievably simple and straightforward. It's all about the what (mostly paleo, but she's not a monster about it), the when (believe it or not, brief fasting can mean freedom rather than restriction), and the wine (red wine can be a secret bullet for weight loss). It's a combination that Avalon discovered after years of self-experimentation and intense research on the mechanics of body fat regulation.

Mainstream health science has let you down. Weight loss is not the key to health, diet and exercise are not effective weight-loss strategies, and fatness is not a death sentence. Body Respect debunks common myths about weight, including the misconceptions that BMI can accurately measure health, that fatness necessarily leads to disease, and that dieting will improve health. The authors also help make sense of how poverty and oppression - such as racism, homophobia, and classism - affect life opportunity, self-worth, and even influence metabolism. 

The instant New York Times bestseller. For her entire adult life, Oprah Winfrey has struggled with her weight. She never thought in her lifetime, medicines would provide hope, health, and healing for people like her. But as her conversations with Dr. Ania Jastreboff from the Yale School of...

This audiobook is for every person who's racing toward middle age or for those already dealing with it, and it's for anyone whose diets stopped working for them and they're watching their body shape change before their eyes. This is not another diet audiobook, and you will not find any meal plans or recipes, but by the end of this audiobook, you will know how to lose weight and understand why you haven't in the past.

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For her entire adult life, Oprah Winfrey has struggled with her weight. She never thought in her lifetime, medicines would provide hope, health, and healing for people like her. But as her conversations with Dr. Ania Jastreboff...

In this groundbreaking work, Alan Levinovitz, PhD, exposes the myths behind how we come to believe which foods are good and which are bad and points the way to a truly healthful life, free from anxiety about what we eat.

Celebrity favorite health and wellness consultant Kelly LeVeque shares her secrets for losing weight, attuning ourselves to our bodies needs, and freeing ourselves from food drama in this essential wellness guide. In this inspirational yet practical book, the nutritional consultant and...

Bestselling author, columnist, and physician Mark Hyman, M.D., brings us a science-based, easy-to-follow diet and nutritional plan in UltraMetabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss. For many, losing weight is a never-ending struggle, especially since our bodies are designed to keep...

Are you contemplating having weight loss surgery, but don't know where to go or what to do? Don't let fear stop you. Gastric sleeve surgery changed my life, and I hope after listening to my journey, it will change yours as well. Following these guidelines, I lost over 175 pounds, and wanted to share with you to show that it can be done.

Imagine how different your life would be if you could lose fat, increase muscle mass, and cleanse your body all at the same time just by changing "when" you eat. Can you really have your cake and eat it? Excuse the pun, but with intermittent fasting you really can. I know this sounds like an exceptional claim, but in my opinion, this way of eating really is the panacea to virtually all human ailments....

A personal and inspirational memoir from Grammy and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, focused on her amazing transformation as she embraced a healthy lifestyle and lost over eighty pounds. Soulful and sultry, Jennifer Hudson wowed the world with her powerful voice in American Idol's third season...

What if you got rid of cravings altogether and naturally wanted healthy foods? Imagine not just losing weight, but easily sustaining it; feeling fabulous in your favourite clothes again. Best-selling author, Dawn Cuckow, presents the eye-opening findings of years of research into weight loss. Based on hundreds of scientific studies and real life clients, combined with her degree in nutritional therapy, she answers the question: What are the secrets to lasting weight loss?

As we face today’s excess of confusing and often contradictory advice on diet and wellness, Daniel E. Lieberman—bestselling author of The Story of the Human Body and Exercised, and founding chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University—gives us a brilliant...

Todos comemos ¡Todos sabemos que algunos alimentos son mejores para nosotros que otros, y todos sabemos que los alimentos que anhelamos generalmente no son los que son buenos para nosotros! La teoría es genial, pero la práctica es mejor. Este libro trata sobre cómo poner en práctica la teoría de la nutrición y la ciencia de los alimentos en su vida. Aprenda qué alimentos comer y cuáles evitar y por qué. Este libro lo ayudará a comprender las ciencias de la alimentación y la nutrición, y lo guiará para que los años de investigación trabajen para usted y su salud.

Only 2 percent of those who lose weight keep it off longer than two years. Over 60 percent of adults and 30 percent of children are obese in our nation. Diabetes has increased approximately 1,000 percent in sixty years. Cancer now affects one out of three people. The top 3 killers in America are all diet related. The diet industry is a multi-billion-dollar-a-year industry–reoccurring dieters means reoccurring revenue.

Being overweight isn’t the problem. Not being in control of your weight is. Do you see that? That’s why diets and hypnosis, and even surgeries are Band-Aids. They are just temporary remedies that you grabbed onto; that you ceded your control to. But, the truth is that you are still out of control, which is a horrible state for any human being.