The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 58 mins)
By Michael Pollan
Narrated By Scott Brick
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"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature offers, humans have had to learn what is safe, and what isn't. Today, as America confronts what can only be described as a national eating disorder, the omnivore's dilemma has returned with an atavistic vengeance.
Stephen says:
"Great presentation of a moral dilemma"
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food. Humans used to know how to eat well, Pollan argues. But the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused, complicated, and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists-all of whom have much to gain from our dietary confusion.
Kimberly says:
"Good book, but read The Omnivore's Dilemma first"
Building upon this critical work in Good Calories, Bad Calories and presenting fresh evidence for his claim, Taubes now revisits the urgent question of what’s making us fat—and how we can change—in this exciting new book. Persuasive, straightforward, and practical, Why We Get Fat makes Taubes’s crucial argument newly accessible to a wider audience.
Igor says:
"Are you looking for an attachement for the book?"
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted
ABRIDGED (7 hrs and 44 mins)
By T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell
Narrated By Stefan Rudnicki
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(259)
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(43)
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(45)
The China Study offers conclusive evidence that a change of diet can dramatically reduce the risks of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. The book is based on the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted, a 20-year joint project between Cornell University, Oxford University, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine. The study surveyed the eating habits of 6,500 adults from all over China and Taiwan and found a direct correlation between diet and disease.
You Can Heal Your Life (Unabridged, Adapted for Audio)
UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 2 mins)
By Louise L. Hay
Narrated By Louise L. Hay
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(48)
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On this powerful audiobook, Louise L. Hay, the world-renowned author and metaphysical teacher, narrates the text of her internationally acclaimed book of the same name. Louise shares her powerful firsthand experiences on the healing path, and explains how limiting beliefs and ideas are often the cause of illness.
Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss
UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 52 mins)
By Joel Fuhrman
Narrated By Joel Fuhrman
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(188)
Performance
(83)
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(82)
When Mehmet Oz has a patient whose life depends on losing weight, he calls on Joel Fuhrman, M.D. In Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Dr. Fuhrman offers his healthy, effective, and scientifically proven plan for shedding radical amounts of weight quickly, and keeping it off.
Joseph says:
"The facts of what's healthy, and what's killing us"
Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health
UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 37 mins)
By William Davis
Narrated By Tom Weiner
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(154)
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(133)
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Since the introduction of dietary guidelines calling for reduced fat intake in the 1970s, a strange phenomenon has occurred: Americans have steadily, inexorably become heavier, less healthy, and more prone to diabetes than ever before. After putting more than two thousand of his at-risk patients on a wheat-free regimen and seeing extraordinary results, cardiologist William Davis has come to the disturbing conclusion that it is not fat, not sugar, not our sedentary lifestyle that is causing America’s obesity epidemic—it is wheat.
Eat for Health: Lose Weight - Keep It Off - Look Younger - Live Longer
UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 12 mins)
By Joel Fuhrman
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(106)
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(28)
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Dr. Fuhrman's scientifically proven system enables you to finally conquer your cravings and food addictions, while steering your taste buds toward healthier food choices. Medical research proves that this is the most effective weight loss method ever studied. But be aware of the side effects...you may experience reversal of diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, and you will feel better than ever before!
Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World
UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 14 mins)
By Joel Salatin
Narrated By Joel Salatin
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(106)
Performance
(99)
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(97)
From farmer Joel Salatin's point of view, life in the 21st century just ain't normal. In Folks, This Ain't Normal, he discusses how far removed we are from the simple, sustainable joy that comes from living close to the land and the people we love.
Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
UNABRIDGED (25 hrs and 32 mins)
By Gary Taubes
Narrated By Mike Chamberlain
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(65)
Performance
(55)
Story
(55)
For decades we have been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more. Yet despite this advice, we have seen unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Taubes argues that the problem lies in refined carbohydrates, like white flour, easily digested starches, and sugars, and that the key to good health is the kind of calories we take in, not the number.
Nataliya says:
"Good, though tough to get through."
Daphne Miller, M.D.
,
Andrew Weil, M.D. (foreword)
The Jungle Effect: The Healthiest Diets from Around the World - Why They Work and How to Make Them Work for You
UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 58 mins)
By Daphne Miller, M.D., Andrew Weil, M.D. (foreword)
Narrated By Heather Hathaway
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(34)
Performance
(17)
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(16)
Daphne Miller, M.D., travels around the world in search of native cuisines to address the Western ailments that plague her patients. This exciting culinary adventure reveals the health and well-being benefits of eating a less processed, more natural diet and how one can incorporate native foods into everyday living.
Conscious Aging: On the Nature of Change and Facing Death
ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 37 mins)
By Ram Dass
Narrated By Ram Dass
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(30)
Performance
(1)
Story
(1)
Fears of aging and death can destroy one's love of life. Ram Dass provides an uplifting alternative attitude in this eye-opening learning session. Listen as the internationally acclaimed author and teacher probes both Eastern and Western spiritual traditions, offering profound wisdom tempered with reality.
The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin
ABRIDGED (1 hr and 10 mins)
By Bob Harper, Greg Critser
Narrated By Bob Harper
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(0)
Performance
(0)
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(0)
With Bob Harper, superstar trainer and co-host of NBC's hit show The Biggest Loser as your personal authority and coach, you can and will finally shed the pounds - whether you want to lose two or two hundred! Distilling Bob's vast knowledge of nutrition, weight-loss strategy, and human nature down to 20 simple, nonnegotiable principles, The Skinny Rules will help you step away from a reliance on processed foods and the need for so much sweet and salt and step into a newly thin lifestyle.
Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection
UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 10 mins)
By A. J. Jacobs
Narrated By A. J. Jacobs
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(55)
Performance
(46)
Story
(45)
A. J. Jacobs tackles his most challenging experiment yet: a yearlong mission to radically improve every element of his body and mind - from his brain to his fingertips to his abs. First, he had to tackle a complicated web of diet and exercise advice, most which is nonsensical, unproven, and contradictory. Second, he had to consult a team of medical advisers. And finally, he had to subject himself, over the course of two years, to a grueling regimen of exercises and a range of diets and nutritional plans.
Niall says:
"A comic tries a little of everything"
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 58 mins)
By Michael Pollan
Narrated By Scott Brick
Overall
(2477)
Performance
(341)
Story
(338)
"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature offers, humans have had to learn what is safe, and what isn't. Today, as America confronts what can only be described as a national eating disorder, the omnivore's dilemma has returned with an atavistic vengeance.
Stephen says:
"Great presentation of a moral dilemma"
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted
ABRIDGED (7 hrs and 44 mins)
By T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell
Narrated By Stefan Rudnicki
Overall
(259)
Performance
(43)
Story
(45)
The China Study offers conclusive evidence that a change of diet can dramatically reduce the risks of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. The book is based on the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted, a 20-year joint project between Cornell University, Oxford University, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine. The study surveyed the eating habits of 6,500 adults from all over China and Taiwan and found a direct correlation between diet and disease.
Building upon this critical work in Good Calories, Bad Calories and presenting fresh evidence for his claim, Taubes now revisits the urgent question of what’s making us fat—and how we can change—in this exciting new book. Persuasive, straightforward, and practical, Why We Get Fat makes Taubes’s crucial argument newly accessible to a wider audience.
Igor says:
"Are you looking for an attachement for the book?"
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 28 mins)
By John J. Ratey
Narrated By Walter Dixon
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(1508)
Performance
(697)
Story
(689)
Did you know you can beat stress, lift your mood, fight memory loss, sharpen your intellect, and function better than ever simply by elevating your heart rate and breaking a sweat? The evidence is incontrovertible: Aerobic exercise physically remodels our brains for peak performance.
The Blood Sugar Solution: The UltraHealthy Program for Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Feeling Great Now!
ABRIDGED (8 hrs and 31 mins)
By Mark Hyman, M.D.
Narrated By Mark Hyman, M.D.
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(21)
Performance
(16)
Story
(17)
In The Blood Sugar Solution, Dr. Mark Hyman reveals that the secret solution to losing weight and preventing not just diabetes but also heart disease, stroke, dementia, and cancer is balanced insulin levels. Dr. Hyman describes the seven keys to achieving wellness: nutrition, hormones, inflammation, digestion, detoxification, energy metabolism, and a calm mind - and explains his revolutionary six-week healthy-living program.
Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health
UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 37 mins)
By William Davis
Narrated By Tom Weiner
Overall
(154)
Performance
(133)
Story
(128)
Since the introduction of dietary guidelines calling for reduced fat intake in the 1970s, a strange phenomenon has occurred: Americans have steadily, inexorably become heavier, less healthy, and more prone to diabetes than ever before. After putting more than two thousand of his at-risk patients on a wheat-free regimen and seeing extraordinary results, cardiologist William Davis has come to the disturbing conclusion that it is not fat, not sugar, not our sedentary lifestyle that is causing America’s obesity epidemic—it is wheat.
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food. Humans used to know how to eat well, Pollan argues. But the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused, complicated, and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists-all of whom have much to gain from our dietary confusion.
Kimberly says:
"Good book, but read The Omnivore's Dilemma first"
Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
UNABRIDGED (25 hrs and 32 mins)
By Gary Taubes
Narrated By Mike Chamberlain
Overall
(65)
Performance
(55)
Story
(55)
For decades we have been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more. Yet despite this advice, we have seen unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Taubes argues that the problem lies in refined carbohydrates, like white flour, easily digested starches, and sugars, and that the key to good health is the kind of calories we take in, not the number.
Nataliya says:
"Good, though tough to get through."
Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss
UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 52 mins)
By Joel Fuhrman
Narrated By Joel Fuhrman
Overall
(188)
Performance
(83)
Story
(82)
When Mehmet Oz has a patient whose life depends on losing weight, he calls on Joel Fuhrman, M.D. In Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Dr. Fuhrman offers his healthy, effective, and scientifically proven plan for shedding radical amounts of weight quickly, and keeping it off.
Joseph says:
"The facts of what's healthy, and what's killing us"
The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
ABRIDGED (3 hrs and 53 mins)
By Timothy Ferriss
Narrated By Zach McLarty
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(491)
Performance
(145)
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(148)
Is it possible to Reach your genetic potential in 6 months? Sleep 2 hours per day and perform better? Lose more fat than a marathoner by bingeing? Yes, and much more.
The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin
ABRIDGED (1 hr and 10 mins)
By Bob Harper, Greg Critser
Narrated By Bob Harper
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(0)
Performance
(0)
Story
(0)
With Bob Harper, superstar trainer and co-host of NBC's hit show The Biggest Loser as your personal authority and coach, you can and will finally shed the pounds - whether you want to lose two or two hundred! Distilling Bob's vast knowledge of nutrition, weight-loss strategy, and human nature down to 20 simple, nonnegotiable principles, The Skinny Rules will help you step away from a reliance on processed foods and the need for so much sweet and salt and step into a newly thin lifestyle.
With a Little Help from My Friends: The Nourishing Network of Adult Friendships
UNABRIDGED (26 mins)
By Calvin A. Colarusso
Narrated By Ken Maxon
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Friendships are obviously an important part of our relationships, not only in childhood and adolescence, but throughout life; but how much thought have you given to understanding what motivates friendships in adulthood and what makes them tick? Well, this book attempts to shed light on the nature of these extremely valuable and sustaining interactions with the intention of enriching and protecting them. If you have been lucky, maybe wise is a better word, you have maintained friendships with individuals of both sexes.
In When the Body Says No, physician and writer Gabor Maté explores the mind-body link and the connection between stress and disease. Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a relationship between the ability to express emotions and Alzheimer’s disease? Is there such a thing as a “cancer personality?” Drawing on scientific research and years of experience as a practicing physician, Maté provides answers to these and other important questions.
When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection
UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 47 mins)
By Gabor Maté
Narrated By Daniel Maté
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In When the Body Says No, physician and writer Gabor Maté explores the mind-body link and the connection between stress and disease. Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a relationship between the ability to express emotions and Alzheimer’s disease? Is there such a thing as a “cancer personality”? Drawing on scientific research and years of experience as a practicing physician, Maté provides answers to these and other important questions.
Do you want some instant help to focus more on the positive aspects of life? This short, self-help hypnotherapy recording for adults and teenagers contains powerful suggestions for creation of an immediate feeling of well-being. It is gentle and relaxing and aims to give you an instant Boost just when you need it most and when you don’t have much time available. It also helps build a stronger, more optimistic, enthusiastic readiness to appreciate the moment when used regularly.
Do you want some instant help to let go of that overwhelmed feeling and feel more able to cope with the stresses and strains of life? This short self-help hypnotherapy recording for adults and teenagers contains powerful suggestions for the creation of an immediate feeling of inner calm. It will help you set up a trigger for calm at just the moment you most need it. It is gentle and relaxing and when used regularly, it helps build a stronger, lasting inner response, where you are able to handle things with composure.
This book is an anthology written by a diverse group of 40 individuals from around the world. They come from all walks of life, yet they are all united by the choices they have made. Confessions of a Caffeine Addict covers all major products including coffee, tea, yerba mate, energy and sport drinks, soda, caffeine pills, diuretics, medicine, chocolate, and other foods containing the drug. All have written from their hearts, telling the stories of what brought them along to their own conclusions about their use of caffeine.
The Drunk Diet: How I Lost 40 Pounds...Wasted: A Memoir
UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 44 mins)
By Lüc Carl
Narrated By Peter Berkrot
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With his trademark rock 'n' roll hair and snakeskin spandex pants, plus a hot rod and a Harley, Lüc Carl fit the part as a bar manager based in New York City's gritty Lower East Side. And life was good for this Omaha, Nebraska, transplant-a talented drummer who originally moved to the big city to pursue his rock 'n' roll dreams-until, suddenly, it wasn't. Fast forward through seven years of working long hours, binging on late-night Chinese food, and drinking excessively; life had found Lüc 40 pounds overweight and completely out of shape.
From Hormone Hell to Hormone Well: Straight Talk Women (and Men) Need to Know to Save Their Sanity, Health, and - Quite Possibly - Their Lives
UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 44 mins)
By C. W. Randolph, Jr., Genie James
Narrated By Kevin Young
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In this new, expanded edition of their successful book From Hormone Hell to Hormone Well, C.W. Randolph, Jr., M.D. and Genie James team up to challenge the pharmaceutical industry's ongoing promotion of HRT as well as the physicians this industry has brainwashed. A world-renowned expert and co-founder of The Natural Hormone Institute of America, Dr. Randolph has for more than a decade used bio-identical hormone replacement therapies (BHRT) to safely and effectively treat thousands of women and men for decades.
Peace, Love & Healing: Bodymind Communication & the Path to Self-Healing: An Exploration
UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 56 mins)
By Bernie S. Siegel
Narrated By Bernie S. Siegel
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A classic of patient empowerment, Peace, Love & Healing offered the revolutionary message that we have an innate ability to heal ourselves. Now proven by numerous scientific studies, the connection between our minds and our bodies has been increasingly accepted as fact throughout the mainstream medical community. In a new introduction, Dr. Bernie Siegel highlights current research on the relationships among consciousness, psychosocial factors, attitude, and immune function.
The Obvious Diet: Your Personal Way to Lose Weight Fast Without Changing Your Lifestyle
UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 44 mins)
By Ed Victor
Narrated By Dan Cashman
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Bon vivant Ed Victor, premier literary agent to some of the world’s most popular authors (Jack Higgins, Anne Robinson, Nigella Lawson…to name but a few), gained 30 pounds after a little too much of the good life at banquets, parties, and fine restaurants. Knowing that the only way he could diet was to devise his own regimen and with tips from friends, he lost the weight he gained and then some. Here he reveals hints, advice and recipes for weight loss that will inspire you with a whole new look at dieting.
An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies
UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 24 mins)
By Tyler Cowen
Narrated By Stephen Hoye
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Food snobbery is killing entrepreneurship and innovation, says economist, preeminent social commentator, and maverick dining guide blogger Tyler Cowen. Americans are becoming angry that our agricultural practices have led to global warming-but while food snobs are right that local food tastes better, they're wrong that it is better for the environment, and they are wrong that cheap food is bad food. The food world needs to know that you don't have to spend more to eat healthy, green, exciting meals. At last, some good news from an economist!
