Recovery Nutrition

This book is a much-requested follow-up to Brain over Binge (2011, 2022), in which the author shared how she used a basic understanding of neuroscientific principles to overcome bulimia. In this sequel and companion volume, with the help of fellow specialists and authors Amy Johnson, PhD, Katherine Thomson, PhD, and others, Kathryn Hansen lays out those same principles—and many more—in a self-help format that encourages and enables binge eaters to recover efficiently and effectively.

What makes some people continue to eat when they are not hungry? Why are they unable to stick to a diet despite warnings from doctors and their own understanding of health and nutrition? Most people are familiar with the concept of alcoholism and drug addiction, but the idea that certain foods and quantities of foods can be addictive is only slowly gaining acceptance. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous is for anyone who wants to learn more about food addiction and the solution offered by Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA).

Discover the power of peptides to improve longevity, burn fat, and rejuvenate skin in just minutes a day—even if science has felt overwhelming! This concise, all-in-one guide goes far beyond scattered online info. This concise, all-in-one guide goes far beyond scattered online info.

Are you a man over 50 who wants to feel stronger, think clearer, and age with confidence? Aging doesn’t have to mean slowing down—it can be the start of your most vital years. Biohacking Men’s Health Beyond 50 reveals how simple, science-backed habits can help you increase energy, build lasting strength, and protect your body against the most common challenges of aging. By combining movement, nutrition, and recovery strategies through a functional medicine lens, this book gives you the tools to extend not just your lifespan, but your healthspan—the years you live feeling alive, ...

Dr. Susan Blum describes the four-step plan that she used to treat her own serious autoimmune condition and helps countless patients reverse their symptoms, strengthen their immune systems, and prevent future illness. Dr. Blum's innovative method shows how to use food as medicine, understand the connection between stress and health, heal the gut and digestive system, and optimize liver function. The Immune System Recovery Plan is a groundbreaking, revolutionary way for people to transform their health.

PROBLEM: Generic high-carb meal plans and ultra-processed sports products leave many athletes fatigued, inflamed and stuck at the same race times. AGITATION: Studies from 2022-2025 confirm that metabolic inflexibility—your inability to switch smoothly between fat and carbohydrate—raises injury risk, slows recovery and causes the GI distress that ruins big-event days. SOLUTION: Evolutionary Nutrition for Athletes shows you how to align ancestral food choices with modern training loads so you can power longer sessions, recover faster and extend your athletic lifespan. ✅ Macronutrient ...

A fact-filled guide to coping with compulsive overeating problems by an experienced addictions doctor who draws on many patients' stories of recovery. Overeating, binge eating, obesity, anorexia, and bulimia - Food Junkies tackles the complex, poorly understood issue of food addiction from the perspective of a medical researcher and dozens of survivors.

Are you ready to tackle the ultimate endurance challenge and become an Ironman? Look no further than The Ironman Success Formula, the comprehensive guide to conquering the famous triathlon event. In this 300-page eBook, you'll learn everything you need to know to take on the Ironman, from training programs tailored to your personal goals, building endurance and stamina, strength and mental preparation, and injury prevention techniques, and much more. Don't worry if you're a beginner – this book walks you through the basics of the Ironman so you can set realistic goals for yourself, and ...

Your body is built from the inside out—and amino acids are the bricks, mortar, and repair crew that keep it strong, energized, and resilient. These tiny molecules, found in protein-rich foods, do far more than support muscle. They power your metabolism, sharpen your focus, strengthen your immune system, and even keep your skin, hair, and joints in peak condition. Yet most people don’t know if they’re getting the right balance—or enough of them at all. Without adequate amino acids, your body is forced to break down its own muscle for fuel, slowing your metabolism, draining your ...

Emphasizing the fundamentals of sleep, nutrition, and stress management, this second edition features up-to-date research that has emerged to support the importance of these basic recovery strategies and includes a much-needed, careful look at new devices on the market. Whether self-coached, coached, or team-sport athletes, The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery provides listeners with an evidence-based approach to finding the right balance between stress and rest.

This third edition includes 40 never-before-published, personal stories by recovering OA members from around the world; the founder's story; the complete text of "Our Invitation to You"; an all-new appendix, “The Role of a Plan of Eating in Recovery from Compulsive Eating”, by a dietician specializing in addictive and compulsive eating disorders; the book's original three appendices, “A Disease of the Mind,” “A Disease of the Body,” and “A Disease of the Spirit”; and a new foreword by an eating-disorder treatment professional."

Is living alone preventing you from recovering from your TBI? One seemingly harmless bump on the head is suddenly blossoming into a host of symptoms. Your doctor says it could take you years to heal, which is frightening enough. But you live alone without a job or insurance. You can't think or speak like you used to. You are experiencing unfamiliar, frightening challenges, and you're paralyzed with doubt about being able to get back to your normal self on your own. If you searching for a way to speed up your healing process and are looking forward to getting back to your life, Gail Waitkun,...

Can't say no to fattening foods, carbs, or alcohol? You may be one of the millions of people who are sugar sensitive. Many people who suffer from sugar sensitivity don't even know it - and they continue to consume large quantities of sweets, breads, pasta, or alcohol. These foods can trigger exhaustion or low self-esteem, yet their biochemical impact makes those who are sugar sensitive crave them even more. Dr. Kathleen DesMaisons came up with the solution and published it in her revolutionary book, Potatoes Not Prozac.

Recovery from active addiction is a lifelong journey that can take many paths. By aligning yoga philosophy and poses with each of the 12 steps, Kyczy Hawk presents a physical and spiritual guide that complements and augments any 12-step practice. Listeners will investigate how they think, feel, and believe by using a new vocabulary to process traditional recovery principles.

In recent years "recovery" has become a sports and fitness buzzword. Anyone who works out or competes at any level is bombarded with the latest recovery products and services: from drinks and shakes to compression sleeves, foam rollers, electrical muscle stimulators, and sleep trackers. In Good to Go, acclaimed FiveThirtyEight science writer Christie Aschwanden takes listeners on an entertaining and enlightening tour through this strange world.

Good Sugar Bad Sugar tackles the biggest dietary threat to the modern world: sugar. Due to refined sugar in so many foods, we are seeing epidemics of obesity and type II diabetes on a global scale. The warnings are stark - a 50 percent rise in the death toll from type II diabetes in the next 10 years - yet it's not as straightforward as telling people to cut down on the sugar. Sugar consumption is an addiction that begins at birth and it requires a proven method to get you free.

The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition is OA’s keystone book—created specifically as a study of the OA 12-step recovery program. If you think you may have a compulsive food behavior—including but not limited to compulsive eating, undereating, food addiction, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, overexercising, and purging—give yourself the chance of recovery. Listen how, through working the 12 steps and studying the 12 traditions, OA members have found “physical, emotional, and spiritual healing".

Arthritis is the most common cause of disability in the world - greater than both back pain and heart disease. One example, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is the most common autoimmune disease, affecting 1% of the US population, and almost 68 million people worldwide. Conventional medicine tends to treat arthritis with strong, gut-damaging, immune-suppressing pain medications, temporarily relieving the symptoms of the disease without addressing its root causes.

Each day, hundreds of people suffer from a stroke. It can happen anywhere, at any time. Knowing how to recover after a stroke and taking proactive steps to rehabilitate is the best way to ensure successful healing. This life-changing condition can leave survivors and family members overwhelmed, questioning what the future holds. Thankfully, the brain's amazing neuroplasticity allows for a remarkable recovery in those dedicated to rehabilitation. Recovery After a Stroke takes readers on a journey through the rehabilitation process, exploring the world of neuroplasticity, all in one ...

Pancreatitis is a confusing painful disease. Learn about root causes of diseases and symptoms that lead to and trigger pancreatitis and other digestive issues. My personal experiences as a nurse, stay-at-home mother, longtime family caregiver, and wife of a surgeon, along with the frustration of conventional medicine approaches to treatment, are intertwined throughout the book. As a new grandmother, I encourage these practices more and hope that you will use this book as a reference and pathway to find a new world of healing.