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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise April 2021
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Living Lightly : The Busy Person's Guide to Mindful Consumption by Nicola TurnerThe food we eat, the clothes we wear, the stuff we buy, the waste we create - how we consume is having a massive impact on our own wellbeing, and the wellbeing of the planet. How do you reduce your impact when you don't want to compromise your lifestyle? How do you live lighter when you're juggling the motherlode of life? How can you become more mindful of your consumption habits? In a previous career, Nicola Turner's job was to understand shopper behaviour and convince us to buy more. After a personal journey to live more sustainably, she now uses this insight to help us consume less. With her unique ability to keep it real, Nicola shares how her family of four now lives with less stuff, less waste and less impact. It's made life simpler, saved heaps of time and money and created a healthier, happier family. Filled with actionable ideas and practical hacks, Living Lightly is for everyday people who want to simplify their life and reduce their impact but feel they're just too damn busy. It's all about making simple changes that work for you - and not letting perfect get in the way of good.
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It only takes five minutes to start changing your life. For good. If you've ever struggled to prioritize your health, or started an intensive plan only to stop days, weeks, or months later, it's not your fault--behavioral science shows that most plans simply aren't built to last. Dr. Rangan Chatterjee outlines a daily five-minute plan that is easy to follow, easy to maintain, and requires minimum willpower. [This book] draws on Chatterjee's 20 years of experience, including real-life case studies from his medical practice, to identify simple, effective strategies that will help you become healthier, happier, and less stressed.
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| Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika JaouadWhat it's about: the moving and bittersweet story of Suleika Jaouad's battle with leukemia and her journey of emotional recovery after surviving the disease.
About the author: Jaouad is an Emmy Award-winning documentarian and columnist for the New York Times.
Reviewers say: "This is a stunning memoir, well-crafted and hard to put down" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease by Charles KennyWhat it is: a timely and well-researched history of the relationship between humanity and disease and how various plagues have shaped society.
Why you should read it: to provide context for the economic, social, and political implications of the current pandemic.
Don't miss: the discussions of non-communicable but still widespread conditions like high blood pressure. |
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Growing Young : How Friendship, Optimism and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100 by Marta ZaraskaFrom the day her daughter was born, science journalist Marta Zaraska fretted about what she and her family were eating. She fasted, considered adopting the keto diet, and ran a half-marathon. She bought goji berries and chia seeds and ate organic food. But then her research brought her to read countless scientific papers and to interview dozens of experts in various fields of study, including molecular biochemistry, epidemiology and neuroscience. What Marta discovered shattered her long-held beliefs about aging and longevity. A strong support network of family and friends, she learned, lowers mortality risk by about 45 percent, while exercise only lowers it by about 23 percent. Volunteering your free time lowers it by 22 percent or so, while certain health fads like turmeric haven't been shown to help at all. These revelations led Marta Zaraska to a simple conclusion: In addition to healthy nutrition and physical activity, deepening friendships, practicing empathy and contemplating your purpose in life can improve your lifespan. Through eleven chapters that take her around the world, from catching wild mice in the woods of central England to flower arranging with octogenarians in Japan, from laboratories to "hugging centres," Marta embarks on an absorbing, entertaining and insightful journey to determine the habits that will have the greatest impact on our longevity.
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The 21-Day Immunity Plan : How to Rapidly Improve Your Metabolic Health and Resilience to Fight Infection by Aseem MalhotraA simple, clear, scientifically proven plan to boost metabolic health and help our immunity to the virus Covid-19 by one of the world's most influential cardiologists. Dr Aseem Malhotra, a leading NHS cardiologist, has led the way in citing obesity, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease as frequent factors in those hospitalised with coronavirus. He shows how they result from poor metabolic health, including an over-dependence on ultra-processed foods, which seriously affects our immune response. In this life-changing 21 Day Plan he brings us the good news that we can reverse our health and rapidly improve our resilience to infection and disease through just a few simple lifestyle changes - to our diet, how we exercise and sleep, and reduce stress.
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Chi Health Cycle : The 24-Hour Plan to Restore Health Through Energy Flow by Jost SauerA practical guide that shows how you can make changes to your life that will impact the health of your organs and your wellbeing, using the principles of traditional Chinese medicine. Chi is believed to be the vital force forming any living entity and it is the central underlying principle of TCM. It is the energy that your organs use to repair and heal.TCM works with the 24-hour flow of chi through your body. Every 24 hours chi spends two hours in each of the twelve organs. If your lifestyle builds chi and enhances its flow to your organs, your body will heal symptoms as they arise. Each chapter of the book looks at a specific organ and sets out healthy lifestyle choices you can make to keep it in top shape, and also reveals how the unhealthy choices that many of us knowingly make create the symptoms that progress to lifestyle diseases.
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Infused! : 70 Thirst-Quenching Healthy Drinks by Angèle Ferreux-maeghtThe power of infused waters, teas and tonics is increasingly sought after - for boosting good physical and mental health. As the mainstream interest in healthy eating continues to grow, so too has the interest in healthy drinks, and especially in reducing consumption of alcohol. This book contains 70 nutrient-rich hot and cold infused water recipes, guaranteed to not only quench your thirst, but make you feel better too. Recipes use myriad fruits and herbs - including lemon, kiwi, pomegranate, peach, mint, rosemary, cranberries, cucumber, raspberry and vanilla - ensuring your palette will be as satisfied as your body.
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The Diet Compass : The 12-Step Guide to Science-Based Nutrition for a Healthier and Longer Life by Bas KastThe answer to all questions about ageing and nutrition. When science journalist Bas Kast collapsed with chest pains when he was only 40, he was faced with an existential question: had he ruined his health with junk food? He decided to radically change his eating habits in order to heal himself. But what is really good for you? This was the beginning of a journey of discovery into the latest research into ageing and nutrition — and it lasted several years. What do people with a particularly long life span eat? How can you lose weight efficiently? Are afflictions typical of old age avoidable? Can you ‘eat yourself young’ with certain foods? Much of what we think is healthy can even be harmful. Bas Kast has filtered out from thousands of sometimes contradictory studies scientifically founded findings about what really makes for healthy eating.
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