Every day we are bombarded with information about so-called 'superfoods', best-ever diets and what we should eat. Covering all ages from children to the elderly, The Food Manual explains the principles of good nutrition and how to achieve them in the 21st Century - even when time and money may be short. Written with a positive approach, it includes information on all types of food, intolerances, allergies, weight issues, age-related food considerations, shopping tips and storing food. (Haynes, published 2009)

• You Are What You Eat: the meal planner that will change your life
  

  The easy-to-follow plan to keep you slim and healthy all year round and for the rest of your life. You are what you eat: The meal planner that will change your life will help you make good food choices for the whole of your life. It contains easy-to-follow nutritional plans which provide a constructive and simple way to help you and your family avoid making poor food choices. It also tackles a whole range of health issues and provides straightforward action points to steer you towards a healthier lifestyle. This book will give you all the advice and information you need to look and feel great, increase your energy levels, improve your mood, get better skin, nails and hair and look forward to gradual healthy weight loss. (Virgin books, published 2006. Official tie-in to the TV series)

• Turn Back Your Body Clock
  

  The guide to changing your life and living longer How long you live can be influenced by what you eat, what you drink, the exercise you take and the everyday lifestyle choices you make. Bad lifestyle choices – a poor diet, excessive alcohol and a couch-potato outlook – can knock years off your life. You don’t feel a thing…Yet. But don’t let your calendar age or your visual age fool you. It’s how old you are on the inside that counts. Whether you're a thirty-something who wants to feel full of energy again, or a sixty year old who'd like to keep up with the grandchildren, by following the advice in this book you too can add years to your life expectancy. Including the diet and exercise plans, and all the recipes used by the participants in the TV programmes. (Headline, published 2006. Official tie-in to the Channel Four series)

  
  

• Lorraine Kelly’s Junk Free Children’s Eating Plan with Carina Norris

  Change your child’s eating habits in six weeks and for life In Lorraine Kelly's Junk Free Children's Eating Plan, Carina Norris has devised a way of steering your children away from unhealthy choices and towards more nutritious foods. It’s not a diet, but an easy-to-follow six-week eating plan, based on simple nutritional principles, to improve your children’s eating habits and get them to choose healthier foods all the time. There are loads of tasty and easy-to-prepare recipes and snack suggestions, which will not only take the stress out of mealtimes but also give your children all the nutrients they need. And the flexibility of the plan – your children are involved in choosing their meals – will allow them to take an interest in the food they are eating. Six weeks is all it takes to turn your children’s diet around and set them on the road to healthy living. (Virgin Books, published 2007)

• You are what you eat: Live Well, Live Longer

  Live a healthier, happier life, whatever your age Eating well can change your life – it can make you look and feel better, boost your energy levels and increase your life expectancy. But our nutritional needs and health concerns change throughout our life. You are what you eat: Live well, Live longer contains nutritional advice for everyone with tailored information and tips for every life stage, from childhood to old age. The book concentrates on three major life stages: ages 5 – 25, 25 – 50 and 50+ and explains how our needs change with age and the health issues that we face at each stage of life. (Virgin Books, published 2007)

• You are what you eat - Total Health Overhaul
  

  An eight-week plan to renovate your health, look good and feel fabulous - turn bad habits into good ones and set yourself on the path to long term good health. The book explains the nutritional bad habits many of us fall into, and the nutritional good habits we need to develop. It shows you how to kick start your healthy new lifestyle with an eight-week eating plan and delicious recipes for every meal of the day including snacks. You'll also find advice on planning your meals and buying fresh foods in season. ‘Fitness Focuses' provide daily exercise to boost fitness levels and the long term health benefits of a total health overhaul are simply and clearly explained. (Virgin Books, published January 2008)

• You are what you eat. Shop. Eat. Quick and Easy. 

  A little book packed with practical advice on healthy eating for busy people. Includes: Buying and preparing - Healthy shopping, reading labels, cooking methods, cutting fat, sugar and salt in the diet, making food preparation stress free and easy. Eating away from home - Healthy  food on the move, holidays, eating out, what to choose when it has to be a takeaway. Packed and work lunches - packed lunches for children and grown-ups, what to include and how to make them appealing, what to choose in the work canteen. Celebrations and parties - Surviving Christmas and New Year, damage limitation at parties, healthy and safe drinking. (Virgin Books, published 2007)

  • The Brain Food Plan
    

    Help your child reach their full potential and overcome learning difficulties. Registered Nutritionist Carina Norris and child development delay expert Dr Robin Pauc explain how simple changes to your child's diet and exercise habits can have a massively positive impact on their health and their ability to overcome learning difficulties. As well as providing advice for children with developmental delay it can also help all children to establish a healthy diet for life. The book explains: Explains learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADD,  ADHD and autism. What learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADD, ADHD and autism, are How nutrition affects the brain, and its crucial role in childhood brain development and function How healthy eating can help The best (and worst) foods for your child's brain Why exercise is important Includes diet and exercise plans that can help all children achieve optimum health. (Virgin Books, published 2007)

    
    

  • Could It Be You By Dr Robin Pauc with Carina Norris
    

    Could It Be You provides a practical lifeline to anyone living with learning or behavioral difficulties. It explains how learning difficulties are assessed and treated and how to reduce the effects of learning difficulties through a combination of general and specific exercises. A large section in the book provides information on what to eat to help your brain function more efficiently. (£10.99, published by Virgin, 2008)

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