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"Everyone knows how hard it can be to maintain a healthy diet. But what if some of the decisions we make about what to eat are beyond our control? Is it possible that processed food is addictive, like drugs or alcohol? Motivated by these questions, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss began searching for answers, to find the true peril in our food. In Hooked, Moss explores the science of addiction and uncovers what the scientific...
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ABC News Nutrition and Wellness editor Dave Zinczenko, author of the multimillion-copy bestselling Eat This, Not That! series, blows the lid off the bizarre, unnecessary, and shocking ingredients in many common brands, and shows you how making smart choices about the foods you love -- including burgers, pizza, and chocolate -- can help you lose weight, drop blood pressure, boost your immune system, and more.
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Calling all dudes to buckle up, because the dynamic fast-food duo is coming back in Good Burger 2! Join Dexter Reed and the OG cashier Ed as they reunite at the present-day Good Burger with a hilarious new crew of employees. The laughs are bigger, the antics are crazier, and this time, Ed and Dex are on a mission to save the entire fast-food industry! Brace yourselves for cameo appearances from the original Good Burger and new faces! This extra-crispy...
6) Home made
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How do you make cheese from pantry staples? Or create an oven smoker from scratch in just two minutes? Or make ice cream without a machine? In Home Made, Yvette van Boven shows you how, complete with an irreverent voice, step-by-step photos and illustrations, and a gorgeous photo alongside every recipe. While her recipes are rooted in a natural, from-scratch cooking philosophy, van Boven is never preachy (she doesn't use the word "organic"); she believes...
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“This is my kitchen. Come on in, but be prepared—it might not be quite what you expect. There is flour on the counter, oats that overflowed onto the floor, chocolate-encrusted spoons in the sink. There is Joey, the husband, exhausted by the thirty-five preschoolers who were hanging on him all day, and he is stuffing granola into his mouth to ease his five o’clock starvation. There are two little girls trying to show me cartwheels...
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Nutrition can be complicated. How do you know what foods are healthy and what aren't? How much should you eat? When you're standing in the lunch line in your school cafeteria, what decisions should you make? What foods should you buy at the convenience store after school? In a store or school cafeteria, it may be hard to pick the best foods and snacks. What LOOKS the best isn't always the healthiest. You may not have a lot of choices to pick from....
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"Snacks are an important-and enjoyable-part of a person's diet. They give us energy, help us grow, and keep us from getting too hungry between meals. However, some snacks provide more energy and nutrients than others, and learning to be smart about snacks is important. Readers are given the tools to be smarter snackers as they find the facts about a variety of common snack foods. The informative main text and detailed sidebars are paired with full-color...
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When you walk through any grocery store, there are all types of food nicely packaged and ready to take home and eat. When you need a quick meal, you may stop into a fast food restaurant and grab something delicious and fried. These quick, easy foods are often less expensive and easily accessible. However, many of these foods are heavily processed and full of preservatives and other chemicals. They are cheap to make and last a long time. In this engrossing...
12) French fries
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to french fries. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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Men's health editors share their advice on on the best (& worst) foods , "healthy" foods, restaurants, breakfasts, salads, burgers, pizzas, sandwiches, sushi, supermarket foods, snack foods, frozen foods, drinks, beer & wine, foods for any symptom, foods for your blood pressure, foods for your cholesterol, foods for your blood sugar, foods you've never heard of, food additives, mall foods, drive-thru foods, foods for kids, and desserts in America....
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"This how-to book provides readers with information they need to get started on a career in the fast-food and fast-casual industries. Included are the history and cultural significance of fast food; kitchen tools, terms, and techniques; how to become a fast-food professional; and career paths in the fast-food and fast-casual industries. Step-by-step recipes help readers practice cooking skills and apply what they've learned. Aligned to Common Core...
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Soft drinks have been in the news a lot lately, with many cities around the United States trying to minimize the intake of soda among their citizens. Readers will learn why there is such a backlash against soda. These sugary drinks are a favorite among people of all ages, but drinking too much is unhealthy. The solution may seem to be to drink diet soda or sugar-free options, but even these have problems. Readers will be armed with the knowledge of...
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When we're hungry, we are often more concerned with quashing the hunger than the quality of what we're eating. This book looks at processed food, which might have started as whole, healthy foods, but are now milled, coated or mixed with salt and preservatives, and fried or cooked. Oftentimes this processed food is cleverly packed as wholesome, even when it isn't. Readers will learn how fake food ingredients can contribute to obesity, high blood pressure,...
18) Super size me
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Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American...
19) McDonald's
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"One Big Mac and a side of fries, please! This title is packed with the history of McDonald's through narrative nonfiction, informative sidebars, Fun Facts, and more."
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Lose weight eating at McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, and Wendy's? Yes, it's possible-and this book shows you how!
We're a nation on the go, and we're gaining weight at alarming levels. Chances are you realize you should lose weight and eat healthier foods, but when you're hungry and hurried, all too often you choose the drive-through over a healthy home-cooked meal. This breakthrough guide presents a practical, real-world solution that teaches you...
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