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A cold snap late in winter allows a pioneer girl and her family to enjoy the rich sugar candy made from maple tree sap.

The Candida Cure Cookbook is filled with the recipes, resources, and tips you need to take control of one of the most important yet overlooked obstacles to optimal health: candida, or yeast, overgrowth. Candida overgrowth, says award-winning author and candida expert Ann Boroch, is the hidden cause of a wide range of health conditions that plague us today--from allergies, fatigue, leaky gut, bloating, irritable bowel syndrome, and sinusitis to eczema,...

"The dinner party is back! Chef and cooking show host Natasha Feldman shares the secrets to throwing fun and delicious no-stress gatherings. This modern manual offers 80+ recipes as well as menu ideas, sketches (like a flow chart for what to cook when you're lazy), and practical tips to ensure that everyone enjoys the party—especially the host! Making and eating dinner with your friends should be a blast—nothing tops getting people...

"Cada vez son más las secuelas del consumo de azúcar, y numerosos los científicos que advierten de los riesgos que conlleva, como el sobrepeso, la demencia senil, el cáncer y, sobre todo, la diabetes. Hoy día con el apoyo del estado y la ciencia se promueve activamente la venta del azúcar y se minimizan sus efectos secundarios. Esta obra destapa la escandalosa relación entre el consumo de azúcar y las principales enfermedades de la población,...

It's October in space, and Bob is getting excited for his favorite holiday: Halloween. When Bob tells Beep that soon they'll get to dress up like monsters and get as much free candy as they can carry, Beep thinks he has gone to heaven. But Lani informs them that Halloween isn't celebrated at Astro Elementary. Bob cannot imagine life without Halloween! He appeals to Principal Quark, but with no success. Determined to save Halloween, Bob and Lani organize...

A collection of recipes to help manage diabetes, includingpreparation tips, portion sizes, and ideas for replacing and reducing sugar and fat.

Una novela pica de amor, descubrimiento y aventuras escrita por la autora de Cuando era puertorriquea "La narracin de Santiago es emocionante.... Un triunfo." -The Washington Post. Desde que era una nia en la Espaa del siglo diecinueve, Ana Larragoity Cubillas se siente atrada por la exuberante y extica isla de Puerto Rico que describen los diarios de un antepasado que viaj a la isla junto a Ponce de Len. Y en los hermanos gemelos, Ramn e Inocente...

A groundbreaking new program for improved wellness, more energy, sounder sleep, better-looking skin, and healthy weight losswithout counting calories! Conquer Sugar Cravings in Three Short Weeks. Sugar Free 3 is a revolutionary new plan based on the latest research and science. It's not a diet. It's not a detox. It's not a cleanse. It's a three-week program to reset your entire approach to food and eating. You'll discover why sugar makes you fat (and...

America's favorite diet and fitness expert, Jorge Cruise, will change the way you think about calories. For years, conventional wisdom has continued to state the wrong and outdated research that says simply counting calories is the key to weight loss, and if you cannot follow that plan, you must lack willpower. Now Jorge Cruise's passion for dietary science has revealed the true cause of the obesity epidemic—counting the wrong calories! The 100...

"From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Glucose Revolution, a four-week, four-step program for living a healthier, happier life with balanced blood sugar including over 100 recipes, an interactive workbook, and the guidance to make the “new science of nutrition…practical for everyone” (Robert H. Lustig, MD, MSL, New York Times bestselling author of Fat Chance). Do you suffer from cravings, chronic fatigue, or sugar addiction? Do...