100 Best Weight Loss Books of All Time

We've ranked the best weight loss books using expert recommendations, sales data, and millions of reader ratings. At Shortform, we know books. Our book guides are the best in the world. Learn why.

The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss book cover1

The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss

Jason Fung

5.0
Everything you believe about how to lose weight is wrong. Weight gain and obesity are driven by hormones—in everyone—and only by understanding the effects of insulin and insulin resistance can we achieve lasting weight loss.

In this highly readable and provocative book, Dr. Jason Fung sets out an original, robust theory of obesity that provides startling insights into proper nutrition. In addition
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change book cover2

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Stephen R. Covey

4.9
When Stephen Covey first released The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the book became an instant rage because people suddenly got up and took notice that their lives were headed off in the wrong direction; and more than that, they realized that there were so many simple things they could do in order to navigate their life correctly. This book was wonderful education for people, education
The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman book cover3

The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman

Timothy Ferriss

4.6
Thinner, bigger, faster, stronger... which 150 pages will you read?

Is it possible to:
Reach your genetic potential in 6 months?
Sleep 2 hours per day and perform better than on 8 hours?
Lose more fat than a marathoner by bingeing?

Indeed, and much more. This is not just another diet and fitness book.

The 4-Hour Body is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning more than a decade, to hack the huma
How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease book cover4

How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

Michael Greger and Gene Stone

4.6
From the physician behind the wildly popular website NutritionFacts.org, How Not to Die reveals the groundbreaking scientific evidence behind the only diet that can prevent and reverse many of the causes of disease-related death.

The vast majority of premature deaths can be prevented through simple changes in diet and lifestyle. In How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nu
The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health book cover5

The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health

T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell

4.5
The revised and expanded edition of the bestseller that changed millions of lives

The science is clear. The results are unmistakable.

You can dramatically reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes just by changing your diet.

More than 30 years ago, nutrition researcher T. Colin Campbell and his team at Cornell, in partnership with teams in China and England, embarked upon the China Stud
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals book cover6

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Michael Pollan

4.5
What should we have for dinner? For omnivore's like ourselves, this simple question has always posed a dilemma: When you can eat just about anything nature (or the supermarket) has to offer, deciding what you should eat will inevitably stir anxiety, especially when some of the foods on offer might shorten your life. Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can
Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men book cover7

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

Lundy Bancroft

4.4
Lundy Bancroft - a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men - uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship.

He says he loves you. So...why does he do that? You've asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the chance to see inside the minds of angry
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal book cover8

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Eric Schlosser

4.4
Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but here Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning.

Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from California's subdivisio
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How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss

Michael Greger

4.4
Discover the cutting-edge science behind long-term weight loss success, in this powerful new book from the New York Times bestselling author of How Not to Die.

Every month seems to bring a trendy new diet or weight loss fad—and yet obesity rates continue to rise, and with it a growing number of diseases and health problems. It’s time for a different approach.

Enter Dr. Michael Greger, the internatio
Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program For Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Completely Revised and Updated book cover11

Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program For Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Completely Revised and Updated

Joel Fuhrman MD

4.3

In this completely revised and updated version of Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s EAT TO LIVE: THE AMAZING NUTRIENT RICH PROGRAM FOR FAST AND SUSTAINED WEIGHT LOSS, Dr. Fuhrman offers his healthy, effective and scientifically proven plan for shedding radical amounts of weight quickly and keeping it off.

The EAT TO LIVE vook offers even more insight from Dr. Fuhrman with 13 videos in which he works with patients

Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones book cover12

Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones

Mindy Pelz

4.3
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Instant Loss Fast Easy: 125 Easy Recipes for Your Instant Pot, Air Fryer, and More

Brittany Williams

4.3
Brittany Williams has taken the weight loss world by storm with her best-selling Instant Loss Cookbook. After reaching a peak weight of 260 pounds and a lifetime of struggling with obesity, yo-yo dieting, autoimmune disease, and chronic fatigue, Brittany changed her relationship with food and lost an astonishing 125 pounds in a year without exercise. She cut processed and takeout foods from her di
Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It book cover14

Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

Gary Taubes

4.3

An eye-opening, myth-shattering examination of what makes us fat, from acclaimed science writer Gary Taubes.

In his New York Times best seller, Good Calories, Bad Calories, Taubes argued that our diet’s overemphasis on certain kinds of carbohydrates—not fats and not simply excess calories—has led directly to the obesity epidemic we face today. The result of thorough research, keen insight, and unas
The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain book cover15

The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain

Steven R. Gundry

4.3
From renowned cardiac surgeon Steven R. Gundry, MD, a revolutionary look at the hidden compounds in "healthy" foods like fruit, vegetables, and whole grains that are causing us to gain weight and develop chronic disease.

In the deadly game of predator versus prey, an adult gazelle can outrun a hungry lioness, a sparrow can take flight when stalked by a cat, and a skunk can let loose a spray of noxi
Simply Keto: A Practical Approach to Health Weight Loss, with 100+ Easy Low-Carb Recipes book cover16

Simply Keto: A Practical Approach to Health Weight Loss, with 100+ Easy Low-Carb Recipes

Suzanne Ryan

4.2
The ketogenic diet, a low-carb, high-fat way of eating, is remarkably effective at transforming people’s lives, helping them shed pounds and find relief from common health conditions. No one knows this better than Suzanne Ryan. In her quest to overcome her lifelong struggle with her weight, she stumbled upon the ketogenic diet and decided to give it a shot. In just one year, she lost more than 100
Fast. Feast. Repeat.: The Clean Fast Protocol for Health, Longevity, and Weight Loss--Including the 21-Day Quick Start Guide book cover17

Fast. Feast. Repeat.: The Clean Fast Protocol for Health, Longevity, and Weight Loss--Including the 21-Day Quick Start Guide

Gin Stephens

4.2
Stephens’ intermittent fasting protocol is the culmination of three years of following the latest IF and autophagy research out of top universities, as well as coaching tens of thousands of people via her online communities. Once an adopter has determined an effective fasting window, they transition to a consistent schedule, utilizing Stephens’ tips and tricks until IF becomes a "forever lifestyle
The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy book cover18

The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy

Mark Sisson

4.2
Being healthy and fit has gone mainstream--millions sweat the calories away on the roads or in health clubs and scrutinize labels and menus trying to do the right thing to control weight, delay aging, and feel healthy, fit, and energetic. And it's simply not working. Rates of obesity, diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, and cancer continue to climb, and even the most committed fitness enthusiasts
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10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse: Lose Up to 15 Pounds in 10 Days!

JJ Smith

4.2
The New York Times bestselling 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse will jump-start your weight loss, increase your energy level, clear your mind, and improve your overall health as you lose ten to fifteen pounds in just ten days.

Made up of supernutrients from leafy greens and fruits, green smoothies are filling and healthy and you will enjoy drinking them. Your body will also thank you for drinking them
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Delay, Don't Deny: Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle

Gin Stephens and Dr. Kenneth Power

4.2
Tired of counting calories, eliminating foods from your diet, or obsessing about food all day? If so, an intermittent fasting lifestyle might be for you! In this book, you will learn the science behind intermittent fasting, and also understand how to adjust the various intermittent fasting plans to work for your unique lifestyle. The best part about intermittent fasting is that it doesn't require
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The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!

John McDougall, Mary McDougall

4.2
A bestselling author’s groundbreaking eating plan that challenges the notion that starch is unhealthy

From Atkins to Dukan, the fear-mongering about carbs over the past few decades has reached a fever pitch; the mere mention of a starch-heavy food is enough to trigger a cavalcade of shame and longing.

In The Starch Solution, bestselling diet doctor and board-certified internist John A. McDougall, MD
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Chasing Cupcakes: How One Broke, Fat Girl Transformed Her Life (and How You Can, Too)

Elizabeth Benton

4.2
I’m missing out on my life. What’s wrong with me?
If that’s ever crossed your mind, and if you know there’s more to life than what you’ve been living, this book is for you.
It sucks to acknowledge that you are what’s keeping you from the life you want. You sacrifice what you want most for what you want in the moment. You know everything you’re supposed to do, and yet you feel stuck—limited by your
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Dr. Cimino's Weight Loss Solution: The No Calorie Counting, No Exercise, Rapid Weight Loss Plan

Scott Anthony Cimino MD

4.2
Dr. Cimino utilized the power of hormones to lose 116 pounds in 6 months. No calorie counting. No exercise. Just pure fat-melting power.

On the Dr. Cimino Weight Loss Solution:
Eat Rich and Delicious Foods Without Calorie Counting or Macronutrient Counting
Learn Which Foods Directly Lead to Obesity and How to Avoid Them
Learn to Harness the Power of Insulin and Glucagon to Lose Weight Effortlessly
Ret
Weightless: A Doctor's Guide to GLP-1 Medications, Sustainable Weight Loss, and the Health You Deserve book cover24

Weightless: A Doctor's Guide to GLP-1 Medications, Sustainable Weight Loss, and the Health You Deserve

Rocio Salas-Whalen MD

4.2

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A board-certified physician shares her must-have guide to using GLP-1 medications, such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound, to reverse obesity and take charge of your health, with established strategies for maximizing your results“This book is a game-changer. Dr. Salas-Whalen gives you the science and the compassion this conversation has been missing. You are not alon

Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food book cover25

Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food

Lysa TerKeurst, Jill Brennan, et al

4.2
From New York Times bestselling author of Uninvited and The Best Yes, Lysa TerKeurst brings you the missing link between a woman’s desire to be healthy and the spiritual empowerment necessary to make that happen.

The reality is we were made to crave. Craving isn’t a bad thing. But we must realize God created us to crave more of him. Many of us have misplaced that craving by overindulging in physic
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think book cover26

Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think

Brian Wansink

4.2
This book will literally change the way you think about your next meal. Food psychologist Brian Wansink revolutionizes our awareness of how much, what, and why we’re eating—often without realizing it. His findings will astound you.

• Can the size of your plate really influence your appetite?
• Why do you eat more when you dine with friends?
• What “hidden persuaders” are used by restaurants and super
The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting book cover27

The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting

Dr. Jason Fung and Jimmy Moore

4.2
Thousands of books have been written about the latest and greatest diets that will help people lose weight and improve health. But a key element in any successful nutritional health program is a tried-and-true method that most people haven't thought about—yet it could be revolutionary for taking health to the next level. This ancient secret is fasting.

Fasting is not about starving oneself. When d
The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners: Your Essential Guide to Living the Keto Lifestyle book cover28

The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners: Your Essential Guide to Living the Keto Lifestyle

Amy Ramos

4.2
Lose weight and keep it off with the straightforward guidance and simple recipes in The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners--your all-in-one resource for starting--and sticking to--the ketogenic diet.

Eat healthier, lose weight, trim your waistline--it sounds so simple. And yet, the CDC reports that more than one third of Americans face significant weight loss challenges--with nearly 1 in 20 suff
The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom book cover29

The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom

Melissa Hartwig Urban

4.1
Over 1.5 million copies sold!

Millions of people visit Whole30.com every month and share their dramatic life-changing testimonials. Get started on your Whole30 transformation with the #1 New York Times best-selling The Whole30.


Since 2009, Melissa Hartwig Urban's critically-acclaimed Whole30 program has quietly led hundreds of thousands of people to effortless weight loss and better health—along w
Thinner Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Female Body book cover30

Thinner Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Female Body

Michael Matthews

4.1
MICHAEL MATTHEWS' #1 BESTSELLING WOMEN'S FITNESS BOOK WITH OVER 250,000 COPIES SOLD. If you want to be toned, lean, and strong as quickly as possible without crash dieting, "good genetics," or wasting ridiculous amounts of time in the gym and money on pills and powders...regardless of your age... then you want to read this book.
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Don't Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight

Rujuta Diwekar

4.1
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It Was Me All Along

Andie Mitchell

4.1
A young food blogger shares her inspiring story of incredible weight loss--a journey from nearly 300 pounds to losing more than half her size--and establishing a healthy and confident relationship with food.

On her twentieth birthday, Andie Mitchell stepped on the scale and discovered that she weighed nearly 300 pounds. At 5' 9"--even knowing that she was big and hating herself for it--she was stun
The Diabetes Code: Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally book cover33

The Diabetes Code: Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally

Jason Fung

4.1
Dr. Jason Fung forever changed the way we think about obesity with his best-selling book, The Obesity Code. Now he has set out to do the same for type 2 diabetes.


Today, most doctors, dietitians, and even diabetes specialists consider type 2 diabetes to be a chronic and progressive disease—a life sentence with no possibility of parole. But the truth, as Dr. Fung reveals in this paradigm-shifting bo
Good Calories, Bad Calories book cover34

Good Calories, Bad Calories

Gary Taubes

4.1
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight, and Disease

In this groundbreaking book, the result of seven years of research in every science connected with the impact of nutrition on health, award-winning science writer Gary Taubes shows us that almost everything we believe about the nature of a healthy diet is wrong.

For decades we have been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates bett
Medical Medium Cleanse to Heal: Healing Plans for Sufferers of Anxiety, Depression, Acne, Eczema, Lyme, Gut Problems, Brain Fog, Weight Issues, Migraines, Bloating, Vertigo, Psoriasis, Cys book cover36

Medical Medium Cleanse to Heal: Healing Plans for Sufferers of Anxiety, Depression, Acne, Eczema, Lyme, Gut Problems, Brain Fog, Weight Issues, Migraines, Bloating, Vertigo, Psoriasis, Cys

Anthony William

4.1
From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Celery Juice and Liver Rescue, here's everything you need to know about cleansing to transform your health--and your life.

If you think you don't have any need to do a cleanse--if you're sure you couldn't possibly be harboring any toxins in your body--think again. In today's world, there are poisons and pathogens that threaten our health starting be
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Intuitive Eating

Evelyn Tribole

4.1
First published in 1995, Intuitive Eating has become the go-to book on rebuilding a healthy body image and making peace with food. We've all been there—angry with ourselves for overeating, for our lack of willpower, for failing at yet another diet. But the problem is not us; it's that dieting, with its emphasis on rules and regulations, has stopped us from listening to our bodies. Written by two p
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The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl

Shauna Reid

4.1
In January 2001 Shauna Reid was twenty-three years old and twenty-five stone. Determined to turn her life around, she created the hugely successful weblog The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl and, hiding behind her Lycra-clad roly-poly alter-ego, her transformation from couch potato to svelte goddess began. Today, 8,000 miles, seven years and twelve-and-a-half stone later, the gloriously gorgeous Sh
Never Binge Again(tm): Reprogram Yourself to Think Like a Permanently Thin Person. Stop Overeating and Binge Eating and Stick to the Food Plan of Your Choice! book cover39

Never Binge Again(tm): Reprogram Yourself to Think Like a Permanently Thin Person. Stop Overeating and Binge Eating and Stick to the Food Plan of Your Choice!

Glenn Livingston

4.1
If you struggle with binge eating, emotional eating, stress eating, or if you repeatedly manage to lose weight only to gain it all back, you may be approaching things with the wrong mindset.

Most contemporary thought on overeating and bingeing focuses on healing and self-love. But people who've overcome food and weight issues often report it was more like capturing and caging a rabid dog than learn
Instant Loss Cookbook: Cook Your Way to a Healthy Weight with 125 Recipes for Your Instant Pot(r), Pressure Cooker, and More book cover40

Instant Loss Cookbook: Cook Your Way to a Healthy Weight with 125 Recipes for Your Instant Pot(r), Pressure Cooker, and More

Brittany Williams

4.1
THE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Brittany Williams lost more than 125 pounds using her Instant Pot(R) and making all her meals from scratch. Now she shares 125 quick, easy, and tasty whole food recipes that can help you reach your weight loss goals, too!

Brittany Williams had struggled with her weight all her life. She grew up eating the standard American staples--fast, frozen, fried, and processe
Plant Powered Plus: Activate the Power of Your Gut to Tame Inflammation and Reclaim Your Health book cover41

Plant Powered Plus: Activate the Power of Your Gut to Tame Inflammation and Reclaim Your Health

Will Bulsiewicz MD

4.1

The instant New York Times bestseller!The New York Times bestselling author of Fiber Fueled offers an empowering new program to reclaim your health, fight inflammation, and supercharge your immune system by healing your gut.We’ve all heard inflammation is harmful, but what exactly is it, why does it happen, and how can we truly heal it? The answers, it turns out, lie deep within your gut.Dr. Will

Made to Crave Devotional: 60 Days to Craving God, Not Food book cover42

Made to Crave Devotional: 60 Days to Craving God, Not Food

Lysa TerKeurst

4.1
Last year, author Lysa TerKeurst released the book Made to Crave, providing the Biblical answer to why people diet, regain the weight they lose, and continue to find themselves stuck in this vicious cycle. Made to Crave helped thousands of people finally achieve victory in their weight loss journey. But, according to TerKeurst, “We need more than 19 chapters to stay motivated and on track. That’s
The New Perimenopause: An Evidence-Based Guide to Surviving the Zone of Chaos and Feeling Like Yourself Again book cover43

The New Perimenopause: An Evidence-Based Guide to Surviving the Zone of Chaos and Feeling Like Yourself Again

Mary Claire Haver MD

4.1

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of the #1 bestseller The New Menopause explains everything a woman needs to know to thrive during the often-misdiagnosed and medically ignored perimenopausal years“Don’t tolerate shrugged shoulders from your doctor during your perimenopausal journey. Get ahead of the issues and your potential symptoms with this important, empowering, and scientifically depend

The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts book cover44

The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

Mary Claire Haver MD

4.1
The Defined Dish: Whole30 Endorsed, Healthy and Wholesome Weeknight Recipes book cover45

The Defined Dish: Whole30 Endorsed, Healthy and Wholesome Weeknight Recipes

Alex Snodgrass

4.1
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Healthy, easy, and delicious recipes from the Defined Dish blog--fully endorsed by Whole30


Alex Snodgrass of TheDefinedDish.com is the third author in the popular Whole30 Endorsed series. With gluten-free, dairy-free, and grain-free recipes that sound and look way too delicious to be healthy, this is a cookbook people can turn to after completing a Whole30, when they’re
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It Starts with Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways

Melissa Hartwig, Dallas Hartwig

4.1
Imagine yourself healthier than you ever thought possible.
It starts with food.


It Starts With Food outlines a clear, balanced, sustainable plan to change the way you eat forever—and transform your life in unexpected ways. Your success story begins with "The Whole30," Dallas and Melissa Hartwig's powerful 30-day nutritional reset.

Over the last three years, their underground Whole30 program has quiet
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A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever

Marianne Williamson

4.1
"If your 'weighty thinking' does not change, then even if you lose weight you'll retain an overwhelming subconscious urge to gain it back. It's less important how quickly you lose weight, and more important how holistically you lose weight; you want your mind, your emotions, and your body to all 'lose weight.' Weight that disappears from your body but not from your soul is simply recycling outward
The Skinnytaste Cookbook: Light on Calories, Big on Flavor book cover48

The Skinnytaste Cookbook: Light on Calories, Big on Flavor

Gina Homolka

4.1
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Get the recipes everyone is talking about in the debut cookbook from the wildly popular blog Skinnytaste


Gina Homolka is America’s most trusted home cook when it comes to easy, flavorful recipes that are miraculously low-calorie and made from all-natural, easy-to-find ingredients. Her blog, Skinnytaste is the number one go-to site for slimmed down recipes that you’d swear a
The Biblio Diet: Live Long, Master Metabolism, Reduce Pain, Fight Depression, and Conquer Cancer with Healing Secrets from the Bible book cover49

The Biblio Diet: Live Long, Master Metabolism, Reduce Pain, Fight Depression, and Conquer Cancer with Healing Secrets from the Bible

Jordan Rubin, Dr. Josh Axe

4.1

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Two of America’s most revered ancient nutrition experts combine forces to give you a holistic plan for creating lasting health and well-being. In this breakthrough book, New York Times bestselling authors and nutrition experts Jordan Rubin and Dr. Josh Axe offer a simple and holistic plan for building strength, health, and longevity. Based on the ancient wisdom

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The Fast Metabolism Diet: Lose 20 Pounds in 4 Weeks and Keep It Off Forever by Unleashing Your Body's Natural Fat-Burning Power

Haylie Pomroy

4.1
Practical Paleo: A Customized Approach to Health and a Whole-Foods Lifestyle book cover51

Practical Paleo: A Customized Approach to Health and a Whole-Foods Lifestyle

Diane Sanfilippo, Bill Staley, Robb Wolf

4.1
Our great-grandmothers didn't need nutrition lessons—then again, they weren't forced to wade through aisle after aisle of packaged foods touting outlandish health claims and confusing marketing jargon. Over the last few decades, we've forgotten what "real food" is—and we're left desperately seeking foods that will truly nourish our bodies. We're disillusioned with the "conventional wisdom" for goo
The 40-Day Sugar Fast: Where Physical Detox Meets Spiritual Transformation book cover52

The 40-Day Sugar Fast: Where Physical Detox Meets Spiritual Transformation

Wendy Speake

4.1
Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health book cover53

Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

William Davis

4.1
Renowned cardiologist, William Davis, MD explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse myriad health problems.

Every day, over 200 million Americans consume food products made of wheat. As a result, over 100 million of them experience some form of adverse health effect, ranging from minor rashes and high blood sugar to the unattractive s
Fiber Fueled: The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome book cover54

Fiber Fueled: The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome

Will Bulsiewicz MD

4.1
A bold new plant-based plan that challenges popular keto and paleo diets, from an award-winning gastroenterologist.

The benefits of restrictive diets like paleo and keto have been touted for more than a decade, but as renowned gastroenterologist Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, or "Dr. B," illuminates in this groundbreaking book, the explosion of studies on the microbiome makes it abundantly clear that elimi
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Body Positive Power: How learning to love yourself will save your life

Megan Jayne Crabbe

4.1
We've been convinced that happiness is something that only comes once we hit that goal weight, get those washboard abs, shrink ourselves down and change every part of ourselves. We believe that our bodies are the problem, but the truth is that our bodies are not the problem. How we've been taught to see them is the problem... it's time for us all to stop believing the lies, and take our power back
Southern Keto Traditions book cover56

Southern Keto Traditions

Natasha Newton

4.1
The ketogenic lifestyle doesn’t require a sacrifice of flavor! Many people think that going keto means they have to give up American traditional dishes, but with a little creativity most of your favorite foods can be made keto. Southern Keto Traditions will show you how to make your favorite comfort foods delicious and low-carb. You don't have to give up breading, cheesecake, pan fried chicken, or
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us book cover57

Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

Michael Moss

4.1
Every year, the average American eats 33 pounds of cheese and 70 pounds of sugar. They ingest 8,500 milligrams of salt a day, double the recommended amount, almost none of which comes from salt shakers. It comes from processed food, an industry that hauls in $1 trillion in annual sales.

In Salt Sugar Fat, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss shows how this happened. Featuring
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The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet

Robb Wolf, Loren Cordain

4.1
Do you want to lose fat and stay young, all while avoiding cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and a host of other illnesses? The Paleo Solution incorporates the latest, cutting edge research from genetics, biochemistry and anthropology to help you look, feel and perform your best. Written by Robb Wolf, a research biochemist who traded in his lab coat and pocket protector for
Deep Nutrition: How Traditional Foods Unlock Your Genetic Potential to Lose Weight, Sharpen Your Mind, Improve Energy, Look and Feel Younger, and Ensure the Health of Your Children book cover59

Deep Nutrition: How Traditional Foods Unlock Your Genetic Potential to Lose Weight, Sharpen Your Mind, Improve Energy, Look and Feel Younger, and Ensure the Health of Your Children

Catherine Shanahan

4.1
Deep Nutrition illustrates how our ancestors used nourishment to sculpt their anatomy, engineering bodies of extraordinary health and beauty. The length of our limbs, the shape of our eyes, and the proper function of our organs are all gifts of our ancestor's collective culinary wisdom. Citing the foods of traditional cultures from the Ancient Egyptians and the Maasai to the Japanese and the Frenc
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Wintergirls

Laurie Halse Anderson

4.1
“Dead girl walking,” the boys say in the halls.
“Tell us your secret,” the girls whisper, one toilet to another.
I am that girl.
I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through.
I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame.


Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what comes after s
The Protein Meal Prep Plan: 30 Weekly Plans + 180 Recipes to Eat Better, Stress Less, and Save Money (Packed with Fiber and 35g+ Protein Per Serving) book cover61

The Protein Meal Prep Plan: 30 Weekly Plans + 180 Recipes to Eat Better, Stress Less, and Save Money (Packed with Fiber and 35g+ Protein Per Serving)

Cassy Joy Garcia

4.1

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Meet and exceed your protein and fiber goals while saving money (and stress!) with this ingenious cookbook devoted to high protein meal prep plans.From the bestselling author behind Cook Once, Eat All Week, holistic nutritionist Cassy Joy Garcia delivers 30 weeks of protein-packed recipes in The Protein Meal Prep Plan―your go-to guide for powerhouse dinners that

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How to Have Your Cake and Your Skinny Jeans Too: Stop Binge Eating, Overeating and Dieting For Good Get the Naturally Thin Body You Crave From the Inside Out (Thinside Out)

Josie Spinard

4.0
YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN STOP BINGE EATING (OR FEELING OUT OF CONTROL WITH FOOD) AND BE THIN!

Get ready, this book will change your life.

You are about to finally uncover the single reason why you've been experiencing such an uphill battle with food and your weight. And far more importantly...

I am going to teach you the skills you need to win the food fight once and for all--without dieting.

If you're look
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Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer

Jen Lancaster

4.0
"To whom the fat rolls…I'm tired of books where a self-loathing heroine is teased to the point where she starves herself skinny in hopes of a fabulous new life. And I hate the message that women can't possibly be happy until we all fit into our skinny jeans. I don't find these stories uplifting; they make me want to hug these women and take them out for fizzy champagne drinks and cheesecake and ex
PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes book cover64

PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes

Carleigh Bodrug

4.0
Everyday Eats: 100 Simple and Healthy Recipes for Real Life – The Defined Dish's Most Relaxed Cookbook Yet with 100 Low-Stress Nourishing Recipes for Every Meal (A Defined Dish Book, 4) book cover65

Everyday Eats: 100 Simple and Healthy Recipes for Real Life – The Defined Dish's Most Relaxed Cookbook Yet with 100 Low-Stress Nourishing Recipes for Every Meal (A Defined Dish Book, 4)

Alex Snodgrass

4.0

#1 New York Times bestseller!Bestselling author and queen of easy, healthy meals Alex Snodgrass shares 100 delicious, low-stress meals. Short ingredient lists, a focus on pantry staples, and minimal pans to wash make these recipes a breeze!Alex Snodgrass is the go-to source if you’re craving an easy, healthy, and delicious meal—she’s shared hundreds of those recipes on her award-winning blog, The

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Mini Habits for Weight Loss: Stop Dieting. Form New Habits. Change Your Lifestyle Without Suffering.

Stephen Guise

4.0
You will never diet again. Say goodbye to calorie counting, restrictive food bans, or other forced behaviors. In Mini Habits for Weight Loss, you will learn how to lose weight naturally, in the precise way your body and brain are meant to change. We've blamed ourselves for lack of discipline. That didn't help.We've blamed calories, carbs, and fat. That didn't help.We've blamed our diet formulas. T
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The Weight of It All

N R Walker

4.0
After being dumped by his long-term boyfriend for being overweight, Henry Beckett decides to make some drastic changes. In a vain attempt at getting his boyfriend back, Henry does the most absurdly frightening thing he can think of.

He joins a gym.

Reed Henske is a personal trainer who isn’t sure he’ll ever be ready to date again. He’s sick of guys who are only interested in the perfect body image,
The Art of Fermentation: An in-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World book cover68

The Art of Fermentation: An in-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World

Sandor Ellix Katz

4.0
Winner of the 2013 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference and Scholarship, and a New York Times bestseller, The Art of Fermentation is the most comprehensive guide to do-it-yourself home fermentation ever published. Sandor Katz presents the concepts and processes behind fermentation in ways that are simple enough to guide a reader through their first experience making sauerkraut or yogurt
Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle book cover69

Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle

Tom Venuto

4.0
This manual will reveal to you all the secrets of permanent fat loss. It is written by a man who has discovered these secrets the hard way - through long years of trial and error. Using the information in this manual will allow you master the art and science of losing body fat by a shorter and less costly route; by “modeling” those who have gone before you and learning from an expert.

This book wa
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body book cover70

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

Roxane Gay

4.0
From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.

“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, som
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The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss & Body Confidence: A Woman's Guide to Stressing Less, Weighing Less, and Loving More

Jessica Ortner and Christiane Northrup M.D.

4.0
Many women live their lives believing that they can’t ask for what they want until they change something they’re unhappy with. No promotion until they get new skills. No relationship until they establish their career. No fulfillment until they find love. One of the most common conditions women place on themselves is weight loss—no love until they lose weight, no sex until they lose weight, no happ
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Fat Cat

Robin Brande

4.0
An experiment so bold, anyone might think it was a little crazy...
Catherine Locke is smart, ambitious, and--okay, not the slimmest girl around. But she's always cared more about her brain than her body. So far that's gotten her where she wanted: into the most advanced, competitive science class at her high school, where she'll once again face her fiercest rival, Matt McKinney.

The guy who once brok
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook That Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats book cover73

Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook That Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats

Sally Fallon and Mary Enig

4.0
The Diet Dictocrats don't want you to know that...
- Your body needs old-fashioned animal fats
- New-fangled polyunsaturated oils can be bad for you
- Modern whole grain products can cause health problems
- Traditional sauces promote digestion and assimilation
- Modern food processing denatures our foods but
- Ancient preservation methods actually increase nutrients in fruits, nuts, vegetables, meats an
Plenty book cover74

Plenty

Yotam Ottolenghi

4.0
With his fabulous restaurants and bestselling Ottolenghi Cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi has established himself as one of the most exciting talents in the world of cookery and food writing. This exclusive collection of vegetarian recipes is drawn from his column 'The New Vegetarian' for the Guardian's Weekend magazine, and features both brand-new recipes and dishes first devised for that column.

Yotam'
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Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir

Jennette Fulda

4.0
After undergoing gall bladder surgery at age twenty-three, Jennette Fulda decided it was time to lose some weight. Actually, more like half her weight. At the time, Jennette weighed 372 pounds.

Jennette was not born fat. But, by fifth grade, her response to a school questionnaire asking what would you change about your appearance "was I would be thinner.” Sound familiar?

Half-Assed is the captivatin
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Medical Medium Life-Changing Foods: Save Yourself and the Ones You Love with the Hidden Healing Powers of Fruits Vegetables

Anthony William

4.0
The highly anticipated new release from the groundbreaking, New York Times best-selling author of Medical Medium!

Experience the next level of medical revelations. Packed with information you won’t find anywhere else about the Unforgiving Four—the threats responsible for the rise of illness—and the miraculous power of food to heal, this book gives you the ability to become your own health expert, s
Forks Over Knives—The Cookbook: Over 300 Recipes for Plant-Based Eating All Through the Year book cover77

Forks Over Knives—The Cookbook: Over 300 Recipes for Plant-Based Eating All Through the Year

Del Sroufe

4.0
"Forks Over Knives," both the documentary and companion book, appeared on the scene in 2011 with an astonishing but simple claim: Following a fully plant-based diet can save your life. By avoiding meat, fish, eggs, dairy, and emphasizing whole, unrefined plant foods, millions of people have begun to notice staggering improvements to their physical fitness, weight, blood sugar and cholesterol level
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Lean in 15: 15 minute meals and workouts to keep you lean and healthy

Joe Wick

4.0
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Keto for Life: Look Better, Feel Better, and Watch the Weight Fall off with 160+ Delicious High-Fat Recipes

Mellissa Sevigny

4.0
The ketogenic lifestyle has been proven to aid in weight loss and to help people achieve better overall health. Mellissa Sevigny, the voice behind the highly acclaimed food blog I Breathe, I’m Hungry, has been a leader in low-carb, ketogenic living for many years and understands the key factors to achieve lifelong success. In her new book, Keto for Life, she delivers a complete road map to adoptin
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This Is Why You're Fat (And How to Get Thin Forever): Eat More, Cheat More, Lose More--and Keep the Weight Off

Jackie Warner

4.0
"Being fat isn't your fault; staying fat is." That's what Jackie Warner, America's favorite no-nonsense celebrity fitness trainer tells her own clients, and that's why no one delivers better results than Jackie does. Now for the first time, Jackie shares her revolutionary program, showing readers the best ways to drop pounds and inches fast, without grueling workouts or deprivation, and keep them
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F*ck Me! I

Funny Hunni Press

4.0
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure book cover82

Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure

Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr.

4.0
The New York Times bestselling guide to the lifesaving diet that can both prevent and help reverse the effects of heart disease Based on the groundbreaking results of his twenty-year nutritional study, Preventand Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn illustrates that a plant-based, oil-free diet can not only prevent the progression of heart disease but can also reverse its effects. Dr. E
Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease book cover83

Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease

Robert H. Lustig

4.0
Robert Lustig’s 90-minute YouTube video Sugar: The Bitter Truth, has been viewed more than two million times. Now, in this much anticipated book, he documents the science and the politics that has led to the pandemic of chronic disease over the last 30 years.

In the late 1970s when the government mandated we get the fat out of our food, the food industry responded by pouring more sugar in. The resu
Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds book cover84

Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds

Kelly A. Turner

4.0
Discover the nine keys that can unlock your pathway to dramatic healing.

Kelly Turner, Ph.D., a researcher and psychotherapist who specializes in integrative oncology, gives the reader the results of her research on over a thousand cases of Radical Remission--people who have defied a serious or even terminal cancer diagnosis with a complete reversal of the disease. The results of this study, which
ketoCONTINUUM: Consistently Keto Diet For Life book cover85

ketoCONTINUUM: Consistently Keto Diet For Life

Annette Bosworth M.D. and Annette Bosworth

4.0
Skinnytaste High Protein: 100 Healthy, Simple Recipes to Fuel Your Day: A Cookbook book cover86

Skinnytaste High Protein: 100 Healthy, Simple Recipes to Fuel Your Day: A Cookbook

Gina Homolka

4.0
Medical Medium Celery Juice: The Most Powerful Medicine of Our Time Healing Millions Worldwide book cover87

Medical Medium Celery Juice: The Most Powerful Medicine of Our Time Healing Millions Worldwide

Anthony William

4.0
Everything you need to successfully tap the amazing healing power of celery juice--and press the reset button on your body--in a concise, practical how-to guide from the Medical Medium.

Celery juice detox is the hottest topic in Anthony William's global online community--and for good reason. According to Anthony, celery juice is an unsung superfood with an incredible ability to create sweeping impr
The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet book cover88

The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

Nina Teicholz

4.0
In The Big Fat Surprise, investigative journalist Nina Teicholz reveals the unthinkable: that everything we thought we knew about dietary fat is wrong. She documents how the low-fat nutrition advice of the past sixty years has amounted to a vast uncontrolled experiment on the entire population, with disastrous consequences for our health.

For decades, we have been told that the best possible diet i
Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything book cover89

Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything

Geneen Roth

4.0
Roth began exploring emotional eating in her bestseller When Food Is Love. Now, two decades later, here is her masterwork: WOMEN FOOD AND GOD.

The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. No matter how sophisticated or wise or enlightened you believe you are, how you eat tells all. The world is on your plate. When you begin to understand what prompts you to use food as
Metabolical: The truth about processed food and how it poisons people and the planet book cover90

Metabolical: The truth about processed food and how it poisons people and the planet

Robert H Lustig

4.0
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Beast (Estill County Mountain Man #1)

Pepper Pac

4.0
Pepper Pace's interracial fairytale is the story of Beast; a Marine with a destroyed face and a plus sized beauty who has identity issues. A lesson learned is that beauty is not what is on the outside...In this romance that is taken from the Beauty and the Beasts' fairytale, it will leave you questioning 'who is the beauty and who is the beast?'
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Sweet Freaks: drinks edition (Miracle Berry Sugarless Recipes Book 1)

Tanya Thompso

4.0
Rumor in the bat cave has it that sugar is the vice sending us all straight to Hell. The average vampire bat isn’t too concerned, but the fruit bats, with their love of sugary excess, are having a veritable glucose attack.

Diabetes, heart attack, obesity, the World Health Organization warns that if we hope to avoid the worst, our sugar consumption must be drastically cut, and by cut they mean ampu
Super Gut book cover93

Super Gut

William Davis MD

4.0
The Complete Crock Pot Cookbook for Beginners: 2000 Days of Flavorful & Effortless Slow Cooker Recipes for Big Families, Homemakers, and Busy People | Stress-Free Meals for Every Day (Color Edition) book cover94

The Complete Crock Pot Cookbook for Beginners: 2000 Days of Flavorful & Effortless Slow Cooker Recipes for Big Families, Homemakers, and Busy People | Stress-Free Meals for Every Day (Color Edition)

Bettye Northrup

4.0

Tired of staring into the fridge at 5 PM with no idea what to make? Exhausted from juggling work, kids, and the nightly dinner scramble? You're not alone.Here's the truth: You don't need complicated recipes, fancy ingredients, or hours in the kitchen to put a hot, homemade meal on the table. You just need the right system — and a slow cooker that does the work while you live your life.That's where

Beat Cancer Kitchen: Deliciously Simple Plant-Based Anticancer Recipes book cover95

Beat Cancer Kitchen: Deliciously Simple Plant-Based Anticancer Recipes

Chris Wark

4.0
Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind: A Powerful Plan to Improve Mood, Overcome Anxiety, and Protect Memory for a Lifetime of Optimal Mental Health book cover96

Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind: A Powerful Plan to Improve Mood, Overcome Anxiety, and Protect Memory for a Lifetime of Optimal Mental Health

Dr Georgia Ede

4.0
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The Spark: The 28-Day Breakthrough Plan for Losing Weight, Getting Fit, and Transforming Your Life

Chris Downie

4.0
A revolution is taking place! Millions of people are discovering a new way of thinking about their weight, their health, and their lives. They are taking part in a visionary approach to weight loss that combines goal setting, nutrition, exercise, motivation, and community that has a proven track record of ten million pounds lost.


From the experts who created SparkPeople.com, one of the most success
Metabolic Freedom: A 30-Day Guide to Restore Your Metabolism, Heal Hormones & Burn Fat book cover98

Metabolic Freedom: A 30-Day Guide to Restore Your Metabolism, Heal Hormones & Burn Fat

Ben Azadi

4.0
The Hunger Code: Resetting Your Body's Fat Thermostat in the Age of Ultra-Processed Food book cover99

The Hunger Code: Resetting Your Body's Fat Thermostat in the Age of Ultra-Processed Food

Dr. Jason Fung

4.0

THE SEQUEL TO THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER THE OBESITY CODE"Jason Fung nails it again in The Hunger Code. This book clearly and compellingly explains why most Americans are overweight and gives us a concise, evidence-based way to manage our weight with as little hunger as possible."—Dan Buettner, New York Times bestselling author of The Blue ZonesThe Obesity Code helped thousands of people lo

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Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study

Barb Raveling

4.0
They say it takes 21 days to develop a habit. But we all know how hard it is to make through those first 21 days. Taste for Truth will help you get through those first few weeks when you'd like nothing better than to give up.

Taste for Truth offers 30 days of Bible study and hands-on renewing of the mind help. You'll be taking off the lies that make you overeat and putting on the truth that will ma