Sustainable Health

Debunking Diet Fads: What Actually Works for Sustainable Health? Have you ever come across a diet that promised dramatic weight loss just by eating one type of food, cutting out entire food groups, or drinking a magic detox tea? These kinds of plans are everywhere—from social media influencers and best-selling books to clickbait articles and word-of-mouth advice. They all offer the same shiny promise: quick results with minimal effort. And let’s be honest—when you're feeling frustrated, tired, or stuck in your health journey, those promises sound awfully appealing.

What if I told you there's a way out of this endless cycle? You can achieve your goals by embracing small, sustainable changes that harmonize with your life instead of upending it. Imagine waking up feeling energized and ready to face the world, free from the guilt of what you eat, empowered to listen to your body, and joyfully creating your path to wellness.

Imagine cultivating enough food to slash your grocery shopping in half—all in less than an hour a day in your own backyard. Sounds impossible, right? Marjory Wildcraft says it's not: She's been homesteading for almost twenty years and founded The Grow Network to teach hundreds of thousands of others—some with very little space or time, some city dwellers with rooftop gardens—how to do the same, from gardening, to raising chickens, to composting, to medicine-making.

The green-building movement has produced hundreds of "how-to" books and websites that are filled with tips about green building and what homeowners should do to go green. While helpful and informative, when it comes to making actual purchasing and installation decisions, these books do not make it any easier for a homeowner to prioritize against a budget. Here, Melisssa Rappaport Schifman shares her knowledge and experience for others to use in their journey toward a greener way of living.

Discover the power of herbal remedies for sustainable health and self-sufficiency. Are you seeking a holistic approach backed by both tradition and science? If so, you've come to the right place! Many people are turning to herbal remedies for their numerous benefits, but finding reliable, practical information can be challenging. Your desire for an all-encompassing, practical guide to harnessing the power of herbs is precisely why this book was created.

Residential designer Jamie Gold has spent years exploring how simple changes to things like lighting, fixtures, storage, and outdoor space can impact our health and wellness. In Wellness by Design, Gold offers a room-by-room guide to refreshing your space so that it supports your wellness journey. Good news, it doesn’t require a yoga room and can be done in small apartments as well as large houses. This book explains how simple changes can make a huge difference in how you feel every day.

Imagine a calming guide that demystifies the often-overwhelming world of herbal remedies and natural medicine, empowering you to overcome health challenges and unlock a wellness-infused lifestyle. Introducing your blueprint for total wellness through the profound yet beautifully simple world of herbal remedies and natural medicine.

Are you tired of weight loss programs that promise the world but deliver nothing more than frustration and exhaustion? What They Won’t Tell You About Weight Loss: Uncovering the Truth Behind Diets, Drugs, and Sustainable Health pulls back the curtain on the myths and misconceptions surrounding weight management.

As I placed my bare feet on the cool, moist soil, I grabbed my garden shovel, stepped over the small fence, and soaked in the mild breeze and beautiful rays of the spring sun that rained over me. The five peppers my daughter had planted from seed had outgrown their container and needed a new home. My front yard garden was the perfect place. As I dug into the soil, placing the first plant into the ground, I felt calm. I felt peace, I felt still, I felt that this was something many people needed.

Don’t sign up for weight-loss surgery until you’ve read this guide! Between eating “healthy” and spending hours sweating in the gym, getting the scale to go down even a tiny bit takes loads of effort and patience. But imagine if you lost up to 70 percent of your excess weight in just one year. That’s the power of bariatric surgery. While there are some risks to the procedure, you can minimize these risks by taking the four simple steps outlined in this guide. With the right information, you’ll be able to lose the weight you’ve been struggling to put off once and for all.

Do you struggle with emotional eating, especially when stressed or anxious? Do your eating habits disrupt your life and leave you feeling guilty afterward? 2.8 million adults face binge eating, often linked to emotional eating. While it may seem like a lack of self-control, emotional eating is more complex than that. We eat our feelings for many reasons–to escape stress or cope with challenges. Left unchecked, emotional eating can harm your health, social life, and finances. But you can change course and overcome emotional eating–it’s not easy, but it is possible.

Now, you can stop the cycle of fad, yoyo dieting weight loss followed by weight gain, and obsessing over your calorie intake and embrace a new way of eating that lets you lose weight - and keep it off - long term. Created by Lisa Moskovitz, a registered dietitian, and backed by science, The Core 3 Weight Loss Plan is a comprehensive approach that helps you achieve sustainable results without constantly feeling deprived or eliminating foods your body actually needs.

It's hard to watch the news, scroll through social media, or listen to the radio without hearing or seeing something disturbing about the climate emergency. This can trigger all sorts of emotions: worry, anger, sadness, guilt, and even grief but also often over-looked positive emotions like motivation, connection, care, and abundance that support mental health and climate action for sustainable longevity. Written by psychologists with extensive experience, this audiobook shows you how to harness these emotions, validate them, and transform them into positive action.

Psychiatrist Judith E. Pentz, MD, travels to Nagpur, India, to study 5000-year-old Ayurvedic Panchakarma detoxification and rejuvenation therapy in a quest to provide enhanced holistic wellness treatment for her patients. A change at the cellular level. Part travel memoir and part spiritual guide, Cleanse Your Body and Reveal Your Soul is one woman’s transformative quest with Ayurvedic Panchakarma (a fivefold detoxification treatment involving massage, herbal therapy and other procedures) and the profound shifts that led to some sustainable, substantial life changes.

If you are tired of fad diets that do not work and want to lose up to 25 percent more body weight in 12 weeks, then this audiobook is for you! Do you feel as though you've tried every option for losing weight but every time you find yourself back at square one? There's a simple solution to this problem: make walking a habit. Regular walking can help boost weight loss by burning more calories. Just three hours of walking per week can lead to 25 percent more weight loss in 12 weeks compared to dieting alone.

Medicinal Herbs & Natural Remedies: A Reliable Guide to Safely Discover, Source, and Cultivate Holistic Health Solutions for Sustainable Living, Regardless of Budget. Unlock the secrets of nature's pharmacy with this comprehensive guide to medicinal herbs and natural remedies. Perfect for beginners and seasoned herbalists alike, this book provides a trustworthy roadmap to safely discovering, sourcing, and cultivating holistic health solutions.

The climate crisis is making us all unwell. And it’s not just the climate crisis… The term ‘eco-anxiety’ has been popularised as a way to talk about the negative impact of the climate emergency on our wellbeing. In It’s Not Just You, activist Tori Tsui reframes eco-anxiety as the urgent mental health crisis it clearly is. Drawing on the wisdom of environmental advocates from around the globe, Tori looks to those on the frontlines of eco-activism to demonstrate that the current climate-related mental health struggle goes beyond the climate itself.

Those extra pounds can be stubborn - but now’s the time to beat them to the curb! Are you sick and tired of trying diet after diet…only to be disappointed every time you get on the scale? Do you feel drained and lazy throughout the day because you’re not getting the nutrients you need? With the help of this simple diet, you can finally take in the nutrients your body needs to thrive…all while losing weight in the process.

Whether you're a sustainability newbie or a seasoned green living enthusiast, this book will empower you with the knowledge and tools to clean smarter, live healthier, and tread lighter on the Earth. Say goodbye to harsh chemicals—and hello to a fresher, cleaner, greener way of living.

Trying to lose weight and failing can be incredibly demoralizing, but with Intermittent Fasting for Women, you can lose weight and learn to keep it off, no matter who you are or what your circumstances are! Intermittent fasting is not, strictly speaking, a diet. There are no tricks and no quick wins that will eventually disappear. Instead, what you will find is an audiobook that provides you with insight into and advice on how you can lose weight safely and consistently, and most importantly, keep it off!