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Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. Will it be fast food tonight, or something organic? Or perhaps something we grew ourselves? The question of what to have for dinner has confronted us since man discovered fire. But as Michael Pollan explains in this revolutionary book, how we answer it now, at the dawn of the twenty-first century may determine our survival...
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"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 nutrition expert, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts.org,...
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"In First Bite, acclaimed food historian Bee Wilson delves deep into the latest research from food psychologists, neuroscientists, and nutritionists to reveal that our food habits are shaped by family and culture, memory and gender, hunger and love. We do not come into the world with an innate sense of taste or nutrition as omnivores, we have to learn how and what to eat, how sweet is too sweet and what food will give us the most energy for the coming...
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A look at the deeper meaning behind our food choices: from the prioritization of convenience over health to the ways food at work affects our happiness; from the American obsession with "having it our way" at Starbucks, Chipotle and other chains that individualize the eating experience to the fascinating dynamic between highbrow food culture--artisan this and small-batch that--and the lowbrow, such as Taco Bell's sale of 100 million Doritos Locos...
6) Stellaluna
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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AD 550L
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English
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After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.
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"Haylie Pomroy, celebrated nutritionist, and New York Times bestselling author of The Fast Metabolism Diet shares a prescription for total health based on decades of work using food as metabolic medicine. Our bodies are always talking; we just need to learn how to listen to them. Sometimes they whisper to us--our energy is off, our body shape is morphing in ways we don't like. Sometimes they try to give us straight talk, pushing our cholesterol a...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
930L
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English
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An adaptation of the famous book offers insight into food consumption in the twenty-first century, explaining how an abundance of unlimited food varieties reveals the responsibilities of consumers to protect their health and the environment.
9) Stick dog
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Stick Dog volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
710L
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English
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When Stick Dog's quest for hamburgers turns out to be more difficult than he could have ever imagined, he challenges his friends to come up with a master plan that includes unconventional solutions.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 520L
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English
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After inviting his friends over for a pizza party, Pete piles his favorite pepperoni topping on the pie he is making, but when his guests arrive and add their own toppings to the pizza, Pete begins to wonder if his perfect pizza will be ruined.
11) Fussy flamingo
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[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 610L
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English
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Lola, a young flamingo, knows that eating shrimp will make her feathers pink, but when her parents look away she tries different foods and turns a series of wild colors.
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This is an account of how food has helped to shape society from the emergence of farming in China by 7500 BCE to today's use of sugar cane and corn to make ethanol. The story of these food-driven transformations is a fully satisfying discourse on the sweep of human history.
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Bear Grylls adventures volume 08
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
650L
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English
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Evie likes new experiences - except for being extremely fussy about what she eats. Suddenly she finds herself on a sunbaked safari with Bear Grylls, where food and water are scarce and dangerous wild animals prowl the savannah. To survive, Evie must eat what she can, when she can - even if it seems absolutely disgusting. Can Evie overcome her worries and show she has the stomach for adventure?
15) Strange foods
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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790L
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You might think anchovies and fruitcake are pretty weird foods. But wait until you hear about durian, a huge, spiky fruit that smells like gym socks. Or salmiakki, the licorice with a salty, fishy taste. And don't forget kopi luwak, the coffee made from…poop! Discover all kinds of unusual foods from around the world!
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2020.
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Español
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En este revolucionario libro, Michael Pollan, uno de los escritores mas brillantes, originales y elocuentes de Estados Unidos, aborda la aparentemente sencilla pregunta de que deberiamos comer, ofreciendonos unas respuestas que tienen profundas implicaciones politicas, economicas, psicologicas e incluso morales para todos nosotros. Que cenaremos hoy? Nos hemos confrontado a esta pregunta desde que el hombre descubrio el fuego, pero para Michael Pollan...
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[2016]
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English
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"The only thing that should be fat on your job is your paycheck. There is a "huge" worldwide obesity problem. While fads and quick-fix diets abound, they fail to address an important question in weight gain today: is your job making you fat? The answer is "Yes." This bold assertion is based on a great deal of global research that continues to confirm a compelling relationship between working and weight gain. The powerful link between the workplace...
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Say goodbye to the daily frustration of picky eating with these effective child-tested, parent-approved, No-Cry solutions plus healthy family-friendly recipes. Are you convinced your child will only eat pasta and chicken nuggets for the rest of her life? Worried your son is not getting adequate nutrition? Tired of vegetables being cast as the villain during mealtime battles? Nearly all parents experience a finicky eater at their table, but finding...
20) I am Sam-I-Am
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[2019]
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English
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"Meet Sam-I-Am. He likes to eat green eggs and ham!"--Back cover.
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