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When it comes to alcohol, less really is more. Drinking less means having more energy, more focus and more money. It’s a huge step to better health, better moods and a better life. Whether you’re keen to just cut down or wish to stop completely, this pocket-sized handbook has all the facts, advice and ideas you need to reshape your life in exactly the way you want.

Being veggie is easier than you think, whether you want to take your first flexitarian steps or are cutting out meat and fish for ethical, environmental or health reasons.

This easy-to-digest guide, packed with nutritional tips, food and drink guides and shopping know-how, will inspire you to enjoy all that’s best about an ECO-FRIENDLY LIFESTYLE.

Did you know that up to one in five people in the UK suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)?

Are you one of them?

In this easy-to-follow book, Wendy Green explains how diet, food intolerances, gut infections and bacterial imbalance, stress and hormones can contribute to IBS and offers practical advice and a holistic approach to help you deal with the symptoms, including simple dietary and lifestyle changes and DIY complementary therapies.

Find out 50 things you can do today to help you cope with IBS including:

• Identify your IBS triggers and learn how to manage them
• Choose beneficial foods and supplements
• Manage stress and relax to reduce flare-ups
• Learn which types of exercise can help to relieve symptoms
• Find helpful organisations and products

There’s more to being vegan than eating your greens…

A plant-based diet is the foundation of a vegan lifestyle, but you can do so much more to incorporate a cruelty-free approach into everyday life. Vegan Life highlights the simple, achievable ways you can show kindness to animals – and to the environment – not just with your choice of food but with the household products, clothing and cosmetics you buy too.

With tips on how to reliably spot vegan goods when shopping, DIY ideas for making your own organic cosmetic and cleaning products and, of course, essential recipes for delicious vegan food, this book makes it easy to live more ethically.

Filled with handy tips and easy-to-follow recipes, this beautiful book, by certified nutritionist Emily Kerrigan, is the ultimate guide to gluten-free living

Do you love cooking but need to avoid gluten? Or have you recently been diagnosed with coeliac disease and need help and inspiration? Look no further!

The Gluten-Free Kitchen is your one-stop guide to living a life you love, gluten-free. With the help of Emily’s simple advice and stunning photos, you will learn:
– How to create tasty, nutritious meals – created by a nutritionist – that will leave you feeling satisfied and energized
– How to set up a gluten-free kitchen
– The ingredients to use or avoid, and the nutrients you should ensure you get plenty of
– Handy tips on keeping costs down and how cooking gluten-free can save you money
– Simple, fuss-free baking recipes – because yes: in a nutritionally balanced gluten-free diet, chocolate cake and kale both have their place!

Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new to gluten-free living, let Emily show you how to create meals that are both healthy and scrumptious. Gluten-free living doesn’t have to be restrictive, but can be enjoyable and delicious!

Swapping his beret for a chef’s hat, Neil Sinclair, author of the bestselling Commando Dad: Basic Training, is back.

Bursting with simple, healthy recipes, his cookbook will help dads:
– Learn – and teach their young troops – essential culinary skills
– Shop smart and make the budget go further
– Make nutritious meals for the whole unit
– Cook in the great outdoors – everything from setting the fire to a proper camp clean-up

Discover the tried-and-tested Commando Dad approach to feeding the family and enlist support from the troops, helping them to learn culinary skills that will last a lifetime.

Make the keto diet easy with this introduction to everything you need to know. Packed with FAQs and recipes, this book will be your guide to losing weight and discovering a host of potential health benefits within weeks.

Everyone’s heard about the low-carb keto diet but, like all diets, it can be difficult to know whether it’s for you and what you need to do. This book is simple to use and will answer all your essential questions about keto, including what the science of ketosis is, and what the health benefits and potential drawbacks are. You’ll also learn what to eat, what to avoid and how to stick to and even enjoy the diet.

Once you’re ready to start, you can delve into the many recipes specifically designed for keto dieters. From sugar-free blueberry muffins to mouth-watering butter chicken salad, the dishes in this book will leave you feeling nourished morning, noon and night.

Diets don’t have to be hard as long as you’re armed with the right tools and a positive mindset.

Do you REALLY know what is in the products that you are buying? Did you know, for example, that colouring in children’s sweets, jelly and soft drinks can potentially cause asthma, skin rash and hyperactivity? That common ingredients in personal care products like shampoo and toothpaste have been associated with problems ranging from skin irritation, to breathing difficulties, nausea, increased risk of cancer and blindness? How can you avoid putting harmful additives and chemicals into and onto your body? This user-friendly guide tells you at a glance which additives are hazardous, which are best avoided and which are safe, making it easier to shop for your family. The colour-coded tables provide valuable information about potential health effects and take the mystery out of additives, helping you to choose which products to put in your basket and which to leave on the shelf. This book may seriously improve your health!

Learn how to truly trust your gut.

As well as digesting your food, your gut plays a vital role in your health and happiness. Not only does it contain over 100 million nerves, but it also hosts over 100 trillion bacteria that influence your immune system, weight, mood and general well-being. This book offers easy-to-follow, practical advice on how to have a happy gut and enjoy good health from the inside out. It will help you to:
– Improve your digestion with a healthy, balanced diet
– Soothe your gut with simple de-stressing techniques and good sleep habits
– Boost your beneficial gut bacteria and lose excess pounds with delicious gut-friendly meals
– Make your own fermented probiotic foods
– Strengthen your immune system and feel happier

Are you addicted to the ‘white stuff’? And are you aware of the dangers in your diet?
Sugar, in everything from blatantly indulgent chocolate to seemingly innocent fruit juices, is not something that manufacturers like to shout about, but the truth is it’s everywhere. Sweet treats make us happy while we’re eating them, but they also create insatiable cravings, excess fat and long-term medical conditions such as diabetes and obesity.
This book will help raise your awareness of the hidden dangers of the processed and natural foods you eat, while offering reliable advice on how to cut down your sugar intake by making better eating choices, whether you want to detox to a sugar-free diet or simply eat fewer treats.

This informative pocketbook of essential gardening tips and tricks will help any aspiring gardener brush up on their knowledge and become a green-fingered fanatic

Nowadays, we are gardening more than ever. As an antidote to the stresses of modern life, more and more people are picking up their trowel in pursuit of happiness, better health and a blossoming backyard.

But sometimes it’s tricky to know where to start with your garden and which direction to take. Not to mention the puzzling terminology and plant names that can leave novice and expert gardeners alike scratching their heads in confusion.

Whether you’re a complete beginner or wanting to hone your existing skills, taking on a large-scale project or getting started in a small space, this book will help you:

– Learn the gardening lingo and choose the correct equipment for the relevant job
– Manage common garden challenges, including pests and diseases
– Discover a range of plants and flowers and where they thrive best
– Plan a garden, from choosing a theme to executing the finer details

The Little Book of Gardening is the ideal companion on your gardening journey, and will show you how to garden at your own pace, in your own time, in your own way.

From the best-selling author of The Hedgerow Apothecary, The Garden Apothecary and The Hedgerow Apothecary Forager’s Handbook

Learn the sustainable and ethical art of the apothecarist with this beautiful photographic guide to working with herbs and spices to make healing remedies and delicious recipes.

Discover the fascinating properties and therapeutic benefits of everyday ingredients found in herb gardens and kitchen cupboards.

For centuries, herbalists and healers have looked to nature for remedies and have made salves, toddies, teas, balms and preserves as cures for common ailments and to add piquant aromas and flavours to dishes – and now you can too.

Inside you will find:
– Photographs to help you safely identify edible plants
– Advice on what is available in each season
– Guidance on how best to grow, prepare and preserve your herbs and spices
– Useful herbal remedies and delicious recipes to try
– The fascinating folklore and history of these majestic aromatic plants