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Each book in this series is based around a popular cross-curricular primary topic. Each topic focuses quite specifically on two or three subject areas following the guidance given in the units of work in the QCA Schemes. The activities can be used in their entirety to provide a half-term’s topic or as a dip-in resource to support the QCA schemes. The books include: * planning support * activity ideas * photocopiables * display ideas * support for differentiation * suggestions for resources Food provides lesson ideas which specifically link to the QCA topics of: * Science: Health and growth * Design and technology: Eat more fruit and vegetables The book shows how these two curriculum subjects can be taught in a discrete yet cohesive way enabling efficient time management of the curriculum…. More >>

Food and Healthy Eating

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1993 paperback. 52 pages. The importance of food enzymes, antioxidants & fiber in your diet…. More >>

Two M.D.’s Ask: Are You Getting it 5 Times a Day?

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By using these Nutrition Playing Cards, children get a jump on making healthy food choices. This deck has 52 cards and 4 suits – just like ordinary playing cards except the suits are Fruits, Vegetables, Grains and Proteins. Each set of numbers goes together to create a balanced meal or snack.

A game list with simple instructions for is included. We’ve added nutrition education twists to well-known card games (ex. Crazy 8’s, Go Fish, Old Maid) so it’s easy for teachers, parents and children to play the games right away while learning surprising facts about high sugar/fat snacks and drinks as well as essential nutrition and exercise facts.

Inside Every Deck:

* 8 easy, fun-to-play games
* 4 suits: Fruits, Veg, Grains,Proteins
* Junk Food Jacks lead kids toward healthy snacking
* Exercise Kings provide ideas for getting active
* Helpful calorie guide for all ages

Spring 2006 Student Survey Results:
87% of 180 school children said they would make a healthy… More >>

Food Fun Nutrition Cards – Lunch Mania!

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What the hell, I thought, someone had just shaken me as I slept on my back. I lay there in the dark trying to figure out where I was. I put my left arm out for Helen before realizing she wasn’t there. Of course, I thought, I’m in the Super 8 in Anthemopolis. I must have dreamed someone was shaking me. I thought I heard a sound, nothing much. It was like someone was walking softly on the rug. There was a brief moment of fear before I thought, How silly. Just go back to sleep. I grabbed both of the extra-thick pillows that came with my king sized bed and pulled them both over my chest like I was hugging Helen. I was just starting to doze off when I felt pressure on my chest. Almost instantly there was a muffled ‘pweeeee’ sound, and the bottom pillow exploded in my arms…. More >>

Evil Business

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The authors of the best-selling Eat This, Not That! franchise provide readers with everything they need to know about the country’s most popular— and misunderstood—restaurant foods Americans will spend more than $500 billion eating out this year, and many of those dollars will be invested in meals riddled with empty calories, dangerous fats, and excessive doses of sugar and sodium. Rather than give up the foods and the restaurants they truly love, consumers need to arm themselves with the information it takes to successfully navigate the nutritional pitfalls awaiting in the burger shack, the Italian restaurant, even the coffee shop. That’s where EatThis, Not That! Restaurant and Fast-Food Survival Guide comes in, providing Americans with authoritative information on thousands of the country’s most popular restaurant foods and teaching them the savvy strategies it takes to cut calories and maximize nutrition without ever dieting again. Features in… More >>

Eat This Not That! Restaurant Survival Guide: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution

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This new edition of The Holly Clegg Trim & Terrific(tm) Cookbook features a fresh look, and more than 100 full-color photographs. Holly Clegg arms real-life cooks with the tools to prepare healthy meals without spending hours in the kitchen. She never sacrifices taste for calories, and proves recipe after recipe that food can be good for you, delicious, and easy to prepare! Holly uses familiar ingredients in her recipes and presents easy-to-follow instructions and quick tips. This classic cookbook provides readers with suggested menus, pantry tips, nutritional analyses, diabetic exchanges, advice on cooking light, suggestions for substitutions, and many shortcuts…. More >>

The New Holly Clegg Trim & Terrific Cookbook

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The way foods are combined is just as important to good health as the nutritional value of each food. This thorough exploration of the scientific and physiological principles of food combining explains how eating different foods together affects the digestive system, and provides new ways to relieve common digestive complaints. Includes 200 vegetarian recipes. Color photos …. More >>

The Complete Book of Food Combining: A New Approach to the Hay Diet and Healthy Eating

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Wouldn’t it be wonderful if your physician had the time to talk to you about your golf game and all that you can do to improve and sustain it? What if your doctor could explain not only physiology, but also its application to your stance and swing? And what if the explanation was written in the kind of language that most of us speak, instead of unintelligible jargon that frightens us into denial? Golf Forever is a use-friendly compendium of information that will help you understand the causes behind physical problems that can compromise your golf game, as well as ways to avoid them. Personal health and golf commmentary from Ben Crenshaw, Ken Venturi, Jerry Pate, Curtis Strange, Sam Snead, Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Greg Norman, David Duval, Fuzzy Zoeller, President Bill Clinton, President George Bush, and many more…. More >>

Golf Forever: The Spine and More: A Health Guide to Playing the Game

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In these magazine-style stories:
A family plans healthy lunches.
Two brothers cook meals for friends and family.
A chef plans her menu with the seasons.
Student chefs name their favorite fruits and vegetables.
Primary Strand: Academic
Secondary Focus: Workplace
The iOPD Reading Libraryr offers nine readers, each available with an Audio CD that can be purchased separately. Each title is based on a topic in the iDictionaryr. They are written at approximately a 2nd Grade reading level, and cover adult themes such as civics, academic content, and workplace topics…. More >>

The Healthy Eating: The OPD Reading Library

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Pass by any health food store-or even through your neighborhood coffee oasis-and you can’t help noticing: juices are hot. Whips, blends and shakes-from anti-oxidant enriched concoctions to sweet cold smoothies-this fast-growing multi-million dollar industry is built upon the fact that no other beverage tastes as good, looks as good or is better for the body than freshly blended juice. This book is a veritable celebration of that knowledge, as it offers 150 recipes that combine great taste and nutrition, from a Mango and Banana Whip to Watermelon Juice and a tangy bell pepper and cucumber blend. With a juice blend for every occasion, from fighting a cold or going on a diet, Juices shows readers how to find the right ingredients and combine them in the right way. And with 55 mouth-watering full color photographs, the recipes in this book are as good to look at as they are to imbibe…. More >>

Juices: Natures Cure-all for Health and Vitality

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The long-awaited cookbook is here!

Great food that’s good for you–that’s the foundation of the South Beach Diet and the reason millions of people around the world have adopted it as their lifelong eating plan, shedding unwanted pounds in the process. Created by leading Miami cardiologist Arthur Agatston, M.D., the diet emphasizes good fats and good carbohydrates, the kind that stave off cravings for unhealthy sugary food and promote long-term weight loss. It’s not “diet” food–it’s satisfying, flavorful dishes that are good for your health and your waistline.

Whether you’re already a South Beach Diet success story or brand-new to the program, you’ll find a wealth of inspiration in The South Beach Diet Cookbook to keep you on track without feeling deprived. The recipes are simple enough to make every day but delicious enough to serve on any occasion: Oatmeal Pancakes, Buttermilk Salmon Chowder, Caribbean Baked Chicken with Mango, Grilled Fi… More >>

The South Beach Diet Cookbook

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With clean, fresh flavours and great good looks, sushi has never been so popular. It’s delicious as a light meal or as part of a more substantial Japanese dinner and makes perfect party food. The term “sushi” is taken from sumeshi, meaning vinegared rice, a vital part of all sushi dishes, In “Easy Sushi” Japanese food writer Emi Kazuko shows you how to cook the rice perfectly and how to make simple rolled sushi using classic ingredients such a cucumber, tuna, or salmon. Once you’ve mastered the easy ones you can explore more adventurous variations, using easy-to-find ingredients. Emi’s philosophy is that creating sushi should be fun and there is even a section on sushi for children. If you thought making sushi was strictly for the professionals. Easy Sushi will amaze you. With Emi’s simple-to-prepare recipes, all captured by leading food photographer Peter Cassidy, you will never eat take-out sushi again!… More >>

Easy Sushi

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There’s more to a salad than just green leaves… …although a handful of delectably fresh leaves is a good place to start. Salads can be cool or cold, warm or hot, as long as the result is a marvelous amalgam of flavour, texture, and colour. Salads includes over 30 recipes for salads and dressings… Try Leaves and Herbs in dishes such as Baby Bok Choy, Avocado, and Frisee with Croutons and Pancetta, or a traditional Caesar Salad. Vegetable Salads include Three Potato Salad with Chives and Parsley, Tuscan Panzanella, or Warm Roasted Vegetable Salad with Goat Cheese and Pesto. Beans, Grains, and Noodles provide mouthwatering examples such as Tonno & Fagioli (Italian tuna band beans) or Chickpea Lunchbox Salad to take to work. Fish, Chicken, and Meat appear in Rare Beef Salad with Parsley Oil and Wasabi Mayonnaise, Vietnamese Chicken Salad, or Smoked Salmon Salad. Even Fruits make an appearance in Moroccan Orange Salad with Mint, Harissa, an… More >>

Salads: Fresh and Flavorful Recipes – All Year Round

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From whole wheat, oats, and rice to farro, barley, and quinoa, no grain is left unturned in this compendium of more than 75 healthful recipes. There’s a tasty dish for every meal of the day: Quick Skillet Flatbreads made with millet or teff for breakfast, or a hearty dinner entr e of lamb and rye berries braised in red wine. Even desserts get the whole-grain touch with such sweets as Chocolate-Chunk Buckwheat Cookies. A source list helps find the more unusual grains and a glossary describes each one in detail. The New Whole Grains Cookbook makes it easy to eat your grains and love them, too…. More >>

The New Whole Grain Cookbook: Terrific Recipes Using Farro, Quinoa, Brown Rice, Barley, and Many Other Delicious and Nutritious Grains

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The world is changing, and along with it, so must our eating habits. Author and restaurateur Jesse Ziff Cool has compiled over 30 years of knowledge about organic, local, and sustainable food into one magnificent cookbook, including indespensible elements of her earlier cookbook, Your Organic Kitchen, which is now out of print. With 150 enticing recipes, Simply Organic encourages home cooks to embrace organics as a lifestyle rather than a fad. Cool organizes her chapters seasonally to ensure that the freshest, ripest ingredients enhance the flavors of dishes like Filet Mignon with mashed Potatoes and Leek Sauce in early spring to Pumpkin Raisin Bread Pudding in autumn. Inspiring profiles on farmers and producers reveal how these individuals are working to create a sustainable future every day…. More >>

Simply Organic: A Cookbook for Sustainable, Seasonal, and Local Ingredients