Slimming with a Low-Carb Diet for Working People (book)

How to successfully treat depression, anxiety and mental exhaustion through the right diet Millions of people are familiar with the feeling of weariness and mental exhaustion, and suffer from difficulty concentrating, forgetfulness, listlessness, depressive moods or anxiety disorders. For a long time, it was assumed that functional disorders in the brain caused these mental health issues. Today we know that the human body’s microbiome, particularly in the gut, has a significant influence on our mental wellbeing. Trillions of bacteria ensure that all our bodily functions remain in balance, and they affect not only vital organs such as the thyroid, heart, liver, bones and skin, but also our brain.Dr Raphael Kellman is a pioneer in holistic and functional medicine and has been treating patients with mental health conditions for 20 years. Through years of research into the human brain, he has developed a completely new approach to successfully treating dysfunctions. In *Happiness Begins in the Gut*, he explains the holistic system comprising the brain, gut, microbiome and thyroid, the balance of which is responsible for mental health. He describes how we need to eat in order to be mentally healthy and happy.This book contains numerous recipes, meal plans and other tips that can be used to successfully treat a wide range of conditions – without medication.About the author Dr Raphael Kellman, MD, is a graduate of the renowned Albert Einstein School of Medicine. The globally respected author and physician has already treated more than 40,000 people. In doing so, he considers the patient as a whole and does not focus solely on the illness. This approach has enabled him to help numerous people whose conditions had previously been undiagnosed. Kellman is known worldwide for his innovative approach to microbiome medicine. He lives in New York with his wife and two young daughters.

With 160 new recipes Do you want to eat well and lose weight? Then low-carb is just the thing for you. The creators of the incredibly successful Facebook page ‘Low Carb Kompendium’ present 160 new low-carb recipes in this book – including popular classics from the Facebook page as well as many exclusive recipes that haven’t been published yet, but have been specially developed and tested for this book. For breakfast, for example, there’s pecan and cinnamon porridge; for lunch, a ‘fake’ potato salad with egg and tomatoes; for dinner, a bacon and mozzarella bomb; and for a snack, hazelnut cream with mandarins. The authors also provide detailed information on the ‘Low-Carb High-Quality’ principle they have developed: which foods can you eat and which should you avoid? How many carbohydrates should you consume per day? And how can you successfully change your diet in the long term and live a healthier life? Follow in the footsteps of hundreds of thousands of fans of the ‘Low Carb Compendium’ and lose weight successfully! About the authors Andreas Meyhöfer, a self-employed business IT specialist (B.Sc.) who is currently studying for a Master’s degree in ‘Prevention and Health Psychology (M.Sc.)’, has been following a low-carb lifestyle for over 10 years. Together with his partner Diana Ludwig, he regularly develops recipes suitable for everyday use and publishes them on his blog ‘Low Carb Compendium’. With currently around 920,000 followers, the Facebook fan page of the same name is one of the most popular hubs for the low-carb community. Diana Ludwig works as a freelance media designer and has been an enthusiastic advocate of the low-carb diet for many years. Together with her partner Andreas Meyhöfer, she passionately creates content on the subject. She runs one of the most popular low-carb groups on Facebook, with over 170,000 members.Read an extract

How CrossFit revolutionised training and gave me a completely new bodyIt all began in fitness guru Greg Classman’s garage – today there are more than 4,000 facilities worldwide where CrossFit ® is practised. These CrossFit ® ‘boxes’ are former warehouses, gyms or garages equipped with mats, kettlebells, weights, ropes, medicine balls, lorry tyres, skipping ropes and chalk bags. CrossFitters aim to perform push-ups, box jumps, pull-ups or weightlifting exercises with dumbbells as many times as possible within a set time limit.The training is extremely strenuous; afterwards, the athletes are drenched in sweat and, thanks to a massive endorphin rush, happier than ever. Unlike in normal gyms, the sense of camaraderie in the ‘Boxes’ is very strong and constantly spurs CrossFitters on to new personal bests. The high-intensity training leads to rapid weight loss and a well-toned body. Endurance athlete T. J. Murphy started doing CrossFit ® to find out why this training programme, which is all the rage in the US, is as effective as it feels, and whether it could heal his sports-injured body. In his book, he introduces readers to this fascinating fitness phenomenon and sheds light on the unusual CrossFit ® community as well as the science behind it. And last but not least, he explains why CrossFit ® will soon be found in many garages in our neighbourhood.About the authorT.J. Murphy is a former endurance athlete and former editor-in-chief of the magazines Triathlet, Inside Triathlon and Competitor.