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Meal prepping is an easy way to stay on track with your diet. Even if it looks complicated at first, it’s dead simple once you get into the swing of things. Plus, it can save you up to four hours a week and can shave up to $100 off your grocery bill. So, whether you’re a bodybuilder on a cut, trying to lose a few extra pounds before summer, or just want a way to eat healthy that doesn’t involve slaving away in the kitchen after work...then we’ve got you covered.

Stay on track with your diet, maintain a long-term healthy eating plan while saving time and money with these keto-friendly meal prep recipes.

At the age of just 3-years-old, Brandon Mouw was diagnosed as a Juvenile Type 1 Diabetic. Growing up on an egg farm in California, overcoming family squabbles, becoming a missionary, and learning to overcome his anger with the world for his diagnosis were not the only things that might have slowed Brandon down.

In this audiobook, Million Muskmelons, the idea of the world having a million Elon Musks and how they could contribute to society is deliberated...The planet would feel the benefit of even one more Elon Musk and progress would be much faster as a result. Could the next one be you?

HighBridge Audio presents four titles in the American Diabetes Association's 21 Things series, collected here in an essential, must-listen omnibus edition.

Based on in-depth interviews with 46 women who underwent cosmetic surgery to enhance their appearance, the authors investigate motivations for surgery as well as women’s thoughts about looking natural after the procedures. Under the Knife highlights the role of deep-seated yet contradictory gendered meanings about women’s bodies, passing, and boundary work. The authors also consider traditional notions of femininity and normalcy that trouble women’s struggle to preserve an authentic moral self.

When it comes to disease and sickness, they are often seen to be two camps: those who believe in medicine and those who believe in divine healing - no doctors allowed. But are the two exclusive? Miriam Maranzenboim shares a unique perspective that finds a healthy balance between the two. Having experienced both medical and miraculous healing, she shares how they both came into play through a very common medical procedure - total knee replacement surgery. In “Time Out for a Knee Replacement,” you will discover how the divine and the mundane intertwine to make healing a very real part of ...

If you're going through your days feeling unmotivated and lethargic, it may not be your fault! Adrenal fatigue may be to blame! If you're having difficulty focusing, unmotivated to do physical activities, losing your sex drive and you're not a sloth type of person, then you may have adrenal fatigue. Discover the steps and strategies you need to restore your energy levels and return to a state of clarity and calmness. This book will explain important facts on how you can get relief and restore your energy levels back to normal.

At least one hysterectomy is performed every minute of the year, making it the most common gynecological surgery worldwide. By the age of sixty-five, one out of five people born with a uterus will have it removed. So, why do we seldom talk about this surgery? Get It Out weaves centuries of medical history with rich qualitative data from 100 women, trans men, and nonbinary people who had, want, or are considering hysterectomy.

It takes forever to get to the trauma unit. First the stairs, then a long corridor at the end of which is the ER, by which time I am almost out of breath. We keep running until we're finally there. On the bed is a young woman, unconscious and breathing heavily, and I immediately observe a huge hematoma on her left abdomen and car-tire marks on her legs. In TV shows, trauma unit activity looks so efficient, the medical staff ready and waiting with a syringe and defibrillator in hand. But in reality, there is total chaos. With raw candidness, Dr. Yael Dreznik takes off her gloves and walks us...

An indispensable guide for anyone awaiting surgery, and their support network. This book is your companion in navigating one of life's challenging phases with positivity and empowerment.

We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world. But transplant surgery is as ancient as the pyramids, with a history more surprising than we might expect. Paul Craddock takes us on a journey - from 16th-century skin grafting to contemporary stem cell transplants - uncovering stories of operations performed by unexpected people in unexpected places.

Beauty starts on the inside.... What does it take to be considered beautiful? Would you consider yourself beautiful? Would others consider you beautiful? The most important aspect of beauty lies with who you are on the inside. However, there’s a huge boon to changing how you look on the outside: it can positively impact your confidence, it can change how people see you, and ultimately, it allows you to carry yourself vibrantly.

The best way to improve your confidence is to be thrown into the deep end. This book includes hands-on methods to mitigate anxiety, while simultaneously boosting your confidence. Working through the projects in this book and applying them to your own life will give you an immense sense of achievement; it'll also help you to retain the techniques to boost your confidence whenever you start to feel it slip or drift away.

Lindsey Fitzharris' Buch "Der Horror der frühen Medizin" war ein internationaler Erfolg, wurde in 15 Sprachen übersetzt und stand 19 Wochen lang auf der SPIEGEL-Bestsellerliste. Mit ihrem neuen Hörbuch entführt uns die Autorin zu den grausigen Anfänge der Schönheitschirurgie: Als Harold Gillies die Verheerungen des Ersten Weltkriegs mit eigenen Augen sieht, ist er schockiert. Zu viele junge Männer werden nach nur einem falschen Augenblick ihrem Schicksal überlassen: für immer entstellt, für immer Monster in den Augen der Gesellschaft.

Plastic surgery has become the answer for many Americans, and in American Plastic sociologist Laurie Essig explores how we arrived at this particular solution. Over the last decade there has been a 465 percent increase in cosmetic work, and we now spend over $12 billion annually on procedures like liposuction, face-lifts, tummy tucks, and boob jobs.

Torn by a quirk of fate from his life as a dilettante and intellectual, Humphrey van Weydon finds himself at the whim of the ruthless Wolf Larsen. The 2 men - the one youthful, idealistic, and upper-class, the other ruthless, dangerous, self-taught, and self-determined - inevitably become adversaries. As he does in Call of the Wild and White Fang, Jack London dramatizes in this story the violent encounter between safe, genteel comfort and a brutal set of circumstances.

Facing a liver transplant can feel like stepping into the unknown. Whether you’re the patient preparing for surgery or a caregiver offering support, it’s natural to feel overwhelmed. This guide is here to help make the process clearer, less intimidating, and more manageable for everyone involved. Liver transplants are life-changing procedures, offering patients the chance to regain their health and quality of life. But the road to recovery is a journey, and knowing what to expect can make it much smoother. This guide breaks everything down into easy-to-follow sections so that you and ...

Most of us have tried all the popular diet and exercise programs, taking a lot of our time, money and dedication. Sadly, as a country, we just keep getting fatter and fatter. Food was slowly KILLING us, and we were forced to learn ten rules (like ten commandments) necessary for a healthy lifestyle. They are NOT extreme - in fact we eat anything we want. They are more 'common sense' that we lacked... then found. Leading us to success in changing our lifestyle to lose weight, look better, feel better and live longer. We're not a diet 'professionals', but this book isn't for us... it ...

The extraordinarily moving book "Gift of Life: Transforming Destinies Through Organ Transplants" explores the extraordinary impact organ transplantation has on individuals' lives and the lives of their families. This book's in-depth examination of the world of organ donation highlights the fascinating journeys of both donors and recipients. Through a collection of heartfelt stories, the author shares the stories of people who have been given the gift of life, often during their darkest moments.