FOODTRIENTS

A Revolutionary Recipe for Anti-Aging 

FOODTRIENTS: Age-Defying Recipes for a Sustainable Life is a new cookbook (and website) dedicated to bringing the science of aging out of the lab and into your kitchen.

Delicious foods and rejuvenating nutrients combine to create enticing and nourishing recipes that promote health and well-being. From specific foods to herbs and spices, the FoodTrients brand of essential ingredients helps promote youth, prevent the diseases of aging, and increase energy and vitality.

FOODTRIENTS’ beautifully illustrated recipes incorporate all the ingredients you need to look and feel younger. The benefits of Grace O’s food combinations also include healthier, younger-looking skin, shinier hair, and the protection of cells and arteries.

The most expensive creams and other beauty products will not do nearly as much to enhance your well being and keep you young as will Grace O’s delicious recipes. 

FoodTrients is your recipe for a younger, healthier life.

Visit FoodTrients.com today and learn more.

About Grace O

Grace O has been cooking and baking professionally and recreationally all of her adult life.  As a child in Southeast Asia, she learned the culinary arts by her mother’s side in her family’s cooking school.  She became so well versed in hospitality and the culinary arts, she eventually took over the cooking school and opened three restaurants.  She is widely credited with popularizing shrimp on sugar-cane skewers and being one of the first culinarians to make tapas a global trend.  She has cooked for ruling families and royalty.

Grace O’s move to America precipitated a career in healthcare, inspired by her father, who was a physician.  Twenty years and much hard work later, she operates skilled nursing facilities in California.

Grace O strives to create flavorful food using the finest ingredients that ultimately lead to good health.  Her recipes, although low in saturated fat, salt, and sugar, are high in flavor.  Grace employs spices from all over the world to enliven her dishes, creating food that is different and delicious.  She believes that food can be just as effective at fighting aging as the most expensive skin creams.  And since she’s over 50 herself, she’s living proof of that theory.

Discover more about Grace O and her work at FoodTrients.com.

Grace O’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, April 16th:  girlichef

Wednesday, April 18th:  Broken Teepee

Thursday, April 19th:  Patricia’s Wisdom

Thursday, April 19th:  Tiramisu!   author guest post – What is a FoodTrient?

Monday, April 23rd:  2 Kids and Tired Books

Friday, April 27th:  Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and Books

Saturday, April 28th:  Beth Fish Reads

Monday, April 30th:  Book Club Classics!

Wednesday, May 2nd:  A Life Sustained

Thursday, May 3rd:  Kahakai Kitchen

Friday, May 4th:  :: steph chows ::

Monday, May 7th:  Fit Mama Real Food

Wednesday, May 9th:  Holly the Healthy Everythingterian

Thursday, May 10th:  Amused by Books

Monday, May 14th:  Lilveggiepatch

Wednesday, May 16th:  Itzy’s Kitchen

Monday, May 21st:  Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Paperback: 260 pages
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company (January 5, 2012)

So Far Away: A Daughter’s Memoir of Life, Loss, and Love

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press (November 15, 2011)

Christine Hartmann’s mother valued control above all else, yet one event appeared beyond her command: the timing of her own death.  Not to be denied there either, two decades in advance Irmgard Hartmann chose the date on which to end her life.  And her next step was to tell her daughter all about it.  For twenty years, Irmgard maintained an unwavering goal, to commit suicide at age seventy.  She managed her chronic hypertension, stayed healthy and active, and lived life to the fullest.  Meanwhile, Christine fought desperately against the decision.  When Irmgard wouldn’t listen, the only way to remain part of her life was for Christine to swallow her mother’s plans–hook, line, and sinker.

Christine’s father, as it turned out, prepared too slowly for old age.  Before he had made any decision, fate disabled him through a series of strokes.  Confined to a nursing home, severely impaired by dementia and frustrated by his circumstances, his life epitomized the predicament her mother wanted to avoid.

So Far Away gives us an intimate view of a person interacting with and reacting to her parents at the end of their lives.  In a richly detailed, poignant story of family members’ separate yet interwoven journeys, it underscores the complexities and opportunities that life presents each one of us.

“Grief is an individual process and dependent on situations, personalities, and relationships, but Hartmann offers personal discoveries that feel universal. Many readers will find familiar themes and emotions. Her book is a gift.”– ForeWord Book Reviews (read the full review HERE)

About Christine W. Hartmann

Christine W. Hartmann is a researcher in the Veterans Health Administration and an assistant professor at Boston University.  She received her PhD at the Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.  She has published numerous articles on healthcare quality improvement, focusing particularly on long-term care.  To learn more about Ms. Hartmann and her work, please visit her website at www.chartmannbooks.com.

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Christine W. Hartmann’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, November 21st:  Peeking Between the Pages

Wednesday, November 23rd:  I Am A Reader, Not A Writer - author Q&A

Thursday, November 24th:  Life in Review

Monday, November 28th:  Boarding in My Forties

Tuesday, November 29th:  Book Hounds

Thursday, December 1st:  Acting Balanced

Monday, December 5th:  The Lost Entwife

Tuesday, December 6th:  Colloquium

Wednesday, December 7th:  Patricia’s Wisdom

Monday, December 12th:  Book Dilettante

Tuesday, December 13th:  Luxury Reading

Wednesday, December 14th:  She Treads Softly

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: HarperOne (April 5, 2011)

At last, there’s a nutrition and fitness program that doesn’t require you to develop superhuman willpower, shun entire food groups, or devote your every waking moment to the treadmill.

Body Confidence is a revolutionary approach based on three key nutrition factors that stabilize your blood sugar and keep your body in balance:

• Eating at consistent meal intervals
• Absolute certainty in essential nutrient ratio of protein, fat, and carbohydrates
• Identifying and consuming the right amount of calories per meal

But there’s much more to Body Confidence than when and what you eat. You’ll become a master at:

• Determining your current metabolism—and then reprogramming it
• Focusing on body fat percentage rather than body weight
• Setting measurable, motivating goals (short- and long-term, internal and external)
• Following a customized, efficient, diverse exercise plan that makes you feel energetic and strong
• Harnessing the powers of sleep, supplements, water, and stress management, all in perfect sync to optimize your body’s performance.

Body Confidence creator Mark Macdonald knows that weight loss doesn’t happen in a vacuum, and he has made room for “real life” at every stage of this program. Along the way, you’ll be introduced to some of Venice Nutrition’s extraordinary success stories, and learn how to stay on track no matter what life throws at you. Packed with recipes,nutrition guides, exercise journals, and Venice Nutrition’s proven goal-setting tools, Body Confidence walks you through every step of a process that has already changed thousands of lives.

Getting in shape (and staying in shape) no longer has to mean feeling deprived and hungry, living with low energy, being irritable and anxious, or obsessing about food and exercise. There is a way to make looking and feeling your best a permanent way of life.

About Mark MacDonald

Mark Macdonald is the author of BODY CONFIDENCE and founder and CEO of Venice Nutrition.

He opened the first Venice Nutrition Consulting Center in Venice Beach, California, in 1999. Since then, the company has grown to include more than 350 centers, 4,000 nutrition coaches, and 250,000 clients nationwide. In 2006, eager to bring his successful program to a wider audience, Mark launched Venice Nutrition Online, a fully interactive online version of the program that can be accessed from anywhere in the world.

Mark’s big lesson in nutrition came when he finished college and stopped playing soccer. Despite the lack of activity, Mark continued to eat the food he was used to: fast food, pizza, and ice cream. He realized that without constant exercise, his body became a fat storing machine and before he knew it, he had gained 60 pounds of body fat in a 6 month period.

He began researching and experimenting with every diet in the industry. He thought he found the answer in the ketogenic diet, a high fat, high protein, and no carbohydrate plan. Following this plan, he went from 250 lbs. and 24% body fat to 180 lbs. and, 4% body fat in a four month period, and began his fitness modeling career. Over a four year period Mark read every fitness magazine, every nutrition book, and tried nearly every natural supplement on the market. He recalls, “I kept searching for answers because while I looked great, I felt horrible. I lived for my ‘cheat days’ and was grumpy six days a week and happy the one day each week that I ate carbohydrates. It was not the life I wanted, and I worked hard to find a better way.”

The Venice Nutrition Program is the product of Mark Macdonald’s lifelong interest in health and fitness. The program focuses on empowering every individual to achieve the full potential of their physical health and fitness. As a college athlete, and later as a professional fitness model, nutritionist, and personal trainer, Mark grew frustrated by incomplete health “solutions” and restrictive diets. He set out to learn how the human body works and discovered the power of blood sugar stabilization. After years of study, and extensive work with clients from all walks of life and all health and fitness levels, he designed the powerful three-step system that’s now available in BODY CONFIDENCE.

Mark is a frequent guest speaker at corporate events and universities and is represented by ISB for major lectures. He is frequently featured as a nutrition and fitness expert on Star 94 in Atlanta as well as Fit TV. Television personality Chelsea Handler is not only a client—she also wrote the introduction to BODY CONFIDENCE.

A native of Southern California, Mark Macdonald currently lives in Atlanta with his wife Abbi and their son. Visit the author online at www.venicenutrition.com.

Mark’s Tour Stops

Wednesday, March 30th: Hollie’s Weight Loss Blog

Monday, April 4th: Balance In Me

Wednesday, April 6th: Adventures in Dietland

Tuesday, April 12th: Scale Junkie

Wednesday, April 13th: The Tippy Toe Diet

Thursday, April 14th: My Travels to Becoming a  Better Me!

Tuesday, April 19th: A Journey to Thin

Wednesday, April 20th: Diary of a Stay at Home Mom

Friday, April 22nd: Truth2BeingFit

• Reading level: Young Adult
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: HCI Teens (July 1, 2010)

Everyone else is doing it. It’s lies like this one that often get young women, particularly ages 10 to 20, to put aside their own nagging thoughts about what is right—and wrong—and make choices they might regret long-term. Boys Lie is a collection of the most common untruths proliferated by boys and an assessment of the exaggerations and misinformation behind them.

Written by an expert with years of clinical experience with thousands of teens, Boys Lie is the first sexual and social health book of its kind. Based on a large national survey, this timely guide sets the record straight on what guys lie about, arming girls with straightforward advice that is understandable, concise, and totally relatable. And while the title may seem anti-boy, it’s more like pro-girl, helping to foster healthier relationships between the sexes.

Boys Lie unearths:

About the authors:

Belisa Vranich, Psy.D., is a renowned clinical psychologist, author, and public speaker who specializes in women’s health issues. She is a regular guest on CNN, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox, and Inside Edition. She has been interviewed as an expert in hundreds of publications, including Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, AARP, and The New York Post. Dr. Vranich has a decade of experience in developing educational campaigns, presenting, and lecturing nationwide.  She is the co-author of He’s Got Potential: A Field Guide to Shy Guys, Bad Boys, Intellectuals, Cheaters, and Everything in Between.  Click HERE to visit Dr. Belisa’s website.

Holly Eagleson is the former features editor for Cosmopolitan and Seventeen, who writes regularly for Seventeen, Glamour, CosmoGirl, Everyday With Rachael Ray, and AOL. She also authored Mirror, Mirror: Discover Your Inner Beauty, a guide for girls 14-17 funded by the Dove Self-Esteem Fund for Girl Scouts of America.

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TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for BOYS LIE:

Tuesday, July 6th:  Feminist Review

Thursday, July 8th:  Shooting Stars Mag

Monday, July 12th:  The Brain Lair

Tuesday, July 13th:  Book Junkie

Wednesday, July 14th:  I Swim for Oceans – reschedule

Monday, July 19th:  Suko’s Notebook

Tuesday, July 20th:  Simply Stacie

Thursday, July 22nd:  There’s A Book

Monday, July 26th:  Write for a Reader

Wednesday, July 28th:  Lovely Undergrad

Monday, August 2nd: La Femme Readers

Reading level: Young Adult

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Avery Trade (January 4, 2010)

As an ob-gyn specialing in adolescent care, Dr. Jennifer Ashton understands better than anyone that being a teenage girl these days is fraught with a special kind of angst. But in her practice she talks openly and nonjudgementally to her young patients like a good friend, answering each of their questions respectfully and with candor. Now she shares this advice in a no-holds-barred guidebook, based on her passion to cut through the embarrassment that girls often feel about their changing bodies and to arm them with the knowledge they need to make smart choices. A comprehensive guide from head to toe, The Body Scoop for Girls covers the basics of puberty and beyond, including:

•Breast development and nipple bumps

•The decision to wait to have sex, and the benefits of waiting

•Birth control

•The lowdown on STIs

•Eating Disorders

•Depression and hormone imbalances

•Grooming, from hair removal to hygiene products

•Body piercings

Writing in a funny and fresh, girl-to-girl voice, Dr. Ashton has created a totally up-to-date health book that speaks directly to young women and the unique pressures they face today. From a doctor who “gets it,” The Body Scoop for Girls makes the road to womanhood an empowering one.

About Dr. Jen Ashton

Dr. Jennifer Ashton is a board-certified ob-gyn who specializes in adolescent gynecology. In March 2009, Dr. Ashton joined CBS as a news medical correspondent. She reports on a broad range of medical topics for CBS News’ The Early Show and contributes to the division’s other broadcasts and platforms.

Dr. Ashton is the author of the upcoming book The Body Scoop for Girls (Avery, January 2010). For more from Dr. Jennifer Ashton, visit cbsnews.com.

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Dr. Jen Ashton’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Wednesday, January 6th: This Full House

Tuesday, January 12th: Stephanie’s Confessions of a Book-a-holic

Wednesday, January 13th: Lit and Life

Thursday, January 14th: Suko’s Notebook

Monday, January 18th: Shooting Stars Mag

Tuesday, January 19th: You’ve GOTTA Read This!

Wednesday, January 20th: Overstuffed

Thursday, January 21st: The Brain Lair

Friday, January 22nd: The Scholastic Scribe

Monday, January 25th: Juggling Life

Tuesday, January 26th: I’m Booking It

Wednesday, January 27th: World of Weasels

Thursday, January 28th: Raging Bibliomania

Friday, January 29th: A Novel Menagerie

Monday, February 1st: Cafe of Dreams

Monday, February 22nd: Feminist Review

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Crown; 1 edition (September 22, 2009)

The summer before entering sixth grade, Sammy, a bright and charming boy who lived on the coast of Maine, suddenly began to exhibit disturbing behavior. He walked and ate with his eyes shut, refused to bathe, burst into fits of rage, slithered against walls, and used his limbs instead of his hands to touch light switches, doorknobs, and faucets.

Sammy’s mother, Beth, already coping with the overwhelming responsibility of raising three sons alone, watched helplessly as her middle child descended into madness. Sammy was soon diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and later with Tourette syndrome. Unwilling to accept the doctors’ prognoses for lifelong mental illness and repeated hospitalizations, Beth fought to uncover what was causing this decline. Racing against time as Sammy slipped further from reality, Beth’s quest took her to the center of the medical community’s raging debate about whether mental illness can be caused by infection. With the battle lines firmly drawn, Beth searched until she found two cutting-edge doctors who answered that question with a definitive yes. Together, they cured Sammy. Five years later, he remains symptom free.

Driven by her desire to help others, Beth Maloney has infused every page of this triumphant journey with heart and passion. An important story, Saving Sammy is part manifesto, part medical mystery, but is at its heart the empowering and inspiring story of a mother’s determination to save her son, take on the medical establishment–and win.

Beth Maloney

About Beth

Beth Maloney is a successful Maine attorney. In addition to representing writers and producers, her practice has focused on representing the best interests of children as their Court appointed Guardian ad Litem, primarily in cases of neglect and abuse. Before moving to Maine, the author was an executive and attorney in the entertainment business in Los Angeles, where it was her good fortune to work with a number of creative and athletic stars. Her experience includes serving as Vice-President of Legal Affairs for Orion Pictures Corporation, producing motion pictures, and handling matters in private practice for celebrity entertainers and athletes including Johnny Carson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O’Neal. SAVING SAMMY is Ms. Maloney’s first book.

Visit the Saving Sammy website HERE.

Click HERE to view the video from the author’s recent appearance on the Today Show.

Beth Maloney’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Thursday, November 5th: Bloggin’ ’bout Books

Monday, November 9th: One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books

Tuesday, November 10th: not that you asked

Wednesday, November 11th: Overstuffed

Thursday, November 12th: It’s All a Matter of Perspective: Mine

Tuesday, November 17th: Park City Girl

Wednesday, November 18th: Redlady’s Reading Room

Monday, November 23rd: Book Chatter

Tuesday, November 24th: A Nut in a Nutshell

Monday, December 7th: Rundpinne