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If you are familiar with Jeff Novick's Fast Food series, then you may recall that the first [installment] was Fast Food Vol 1 The Basics which teaches how to cook a nutritious and delicious meal in under ten minutes.

In this latest DVD, Chef Jeff goes Beyond the Basics to address some questions and concerns that have arisen from the first three instructional DVDs.

He demonstrates, in this DVD, how to cook simple, fast and affordable meals in less than ten minutes using vegetable stock or water rather than tomatoes and a variety of grains, including millet, barley and buckwheat.

In this "Class" you will learn how to shop smarter to improve your health and decrease your waistline!

Walk with dietitian Jeff Novick through the aisles of the supermarket as he instructs you how to read labels of common food items, which nutrition facts to focus on and how to know what to believe.

Almost all food labels claim that the food is HEALTHY for you. Unfortunately labels cannot be trusted. 

Burgers and Fries

This is the DVD you've been waiting for!

Chef and dietitian Jeff Novick MS RD shows you how to make a variety of DELICIOUS—and healthy—veggie burgers.

You make them from scratch using beans, rice, oatmeal and spices.

Do you want to eat healthy, but hate to cook?

Does cooking take too much time?

Cost too much money? Is it too hard?

Does your grocery shopping bag come from a drive-through?

If the answer to any of these questions is YES, then Chef Jeff Novick can lend you a helping hand.

The Essential Facts of Fat, Oils & Nuts

It seems that every other day some new study comes out with conflicting information about fats, oils, nuts and seeds.

Are you "going nuts" trying to sort the truth from the propaganda? 

Are all fats created equal? Is olive oil a health food? Is the Mediterranean Diet the healthiest diet? What about the French Paradox? Are nuts and seeds good for you?

Eating Well for Better Health - 20 Experts Tell You How

This revised edition presents the latest information from the country's leading medical authorities, showing that food choices can improve (or worsen) your health.

With the right foods you can lose weight permanently, without restrictive diets, prevent and even reverse heart disease, as well as reduce your chances of contracting many types of cancer.

BOOK ONLY Companion book to the inspiring film "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead" by Joe Cross.

Drawing on the latest evidence about nutrition, metabolism, and hunger, an easy-to-follow weight loss plan places emphasis on a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet while explaining how weight is lost and gained.

The Revolutionary Guide to Losing Weight

Breakthrough genetic research indicates that genes are not just on/off switches for characteristics we can't control (like gender or eye color).

Some genes, including those that shape our bodies, actually adapt to outside influences.

In Turn Off the Fat Genes, Dr. Neal Barnard draws on this cutting-edge research to create a revolutionary new program to help your body sculpt away excess pounds by activating thin genes and suppressing fat ones.

Most people believe that sucralose (Splenda) is a perfectly safe artificial sweetener.

Big business and the FDA have fostered that dangerous misconception.

The truth is Splenda is by no means safe; and the same is true for many of the other artificial sweeteners being marketed today.

This book illustrates that the Bible contains a more accurate, comprehensive, and effective system of psychology than can be found anywhere else.

13 Weeks to Peace offers mental and emotional healing with principles from God's Word.

Learn how to deal with subjects such as the power of forgiveness.

Help, Hope, and Healing for Eating Disorders

Thin is pretty. And looks are everything. Throw in feelings of worthlessness and add an overactive conscience.

Result: an obsession with physical perfection that ends in defeat, failure, and shame.

This book offers a boost out of the black hole of food fixations: anorexia, bulimia, and exercise dependence.