Bøger af Sarah Brewer

'I'm a doctor, not a bloody superhero, ' insists Saxon de Carey, expedition medic and fellow of All Saints College, Cambridge. But as Earth faces destruction by an imminent solar flare, Saxon confronts a world changed forever since he discovered the tomb of Tehuti, last of the Ancient Egyptian Gods.What powers have the tomb's mysterious relics unleashed? Where are his missing students? Is the ancient prophecy coming true? Is he the fabled stepu destined to save Earth from destruction?As his career implodes, Saxon must face the ShemsuHor priests whose ancestors once served the ancient deities. While some want to help save civilisation, others yearn for zep tepi, the mythical first time, and plan to inherit an Earth cleansed of humans, ready for the second coming of their gods.Sarah Brewer's globe-hopping adventure explores how the search for immortality corrupts, yet life only has meaning because it must come to an end.

OVERCOMING CANDIDA is packed with all the evidence-based advice you need to resolve your symptoms. Dr Sarah Brewer explains how to stop Candida switching from the harmless to the invasive form, and how to boost your immunity against thrush and intestinal symptoms. She reveals the links with irritable bowel syndrome, lactose, gluten and wheat intolerances, and how Candida affects those with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. She covers the 5Rs nutritional approach to treatment and how to follow an elimination diet, alkaline diet and the more traditional anti-Candida diet. After explaining the research behind vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements, and the best doses to take, she gives an overview of medical treatments. CANDIDA ESSENTIALS: Where Candida is found, what triggers yeast overgrowth, risk factors, symptoms and medical tests. NUTRITIONAL APPROACHES: The 5Rs approach: Remove, Reintroduce, Re-inoculate, Repair and Rebalance. Benefits of digestive enzymes, and optimising bile and stomach acid production; How probiotics keep Candida at bay; The role of food intolerance and how to follow an elimination diet, alkaline diet and a traditional anti-Candida diet. Importance of avoiding stress. NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS: Evidence for Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Biotin, Iron, Magnesium, Selenium, Zinc, Artichoke, Caprylic Acid, Co-enzyme Q10, Cranberry, Curcumin, Echinacea, Garlic, Grapefruit Seed, Olive Leaf, Peppermint Oil and Siberian Ginseng. MEDICAL TREATMENTS: Topical Preparations, Oral and Intravenous Drugs.

OVERCOMING GALLSTONES is packed with all the evidence-based advice you need to reduce your gallbladder symptoms. Dr Sarah Brewer explains the medical and nutritional approaches that can dissolve gallstones or minimise the pain and discomfort they cause. She covers the best diet to follow and the best nutritional supplements to take, with doses based on published clinical trials. And if you are contemplating gallbladder surgery, she provides a full step-by-step guide to what happens whether you undergo a laparoscopic procedure or an open operation. As one of the few medical doctors who is also a Registered Nutritionist and a Registered Nutritional Therapist, she expertly explains all the facts in a clear and concise way. Sarah is the award-winning author of over 60 popular health books and has overcome gallstones herself. Gallstone Essentials: How your gallbladder works, how gallstones form, causes, risk factors, symptoms and medical tests. Nutritional Approaches: Which diet is best? Benefits of monounsaturated and omega-3 fats; Effects of vegetable protein, fibre, cholesterol-rich foods and carbohydrates; Why coffee and alcohol are beneficial - in moderation. The role of food allergies and intolerances; How to follow an elimination diet. IgG blood tests; The famous Gallbladder Flush. Nutritional Supplements: Evidence for Vitamin C, Magnesium, Lecithin, Plant Sterols, Milk Thistle, Globe Artichoke, Peppermint Oil and Digestive Enzymes. Medical Approaches: Dissolving stones with medicine; Ursodeoxycholic acid and Terpene essential oils on prescription; Effects of Statin drugs. Surgical Approaches: Lithotripsy to shatter gallstones; What happens during gallbladder surgery; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy step-by-step; Open cholecystectomy step-by-step; Avoiding future adhesions.

OVERCOMING LOW SEX DRIVE is packed with all the evidence-based advice you need to resolve your symptoms. Dr Sarah Brewer explains how your sex drive is controlled, and the many reasons why it can fail. As well as describing all the research behind herbal medicines, aphrodisiacs, vitamins, minerals and amino acid supplements, she gives an overview of pheromones, aromatherapy and hormonal treatments. Follow one of her twelve plans - five for men and seven for women - to help boost your low libido, whatever the underlying cause. Expect to notice a difference within just a few weeks. SEX DRIVE ESSENTIALS: What is a low sex drive? How is sex drive controlled? Why sex drive often fails. NUTRITIONAL APPROACHES: Should you go organic? Benefit from soy isoflavones, key vitamins and minerals plus l-arginine and co-enzyme Q10. Aphrodisiacs and how they may work. HERBAL MEDICINES: An overview of the scientific evidence for the most effective prosexual herbs, including Agnus castus, Ashwagandha, Bee Pollen, Black Cohosh, Catuaba, Damiana, Dong Quai, Fo-Ti, Garlic, Ginger, Ginkgo, Gotu Kola, Guarana, Horny Goat Week, Korean Ginseng, Maca, Milk Thistle, Muira Puama, Pfaffia, Red Clover, Reishi, Rhodiola, Royal Jelly, Sarsaparilla, Saw Palmetto, Schisandra, Siberian Ginseng, St John's Wort, Tribulus Terrestris, Wild Yam and Yerba Maté. AROMATHERAPY: Why smell and pheromones are so important for sex drive. Discover how to give a sensual massage, using the most effective prosexual aromatherapy oil blends. MEDICAL TREATMENTS: How female menopause and male testosterone deficiency syndrome are diagnosed and treated. Hormone Replacement Therapy with testosterone, oestrogen, progesterone, tibolone or DHEA. How Sex Therapy and Counselling can help. SELF HELP PLANS: Follow a 12 week plan designed for you, whether you are male, female, over or under 45, feeling exhausted or stressed, experiencing erectile problems, prostate symptoms or PMS. Plans are also provided for women who've just had a baby, based on whether or not you are breast-feeding.

This guide is a must for anybody who wants to control high blood pressure naturally. Sarah Brewer, respected doctor and Telegraph columnist, has teamed up with Michelle Berriedale-Johnson, a successful special diets cookery writer, to provide readers with a comprehensive self-treatment plan that includes 60 mouth-watering recipes. Sales Handles: Heart disease is the number one killer in the West and is closely linked to high blood pressure, or hypertension. High blood pressure can be triggered by many things and diet is one of the major contributing factors. This clear and accessible guide provides an easy-to-follow nutritional plan that shows readers how to prevent and control high blood pressure by changing their eating habits. Dr Sarah Brewer also gives readers medically up-to-date information on high blood pressure, what causes it and how to control symptoms. The book also reviews all the orthodox and complementary treatments that are available. 60 simple recipes from special diets expert Michelle Berriedale-Johnson allow sufferers to control their condition while still enjoying their food.

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Future-proof your life with this superfood approach to discovering what is really happening to your body as you are aging.Ever wondered what's really going on in your body as you age? Can you really eat to beat cancer or prevent heart disease? These questions and more are answered in Eat Better, Live Longer, helping you transform your diet from day one. Discover the secrets of long life from centenarians around the world, and explore the 10 simple but meaningful adaptations you can make both to what you eat and to how you eat to follow in their footsteps. A four-week eating plan, with over 110 nutrient-packed recipes, helps you learn to make smarter choices about foods that can reduce your risk of certain diseases and lessen the effects of others. Use this new-found knowledge in tandem with details on how each part of your body changes as you age and which nutrients you need to support all-round health, helping you live a longer, happier life.

A no-nonsense guide to the science of what we eat and how to make nutrition work for youStrap: A no-nonsense guide to the science of what we eat and how it affects our health Description: Shocking obesity rates, the rise of eating disorders, killer food allergies, super foods that cure cancer: as the headlines shout every week, we have never been more engaged, or struggled so hard, with what we put in our mouths. Separating fact from fiction, award-winning health journalist and nutritionist Dr Sarah Brewer combines the latest science with practical advice on what really matters to explain exactly how food influences our health and well-being.