5/23/2023 0 Comments The obesity code dr fung![]() ![]() So he set out to find a solution to the root cause of their problems. ![]() His patients didn’t seem to be getting any better, though. For the first few years of his practice, he relied on conventional treatments, encouraging his patients to follow a low-fat diet and control their blood sugars while treating their kidney issues. Fung found that most of his patients were also suffering from diabetes and obesity. He then returned to Toronto to practice as a nephrologist (a specialist in kidney diseases).ĭr. He graduated from medical school at the University of Toronto in Canada and completed his medical residency at the University of California, Los Angeles. Fung is an expert on intermittent fasting and low-carb diets, especially for treating people with type 2 diabetes. Get started Learn more What is the Obesity Code?ĭr. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Coming of age in the most public of arenas, the young queen embraces her new family and the French people, and she is embraced in return. ![]() ![]() Marie Antoinette was a child of fourteen when her mother, the Empress of Austria, arranged for her to leave her family and her country to become the wife of the fifteen-year-old Dauphin, the future King of France. As her world of unprecedented royal splendor crumbles, the charming Marie Antoinette matures into a heroine of inspiring stature, one whose nobility arises not from the circumstance of her birth but from her courageous spirit. From the lush gardens of Versailles to the lights and gaiety of Paris, the verdant countryside of France, and finally the stark and terrifying isolation of a prison cell, the young queen's life is joyful, poignant, and harrowing by turns. ![]() With this opening line of Naslund's compelling new novel, a very human Marie Antoinette invites readers to live her story as she herself experiences it. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis![]() ![]() ![]() Ich muss ehrlich sagen, dass ich auf die nächsten drei Bände keine große Lust mehr habe. ![]() Nicht nur fehlte mir die Verbindung zwischen den Charakteren der einzelnen Bücher, auch die jeweiligen Hintergrundgeschichten waren ziemlich langweilig und obwohl ein paar bekannte Namen vorkommen, hatte ich nicht mehr das Gefühl in Lucky Harbor zu sein. Performing at the Edinburgh festival fringe in 2017. Diese Dritte hier fällt noch mal weiter ab. And she confesses: I’ve spent a lifetime creating a ‘front’ to give the illusion that all is well. Während ich die ersten drei Bücher noch toll fand, war die zweite Trilogie schon schwächer. Ich habe auch nicht mitbekommen, dass Aubrey von den anderen Bewohnern ganz so negativ gesehen wurde. Ben hat vor fünf Jahren seine Frau verloren, aber ich würde nicht sagen, dass er noch übermäßig trauert und sich darum zurück zieht. Da war die Vorgeschichte rund um die Helden schon besser.īei Ben und Audrey hat mir ganz viel gefehlt - man bekommt hier vieles erzählt, das ich in den Vorgängerbänden nie so wahrgenommen hatte. Es mag zwar Freundschaft zwischen ihnen bestehen, aber die würde ich höchstens als oberflächlich bezeichnen. Zwischen den Protagonisten war immer ein besonderes band, aber grade bei den Frauen in dieser Trilogie fehlte mir dieses Basis. Für mich war das die bisher schwächste Trilogie in der Lucky Harbor Reihe. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Lagoon nnedi okorafor characters![]() ![]() ![]() Adaora (that’s her name) felt real and credible to me because of this. ![]() This was unusual for me, not only for a novel, but for a science fiction one. So here, let me talk about several things I really liked about the book.įirst of all, I loved that the main character was a middle-aged, married Nigerian woman with kids. I’m trying to read all the books of hers I can get hold of, and since I’d heard so much about Lagoon already, I requested it from the closest public library. Last year, right after I read Who Fears Death, I think I declared it my new favorite novel, and for sure, Onyesonwu (the main character of Who Fears Death) is my favorite fictional character at the moment, so it’s like Nnedi is just winning in my whole life right now. I recently decided that Nnedi Okorafor is currently my favorite fiction author. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Rajat gupta mind without fear![]() ![]() On India's education system, Gupta pointed out that IITs/IIMs have excelled but they have draconian selection process. India-born Gupta, a former IIT alumnus, said that talent is India's biggest exports, "we are great in information technology (IT) services but we have not created truely global brand like Google or Facebook," he noted. Gupta further said that he does not feel bitter about friends who treated him unfairly. Although I was familiar with Bhagavad Gita, I had the chance to read it several times and some ideas of Bhagavad Gita helped me to cope with solitary confinement punishment of 8 weeks," he said while discussing his book titled 'Mind Without Fear' organised by The Circle. "I had Bhagavad Gita with me (in prison). Gupta was sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty in 2012 of passing confidential boardroom information about Goldman Sachs to the then hedge fund manager and founder of the Galleon Group Raj Rajaratnam, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for insider trading. ![]() ![]() New Delhi, Apr 16 (PTI) India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta, who served 19 months in US jail for insider trading, Tuesday said he fell back on Bhagavad Gita during his stint in the prison. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Frostbite by Richelle Mead![]() ![]() But heroism rarely comes without a price. When three friends run away in an offensive move against the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the illusion of safety. Vlad's annual holiday ski trip is mandatory. And if hand-to-hand combat with her mom wasn't bad enough, Rose's tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason's got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa's head while she's making out with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy's not taking any risks.This year, St. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy's crawling with Guardians - including Rose's hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. Vladimir's, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Charles cross kurt cobain![]() ![]() A window had been left open to air out the stench of cigarettes, and the Manhattan morning had stolen all warmth. ![]() The temperature in New York City would eventually rise to 44 degrees, but at 7 a.m., in a small suite of the Omni Hotel, it was near freezing. It was January 12, 1992, a clear but chilly Sunday morning. For the generation smitten with him, it was an impassioned, powerful, and binding devotion-the kind of love that even as it begins you know is preordained to break your heart and to end like a Greek tragedy. ![]() It was, remarkably, his first death, and only the earliest of many little deaths that would follow. The first time he saw heaven came exactly six hours and fifty-seven minutes after the very moment an entire generation fell in love with him. It summed up both Nirvana’s “heavy” sound and the heft of 300-pound Tad Doyle. A slogan used by British concert promoters to describe Nirvana’s 1989 tour with the band Tad. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The andromeda strain goodreads![]() ![]() We may only take comfort in the fact that such situations, for ill or for good, are exceedingly rare. The mathematics are wholly unsatisfactory. Their object is to identify and neutralize a lethal virus brought back from the. Watson) set to work in a secret, five-story, underground bacterial research center in Nevadapart of Project Wildfire. ![]() Because these moments are unpredictable, they cannot be planned for in any logical manner. The Andromeda Strain tells of how a group of super-scientists (at least one of whom is a toned-down version of J. This category involves events and situations which are absolutely unpredictable, not merely disasters of all sorts, but those also including rare moments of discovery and insight, such as those which produced the laser, or penicillin. But there is also a category which cannot be analyzed by contingencies. Before making a decision, an individual can predict various reactions, and he can assess his original, or primary-mode, decision more effectively. Read 22 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. ![]() Such an action will produce a reaction the number of reactions is infinite but the number of probable reactions is manageably small. For example, a President may start a war, a man may sell his business, or divorce his wife. ![]() “Most decisions, and nearly all human interaction, can be incorporated into a contingencies model. Read 39 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Marveltown by Bruce McCall![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If short on story, this is long on innovation-a good choice for readers with a healthy visual imagination. Then he concocts a rickety plot where the adults' robots go haywire, B-movie style, and the children defeat the robots with their own devices. About half the book is devoted to marvelous or mischievous inventions (sample: “Eli's bedroom hologram was diabolical: Dad saw spick-and-span perfection, when the reality was a place you wouldn't want to live in”), which McCall paints in a meticulous, deadpan style reminiscent of William Joyce's Dinosaur Bob In the long-distance views, people appear an inch tall and the sci-fi landscape takes precedence. “And bigger was better, too.” The nifty illustrations, with their superprecise brush strokes and streamlined shapes, suggest a mid–20th-century architect's rendering of millennial space needles, cantilevers and suspension bridges. In his first book for children, veteran illustrator Bruce McCall has crafted a tale of ingenuity and mayhem about a town founded by inventors, with pictures. “We kids learned that faster was always better,” says the narrator. Marveltown is a utopian city of inventors, where drivers zip through tubular car washes at 80 mph and children “sky-ski” behind prop planes. Contributor McCall makes his picture book debut with a tongue-in-cheek vision of the future. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The Vixen's Lead by Tate James![]() ![]() One day, a tea of secret agents catches up to her which gives her the ability to find out some answers about who she is and where she came from. She doesn’t know why or what she is, but she’s a thief who is very good at her job thanks to her unique abilities. The book follows a woman named Kit Davenport, a woman with superhuman strength and the ability to heal life-threatening injuries quickly. One her most well-known series is the Kit Davenport series of books. ![]() Her books often feature powerful women in the “badass protagonist” role surrounded by sexy guys with some intriguing world building. James describes herself as a bit too sarcastic and someone who swears a bit too much for polite society while telling too many dirty jokes. She is not a morning person, so the coffee helps. When she is not writing, Tate enjoys reading, drinking red wine, cats, and a good cup of coffee. The two of them have a child as well as a pet. ![]() James was born in New Zealand, but moved to Australia after getting married to her husband. ![]() She is also the author of the Dark Legacy series with Jaymin Eve, the Undercover Sinners series with CM Stunich, and the Royals of Arbon Academy series with Jaymin Eve. She is the author of the Hijinks Harem series, the Kit Davenport series, and the Royal Trials trilogy of books. Tate James is an author out of New Zealand that writes books in the genres of fantasy, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and romantic suspense. ![]() |