Penguin Books Australia

David Gillespie was 40kg overweight, lethargic, sleep-deprived and the father of four, with twins on the way. He knew he needed to lose weight fast, but he had run out of diets - all had failed.

So you want to lose weight?  Why settle for half a kilo here and there when you can lose MORE weight FASTER - and keep it off!


Michelle Bridges, expert trainer from The Biggest Loser , is here to help you do it.  Drop weight fast with Michelle's:

Michelle Bridges, star trainer on the hit TV show The Biggest Loser, knows that counting calories is crucial to maintaining a healthy weight.

'You absolutely have to know how much fuel you're taking on board, as well as how much you're burning through exercise.'

This fully revised edition of the Australian Calorie Counter contains:

How many diets have you tried that haven't worked for you? The Total Wellbeing Diet, developed by Australia's CSIRO, is not just another diet, it's a long-term healthy eating plan that can make you feel great. Easy to use Scientifically tested Nutritionally balanced

The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet can really work, helping you lose weight permanently...

The Calorie Counter is an easy-to-use guide to counting energy values of thousands of food items available all over New Zealand.

Completely updated and revised edition - Now includes GI listings
Includes over 3000 food items - Includes brand names
Calorie and kilojoules counts - Hints for healthy weight control

Understanding the role that carbohydrates and sugars play in our diet is an essential step to achieving a healthy weight.

This easy-to-use guide provides the sugar and carbohydrate content of thousands of everyday food items available all around New Zealand.

The best way to control your weight is to balance your 'energy in' with your 'energy out'. The Australian Calorie Counter helps you figure out how much energy you consume in the food you eat as well as suggesting ways to burn it off. Featuring:
calorie counts for thousands of fresh and packaged foods advice for long-term weight loss the most...

This book is your comprehensive guide to the CSIRO's CLIP (Complete Lifestyle Program) eating and exercise plan, which is designed to look after the health of your whole cardiovascular system and help you reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes and other complications of obesity. Following the winning formula we all know and love from the popular Total Wellbeing Diet books, this book...

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual , by Michael Pollan, internationally bestselling author of In Defence of Food .

For thousands of years, humans have eaten well and stayed healthy without nutritional scientists or even knowing what an antioxidant is.

So which of the modern world's hundreds of rules do we actually need?

Eat Food,
Not too much,
Mainly plants.

The Sweet Poison Quit Plan is the long-awaited 'how to' supplement to the best-selling  Sweet Poison . It features:

Eating for Two: simply delicious recipes for a happy, healthy pregnancy by award-winning food writer Kathleen Gandy.

Pregnant? Confused about what to eat? What not to eat? What to cook when you're in the throes of morning sickness or tired after a long day at work?

Discover the raw way to health and vitality!

Every day you're bombarded with toxins, from unhealthy foods, to contaminated air, to chemical-laden products in use all around you.  You need a clean sweep of all those bad elements to restore your body, your health, and your mind.

Eat better. Live longer.

The Essential Guide to Healthy Healing Foods is for readers who want the best scientifically researched recommendations for foods used for the treatment of specific conditions. It covers foods for a variety of conditions-

Discover the plant world's nutritional powerhouses!

You are what you eat, and every bite you take affects your body and your well-being.  Eating a whole-food, plant-based diet helps you and your body thrive.

Getting your nutrition from plant-based foods is one of the best things you can do for yourself-and it's easier than you might think!