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HOW TO EAT
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Are soy and coconut
oil super foods —
or imposters?
And is breakfast really
so important?
Mark Bittman and
Yale physician
David Katz, MD,
cut through the noise
and offer simple advice for
eating well inspired by
their viral Grub Street article.

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COOKING FOR A FAST METABOLISM
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Haylie Pomroy’s motto:
You can turn you body
into a fat-burning
machine! Here she offers
what her readers crave
the most —delicious,
hearty recipes that
can help boost your
metabolism.

bedroom to promote better sleep. They’re looking, she says, for
“solid resources to support their quest for better health and
quality of life.”


Let’s Get Physical, and Then Some
Quality of life is inextricably tied to pleasure, according to
Why Good Sex Matters (HMH, Jan. 2020) by Nan Wise, a
licensed psychotherapist and cognitive neuroscientist. But
Wise’s book isn’t just another about having sex, HMH’s
Brody says. Rather, Wise provides “a new understanding of
how a good sex life can make us happier and healthier.” She
says this message is particularly relevant to millennial
readers, who may be
looking for connection
through dating apps and
are instead finding less
sex and less fulfillment
from their encounters.
At St. Martin’s, Beier
sees physical activity of a
different sort as ripe for
revamping to fit current
concepts of wellness.
Better Stretching (Mar.
2020) by trainer and
JoeFitness founder Joe
Yoon (1.2 million
Instagram followers) is
about more than lim-
bering up before a run,
she says. Rather,
stretching is a pursuit in
its own right that will
improve overall health.
In Ignite Your Light
(Running Press, Apr.
2020), health coach
Jolene Hart zeroes in on
positive personal energy,
which she defines as the
“feeling that your pres-
ence conveys” when you’re inspired and insightful. This
energy, which could come from the physical (a good workout,
for instance) or the emotional, such as a conversation with a
close friend, “influences your beauty, strength, gratitude,
relationships, health,” she writes. Cindy Sipala, executive
editor at Running Press, says Hart’s goal is to help readers
“discover what makes them feel their most energized, and
embrace more of it until it’s what fills their world, all day
every day.”
What Hart calls the “lit-from-within effect” also resonates
with CICO publisher Cindy Richards. “Millennials are inter-
ested in looking after themselves from the inside out,” she

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