Bøker av Polly Fielding

What is diabetes? How is it treated? Does having this condition mean that I can never eat anything containing sugar? These are just some of the frequently asked questions about an often confusing subject. This book addresses them in a clear, concise and straightforward manner. The seventy-five single-serving, tasty recipes that follow have been carefully designed primarily for someone who is both diabetic and vegetarian. However, vegetarian or not, these breakfasts, lunches and dinners give you a balanced, healthy, colourful choice of diabetic-friendly meals to enjoy each day. Polly Fielding is the author of several books on a variety of subjects, including Blood Pressure, Mindfulness, Haemophilia and the 5:2 Diet. She is also a keen artist. A description of her books and examples of her art can be seen on her website: www.pollyfielding.com

Arthritis causes painful inflammation in the body for millions of people.And whilst doctors can do much to lessen its symptoms, anyone living with its effects obviously wants to know what they personally can do to make daily life easier. The aim of this book is firstly, to give clear, uncomplicated answers to the sort of questions you might ask when given the diagnosis of arthritis and secondly, to enable you to make important, small changes to your lifestyle to alleviate the pain you experience. Diet is one of the areas where you can easily take some control, once you know which foods to avoid and which ones are helpful. So all the recipes within these pages contain ingredients that are known to be anti-inflammatory.Each breakfast, lunch and dinner is designed specifically for one person (though, of course, you can always double up if cooking for two).Not only are the recipes geared to soothing inflammation but they're also intended to be both tasty and enjoyable, resulting in a healthier, more contented you.

Have you tried to diet and found hunger interfering with your enjoyment of it, despite your perseverance? Polly Fielding combines a simple and effective approach to mindfulness with the popular 5:2 way of eating. Her personal experience motivated her to share with you how easy and enjoyable it can be to adapt to this healthy weight loss lifestyle. In practical steps, she shows you how to mindfully improve your relationship with yourself and others as well as altering your relationship with food.

What is a healthy blood pressure? How can you prevent high blood pressure? How can you lower it if it's too high? These are among the questions this book aims to answer in a concise, straightforward manner. Raised blood pressure (hypertension) is a serious, potentially fatal condition. A stroke or heart attack might be the first indication that you were living with a ticking time bomb. Fortunately, we can all play a significant role in keeping our hearts strong and healthy; various easy adjustments to lifestyle are suggested in these pages. Diet is one of the most important ways to control heart health. But it's not a matter of merely cutting out salt and having boringly bland, unappetizing meals. The seventy-five vegetarian recipes in this book use herbs and spices, alongside blood pressure lowering ingredients, to ensure that the meals are pleasurable as well as being good for you. And each nutritious breakfast, lunch and dinner is designed for a single serving. Polly Fielding is the author of several books on a variety of subjects, including Diabetes, Mindfulness, Haemophilia and the 5:2 Diet. She is also a keen artist. A description of her books and examples of her art can be seen on her website: www.pollyfielding.com

This book contains a variety of vegetarian recipes to alleviate the symptoms of arthritis using anti-inflammatory ingredients with no animal or fish content. Each meal contains ingredients to combat inflammation; for example, flax seeds, chia seeds and walnuts are rich sources of omega 3 oils which are renowned for their anti-inflammatory properties.These breakfasts, lunches and dinners are not only nutritious and beneficial for health but also colourful and delicious. The focus is specifically on meals for one person, though of course any recipe can be adjusted in quantity to provide for two or more people.Although basically giving the same sort of answers to frequently asked questions about arthritis as the non-vegetarian book by Polly, this one contains a completely new set of recipes for you to make and enjoy.

In A Mind To Be free the reader is drawn compellingly into Polly's daily struggle with relationships, work, bringing up a family ... until she can no longer fight the pain of her past experiences without expert help. Despite severe self loathing and several suicide attempts, she struggles through the minefield of the mental health system to get the appropriate help. "A Mind To Be Free highlights how extremely hard it is for a person whose complex difficulties do not fit into simple categories of mental illness to find effective treatment. The author has had to struggle not only with her own problems but also with the weaknesses of mental health care." Rai Turton, Chartered Clinical Psychologist.

Polly Marie was fostered eight times in her first year of life, the last time so abusive she had to spend a week in hospital. This left baby Polly withdrawn and deeply unhappy.A couple, wanting a sister for their three-year-old daughter, adopted Polly and slowly taught her to trust again. But all too soon her life fell apart again. And finding out during a playground argument that she was adopted added to her feelings of fear and insecurity. This first book in this trilogy is an honest and open account of traumatic events in her life. It is about the relationships with her adoptive mother and the biological mother she traced as an adult."I was emotionally drained reading Polly's story. I was there with her every step. It's cruel that anyone would treat a human being in this way, especially a child. It's a miracle that she did survive." Helen Robinson, former Chief Executive, Lincoln MIND. In the second book, despite severe self loathing and several suicide attempts, Polly battles through the minefield of the mental health system to get the appropriate help."A Mind To Be Free highlights how extremely hard it is for a person whose complex difficulties do not fit into simple categories of mental illness to find effective treatment. The author has had to struggle not only with her own problems but also with the weaknesses of mental health care." Rai Turton, Chartered Clinical Psychologist.Crossing the Borderline tells how Polly learns to cope in constructive ways with her powerful negative emotions, her sense of rejection and feelings of worthlessness."A balanced account of the lived experience of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. This should be read by clinicians and service users alike. The first book to bring Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to life, this is a must-read for anybody who has an interest in this novel treatment." Paul Barrett, Nurse Specialist (Community Personality Disorders Service), Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust.