It’s that time of year when we all start to look at how we eat and live and whether we can make good changes that benefit our health and our waist lines. To kick the year off right we have two brilliant, but very different books for you. Read on and make good changes this January…  

Tonic

In Tonic, Tanita de Ruijt will have you pillaging your kitchen cupboards to make surprisingly effective – and inexpensive – remedies to cure whatever ails you. Inspired primarily by traditional  medicine and wisdom from the East, these recipes have been carefully crafted to support your body’s natural defences, and keep you feeling good on a daily basis. Recipes include the immune-boosting Turmeric Tonic, to more eclectic Love Potions, Salvation Shrubs and Make-Your-Own Probiotics. Including a helpful ailment index plus 
an extensive medicinal guide to everyday herbs and spices, Tonic offers all-natural, effective ways to treat basic complaints quickly, safely, and effectively at home.

How to Lose Weight Well : The Complete Diet Plans

Make weight loss easy, fast, healthy and wise with this brand new book from the TV series How to Lose Weight Well. The Complete Diet Plans takes the very best of the recipes developed for the hit Channel 4 series and shows you how best to work them into your lifestyle for maximum weight loss. Stacie Stewart, presenter and cook on the show, offers the most effective recipes from across the three series of How to Lose Weight Well, alongside her own favourites that helped her to lose over 5 stone in weight. The book includes a diet plan section focusing on how much weight you have to lose and how quickly you want to lose it. Stacie’s down-to-earth advice and healthy recipes put the emphasis on flavour first and foremost.