Nourish Body & Mind: August SweetBean 2025 (Adults)

Nourish your body and mind this August as we transition out of summer, head back to school, and prepare for fall. The activities in this challenge highlight ways to feed your brain as well as your belly. Check out our Beanstack page for more!

Updated July 30, 2025
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"You just need to lose weight" : and 19 other myths about fat people
Gordon, Aubrey
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN INDIE BESTSELLER "One of the great thinkers of our generation . . . I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her."-Jameela Jamil, iWeigh Podcast The co-host of the Maintenance Phase...
Anti-diet : reclaim your time, money, well-being, and happiness through intuitive eating
Harrison, Christy
Paper Book
Reclaim your time, money, health, and happiness from our toxic diet culture with groundbreaking strategies from a registered dietitian, journalist, and host of the Food Psych podcast. 68 percent of Americans have dieted at some point in their lives. But upwards of 90% of...
Bountiful cooking : wholesome everyday meals to nourish you and your family
Achindu, Agatha
Paper Book
This recipe book teaches you how to feed yourself and your loved ones in the most loving way possible to promote long-term wellness, with 100 nutrient-dense and beautifully photographed dishes from a beloved nutritionist, home chef, and "spirit nourisher" (Luvvie Ajayi Jones, New York Times<...
Calm your mind with food : a revolutionary guide to controlling your anxiety
Naidoo, Uma
Paper Book
Relieve your anxiety through food with this "groundbreaking," full-body approach to mental health (Mark Hyman, MD), from bestselling author and nutritional psychiatrist Uma Naidoo, MD In this groundbreaking guide, Dr. Uma Naidoo presents cutting-edge research about...
Change your diet, change your mind : a powerful plan to improve mood, overcome anxiety, and protect memory for a lifetime of optimal mental health
Ede, Georgia
Paper Book
Combine the surprising truth about brain food with the cutting-edge science of brain metabolism to achieve extraordinary improvements to your emotional, cognitive, and physical health.​   Are you struggling with attention problems, mood swings, food...
Eat & flourish : how food supports emotional well-being
Albright, Mary Beth
Paper Book
Food has power to nourish your mind, supporting emotional wellness through both nutrients and pleasure. In this groundbreaking book, journalist Mary Beth Albright draws on cutting-edge research to explain the food/mood connection. She redefines "emotional eating" based on the science, revealing...
Eat your age : feel younger, be happier, live longer
Smith, Ian K.
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Ian K. Smith, learn how to defy the effects of aging by implementing simple changes at every decade. Whether we like it or not, lots of things change as we age: our joints start to creak, our muscles weaken, and we lose coordination....
How to be a conscious eater : making food choices that are good for you, others, and the planet
Egan, Sophie
Paper Book
A radically practical guide to making food choices that are good for you, others, and the planet.     Is organic really worth it? Are eggs ok to eat? If so, which ones are best for you, and for the chicken--Cage-Free, Free-Range, Pasture-Raised? What about...
The mind-gut-immune connection : understanding how food impacts our mind, our microbiome, and our immunity
Mayer, Emeran A.
Paper Book
From one of today's leading experts on the emerging science of the microbiome comes a ground-breaking book that offers, for the first time, evidence that the gut-microbiome plays a pivotal role in the health crises of the twenty-first century. In his...
Nutrition : for complete beginners
Hunter, Fiona
Paper Book
Understanding nutrition has never been easier. Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Nutrition is the perfect introduction for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge. Covering a range of topics - from a healthy gut and the...
What we don't talk about when we talk about fat
Gordon, Aubrey
Paper Book
From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people. Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon unearths the...

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