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Nutrition For Dummies 2e de Carol Ann Rinzler

Nutrition For Dummies 2e

Autor Carol Ann Rinzler, Nigel Denby, Sue Baic
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 ian 2012
In this fully updated second edition, expert dieticians Sue Baic and Nigel Denby provide no-nonsense advice, equipping you with all the information you need to make informed decisions about your diet. The book acts as a sound reference point if you want to know the facts about food, and debunks the myths behind fad diets. Nutrition For Dummies, 2nd Edition provides a detailed understanding of the nutritional breakdown of different food groups and examines the relationship food has with one's physical and mental wellbeing. The book also advises you on how to establish healthy eating patterns and how to maximise the health benefits of what you eat. This new edition includes approx 20% new and updated material, including new chapters on nutrition in institutions and how to eat healthily on the go. New content also includes up-to-date health guidelines and government policies, information on probiotics and over the counter weight loss drugs, plus advice on how to eat well on a budget. Nutrition For Dummies, 2nd Edition includes: Part I: The Basic Facts about Nutrition Chapter 1: What's Nutrition, Anyway? Chapter 2: Digestion: The 24-Hour Food Factory Chapter 3: Why You Eat What You Eat and Like What You Like Part II: What You Get from Food Chapter 4: Powerful Protein Chapter 5: The Lowdown on Fat and Cholesterol Chapter 6: Calories: The Energisers Chapter 7: Carbohydrates: A Complex Story Chapter 8: The Alcohol Truth: The Whole Truth Chapter 9: Vigorous Vitamins Chapter 10: Mighty Minerals Chapter 11: Phabulous Phytochemicals Chapter 12: Water Works Part III: Healthy Eating Chapter 13: What Is a Healthy Diet? Chapter 14: Making Wise Food Choices Chapter 15 : Ensuring Good Nutrition Whoever You Are NEW! Chapter 16: Eating in Institutions NEW! Chapter 17: Being Nutritionally Savvy on the Go Part IV: Processed Food Chapter 18: What Is Processed Food? Chapter 19: Cooking and Keeping Food Chapter 20: Weird Science: Examining Food Additives Part V: Food and Health Chapter 21: Food and Allergies Chapter 22: Food and Mood Chapter 23: Food and Medicine Chapter 24: Food and Dietary Supplements Part VI: The Part of Tens Chapter 25: Ten Nutrition Web Sites You Can Trust Chapter 26: Ten Superfoods Chapter 27: Ten Fad Diets: The Truth Behind the Headlines
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780470972762
ISBN-10: 0470972769
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 187 x 233 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Ediția:2. Auflage
Editura: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Primary market

  • People who want an easy route into the complex world of nutrition, and who may be looking for something more authoritative than books by celebrities/celebrity nutritionists.
  • People looking to start diets and who need to know how to eat healthily.

Secondary market

  • People on more specialised diets who need advice – e.g. people with diabetes, or cholesterol problems

Notă biografică

Nigel Denby trained as a dietitian at Glasgow Caledonian University and has since worked on Channel 4???s Fit Farm and BBC???s Breakfast show amongst others.
Sue Baic is a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist with the Nutrition Society and is a media spokesperson for the British Dietetic Association.
Carol Ann Rinzler is the author of more than 20 books on food and health.

Cuprins

Introduction 1
Part I: The Basic Facts about Nutrition 7
Chapter 1: What's Nutrition, Anyway? 9
Chapter 2: Digestion: The 24-Hour Food Factory 19
Chapter 3: Why You Eat When You Eat and Like What You Like 33
Part II: What You Get from Food 45
Chapter 4: Powerful Protein 47
Chapter 5: The Lowdown on Fat and Cholesterol 59
Chapter 6: Calories: The Energisers 77
Chapter 7: Carbohydrates: A Complex Story 93
Chapter 8: The Truth: The Alcohol Truth 109
Chapter 9: Vigorous Vitamins 121
Chapter 10: Mighty Minerals 139
Chapter 11: Phabulous Phytochemicals 157
Chapter 12: Water Works 163
Part III: Healthy Eating 173
Chapter 13: What Is a Healthy Diet? 175
Chapter 14: Making Wise Food Choices 187
Chapter 15 : Ensuring Good Nutrition Whoever You Are 199
Chapter 16: Being Nutritionally Savvy for When You're Out and About 213
Chapter 17 : Looking at Standards in Schools and Other Institutions 227
Part IV: Processed Food 247
Chapter 18: What Is Processed Food? 249
Chapter 19: Cooking and Keeping Food 261
Chapter 20: Weird Science: Examining Food Additives 281
Part V: Food and Health 293
Chapter 21: Food and Allergies 295
Chapter 22: Food and the Brain 303
Chapter 23: Food and Medicine 313
Chapter 24: Dietary Supplements 325
Part VI: The Part of Tens 339
Chapter 25: Ten Nutrition Websites You Can Trust 341
Chapter 26 Ten Superfoods 347
Chapter 27: Ten Fad Diets: The Truth Behind the Headlines 353
Index 359

Descriere

In this fully updated second edition, expert dieticians Sue Baic and Nigel Denby provide no-nonsense advice, equipping you with all the information you need to make informed decisions about your diet. The book acts as a sound reference point if you want to know the facts about food, and debunks the myths behind fad diets.