Short description
Includes expert advice on your daily dietary requirements Increase your nutrition knowledge and make wise food choices Looking for sensible nutritional advice that's easy-to-understand? Well, here's the definitive guide for anyone who cares about what they eat.
Long description
Nutrition For Dummies is for anyone who cares about what they eat, and wants to know about the facts, not the fads. Finding easy to understand and sensible advice on what you should be eating is easier said than done - advice seems to constantly change and fad diets only seem to help celebrities pile on the pounds in their bank account, rather than making any of us healthier! In this book, Nigel Denby and Sue Baic, two experienced and registered dieticians, dispel all myths and provide you with the information you need to eat for a healthy life. They explain every aspect of the subject from the basics about essential nutrients to the relationship between allergies and food and give you the knowledge and confidence to start making wise food choices. Inside you'll find information on: the basic facts about nutrition - digestion; the 24-hour food factory - calories; the energisers - what you get from food; powerful protein; the lowdown on fat and cholesterol; carbohydrates - a complex story; alcohol - another form of grape and grain; vigorous vitamins; mighty minerals; phabulous phytochemicals; water works; healthy eating; why you eat when you eat; why you like the foods you like; what is a healthy diet?; making wise food choices; eating smart when eating out; what is food processing?; cooking and nutrition; food and medicine; when food gives you a rash; food and mood; food and drug interactions; and, a supplemental story.
Review
...excellent fad-free, essential and accurate advice... (Prizes Galore, Dec 05) ...a definitive guide for anyone who cares about what they eat... (Doncaster Advertiser, 2nd December 2005) ...a very useful reference...everything you need to know about the subject... (Newark Advertiser, 6th January 06) ...presents you with all the latest myth-busting research... (Doncaster Advertiser, 02/12/05) ...the reference no kitchen should be without... (England Weekly News, 7th January 2006) ...ignores every fad going and instead concentrates on giving accurate advice to help readers navigate the world of food... (Scotland's Weekly News, January 27th 2006) ...an invaluable guide to navigating the maze of fashionable diets...provides solid, scientifically-based, easy to follow advice... (Choice Magazine, Feb 06) ...it's finally here...a great read for both beginners and experts... (Natural Products Magazine, April 2006) ...continues the brand's tradition of making knowledge accessible and fun, making food selection foolproof for ... us ... (Pride, April 2006)
Table of contents
- Introduction. 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. Part IV: Processed Food. Chapter 16: What Is Processed Food? Chapter 17: Cooking and Keeping Food. Chapter 18: Weird Science: Examining Food Additives. Part V: Food and Health. Chapter 19: Food and Allergies. Chapter 20: Food and Mood. Chapter 21: Food and Medicine. Chapter 22: Food and Dietary Supplements. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 23: Ten Nutrition Web Sites You Can Trust. Chapter 24: Ten Superfoods. Chapter 25: Ten Fad Diets: The Truth Behind the Headlines. Index.