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Nutrition For Dummies, UK Edition
Nigel Denby (Author), Sue Baic (Author), Carol Ann Rinzler (Author)
9780470972762, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 3 December 2010
400 pages
23.4 x 18.6 x 2.2 cm, 0.748 kg
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 Part II: What You Get from Food Part III: Healthy Eating Part IV: Processed Food Part V: Food and Health Part VI: The Part of Tens
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
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
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
Chapter 18: What Is Processed Food?
Chapter 19: Cooking and Keeping Food
Chapter 20: Weird Science: Examining Food Additives
Chapter 21: Food and Allergies
Chapter 22: Food and Mood
Chapter 23: Food and Medicine
Chapter 24: Food and Dietary Supplements
Chapter 25: Ten Nutrition Web Sites You Can Trust
Chapter 26: Ten Superfoods
Chapter 27: Ten Fad Diets: The Truth Behind the Headlines
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
Subject Areas: Chemistry [PN]
