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Language
English
Description
Find the facts you need to know about diet and health in Foods That Harm, Foods That Heal, a comprehensive, common-sense guide to eating healthy and staying healthy. Hundreds of easy-to-find entries in A-Z order give you the information you need on everything from acne and allergies to yogurt and zwieback. In-depth features focus on special concerns like healthful diets for children and adolescents and the nutritional needs of the elderly. Easy-to-read...
Publisher
The Readers Digest Association, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Fully revised and updated.
Physical Desc
ix, 389 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this completely revised, updated, and redesigned edition, you'll find: - More than 90 health condition entries from arthritis to insomnia to heart disease - Almost 150 food entries from apples to zucchini, including fast food, additives, and more - Simple ways to eat, cook, and store each food - Food-medicine interactions to be aware of"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 371 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"With the wisdom of Intuitive Eating, a manifesto for parents to help them reject diet culture and raise the next generation to have a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. Kids are born intuitive eaters. Well-meaning parents, influenced by the diet culture that surrounds us all, are often concerned about how to best feed their children. Nearly everyone is talking about what to do about the childhood obesity epidemic. Meanwhile, every proposed...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xvi, 299 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cheese puffs. Coffee. Sunscreen. Vapes. George Zaidan reveals what will kill you, what won't, and why-explained with high-octane hilarity, hysterical hijinks, and other things that don't begin with the letter H. Ingredients offers the perspective of a chemist on the stuff we eat, drink, inhale, and smear on ourselves. Apart from the burning question of whether you should eat that Cheeto, Zaidan explores a range of topics"--
Author
Publisher
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xx, 442 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Nature converts molecules into edible structures, most of which are then transformed into products in factories and kitchens. Tasty food structures enter our mouths and different sensations invade our bodies. By the time these structures reach our cells, they have been broken back down into molecules that serve as fuel and raw materials for our bodies. Drawing from the physical and engineering sciences, food technology, nutrition, and gastronomy,...
7) The 150 healthiest foods on earth: the surprising, unbiased truth about what you should eat and why
Author
Publisher
Fair Winds Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
376 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this newly updated nutrition reference guide, acclaimed nutritionist and best-selling author Jonny Bowden debunks traditional food myths, saves the reputations of foods long suffering from bad publicity, and provides just the facts--so you can make good, health-conscious decisions about which foods you and your family should eat"--Page 4 of cover.
Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
xv, 704 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"This comprehensive reference lists more than 40,000 food items, complete with nutritional content for calories, fat, cholesterol, protein, carbohydrates, sodium, and fiber. Serving-size information makes healthful food choices quick and easy" --
11) Our food
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
304 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Includes more than 100 delicious recipes specially designed for better blood sugar, plus meal makeovers that show you how to turn any meal into a magic one. Handy meal plans for three different calorie goals help put it all together.
Author
Publisher
Reader's Digest
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
336 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Out of control blood sugar is wrecking havoc on Americans' health and has caused more than 100 million adults to suffer from prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. And doctors and researchers have discovered the shocking truth: If your blood sugar levels regularly soar and crash, you may be raising your cholesterol levels, chipping away at your memory, and increasing your risks for certain cancers. The good news is that by eating the right foods, you can...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
IG 960L
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Grab a beaker, pick up your whisk, and get ready to cook up some solid science. Using food as our tools (or ingredients!) curious kids become saucy scientists that measure, weigh, combine, and craft their way through the kitchen. Discover dozens of thoroughly-tested, fun, edible experiments, sprinkled with helpful photos, diagrams, scientific facts, sub-experiments, and more. And the best news is when all the mad-science is done, you're invited to...