Nutrition For Dummies
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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. Â
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 SupplementsÂ
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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Additional information
| Publisher | 2nd UK edition (3 Dec. 2010), For Dummies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 400 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0470972769 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0470972762 |
| Dimensions | 18.64 x 2.24 x 23.37 cm |
by Pat
exactly i was looking for, straight forward and easy to understand.
by Juliet J DAVIS
Excellent
by D k
Good book well worth having in your collection
by J. Kirk
I didn’t expect much more than a simple overview from this book, but it came with a lot more that wasn’t so easy to digest. It’s essentially an unquestioning mouthpiece of the USDA Dietary Guidelines, including all the lovely contradictions. Of the 2005 revision, the author says it was ‘pretty clear that the original food pyramid hadn’t done its proposed job of teaching most Americans how to choose foods that provide sufficient nutrients without piling on the pounds.’ And how have Americans done since 2005?
The entire book is based around the pyramid responsible for America’s ridiculous obesity rate, and desperately clings on to old, now defunct, myths about about carbohydrates, fat, cholesterol, thermodynamics and calorie-counting. The explanation of the role of insulin was laughable. There’s absolutely no mention of its critical role in weight loss, and we’re fed the same old tired idea of exercise and calorie-counting to lose weight, because it’s proven to be so effective after 100 years of non-success. But it’s easier than changing our stubborn views and looking to contemporary research isn’t it?
White bread, potatoes and pasta are referred to as ‘perfectly healthful foods,’ and we’re recommended to eat 6-11 servings from the cereal group, with only 5-9 from the vegetable/fruits group. A single serving includes 1 slice of bread, 1/2 cup of pasta, or 5-6 crackers. Even when I was eating a junk diet I would’ve struggled with 6-11 servings at that level. It’s no wonder that even overweight people who are genuinely making an effort to lose weight fail horribly despite the misery they have to live through on these diets.
Perhaps worst of all is the random advertisement for fluoridation and preservatives, and the repeated recommendations of non-fat dairy, including 0% fat milk (fat soluble vitamins aren’t going to be digested with extra sugar now, are they?), vegetable oils and margarine (this is just ignorance), and even the suggestion that statins are a viable option for good health.
I give the book two stars because it’s worth reading if you want to know why we’re all dying of degenerative diseases and can’t even stop our kids from becoming obese, let alone overweight. It also has a few useful, scientific facts mixed in with the Guidelines information.
by pam bridel Marie crawford
Didn’t hold my interest.. Haven’t read it all… Bit boring
by max stowe
Easy to understand, no jargon & very informative. It was a present for my son and he loves it, just what he was looking for 😀
by Gordon Teasdale
I wanted a comprehensive book that contained all the up to date and relevant information about nutrition right down to molecular level and written in a readable and understandable manner. I am studying Sports Therapy and this book is an invaluable addition to my course text books. An excellent reference guide.
by ChrissieB
I love this book,
I’ve always been interested in getting to know the value & nutritive elements contained in each food. This UK edition is actually quite thorough and enables you to learning more about the heatlhyness or danger of some foods or nutrients.
I would definately recommend it to anyone.
Kind regards,
Christina