The California Nutrition Book

Author : Paul Saltman,Joel Gurin,Ira Mothner
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1993-06-08
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0316769819

Get Book

The University of California San Diego Nutrition Book by Paul Saltman,Joel Gurin,Ira Mothner Pdf

This is a book for everyone who has realized that there are no quick and easy ways to lasting health. It's especially for those who are fed up with faddish diets that might take off weight temporarily but demand unreasonable sacrifices and more often than not leave the dieter depressed and far from thin. It doesn't have to be that way, according to the authors of this liberating and food-friendly guide that demystifies the science of nutrition. Not until you understand what's in food and how your body uses those nutrients can you make the best personal decisions about your diet. In this book you'll learn that the latest research proves that there are no "bad" foods and no single "right" way to eat. The good news is that you can eat your favorite foods without sacrificing sound nutrition. In clear and very readable chapters you'll learn everything you need to know about food content and the recommended daily allowances, including the facts about vitamins, microminerals, body fat, weight control, heart disease, and hypertension. All this information is tailored to your specific life stage, health concerns, and level of physical activity. "The University of California San Diego Nutrition Book" doesn't offer any "miracle" cures or secrets, but it does offer the unadulterated facts about the relationship between food and our bodies -- and that in itself is no small miracle.

Author : Paul Saltman,Joel Gurin,Ira Mothner
Publisher : Little, Brown Medical Division
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Health
ISBN : 0316769649

Get Book

The California Nutrition Book by Paul Saltman,Joel Gurin,Ira Mothner Pdf

Author : Paul Saltman
Publisher : College Hill Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0316769649

Get Book

The California Nutrition Book by Paul Saltman Pdf

This authoritative guide shows readers how to analyze their diets, evaluate the factors that influence their own nutritional requirements, and supplement their diets as necessary for optimum health

Author : Marion Nestle
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780520955066

Get Book

Food Politics by Marion Nestle Pdf

We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing exposé, Marion Nestle goes behind the scenes to reveal how the competition really works and how it affects our health. The abundance of food in the United States--enough calories to meet the needs of every man, woman, and child twice over--has a downside. Our over-efficient food industry must do everything possible to persuade people to eat more--more food, more often, and in larger portions--no matter what it does to waistlines or well-being. Like manufacturing cigarettes or building weapons, making food is big business. Food companies in 2000 generated nearly $900 billion in sales. They have stakeholders to please, shareholders to satisfy, and government regulations to deal with. It is nevertheless shocking to learn precisely how food companies lobby officials, co-opt experts, and expand sales by marketing to children, members of minority groups, and people in developing countries. We learn that the food industry plays politics as well as or better than other industries, not least because so much of its activity takes place outside the public view. Editor of the 1988 Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health, Nestle is uniquely qualified to lead us through the maze of food industry interests and influences. She vividly illustrates food politics in action: watered-down government dietary advice, schools pushing soft drinks, diet supplements promoted as if they were First Amendment rights. When it comes to the mass production and consumption of food, strategic decisions are driven by economics--not science, not common sense, and certainly not health. No wonder most of us are thoroughly confused about what to eat to stay healthy. An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics will forever change the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. By explaining how much the food industry influences government nutrition policies and how cleverly it links its interests to those of nutrition experts, this path-breaking book helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why.

Author : T. Colin Campbell,Howard Jacobson
Publisher : BenBella Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781937856243

Get Book

Whole by T. Colin Campbell,Howard Jacobson Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER What happens when you eat an apple? The answer is vastly more complex than you imagine. Every apple contains thousands of antioxidants whose names, beyond a few like vitamin C, are unfamiliar to us, and each of these powerful chemicals has the potential to play an important role in supporting our health. They impact thousands upon thousands of metabolic reactions inside the human body. But calculating the specific influence of each of these chemicals isn't nearly sufficient to explain the effect of the apple as a whole. Because almost every chemical can affect every other chemical, there is an almost infinite number of possible biological consequences. And that's just from an apple. Nutritional science, long stuck in a reductionist mindset, is at the cusp of a revolution. The traditional “gold standard" of nutrition research has been to study one chemical at a time in an attempt to determine its particular impact on the human body. These sorts of studies are helpful to food companies trying to prove there is a chemical in milk or pre-packaged dinners that is “good" for us, but they provide little insight into the complexity of what actually happens in our bodies or how those chemicals contribute to our health. In The China Study, T. Colin Campbell (alongside his son, Thomas M. Campbell) revolutionized the way we think about our food with the evidence that a whole food, plant-based diet is the healthiest way to eat. Now, in Whole, he explains the science behind that evidence, the ways our current scientific paradigm ignores the fascinating complexity of the human body, and why, if we have such overwhelming evidence that everything we think we know about nutrition is wrong, our eating habits haven't changed. Whole is an eye-opening, paradigm-changing journey through cutting-edge thinking on nutrition, a scientific tour de force with powerful implications for our health and for our world.

Author : Elson Haas,Buck Levin
Publisher : Celestial Arts
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781587611797

Get Book

Staying Healthy with Nutrition, rev by Elson Haas,Buck Levin Pdf

The twenty-first century edition of this groundbreaking work presents authoritative health and nutrition information available in an easy-to-use format and a friendly, engaging tone. “An excellent guide for those wishing to make smarter dietary choices.”—Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Healthy Aging Decades of practical experience and scientific research from Dr. Elson Haas and Dr. Buck Levin are compiled into one encyclopedic volume that features newly expanded chapters on special supplements, lifestage programs, and breakthrough medical treatment protocols for fatigue, viruses, weight management, and mental and mood disorders such as anxiety, ADHD, and depression. Part One gives a detailed analysis of the building blocks of nutrition: water, carbohydrates, proteins, fats and oils, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. Part Two evaluates food and diets, discussing every food group and most diets around the world. A special chapter on the environment and nutrition raises awareness and offers guidance about food additives, industrial chemicals, food irradiation, electro-pollution, and other health and ecological issues. Part Three brings all of this nutritional information together, showing readers how to make wise and commonsense choices while building a healthy diet. A personalized eating plan for the year, the Ideal Diet is both seasonally and naturally based, and a healthy lifelong diet. Part Four contains specific nutritional and life-style therapies for enhancing all stages of life and suggests treatments for common conditions and diseases such as aging, menopause, bone loss, weight loss, and cancer by focusing on nutritional applications: thirty-two special diet and supplemental programs. Anyone interested in enhancing wellness, eating right, treating illness naturally, and living in harmony with nature will find Staying Healthy with Nutrition to be the ultimate handbook for optimal health and vitality.

Author : Matt Fitzgerald
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781594862182

Get Book

Runner's World Performance Nutrition for Runners by Matt Fitzgerald Pdf

Draws on the latest scientific advice to provide an up-to-date nutrition reference specifically tailored to the needs of runners, covering such topics as proper hydration, customizing a diet for personal training needs, and speeding up recovery times. Original. 15,000 first printing.

Author : Mark Bittman,David L. Katz
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780358128823

Get Book

How to Eat by Mark Bittman,David L. Katz Pdf

Easy-to-understand rules for eating right, from food expert Mark Bittman and Yale physician David Katz, MD, based on their hit Grub Street article

Author : Paul Saltman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Health
ISBN : OCLC:1036911513

Get Book

The University of California San Diego Nutrition Book by Paul Saltman Pdf

Author : Lori A. Smolin,Mary B. Grosvenor
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119495277

Get Book

Nutrition by Lori A. Smolin,Mary B. Grosvenor Pdf

Nutrition: Science and Applications, 4th Edition helps students develop the scientific understanding to support their personal and professional decisions. Using a critical thinking approach, Smolin brings nutrition out of the classroom and allows students to apply the logic of science to their own nutrition concerns – both as consumers and as future scientists and health professionals.

Author : Ilana Muhlstein
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781940358505

Get Book

You Can Drop It! by Ilana Muhlstein Pdf

Most Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Couldn’t Claim This— “I Lost 100 Pounds and Now I’m Sharing How I Did It with You!” MORE THAN 240,000 CLIENTS CAN’T BE WRONG! My name is Ilana Muhlstein and I wrote You Can Drop It! to help you learn my personal and proven system to drop weight and keep it off—without sacrifice—and it’s so simple that you’ll love it! This unique approach has become famous thanks to my renowned 2B Mindset program. The 2B Mindset is designed with the built-in ability for customization so that it is optimally effective and can work for everyone. It has already helped thousands of people lose weight—some more than 100 pounds—while never asking them to go hungry or cut out the foods that they love. You Can Drop It! doesn’t just give you the key knowledge you need to lose weight. It adds motivational principles and real-life examples and it’s the perfect complement to my successful program. No counting calories! No portion control! No feeling hungry! No off-limits foods! No exercise required! Finally—weight loss with FREEDOM! Here’s Exactly Why YOU CAN DROP IT! Will Work: You're going to feel full and satisfied. (You can still eat comforting foods, in big portions, and enjoy 50+ delicious recipes inside.) You’ll eat the foods you love. (Nothing is off-limits, not even dessert or a glass of wine.) You’ll be in control. (Say goodbye to emotional and mindless eating.) You can finally keep off the weight! (These powerful weight-loss tools will be yours for life.) The 2B Mindset method changed my life. I struggled with yo-yo dieting the whole first half of my life. I was always the big one in the group. By the time I turned 13, I weighed over 200 pounds, and I felt terrible about myself. That’s when I realized I had to break the cycle. Through trial and error, and lots of research, I discovered a simple and effective way to lose weight, while still eating large portions and the foods I loved. Over time, I lost 100 pounds, and kept the weight off. . . even after having two beautiful children. My secret? It’s called the 2B Mindset. It has helped thousands of my clients lose weight too—and now it will help you.

Author : Dawn Clifford,Laura Curtis
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781462524198

Get Book

Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness by Dawn Clifford,Laura Curtis Pdf

Making and maintaining lasting changes in nutrition and fitness is not easy for anyone. Yet the communication style of a health professional can make a huge difference. This book presents the proven counseling approach known as motivational interviewing (MI) and shows exactly how to use it in day-to-day interactions with clients. MI offers simple yet powerful tools for helping clients work through ambivalence, break free of diets and quick-fix solutions, and overcome barriers to change. Extensive sample dialogues illustrate specific ways to enhance conversations about meal planning and preparation, exercise, body image, disordered eating, and more. Reproducible forms and handouts can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Author : Patrick Quillin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 096383729X

Get Book

Beating Cancer with Nutrition by Patrick Quillin Pdf

In this revision of the best-seller, Dr. Patrick Quillin shares his extensive and very practical experience in helping thousands of cancer patients with a nutrition program of diet and supplements, including nutrients to reduce the toxic side effects of chemo and radiation. This book has been translated in Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Reissue.

Author : California Nutrition Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0976552205

Get Book

California's Blueprint for a Coordinated Food and Nutrition Policy by California Nutrition Council Pdf

Author : Paul M. Insel,R. Elaine Turner,Don Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nutrition
ISBN : 0763747130

Get Book

Nutrition by Paul M. Insel,R. Elaine Turner,Don Ross Pdf