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You are what you eat ... and you should eat brilliantly! Your fitness, health, and well-being depend on food and proper nutrition.
Yet, knowing what is in the foods we eat, understanding the differences between good and bad fat, learning which foods are good sources of vitamins, keeping up on the latest scientific discoveries, or discerning the effectiveness of different diets can be challenging. To help answer these questions theres The Handy Nutrition Answer Book. Additionally, the book scrutinizes the pros, cons, and effectiveness of the biggest, most popular, and trendiest diets on the market today. From the newsworthy to the practical and from the medical to the historical, this entertaining and informative book brings the complexity of food and healthy nutrition into focus through the well-researched answers to nearly 900 common questions, such as ...
- What is a calorie in terms of nutrition?
- How are calories measured?
- Why do vegetarians need to know about complementary proteins?
- How does a person interpret how much fat to eat based on the daily calories they want to consume?
- What is omega-9?
- How have trans fats in foods changed in the pastand how might they change in the future?
- Can dense carbohydrates that are high in fat and calories affect our sleep?
- What are some healthier natural sweeteners?
- What recent study indicated that red wine and dark chocolate are not as healthy as we think?
- What are some of the worst ways to cook vegetables that destroy nutrients?
- What is the Maillard reaction?
- What recent study showed how beer can help grilled foods?
- How does human taste work?
- Does the percent of water in our system change as we age?
- Whats the difference between gluten sensitivity, celiac disease, and wheat intolerance?
- What sugar can act like a laxative?
- What did the ancient Roman soldiers eat?
- Why did so many men die from starvation during the American Civil War?
- What does the word natural mean on a label?
- Why will food labels change in the near future?
- What are genetically modified organisms (GMOs)?
- Is there a controversy concerning farmed fish versus wild-caught fish?
- What is irradiation of food?
- Why is high fructose corn syrup so controversial?
- How can diet help with premenopausal symptoms in women?
- Can soy products lower my cholesterol?
- Why do some people seem to eat whatever they wantand still lose or maintain their weight?
This handy reference examines, explains, and traces the basics of nutrition, the value of vitamins, minerals, fats, proteins, the science behind food-processing, the modern food industry, nutritional misconceptions throughout history, and so much more! It explains how to read food labels, what to watch for in food additives, and it also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness.
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About the Author
Patricia Barnes-Svarney is a science and science fiction writer. Over the past few decades, she has written or coauthored more than 30 books, including When the Earth Moves: Rogue Earthquakes, Tremors, and Aftershocks and Why Do Women Crave More Sex in the Summer?: 112 Questions That Women Keep Askingand Keep Everyone Else Guessing; and she is the editor/author of the award-winning New York Public Library Science Desk Reference. In her spare time, she is a New York Master Gardener and teaches cooking classes at local shops.
Thomas E. Svarney is a scientist and researcher who has written extensively about the natural world. His books, with Patricia Barnes-Svarney, include Visible Ink Press The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book, The Handy Math Answer Book, and The Handy Biology Answer Book, as well as Skies of Fury: Weather Weirdness around the World and The Oryx Guide to Natural History.
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Managing Editor: Kevin S. Hile
Art Director: Mary Claire Krzewinski
Typesetting: Marco Di Vita
Proofreaders: Nancy Crompton and Barbara Lyon
Indexer: Larry Baker
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Barnes-Svarney, Patricia L.
The handy nutrition answer book / by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney.
pages cm. (The handy answer series)
ISBN 978-1-57859-484-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-1-57859-553-2 (eBook)
1. NutritionMiscellanea. I. Svarney, Thomas E. II. Title.
TX355.B365 2015 363.8dc23
2014033781
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents
NUTRITION THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES
The authors would like to thank the many hard-working nutrition and food experts, health care providers, and our acquaintances and friends who helped us with this bookfrom the most recent scientific studies and some doctors experiences to the simple to sometimes complex questions from the general public. Wed also like to acknowledge those people who struggle with the day-to-day balance of what they eat, especially those with a health concernsuch as type 1 diabetes or celiac diseasewho try to stay healthy. We also salute those of you who wish to eat better in order to live a healthier, happier, and longer lifeand we hope this book will, in some way, help you and your family to maintain a nutritional balance.
As with all of our books in the Handy Answer series, there are many people behind the scenes: Above all, wed like to thank Roger Jnecke once again for all his help, consideration, patience, and especially for asking us to write this book; also thanks to page and cover designer Mary Claire Krzewinski, typesetter Marco Di Vita, indexer Larry Baker, and proofreaders Nancy Crompton and Barbara Lyon. As always, an extra (huge) special thank you to Kevin Hile, our outstanding editor for many of our Handy Answer books. And to our wonderful agent, Agnes Birnbaumthanks for your friendship and for always being there for us.
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