Do you know the facts about healthy eating? Unless you're a nutritionist the chances are that you don't. Much of the "advice" which reaches us through a sensationalist media is either dangerously unsound or too technical to be realistically implemented. Yet achieving optimal nutrition is possible by following some simple rules of good eating, distilled here in Your Guide to Good Nutrition. The book includes chapters on nutrition basics and a balanced diet; how to evaluate nutrition information; vitamin and mineral supplements; "health foods" and related products; junk foods and fast foods; additives; practical weight control; balanced vegetarian diets; the truth about sugar; "fluid facts"; tips for teenagers; and diet, heart disease, and cancer. Appendices include a listing of recommended dietary allowances, a glossary of terms, and a reading list.
Fredrick Stare, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Nutrition and founder of Harvard University's Department of Nutrition. Nutritionist Virginia Aronson, R.D., M.S. serves on the editorial board of the American Running and Fitness Association. Stephen Barrett, M.D. is nationally known in the USA as an author and consumer advocate.. In 1984 Dr. Barrett was awarded the American Food and Drugs Administration Commissioner's Special Citation Award for Public Service in fighting nutrition quackery.
213 pages Publication: April 27th 1992
ISBN 0-87975-692-6