Nutrition made clear

✍ Scribed by Anding, Roberta

• Publisher: Teaching Company : The Great Courses
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 104
• Series: The great courses
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Why we eat what we do --
Sources of nutrition fact and fiction --
Our underappreciated digestive tract --
It's all about the calories! --
Hydration: you are what you drink --
Not all carbohydrates are created equal --
Facts on fiber --
Protein: an indispensable nutrient --
Fat, fat everywhere! --
Vitamins: spotlight on C --
Vitamins A and K: multitaskers --
Vitamin E: fallen hero
Vitamin D: rising star --
B vitamin basics --
The major minerals --
The highs and lows of sodium and potassium --
Iron, zinc, selenium: balance is everything --
Cardiovascular disease: what are the risks? --
A heart-healthy lifestyle --
The DASH diet: a lifesaver --
Obesity: public health enemy number one --
Healthy weight management --
Metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes --
Dietary approaches to weight management --
Nutrition and cancer prevention --
Nutrition and digestive health --
Prebiotics and probiotics in your diet --
Food safety: it's in your hands --
Demystifying food labels --
Facts on functional foods --
A look at herbal therapy --
Organic or conventional: your choice --
Fake or real: sugars and fats --
Creating your own personal nutrition plan --
Exercise and nutrition: partners for life --
The future of nutrition: science and trends --
Nutrition facts and FAQs.

✦ Subjects

Nutrition.;Diet.