Staying Healthy with Nutrition, rev: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine

Elson Haas, Buck Levin

Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, Sep 1, 2006 - Health & Fitness - 944 pages

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.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• THE BUILDING BLOCKS: 10
• Water 13 Water and Healing: 13
• Our Drinking Water: 16
• Choosing Your Drinking Water: 17
• So What Do We Drink?: 23
• Water Requirements 26 The Future of Water: 26
• Carbohydrates: 28
• Simple Sugars: 30
• Fiber 34 Requirements: 34
• Carbohydrate Digestion and Metabolism: 37
• Proteins 40 The Amino Acids: 40
• Food Protein and Complementarity: 57
• Digestion and Metabolism: 58
• Protein Functions: 60
• Protein Requirements: 61
• LipidsFats and Oils: 64
• Classification and Biochemistry: 69
• Digestion and Metabolism: 73
• Functions: 74
• Requirements Deficiency and Excess: 75
• Dietary Fat and Disease: 76
• Cancer Prevention 79 More on Cancer Prevention: 79
• Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: 81
• Vitamins: 83
• Dietary Reference Intakes DRIs: 84
• Other Nutritional Supplement Terms: 87
• Vitamin Availability 88 Who Needs Vitamins?: 88
• Special Suggestions: 90
• The Individual Vitamins: 91
• FatSoluble Vitamins: 92
• WaterSoluble Vitamins 109 B Complex Vitamins: 109
• Other B Vitamins: 127
• The Future of Vitamins: 147
• Minerals: 148
• The Macrominerals: 154
• The Microminerals: 177
• Possibly Essential Trace Minerals: 216
• Toxic Minerals and Heavy Metals: 227
• The Future of Minerals: 247
• Special Supplements: 249
• Antibiotics: 250
• Antiinflammatories: 253
• Antioxidants: 257
• Bone and Joint Strengtheners: 263
• Circulatory Aids: 264
• Detoxifiers: 268
• Digestive Support: 269
• Energy Boosters and Stress Reducers: 274
• Genetic Support and RNADNA: 276
• Glandulars: 277
• Green Foods: 279
• Immune Support: 281
• Mental and Nervous System Support: 283
• Metabolic and Cellular Aids: 284
• Mood Balancers: 285
• Plant Oils Fish Oils and Fatty Acids: 287
• FOODS DIETS NUTRITIONAL HABITS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: 292
• Foods: 294
• Fiber 295 Phytonutrients: 295
• Flowers: 300
• Bee and Flower Pollen 301 Fruits: 301
• Vegetables: 311
• Grains: 324
• Seeds: 332
• Nuts: 334
• Oils: 338
• Dairy Products: 339
• Seafood: 343
• Poultry and Eggs: 345
• Red Meats: 347
• Seasonings: 349
• Beverages: 352
• Diets: 356
• Types of Diets: 358
• Cultural Diets: 371
• Western Diets: 372
• Western and Eastern European Diets: 377
• Mediterranean Diets: 378
• Asian Diets: 380
• Diets in Other Countries: 382
• Tropical Diets: 383
• Kosher Diets 384 Enough Food?: 384
• Nutritional Habits: 386
• The Food Habit Interview: 387
• Habits to Change: 391
• Combining Foods: 394
• Reading Food Labels: 395
• How To Stay Clean and Not Get Food Poisoning: 402
• Food and the Earth: 412
• What Is the Danger?: 413
• A Brief Review: 416
• The Home and the Office: 419
• How Do Chemicals Get into Our Foods?: 426
• Who Is Responsible for Food Safety?: 437
• Another Solution: 438
• Food Processing: 443
• Food Shopping 455 Common Food Additives: 455
• Other Food and Health Concerns: 478
• BUILDING A HEALTHY DIET: 488
• The Components of a Healthy Diet 491 Food Groups Old and: 491
• A New Basic Four: 493
• Components of a Healthy Diet: 494
• A Review of Recommended Dietary Changes: 505
• The Ideal Diet: 507
• Building the Ideal Diet: 509
• Changing Your Diet: 513
• Ideal Schedule: 515
• Supplements to the Diet: 517
• Seasonal Menu Plans and Recipes: 520
• Introductory Note from Eleonora Manzolini: 522
• Some Basic Recipes: 530
• Seasonal Menu Plans 539 Spring Menu Plan: 539
• Summer Menu Plan: 541
• Autumn Menu Plan: 543
• Winter Menu Plan: 545
• Recipe Glossary: 548
• Infancy: 551
• The Future of Elders: 586
• Medical Treatment: 668
• Survival Vitality: 783
• Immortality and Beyond: 790
• Laboratories and Clinical: 802
• Nutritional Supplement: 813
• Nutrition Educational: 825
• Bibliography: 833
• Index: 892

About the author

Elson M. Haas, MD, is an integrative family medicine practitioner with 40 years of healthcare experience. He is the founder and director of Preventive Medical Center of Marin, a multidisciplinary clinic in San Rafael, California. Dr. Haas is the author of ten popular books on health, nutrition, and detoxification, including Staying Healthy with the Seasons, Staying Healthy with Nutrition, and The Detox Diet, 3rd Edition (June 2012), updated for people of various ages, including a new chapter on teens and detox. He has also written The False Fat Diet about food reactions and weight issues, plus More Vegetables, Please!, a family cookbook with chef Patty James. Dr. Haas, as Dr. Sun, has also created entertaining health education products for children and families, including The Anatomix Comix CD and Songbook and Count Broccula. Visit www.haashealthonline.com, www.pmcmarin.com, and www.seasonsstudios.com. 

Bibliographic information

• Title: Staying Healthy with Nutrition, rev: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine
• Authors: Elson Haas, Buck Levin
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, 2006
• ISBN: 1587611791, 9781587611797
• Length: 944 pages
• Subjects: Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Diets; Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition; Health & Fitness / Healthy Living