Jane Brody's Nutrition Book: A Lifetime Guide to Good Eating for Better Health and Weight Control

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W. W. Norton & Company, 1981 - Health & Fitness - 552 pages
What is good nutrition? The answer to that question is the most important and widely discussed health-care and life-style issue of the day. Now Jane Brody has written the soundest and most comprehensive guide to nutrition yet available for the layperson. Among the many questions she answers are: Do we really need vitamin supplements? Is fast food junk food? What foods are best for our children? Is protein the vital ingredient in our diet or have carbohydrates gotten a bad press? And many, many other pertinent questions which are vital to this important issue.
 

Contents

TO THE READER I
1
OR MILK?
13
Ape Shake 371
27
THE BIG PUSH FOR PROTEIN
33
Company Beans with Rice
44
ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS OR HEALTH HAZARDS?
55
HOW TO EAT WELL THE LOWFAT WAY
75
Cottage Cheese Fruit 360
79
WHY DIETS DONT WORK
297
Other WeightLoss Gimmicks
303
EATING FOR TWO BUT HOW?
329
Alcohol Can Harm Your Baby
340
CHILD FEEDING IN THE JUNKFOOD GENERATION
366
MilkFree Banana Bread
375
Mixed Bean Salad 453
385
FEEDING THE FASTFOOD FREAKS
389

Fluffy Yogurt Gelatin 40
92
CARBOHYDRATES HAVE GOTTEN A BAD PRESS
94
IS OUR SWEET TOOTH KILLING US? g
119
THE GREAT FIBER FAD
143
MICRONUTRIENTS OR MEGADOSES?
189
IS THE PILLAR ABOUT TO COLLAPSE?
199
Hidden Sources of Sodium
206
IS YOUR WATER FIT TO DRINK?
219
COFFEE
235
NUTRIENT OR NEMESIS?
259
If Its Your Party
272
EAT WELL LIVE WELL IN YOUR LATER YEARS
404
CAN YOU EAT TO WIN?
416
IS IT HEALTHY TO BE A VEGETARIAN?
433
FEASTING ON FOOD OR CHEMICALS?
463
ARE THEY HEALTHIER?
493
A TALE PARTLY TOLD
512
What the Label Cannot Say
527
389
538
433
543
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About the author (1981)

Jane E. Brody is the Personal Health columnist for The New York Times, & the author of several bestselling books, including "Jane Brody's Good Food Book" & "Jane Brody's Nutrition Book". She lives in New York City.

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