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The A-Z Guide to Food as Medicine, Second Edition

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Buch | Softcover
414 Seiten
2019 | 2nd edition
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-138-59579-8 (ISBN)
89,75 inkl. MwSt
This new edition provides science-based information on the beneficial bioactive properties of more than 275 foods, food groups, nutrients, and phytochemicals. It serves as a quick reference of foods and their health benefits for professionals and practitioners including dietitians, nutrition/food scientists, clinicians, and pharmacists.
Reprising The 2017 American Library Association Outstanding Academic Title award-winning A-Z Guide to Food As Medicine, this new edition explores the physiological effects of more than 250 foods, food groups, nutrients, and phytochemicals in entries that include:







Definition and background information such as traditional medicinal use, culinary facts, and dietary intake and deficiency information

Scientific findings on the physiological effects of foods, food groups, and food constituents

Bioactive dose when known, such as nutrient Dietary Reference Intakes focusing on 19-to-50-year-old individuals

Safety highlights, such as nutrient Tolerable Upper Intake Levels





A health professional’s comprehensive nutrition handbook that includes all nutrients, nutrient functions, "good" and "excellent" sources of nutrients, nutrient assessment, and deficiency symptoms, as well as summaries of foods, food groups, and phytochemicals.

New to the Second Edition:







Disease- and condition-focused Index that leads readers to foods used to manage specific conditions and diseases




Focus on practical recommendations for health maintenance and disease prevention, including tables, insets, and updated scientific findings on more than a dozen new foods




Accompanying teaching aids and lesson plans available online at http://www.crcpress.com





Features:






Dictionary-style summaries of the physiological effects of foods, food groups, nutrients, and phytochemicals alphabetically listed for quick access



Approximately 60 B & W images of foods; informational tables and insets that define or illustrate concepts such as drug terminologies, classes of phytochemicals, and medicinal aspects of foods and of a plant-based diet



Over 1,000 scientific references from peer-reviewed sources, including The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence Analysis Library, and position statements of major health organizations

Diane Woznicki Kraft, MS, RDN, LDN, is a biology instructor at Alvernia University in Reading, Pennsylvania and a clinical nutritionist. She holds a Master of Science degree in nutrition from New York University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition from Penn State University. She and her co-author created the first edition of this handbook as a reference for health care professionals to access scientific findings on the health aspects of foods, food groups, nutrients, and phytochemicals to assist clients educationally on diet and nutrition. She has also authored consumer and professional articles on nutrition for The American Council on Science and Health and The American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

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Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Author

Chapter A

Chapter B

Chapter C

Chapter D

Chapter E

Chapter F

Chapter G

Chapter H

Chapter I

Chapter J

Chapter K

Chapter L

Chapter M

Chapter N

Chapter O

Chapter P

Chapter Q

Chapter R

Chapter S

Chapter T

Chapter U

Chapter V

Chapter W

Chapter X

Chapter Y

Chapter Z

Appendix 1: Major Phytochemical Groups and Specific Phytochemicals Addressed in The A-Z Guide to Food as Medicine, 2nd ed

Appendix 2: Reference Daily Intakes Used to Calculate % DVs in The A-Z Guide to Food as Medicine, 2nd ed

Appendix 3: Definitions of Drug Terms Used in The A-Z Guide to Food as Medicine, 2nd ed

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 17 Tables, black and white; 71 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 639 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitsfachberufe Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
Technik Lebensmitteltechnologie
ISBN-10 1-138-59579-9 / 1138595799
ISBN-13 978-1-138-59579-8 / 9781138595798
Zustand Neuware
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