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Tables of Contents for Nutrition Concepts and Controversies With Infotrac
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Food Choices and Human Health
1
28
Sorting the Impostors from the Real Nutrition Experts
24
5
Nutrition Tools---Standards and Guidelines
29
38
Phytochemicals and Functional Foods: What Do They Promise? What Do They Deliver?
58
9
The Remarkable Body
67
32
Alcohol and Nutrition: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?
90
9
The Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, Glycogen, and Fiber
99
38
Sugar and Alternative Sweeteners: Are They Bad for You?
129
8
The Lipids: Fats, Oils, Phospholipids, and Sterols
137
40
The Mediterranean Diet: Does It Hold the Secret for a Healthy Heart?
172
5
The Proteins and Amino Acids
177
34
Vegetarians versus Meat Eaters: Whose Diet Is Best?
205
6
The Vitamins
211
54
Dietary Antioxidants: Best from Food or from Pills?
257
8
Water and Minerals
265
46
Osteoporosis: Can Lifestyle Choices Reduce the Risks?
304
7
Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight
311
48
The Perils of Eating Disorders
351
8
Nutrients, Physical Activity, and the Body's Responses
359
34
Ergogenic Aids: Breakthroughs, Gimmicks, or Dangers?
386
7
Diet and Health
393
42
Nutrient-Drug Interactions: Who Should Be Concerned?
429
6
Life Cycle Nutrition: Mother and Infant
435
38
Fetal and Infant Nutrition: Emerging Links with Chronic Diseases
467
6
Child, Teen, and Older Adult
473
36
Can Food or Supplements Affect Mind and Memory?
503
6
Food Safety, and Food Technology
509
48
Organic Foods or Products of Biotechnology: Which Are Best for Our Future `
548
9
Hunger and the Global Environment
557
16
Agribusiness and Food Production: How to Go Forward?
573
Appendixes
1
1
Glossary
1