Nutrition For Dummies, 2nd UK Edition

In this fully updated second edition, expert dieticians Sue Baic and Nigel Denby provide no-nonsense advice, equipping you with all the information you need to make informed decisions about your diet. The book acts as a sound reference point if you want to know the facts about food, and debunks the myths behind fad diets. Nutrition For Dummies, 2nd Edition provides a detailed understanding of the nutritional breakdown of different food groups and examines the relationship food has with one's physical and mental wellbeing. The book also advises you on how to establish healthy eating patterns and how to maximise the health benefits of what you eat. This new edition includes approx 20% new and updated material, including new chapters on nutrition in institutions and how to eat healthily on the go. New content also includes up-to-date health guidelines and government policies, information on probiotics and over the counter weight loss drugs, plus advice on how to eat well on a budget. Nutrition For Dummies, 2nd Edition includes: Part I: The Basic Facts about Nutrition Chapter 1: What's Nutrition, Anyway? Chapter 2: Digestion: The 24-Hour Food Factory Chapter 3: Why You Eat What You Eat and Like What You Like Part II: What You Get from Food Chapter 4: Powerful Protein Chapter 5: The Lowdown on Fat and Cholesterol Chapter 6: Calories: The Energisers Chapter 7: Carbohydrates: A Complex Story Chapter 8: The Alcohol Truth: The Whole Truth Chapter 9: Vigorous Vitamins Chapter 10: Mighty Minerals Chapter 11: Phabulous Phytochemicals Chapter 12: Water Works Part III: Healthy Eating Chapter 13: What Is a Healthy Diet? Chapter 14: Making Wise Food Choices Chapter 15 : Ensuring Good Nutrition Whoever You Are NEW! Chapter 16: Eating in Institutions NEW! Chapter 17: Being Nutritionally Savvy on the Go Part IV: Processed Food Chapter 18: What Is Processed Food? Chapter 19: Cooking and Keeping Food Chapter 20: Weird Science: Examining Food Additives Part V: Food and Health Chapter 21: Food and Allergies Chapter 22: Food and Mood Chapter 23: Food and Medicine Chapter 24: Food and Dietary Supplements Part VI: The Part of Tens Chapter 25: Ten Nutrition Web Sites You Can Trust Chapter 26: Ten Superfoods Chapter 27: Ten Fad Diets: The Truth Behind the Headlines

In this fully updated second edition, expert dieticians Sue Baicand Nigel Denby provide no-nonsense advice, equipping youwith all the information you need to make informed decisionsabout your diet. The book acts as a sound reference point ifyou want to know the facts about food, and debunks the myths behindfad diets.Nutrition For Dummies, 2nd Edition provides adetailed understanding of the nutritional breakdown of differentfood groups and examines the relationship food has with one'sphysical and mental wellbeing. The book also advises you on how toestablish healthy eating patterns and how to maximise the healthbenefits of what you eat.This new edition includes approx 20% new and updated materialincluding new chapters on nutrition in institutions and how to eathealthily on the go. New content also includes up-to-datehealth guidelines and government policies, information onprobiotics and over the counter weight loss drugs, plus advice onhow to eat well on a budget.Nutrition For Dummies, 2nd Editionincludes:Part I: The Basic Facts about NutritionChapter 1: What's Nutrition, Anyway?Chapter 2: Digestion: The 24-Hour Food FactoryChapter 3: Why You Eat What You Eat and Like What You LikePart II: What You Get from FoodChapter 4: Powerful ProteinChapter 5: The Lowdown on Fat and CholesterolChapter 6: Calories: The EnergisersChapter 7: Carbohydrates: A Complex StoryChapter 8: The Alcohol Truth: The Whole TruthChapter 9: Vigorous VitaminsChapter 10: Mighty MineralsChapter 11: Phabulous PhytochemicalsChapter 12: Water WorksPart III: Healthy EatingChapter 13: What Is a Healthy Diet?Chapter 14: Making Wise Food ChoicesChapter 15 : Ensuring Good Nutrition Whoever You AreNEW! Chapter 16: Eating in InstitutionsNEW! Chapter 17: Being Nutritionally Savvy on the GoPart IV: Processed FoodChapter 18: What Is Processed Food?Chapter 19: Cooking and Keeping FoodChapter 20: Weird Science: Examining Food AdditivesPart V: Food and HealthChapter 21: Food and AllergiesChapter 22: Food and MoodChapter 23: Food and MedicineChapter 24: Food and Dietary SupplementsPart VI: The Part of TensChapter 25: Ten Nutrition Web Sites You Can TrustChapter 26: Ten SuperfoodsChapter 27: Ten Fad Diets: The Truth Behind the Headlines

Introduction 1Part I: The Basic Facts about Nutrition 7Chapter 1: What's Nutrition, Anyway? 9Chapter 2: Digestion: The 24-Hour Food Factory 19Chapter 3: Why You Eat When You Eat and Like What You Like 33Part II: What You Get from Food 45Chapter 4: Powerful Protein 47Chapter 5: The Lowdown on Fat and Cholesterol 59Chapter 6: Calories: The Energisers 77Chapter 7: Carbohydrates: A Complex Story 93Chapter 8: The Truth: The Alcohol Truth 109Chapter 9: Vigorous Vitamins 121Chapter 10: Mighty Minerals 139Chapter 11: Phabulous Phytochemicals 157Chapter 12: Water Works 163Part III: Healthy Eating 173Chapter 13: What Is a Healthy Diet? 175Chapter 14: Making Wise Food Choices 187Chapter 15 : Ensuring Good Nutrition Whoever You Are 199Chapter 16: Being Nutritionally Savvy for When You're Out and About 213Chapter 17 : Looking at Standards in Schools and Other Institutions 227Part IV: Processed Food 247Chapter 18: What Is Processed Food? 249Chapter 19: Cooking and Keeping Food 261Chapter 20: Weird Science: Examining Food Additives 281Part V: Food and Health 293Chapter 21: Food and Allergies 295Chapter 22: Food and the Brain 303Chapter 23: Food and Medicine 313Chapter 24: Dietary Supplements 325Part VI: The Part of Tens 339Chapter 25: Ten Nutrition Websites You Can Trust 341Chapter 26 Ten Superfoods 347Chapter 27: Ten Fad Diets: The Truth Behind the Headlines 353Index 359