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The A-Z Guide to Food as Medicine, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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The A-Z Guide to Food as Medicine, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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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
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