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Food Choices and Human Health | |
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Sorting the Impostors From the Real Nutrition Experts | |
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Nutrition Tools--Standards and Guidelines | |
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Phytochemicals and Functional Foods: What Do They Promise? | |
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What Do They Deliver? | |
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The Remarkable Body | |
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Alcohol and Nutrition: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks? | |
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The Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, Glycogen, and Fiber | |
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Are Carbohydrates "Bad" for Health? | |
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The Lipids: Fats, Oils, Phospholipids, and Sterols | |
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High-Fat Foods: Which to Choose for Good Health? | |
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The Proteins and Amino Acids | |
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Vegetarian and Meat-Containing Diets: What Are the Benefits and Pitfalls? | |
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The Vitamins | |
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Vitamin Supplements: Who Benefits? | |
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Water and Minerals | |
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Osteoporosis: Can Lifestyle Choices Reduce the Risks? | |
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Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight | |
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The Perils of Eating Disorders | |
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Nutrients, Physical Activity, and the Body's Responses | |
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Erogogenic Aids: Breakthroughs, Gimmicks, or Dangers? | |
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Diet and Health | |
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Nutritional Genomics: Can It Deliver on Its Promises? | |
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Food Safety and Food Technology | |
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Organic Foods and Genetically Modified Foods: What Are the Pros and Cons? | |
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Life Cycle Nutrition: Mother and Infant | |
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Childhood Obesity and Early Chronic Diseases | |
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Child, Teen, and Older Adult | |
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Nutrient-Drug Interactions: Who Should Be Concerned? | |
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Hunger and Global Environment | |
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Agribusiness and Food Production: How to Go Forward | |
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Table of Food Composition | |
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Canadian: Recommendations, Choice Systems, and Labels | |
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Aids to Calculation | |
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U.S. Food Exchange System | |
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Nutrition Resources | |
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Reference Notes | |
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Answers to Self-Check Questions | |
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Physical Activity and Energy Requirements | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |