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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 | |