The Oxford Book of Health Foods
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Book Description
The health food industry is a billion-dollar business in the United States today and is thriving worldwide. However, despite the widespread consumption of these foods, little information on these products is available to validate their actual therapeutic and nutritional value.
The Oxford Book of Health Foods is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and scientifically based guide to a variety of foods associated with good health. From fruits, herbs, and grains to vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements, this new resource offers not only the claims associated with each food, but
also the scientific truths behind these claims. Written in elegant and accessible prose by two leading experts in botany and nutrition, the books begins with an account of modern concepts of human nutrition, followed by a series of over one hundred entries on individual health foods and dietary
supplements. Each entry for each type of food provides full information on its origins, a thorough description, the claims and myths associated with it, and the scientific evidence to support--or refute--these claims. Beautifully illustrated throughout with botanical drawings, electron micrograph
scans, and photographs (all in full color), the text is further supplemented by a glossary explaining the more technical terms and a bibliography listing sources for further reading. A straightforward and authoritative reference, The Oxford Book of Health Foods is a must-have for all who are
interested in general health and nutrition.
The Oxford Book of Health Foods,J. G. Vaughan,P. A. Judd,David Bellamy,Oxford University Press, USA,0198504594,Consumer Health,Dietary supplements,Health & Fitness,Health Food,Health/Fitness,Herbal Medications,Natural foods,Nutrition,Plants, Edible,Plants, Medicinal,Vitamins,Dietetics & nutrition,Health & Fitness / Nutrition,Health & wholefood cookery,Life Sciences | Botany,Popular science,Reference works
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