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Compiles evidence that shows the secret to good health lies in compounds called nutraceuticals and phytochemicals found in foods such as broccoli and red wine, and includes recipes using these foods.

"Any person diagnosed with diabetes has one simple question: What do I eat now? When diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, doctors typically tell their patients to start eating healthy. But what does that mean? If figuring out what to eat seems like taking a test, here's the solution, the American Diabetes Association book, What Do I Eat Now?. Written in clear, concise, and down-to-earth language that takes the mystery out of confusing nutrition recommendations,...

Jointly developed by a nurse and a dietician, this nutritional guide for nursing practice covers the role of nutrients in the human body and the body's use of food; nutrient delivery methods; the interactions of foods and drugs; cautions for over-the-counter nutrients and supplements; global and national hunger and malnutrition issues; screening and assessment tools with nutritional inverventions and guidelines; and food plans for disease prevention,...

Healthy-eating expert Ellen Haas has gathered more than 200 recipes from America's top celebrity chefs to create a one-of-a-kind taste explosion. Celebrity chefs who have contributed to this volume include Todd English, Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken, Norman Van Aken, Alice Waters, Michael Romano, and many others. Not only do these star-studded recipes taste great, but they are good for you! The book offers the latest information on nutrition...

Presents a nutrition guide for diabetics, including specific food guidelines, recipes, and meal plans.

Put yourself in charge of reshaping your body and improving your health! The staff at the Mayo Clinic has identified the key habits of people who maintain a healthy weight, and the unhealthy habits of those who don't, and boiled the research down to five good habits to follow-- and five bad habits to break.

"From the author of the Eat Right 4 Your Type blood type diet series, with more than two million copies in print, comes a brand-new tool you can't live without. Find your battle plan for fighting Type I and Type II diabetes, and reversing high blood sugar, low blood sugar, and pre-diabetes." "A new category highlights foods with medicinal properties that can help you prevent and fight diabetes; new information - not found in any of the other Eat...

"Drawing on Medical Texts and food therapy practices from around the world and throughout history, Nancy N. Chen locates old and new crossovers between food and medicine in different social and cultural contexts. The consumption of spices, sugar, and salt was once linked to specific healing properties, and trade in these commodities transformed not just the political economy of Europe, Asia, and the New World but local tastes and food practices as...

"Eating well and maintaining weight are crucial factors in cancer recovery. But when you have cancer, you often don't feel like eating. The medications can make you nauseated, radiation can make your mouth sore, you can lose your taste from the disease or treatments, and the emotional upset can reduce your desire to eat. There's hope, though. You do not have to exist on baby food or bland crackers when you are going through chemotherapy or radiation...