11 Appendix: Glossary of Nutrition Terms
12 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 3TABLE 3-1 Vitamin RDAs for Healthy AdultsTABLE 3-2 Mineral RDAs for Healthy Adults
2 Chapter 4TABLE 4-1 The Ten Fattest and Leanest U.S. StatesTABLE 4-2 The Ten Fattest and Leanest American CitiesTABLE 4-3 How Much Should You Weigh?TABLE 4-4 Estimated Risk Linked to BMI and Waist Size
3 Chapter 5TABLE 5-1 How Many Calories Do You Need When You’re Resting?TABLE 5-2 How Active Are You When You’re Active?TABLE 5-3 How Many Calories Do You Need to Do the Work You Do?TABLE 5-4 Estimated Daily Calorie Requirements for Healthy Adults Based on Activ...
4 Chapter 6TABLE 6-1 Scoring the Amino Acids in FoodTABLE 6-2 Combining Foods to Complement Proteins
5 Chapter 7TABLE 7-1 What Fatty Acids Are in That Fat or Oil?TABLE 7-2 Recommended Optimal Cholesterol Levels By Age and GenderTABLE 7-3 How Much Cholesterol Is on That Plate?
6 Chapter 8TABLE 8-1 Food Sources of Different Kinds of FiberTABLE 8-2 Dietary Fiber Content in Common Foods
7 Chapter 9TABLE 9-1 Foods Used to Make Alcohol BeveragesTABLE 9-2 Drug and Alcohol Interactions
8 Chapter 10TABLE 10-1 What Happens When You Don’t Get the Vitamins You NeedTABLE 10-2 Amounts and Effects of Vitamin Overdoses/Megadoses for Healthy People
9 Chapter 13TABLE 13-1 Some Potentially Hazardous Herbal Products
10 Chapter 15TABLE 15-1 Things That Make It Difficult to Taste Your FoodTABLE 15-2 Geography and Food PreferenceTABLE 15-3 Foods Born in the United States
11 Chapter 18TABLE 18-1 Nutritious Fast-Food Meals? Yes!
12 Chapter 19TABLE 19-1 Finding the Fake FatsTABLE 19-2 Comparing Substitute Sweeteners to Sugar
13 Chapter 20TABLE 20-1 What Takes Vitamins Out of Food?TABLE 20-2 Disease-Causing Organisms in FoodTABLE 20-3 How Hot Is Safe?
14 Chapter 21TABLE 21-1 How Long Foods Generally Stay Safe in Cold Storage
15 Chapter 22TABLE 22-1 Natural Antioxidant Coloring Agents in FoodTABLE 22-2 Preservatives in Food
16 Chapter 23TABLE 23-1 The Allergy Eight
17 Chapter 24TABLE 24-1 Adequate Intakes (AIs) for Omega-3sTABLE 24-2 DHA & Mercury Content of Common Fish & SeafoodTABLE 24-3 Foods That Give You Caffeine
18 Chapter 25TABLE 25-1 Interactions between Nutrients and MedicationsTABLE 25-2 Drugs That Work Better on a Full Stomach
19 Chapter 31TABLE 31-1 Fat Content (100 g./3.5 oz. Roasted Loin)
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: Your digestive system in all its glory.
2 Chapter 13FIGURE 13-1: Supplement labels are now consumer-friendly.
3 Chapter 14FIGURE 14-1: Your hypothalamus is in charge of your appetite!
4 Chapter 15FIGURE 15-1: Your tongue up close. FIGURE 15-2: Ethnic and regional cuisines abound.
5 Chapter 17FIGURE 17-1: The original USDA Food Guide Pyramid. FIGURE 17-2: The current Nutrition Facts Label.
6 Chapter 23FIGURE 23-1: These foods can set off an allergic reaction.
7 Chapter 24FIGURE 24-1: Some foods may calm you, and some foods may make you more alert.
8 Chapter 25FIGURE 25-1: Some foods may affect the way your body interacts with drugs.
Guide
1 Cover
4 Table of Contents
6 Index
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