Binding: Paperback
Description: Reprising The 2017 American Library Association Outstanding Academic Title award - winning A - Z Guide to Food As Medicine this new edition explores the physiological effects of more than 250 foods food groups nutrients and phytochemicals in entries that include: Definition and background information such as traditional medicinal use culinary facts and dietary intake and deficiency information Scientific findings on the physiological effects of foods food groups and food constituents Bioactive dose when known such as nutrient Dietary Reference Intakes focusing on 19 - to - 50 - year - old individuals Safety highlights such as nutrient Tolerable Upper Intake Levels A health professional's comprehensive nutrition handbook that includes all nutrients nutrient functions "good" and "excellent" sources of nutrients nutrient assessment and deficiency symptoms as well as summaries of foods food groups and phytochemicals. New to the Second Edition: Disease - and condition - focused Index that leads readers to foods used to manage specific conditions and diseases Focus on practical recommendations for health maintenance and disease prevention including tables insets and updated scientific findings on more than a dozen new foods Accompanying teaching aids and lesson plans available online at http://www. crcpress. com Features: Dictionary - style summaries of the physiological effects of foods food groups nutrients and phytochemicals alphabetically listed for quick access Approximately 60 B & W images of foods; informational tables and insets that define or illustrate concepts such as drug terminologies classes of phytochemicals and medicinal aspects of foods and of a plant - based diet Over 1,000 scientific references from peer - reviewed sources including The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence Analysis Library and position statements of major health organizations
Title: The A - Z Guide To Food As Medicine Second Edition
Author(s): Kraft Diane (Alvernia University Reading Pa)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138595798
Pages: 414 Pages, 17 Tables, Black And White; 71 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 1/29/2019
Category: Complementary Therapies, Healing & Health