Healthy Foods: Fact versus Fiction

Goldstein, Myrna Chandler, Goldstein MD, Mark A.

ISBN 10: 0313380961 / ISBN 13: 9780313380969

Editore: Greenwood, 2010

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Titolo: Healthy Foods: Fact versus Fiction

Casa editrice: Greenwood

Data di pubblicazione: 2010

Legatura: Rilegato

Condizione: Good

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Riassunto:

This book presents research findings about 50 foods that are commonly touted as healthy and educates readers about the medical problems they purportedly alleviate or help prevent.

· Includes 50 topics covering the most popular health foods, such as blueberries, buckwheat, and capers

· Comprises the exhaustive research of a physician and an acclaimed independent scholar and writer

· 50 photographs are provided to illustrate each type of food

· A glossary containing hundreds of entries explains common terms such as "protein" and "antioxidant" as well as medical terminology like "gastric dysrhythmia"

L'autore:

Myrna Chandler Goldstein is an independent scholar and writer who has won awards in journalism as well as theCHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award.

Mark A. Goldstein, MD, is chief of the division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA.