Carol Ann Rinzler - Nutrition For Dummies

9 Part 5: Food and Medicine Chapter 23: When Food Fights Back Diagnosing Food Allergies Coping with Food Allergies Recognizing Other Body Reactions to Food Chapter 24: Brain Food Nourishing the Developing Brain Protecting the Adult Brain Altering the Emotional Brain Healing the Injured Brain Eating to Benefit Your Brain and Your Body Chapter 25: Food and Drug Interactions Following Food and Drug Interactions Listing the Reactions of Drugs and Certain Foods Discovering Drug Interactions with Nutrients Using Food to Improve a Drug’s Performance Chapter 26: Using Food as Medicine Defining Food as Medicine Naming Diets with Absolutely, Positively Beneficial Medical Effects Using Food to Prevent Disease Eating for a Better Body (And Brain) The Last Word on Food versus Medicine

10 Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 27: Ten Reliable Food and Nutrition Websites U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Composition Website U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) The American Heart Association (AHA) American Cancer Society (ACS) Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) Mayo Clinic Science Daily WebMD Food Safety News Chapter 28: Ten Northern Nutrition Rules Be Mindful of Your Eating Habits Cook More Often Enjoy Your Food Eat Meals with Others Eat Plenty of Vegetables and Fruits, Whole Grain Foods, and Protein Foods Limit Highly Processed Foods Make Water Your Drink of Choice Use Food Labels Be Aware That Food Marketing Can Influence Your Choices Check the Guidelines for Updates Chapter 29: Ten Superstar Foods Avocado Bananas Beans Celery Cheese Chocolate Nuts Sardines White Tea Whole Grains Chapter 30: Ten Ways Coffee (and Tea) Make Life Better Coffee Lights Up Your Brain Coffee Chases the Blues Coffee Powers Endurance Exercise Coffee Is Cholesterol-Safe Coffee Lowers Your Risk of Stroke Coffee Lowers Your Risk of Some Cancers Coffee May Ward Off Type 2 Diabetes Coffee Doesn’t Keep Everyone Awake Coffee Lowers a Man’s Risk of ED Coffee Drinkers Live Longer Chapter 31: Ten Terrific Foods Starting with the Letter P Papaya Pear Peas Pineapple Plantain Pork Potato Prawns Prune Pumpkin

11 Appendix: Glossary of Nutrition Terms

12 Index

13 About the Author

14 Connect with Dummies

15 End User License Agreement

1 Chapter 3 TABLE 3-1 Vitamin RDAs for Healthy Adults TABLE 3-2 Mineral RDAs for Healthy Adults

2 Chapter 4 TABLE 4-1 The Ten Fattest and Leanest U.S. States TABLE 4-2 The Ten Fattest and Leanest American Cities TABLE 4-3 How Much Should You Weigh? TABLE 4-4 Estimated Risk Linked to BMI and Waist Size

3 Chapter 5 TABLE 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 6 TABLE 6-1 Scoring the Amino Acids in Food TABLE 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)

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.

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2 Title Page

3 Copyright

4 Table of Contents

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6 Index

7 About the Author

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