Nutrition is pivotal in the prevention of chronic diseases. This understanding has produced a parallel growth in the need to provide both health-care providers and the public with more and better information about how nutrition helps maintain optimal health. In Nutritional Health: Strategies for Disease Prevention, Ted Wilson and Norman J. Temple have assembled an authoritative and comprehensive collection of cutting-edge reviews detailing the scientific evidence for the health effects of vitamins, minerals, functional foods, and other classes of foods. The authors provide readers with updated recommendations on a wide range of significant nutritional questions, including the cardiovascular effects of dietary fats and homocysteine, the importance of antioxidants and soy isoflavones with respect to heart disease and cancer, and the use of dietary modifications in the prevention and/or treatment of blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Also addressed are issues related to nutritional aids for physical performance, nutraceuticals, and genetic engineering of our foods. The book also discusses epidemiological studies and using the Internet to obtain nutritional information, as well as the question of how changes in our nutritional habits can be implemented through health promotion and government policy.
Richly insightful and up-to-date, Nutritional Health: Strategies for Disease Prevention offers health providers everywhere sound advice on optimizing nutritional habits, as well as a valuable guide to the growing body of literature that shows how nutritional interventions have become essential to reducing the risk of chronic disease.

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An authoritative and comprehensive collection of cutting-edge reviews by leading authorities detailing the scientific evidence for the health effects of vitamins, minerals, functional foods, and other classes of foods. The authors provide readers with updated recommendations on a wide range of significant nutritional questions, including the cardiovascular effects of homocysteine and dietary fats; the importance of antioxidants and soy isoflavones with respect to heart disease and cancer; and the use of dietary modifications in the prevention and/or treatment of blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Richly insightful and up-to-date, Nutritional Health: Strategies for Disease Prevention offers sound advice on optimizing our nutritional habits, as well as a valuable guide to the growing body of literature that shows how nutritional interventions have become essential to reducing the risk of chronic disease.

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Nutrition Advocacy for Better Health Michael F. Jacobson Population Nutrition, Health Promotion, and Government Policy Norman J. Temple and Marion Nestle Calcium Intake and the Prevention of Chronic Disease: From Osteoporosis to Premenstrual Syndrome Robert P. Heaney Sodium and other Dietary Factors in Hypertension Myron H. Weinberger Proper Nutritional Habits for Reducing the Risk of Cancer Carolyn K. Clifford and Sharon S. McDonald Health Benefits of Soy Isoflavones Ted Wilson and Patricia A. Murphy Antioxidants in Health and Disease Norman J. Temple and Artur Machner Dietary Antioxidants and Protection from Coronary Heart Disease Jayne V. Woodside and Ian S. Young Dietary Fat, Blood Lipids, and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Robert Clarke and Chris Frost Current Theories Regarding the Influence of Diet and the Control of Obesity Marie K. Richards, Sahasporn Paeratakul, George A. Bray, and Barry M. Popkin Homocysteine, Diet, and Cardiovascular Disease Jayne V. Woodside and Ian S. Young Medical Nutrition Therapy for Diabetes: What Are the Unanswered Questions? Marion J. Franz Health Aspects of Fish and n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids from Plant and Marine Origin Emile A. M. de Deckere Optimizing Nutrition for Exercise and Sport Brian Leutholtz and Richard B. Kreider Health Promoting Herbs as Useful Adjuncts to Prevent Chronic Diseases Winston J. Craig Fetal Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease in Adult Life David J. P. Barker and Keith Godfrey Impact of Nutritional Epidemiology Barrie M. Margetts Use of Biotechnology to Improve Food Production and Quality Donald C. Beitz Nutrition on the Internet Tony Helman Nutrition in the 21st Century Ted Wilson and Norman J. Temple