Nutrition : Concepts and Controversies

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1. Food Choices and Human Health. Controversy 1: Sorting The Impostors From The Real Nutrition Experts. 2. Nutrition Tools?Standards and Guidelines. Controversy 2: Phytochemicals and Functional Foods: What Do They Promise? What Do They Deliver? 3. The Remarkable Body. Controversy 3: Alcohol And Nutrition: Do The Benefits Outweigh The Risks? 4. The Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, Glycogen, and Fiber. Controversy 4: Sugar And Alternative Sweeteners: Are They Bad For You? 5. The Lipids: Fats, Oils, Phospholipids, and Sterols. Controversy 5: High-Fat Foods: Which Support Good Health?" 6. The Proteins and Amino Acids Controversy 6: Vegetarian and Meat-Containing Diets: What Are The Benefits and Pitfalls? 7. The Vitamins. Controversy 7: Vitamin Supplements: Who Benefits? 8. Water and Minerals. Controversy 8: Osteoporosis: Can Lifestyle Chioces Reduce The Risks? 9. Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight. Controversy 9: The Perils Of Eating Disorders. 10. Nutrients, Physical Activity, and The Body's Responses. Controversy 10: Erogogenic Aids: Breakthroughs, Gimmicks, Or Dangers? 11. Diet and Health. Controversy 11: The Obesity Epidemic: How Can We Gain Control? 12. Food Safety and Food Technology. Controversy 12: Organic Foods and Genetically Modified Foods: What Are The Pros and Cons? 13. Life Cycle Nutrition: Mother and Infant. Controversy 13: "Childhood Obesity and Early Chronic Diseases. 14. Child, Teen, and Older Adult. Controversy 14: Nutrient-Drug Interactions: Who Should Be Concerned? 15. Hunger and the Global Environment. Controversity 15: Agribusiness and Food Production: How to Go Forward. Appendix A. Table of Food Composition. Appendix B. Canadiana: Recommendations, Choice Systems, and Labels. Appendix C. Aids to Calculation. Appendix D. U.S. Food Exchange System. Appendix E. Nutrition Resources. Appendix F. Reference Notes. Appendix G. Answers to Self-Check Questions. Appendix H. Physical Activity and Energy Requirements. Glossary. Index.

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