Nutrients A To Z

To help you understand the increasingly confused minefield of food and health products, this text is an easy-to-use reference to every food, herb, vitamin, mineral or supplement you might encounter.

Contains brief descriptive articles on nutrients, supplements and nutritional terms.

This unique and easy to use layman's reference takes the mystery out of the bewildering array of health and labelling information we confront every time we go to the supermarket. Using this simple guide to the most important food elements and additives, readers can find out everything the average person needs to know to make healthy choices in eating and dietary supplementation. Offering quick authoritative answers in plain language and a convenient format, Renders' book is the only up to date reference that includes all these important topics under one cover.

Nutrient values based on U.S.D.A.'s nutrient database. Nutrients are organized alphabetically and arranged to show food nutrient values in declining order from highest to least. Portions have been standardized to allow for side by side comparisons of similar foods

The A-to-Z guide to essential vitamins, minerals, and nutrients, so you can ditch synthetic supplements and promote health naturally with nourishing foods. Vitamins and minerals are the building blocks of good health. But the heavily processed foods that are so common in today’s modern diet are stripped of these nutrients, leaving many people nutrient deficient despite meeting (or exceeding) their daily calorie needs. The accepted solution is to take supplements created in a lab, but the dosage and interactions can be confusing, and supplements are loosely regulated and not always foolproof, especially since our bodies are designed to receive nutrients from natural, whole foods. Eat Your Vitamins features fifty key vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients essential to your health. You will find clear definitions of each nutrient along with the role it plays in the body, how it is best consumed and absorbed, recommended daily doses, and detailed lists of foods and natural sources that contain the vitamin along with a recipe for a nutrient-rich meal. Ditch the synthetic supplements and make the right choice about how to properly feed and fuel your body.

Completely updated for the twenty-first century—a convenient, pocket-sized edition of the nation’s most trusted guide to holistic health. For decades, millions of people have turned to Prescription for Nutritional Healing for natural remedies to improve their health. This portable A-to-Z reference guide of the most commonly available types of nutrients, dietary supplements, and herbs puts that information at your fingertips. Drawn from the newly revised Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Sixth Edition, it includes: recent scientific discoveries about vitamins A, C, D, and B12, as well as biotin, coenzyme Q10, and calcium the newest information on herbs, such as turmeric, ashwagandha, lemongrass, and St.-John’s-wort; flaxseeds and oils; and sugar substitutes, including stevia and monk fruit up-to-date research on natural approaches to weight loss science-based information about COVID-19 Whether you are looking for relief from a specific ailment or simply to achieve and maintain optimum health, Prescription for Nutritional Healing: The A-to-Z Guide to Supplements quickly provides access to everything you’ll need to design a complete nutritional program.

Nutrition is an essential component of the work of all health and community workers, including those involved in humanitarian assistance, and yet it is often neglected in their basic training. Drawn from the experiences of an international editor team with extensive field experience, Nutrition for Developing Countries brings together the essential basics of nutrition in an easily accessible form which is accurate, up-to-date and practical, and suitable for a wide range of readers at different levels. The book covers the whole life cycle, including pregnancy, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, older children, adolescents, adults and the elderly, with an emphasis on the most vulnerable women and children. The fully revised and updated edition addresses both the long standing problems of undernutrition and malnutrition, and the growing epidemic of overnutrition and obesity, which are responsible for the rapid increase in non-communicable diseases of later life. Generously illustrated, Nutrition for Developing Countries explains in clear simple language, and practical detail, how nutrition workers can help families with nutrition problems, including many ideas for exercises for training nutrition workers.