Nutrition Facts

From the physician behind the wildly popular NutritionFacts website, How Not to Die reveals the groundbreaking scientific evidence behind the only diet that can prevent and reverse many of the causes of disease-related death. The vast majority of premature deaths can be prevented through simple changes in diet and lifestyle. In How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts.org, examines the fifteen top causes of premature death in America-heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson's, high blood pressure, and more-and explains how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes trump prescription pills and other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches, freeing us to live healthier lives. The simple truth is that most doctors are good at treating acute illnesses but bad at preventing chronic disease. The fifteen leading causes of death claim the lives of 1.6 million Americans annually. This doesn't have to be the case. By following Dr. Greger's advice, all of it backed up by strong scientific evidence, you will learn which foods to eat and which lifestyle changes to make to live longer. History of prostate cancer in your family? Put down that glass of milk and add flaxseed to your diet whenever you can. Have high blood pressure? Hibiscus tea can work better than a leading hypertensive drug-and without the side effects. Fighting off liver disease? Drinking coffee can reduce liver inflammation. Battling breast cancer? Consuming soy is associated with prolonged survival. Worried about heart disease (the number 1 killer in the United States)? Switch to a whole-food, plant-based diet, which has been repeatedly shown not just to prevent the disease but often stop it in its tracks. In addition to showing what to eat to help treat the top fifteen causes of death, How Not to Die includes Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen -a checklist of the twelve foods we should consume every day.Full of practical, actionable advice and surprising, cutting edge nutritional science, these doctor's orders are just what we need to live longer, healthier lives.

From abalone to zucchini, this easy-to-use reference provides information that helps monitor the nutritional intake of thousands of food products.

Good nutrition is the basis of a healthy lifestyle. Hundreds of everyday food choices determine your wellbeing: how you feel now, and in the future. Nutrition Facts exposes the whole truth about food, offering an unparalleled collection of facts, figures and data. No deceptive promises, no snake oils, no false advertising: just nutrition facts. Nutrition Facts is the most fact-checked book about nutrition. In it, you'll find all you need to know about: The link between nutrition and health How the body processes food The truth about diets and nutrition regimes The value of nutrients Building healthy eating habits How to use nutrition to curtail ailments and allergies

More than one hundred delicious, nutritious recipes to free you from the diet cycle and help you lose weight for good from Michael Greger, MD, the author of the New York Times bestseller How Not to Die. Michael Greger brings you truly delicious, nutritious, healthy dishes that will free you from 'dieting' forever. With over one hundred recipes, this gorgeous full-colour cookbook puts into practice the twenty-one weight-loss accelerators identified in the bestselling How Not to Diet. From Grain-Stuffed Peppers with Cheesy Tomato Sauce to Crust-Free Pumpkin Pie and Black Forest Chia Pudding, this is the smart way to put an end to counting calories, gimmicky quick-fix diets and expensive diet programmes. The How Not to Diet Cookbook is for anyone looking to improve their quality of life - whether you want to lose weight or not. The plant-based recipes all incorporate everyday ingredients and easily available herbs and spices that have been scientifically proven to have a positive effect on health. All recipes in this cookbook have been fully anglicized.

During the past decade, tremendous growth has occurred in the use of nutrition symbols and rating systems designed to summarize key nutritional aspects and characteristics of food products. These symbols and the systems that underlie them have become known as front-of-package (FOP) nutrition rating systems and symbols, even though the symbols themselves can be found anywhere on the front of a food package or on a retail shelf tag. Though not regulated and inconsistent in format, content, and criteria, FOP systems and symbols have the potential to provide useful guidance to consumers as well as maximize effectiveness. As a result, Congress directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to undertake a study with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to examine and provide recommendations regarding FOP nutrition rating systems and symbols. The study was completed in two phases. Phase I focused primarily on the nutrition criteria underlying FOP systems. Phase II builds on the results of Phase I while focusing on aspects related to consumer understanding and behavior related to the development of a standardized FOP system. Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols focuses on Phase II of the study. The report addresses the potential benefits of a single, standardized front-label food guidance system regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, assesses which icons are most effective with consumer audiences, and considers the systems/icons that best promote health and how to maximize their use.

Nutrition facts for everybody NUTRITION THE LIMITING FACTOR Whether your goal is MUSCLE GAIN OR WEIGHT LOSS OR FAT LOSS NUTRITION is always the limiting factor. That is why it is always said You are what you EAT and What you do not EAT. To put it in other words What type of food a person should eat to either GAIN MUSCLES Or TO LOSE WEIGHT This has been topic of hot debate over last many years. Generally a very small percentage of overall population of any society is interested in Muscle Gain. This is mainly due to the common perception among people that gaining muscles or to become a body builder is okay till a particular age say maximum 30 to 35 years. After this age, generally people get married and have to look after family and their career. Those who are actually interested in gaining muscles, have very less knowledge about proper nutrition to support their body in making those gains which they are striving for. And since they are not getting proper results, they are discouraged and ultimately give up. At the same time, generally a large percentage of population of the same society is struggling to reduce weight or fat which they have accumulated over a period mainly due to their sedentary lifestyle and improper choice of food selection. The fact is that, both these groups are unaware of the fact that the key factor to achieve their totally contrasting goals is dependent on the same factor which is PROPER KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOOD SELECTION AND THE IDEAL NUTEIENT COMBINATION THEY SHOULD HAVE IN THEIR DAILY CONSUMPTION OF FOOD. There are a lot of misunderstanding about proper nutrition habits. The overall impression is that eating less food is ultimate for weight loss or fat loss. Or Higher portion of protein consumption is bad for health Due to this misconception and misunderstanding about proper nutrition, a high percentage of population is deprived of good nutrition benefits. As far as the young boys among whom gaining muscles or body building is favourite, they fall into two categories. The first category is that of young persons who have never gone to a gym and are shy of going to a gym . Whenever they join a gym they are taught exercises by the gym trainers for first few days but are not educated about proper nutrition habits mainly due to following factors. Lack of time with the trainer as there are many members Due to lack of knowledge beyond basic as most of the trainers are not qualified. Or they are more interested in providing personal training which many cannot simply afford. The other category is that of people who are seasoned weight training exercisers doing it for quite some time. These people are stuck up as they are not making progress beyond a certain point. If this category tries to seek information from internet, Then it may not be reliable. There may be conflicting views by different persons The information on internet is flooded with technical jargons giving technical names etc. with which the common man is not conversant. The end result because of all these factors is, people develop wrong habits of food consumption which ultimately damages their body and they miserably fail to achieve their goals. An attempt has been made in this book to educate masses about proper and good nutrition habits. Cover URL : NA

Finally a book with real information about real food for real children of ages 8-12. Maryse Rouffaer, CHHC, gives the children the facts about nutrition. By giving children basic and more advanced knowledge about their nutrition, children will be empowered to make better choices for their short term and long term health, especially when their parents are informed as well.