Nutrition At Your Fingertips

Nutrition At Your Fingertips
Author: Elisa Zied, MS, RD, CDN
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2009-11-03
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1101149051

The latest in nutrition, from alfalfa to zinc! Nutrition is as vital to good health as it is complex to understand. With thousands of supplements to choose from, and ever-shifting study results, a registered dietician offers here a guide to: nutrition's latest findings; detailed explanations of vitamins and minerals; information on fats, carbohydrates, fiber, and proteins; daily requirements; health weight evaluation and management; food labels; meal planning; and combating disease through nutrition. ?Expert, highly credentialed author ?Successful series format ?The most current nutritional information

The Men's Health Big Book of Food & Nutrition

The Men's Health Big Book of Food & Nutrition
Author: Editors of Men's Health Magazi
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2010-12-21
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1609617576

In the aisles of the grocery store, the menus of chain restaurants, even in one's own refrigerator, confusion about how to eat right reigns: Is low-carb good or is carbo-loading the better way to go? Fat-free or sugar-free? And when did those dreaded eggs become a health food? Americans are hungrier than ever for clear-cut answers to their most perplexing food questions, but a private nutritionist or a membership in a diet club are expensive luxuries. What you really need is an authoritative, encyclopedic source at your fingertips. The Men's Health Big Book of Nutrition is the ultimate guide to shopping, dining, and cooking for bigger flavor-and a leaner body. It answers the ongoing demand for definitive information about the food we eat and taps into a readership hungry for final-word answers. Filled with easy-to-swallow eating strategies--and backed by groundbreaking studies and interviews with the world's most authoritative nutrition researchers--The Men's Health Big Book of Food & Nutrition will help you discover just how easy it is to unlock the power of food and stay healthy for life.

Oxford Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics

Oxford Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics
Author: Joan Webster-Gandy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 842
Release: 2012
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199585822

Fully updated, the Oxford Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics, second edition is a practical quick-reference guide to nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease and the maintenance of good health.

Younger Next Week

Younger Next Week
Author: Elisa Zied
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2013-12-31
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0373892837

Provides a seven-day vitality plan, complete with menus, exercise guidelines, and lifestyle solutions, that will help women feel and look younger in just one week.

The Overworked Person's Guide to Better Nutrition

The Overworked Person's Guide to Better Nutrition
Author: Jill Weisenberger
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2014-12-09
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 158040541X

The Overworked Person's Guide to Better Nutrition offers bite-sized tips for busy people who want to make time for good nutrition, but feel trapped by their hectic schedules. Responding to the number-one obstacle she hears from clients who have trouble staying healthy — “I don't have time!” —dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, and healthy lifestyle coach, Jill Weisenberger built this busy-person’s guide to nutrition and health to show that everyone feels busy, but healthy habits can fit into any schedule. To keep things quick and accessible, the book is built around 50 fun and informative tips, covering everything from resistant starches to the glycemic index. Designed to be picked up and read from anywhere in the book, every page is packed with interesting tips that will improve nutrition and relieve stress and guilt. Whether you want to lose those extra pounds, tell stress to “take a hike,” or simply feel refreshed every day, this book, filled with weight loss strategies and tips for a healthier day (and night), can help anyone, on any schedule, eat and feel better.

Fitness for Geeks

Fitness for Geeks
Author: Bruce Perry
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2012-04-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1449399894

This educational and highly useful book shows the hacker, geek, and maker communities how to bring science into their health and exercise routine to build a healthy lifestyle.

NutriNotes

NutriNotes
Author: Carroll Lutz
Publisher: F A Davis Company
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780803611146

"A wealth of nutrition information is packed into this practical, pocket-sized resource tool." Canadian Nurse, Volume 101, No. 2, February 2005 Quick reference for nutritional patient care planning

Therapeutic Nutrition

Therapeutic Nutrition
Author: Eileen Behan
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2006
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781582553801

This reference provides essential information on therapeutic nutrition and contains 135 patient education handouts that health care providers can reproduce and give to patients. Included within the handouts are ones on recommended dietary allowances, the latest food pyramid, prediabetes, glycemic index, mercury and fish safety, food allergy, and 16 specific diets for medical conditions. Each patient education handout is prefaced by an overview that offers guidelines on nutritional interventions and patient education. The book also includes discussions on nutritional controversies and eating disorders and a list of additional resources. The spiral binding and flip-chart format enable health care providers to find and reproduce patient handouts quickly.