Nutrition and you

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blake, Joan Salge (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, California : Pearson Benjamin Cummings , c2012
Edition:2nd ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. What is nutrition?
  • 2. Tools for healthy eating
  • 3. The basics of digestion
  • 4. Carbohydrates: sugars, starches, and fiber
  • 5. Fats, oils, and other lipids
  • 6. Proteins and amino acids
  • 7. Vitamins
  • Minerals and water
  • 8. Alcohol
  • 9. Energy balance and weight management
  • 10. Nutrition and fitness
  • 11. You as a food consumer
  • 12. Food safety and technology
  • 13. Hunger at home and abroad
  • 14. Life cycle nutrition: pregnancy through infancy
  • 15. Life cycle nutrition: toddlers through the later years