Healthy foods fact versus fiction
Title:
Healthy foods fact versus fiction
Author:
Goldstein, Myrna Chandler, 1948-
ISBN:
9780313380976
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Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, c2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 310 p.) : ill.
Contents:
Almonds -- Apples -- Avocados -- Bananas -- Barley -- Bell Peppers -- Black Beans -- Blueberries -- Brazil Nuts -- Broccoli -- Buckwheat -- Cabbage -- Capers -- Carrots -- Celery -- Cherries -- Chickpeas -- Chocolate -- Cranberries -- Dried Plums -- Eggs -- Flaxseeds -- Garlic -- Ginger -- Grapefruit -- Grapes -- Kale -- Kiwis -- Lemons and Limes -- Lentils -- Macadamia Nuts -- Mushrooms -- Oats -- Olive Oil -- Onions -- Oranges -- Pears -- Pineapples -- Pomegranates -- Pumpkins -- Sardines -- Sea Vegetables -- Sesame Seeds -- Soy -- Spinach -- Sunflower Seeds -- Tea -- Tomatoes -- Turnips -- Walnuts.
Abstract:
It is always in the best interest of those who market foods to make grandiose claims regarding their nutritional value, regardless of whether actual scientific proof exists to support such a claim. Even diligent and educated consumers often have difficulty discerning facts from mere theory or pure marketing hype.
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