Fad-Free Nutrition - Softcover

Whelan ScD. MPH, Elizabeth; Stare M.D., Frederick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0897932366 ISBN 13: 9780897932363

Publisher: Hunter House, 1998

Synopsis

Author is the founder of the nutrition department at Harvard Univ., Boston. Discusses the hype surrounding nutrition. Uses dietary principles and scientific evidence to steer consumers clear of quackery and toward the basics of healthy eating and sound nutrition.

About this title

From Library Journal:

Stare and Whelan have excellent credentials; Stare, formerly of Harvard University, is cofounder, with Whelan, of the American Council on Science and Health, and between them they have written more than 40 books. Parts of their new work can be lauded and parts of it deplored. Much of it duplicates material found in other nutrition books, even while the authors fault these titles for doing the same. A condescending tone, apparently owing to a bias toward alternative forms of medicine, may deter readers who might have benefited from the book's more useful sections. The authors give "grades" to some of the books they have chosen to evaluate, based on a minute sampling of the material. Sometimes information is partial: for example, they say that olestra is a "new and promising boon for dieters" without noting that it may deplete some nutrients in the body. A chapter on how research is conducted by scientists may not interest the average reader. The authors' sound advice of "moderation, variety, and balance" is the best part of the book. Recommended where these authors are in demand.?Loraine F. Sweetland, IPS Information Problem Solvers, Crossville, TN
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hunter House
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0897932366
• ISBN 13: 9780897932363
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256