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9780816039883: The New Complete Book of Food: A Nutritional Medical, and Culinary Guide
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"...an excellent quick-reference tool.”—Booklist

"A valuable book for those who want to understand the medical and physical makeup of food."—Making Scents

A completely updated edition of the popular food guide, The New Complete Book of Food, Second Edition provides the nutritional, medical, culinary, and consumer information essential to planning a good diet and properly handling food. In more than 300 A-to-Z entries, this comprehensive resource catalogs the physical, chemical, and medical properties of food; their benefits and hidden dangers; how foods change when they are processed or cooked; how to properly select, prepare, and store food; and much, much more.

Each entry has been revised and updated to reflect the most current information available about diet and nutrition. Most updates have been made to the Nutritional Profile, Medical Uses and/or Benefits, Adverse Effects Associated with This Food, and Food/Drug Interactions.

Each entry covers:

  • Nutritional Profile
  • About the Nutrients in This Food
  • The Most Nutritious Way to Serve This Food
  • Diets That May Restrict or Exclude This Food
  • Buying This Food
  • Storing This Food
  • Preparing This Food
  • What Happens When You Cook This Food
  • How Other Kinds of Processing Affect This Food
  • Medical Uses and/or Benefits
  • Adverse Effects Associated with This Food
  • Food/Drug Interactions.

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Food sustains life and satisfies the appetite, yet there is much mystery and controversy surrounding it. The New Complete Book of Food uncovers the medical and physical properties of food, the benefits and hidden dangers, how various types of food change when processed or cooked, and much, much more.

From "apples" to "zucchini" The New Complete Book of Food contains more than 300 entries, each providing nutritional, medical, culinary, and consumer information headings such as

* A nutritional profile of each food * How to store food * A detailed guide to its nutrients * How to prepare food * The most nutritious ways to serve a food * What happens to food when you cook it * Diets that may restrict certain food * Medical uses and/or benefits of food * What to look for when buying food * How food interacts with medication

Completely updated and revised, The New Complete Book of Food is a must-have for anyone who wants to understand the medical and physical makeup of food and how it affects your health.

About the Author:
Carol Ann Rinzler is the author of 19 books on food, health, and nutrition, including Facts On File's The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments and the critically acclaimed Nutrition for Dummies. Her articles have appeared in many national publications, including The New York Daily News, The New York Times, and Woman's Day. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers and holds an M.A. from Columbia University. Rinzler lives in New York with her husband, writer Perry Luntz.

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  • PublisherCheckmark Books
  • Publication date1999
  • ISBN 10 0816039887
  • ISBN 13 9780816039883
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages440
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