Praise for the previous edition:
"...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:
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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.
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