True Nutrition, True Fitness

by Jerrold Winter

Overview

Dr. Winter brings order to our understanding of nutrition, exercise, and how these factors work together in health and illness. Many diseases-cancer, heart attack, and stroke, for example-are discussed in detail. It is not a fad book-just pure facts and good sense.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780896031845
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	04/11/1991
Edition description:	1991
Pages:	419
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

I: Nutrition.- 1:Protein:Too Much of a Good Thing?.- 2: Fat and Essential Fatty Acids: Lessons from Sheep Sex.- 3: Carbohydrates: From Glucose to Oat Bran to Sawdust.- 4: Is Sugar a Poison?.- 5: Vitamin A and Beta-Carotene: Of Carrots and Toxins.- 6: Thiamine (Vitamin B1): Polished Rice and Beriberi.- 7: Niacin: Pellagra and Madness.- 8: Riboflavin: A Vitamin for Depression?.- 9: Vitamin B6: Morning Sickness and the Premenstrual Syndrome.- 10: Pantothenic Acid: The Anti-Gray Hair Vitamin.- 11 : Biotin: Did Rocky Know About Avidin—.- 12: Vitamin B12: Dr. Castle’s Predigested Hamburger.- 13: Folic Acid: Lucy Wills in the Slums of Bombay.- 14: Vitamin C: Scurvy, Dr. Pauling, Cancer, and Colds.- 15: Vitamin D: Hormone or Vitamin?.- 16: Vitamin E: A Vitamin in Search of a Disease.- 17: Calcium: Dietary Factor of the Year.- 18: Iron: Tonic or Toxin?.- II: Exercise.- 19: The Training Effect.- 20: A Program of Exercise.- III: Interactions.- 21: Cancer: Can 90% Be Prevented?.- 22: Heart Attack and Stroke: The Basics.- 23: Heart Attack and Stroke: The Role of Diet and Exercise.- 24: The Prevention of Osteoporosis.- 25: The Beverly Hills Diet and Other Tales of the Supernatural.- Guide to Vitamins, Nutrients, Minerals, and Trace Elements.- References.

Editorial Reviews

A conservative, commonsense guide for the lay public to nutrition and exercise, and to both of these elements as they relate to cancer, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and weight loss. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Winter...successfully blends research and clinical facts in an easily understandable prose. Touches of humor throughout the chapters make interesting reading...A readable introduction to nutrition and fitness.-Choice

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