True Nutrition, True Fitness
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
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, NJ
Humana
1991, 1991
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1991 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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