Dictionary of Healthful Food Terms Author:Bev Bennett, Virginia Van Vynckt Confused with all the nutrition-related terms you hear in the media? This reference helps you glide through all the confusion. Here are more than 1,000 alphabetized terms covering food safety, health studies, vitamins and minerals, and weight loss, all defined objectively in language you can understand. The Dictionary of Health... more »ful food terms does not advocate any particular diet or food fad. It does, however, tell you which foods to select for optimal health, based on reliable findings of nutrition experts.
Definitions cover: Antioxidants, additives, bacterial contaminants, dietary fiber, fats, herbs sold as health-enhancers, sodium and sweeteners, nutritional labeling, and many other topics.
Special features include: Charts covering common additives, sources of important nutrients such as calcium and foliate, home remedies, how to read food labels, steps to take to assure food safety, and how to build your own food pyramid.« less