Nutrition For Dummies, Carol Ann Rinzler
Nutrition For Dummies, Carol Ann Rinzler
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Nutrition For Dummies
6th Edition

Author: Carol Ann Rinzler

Narrator: Rebecca Rush

Unabridged: 14 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/16/2019


Synopsis

Get the straight facts on nutrition, slim down, and feel great

You've been hearing it since you were a kid: "You are what you eat." And this wise saying is true! Good nutrition is the key to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight and lifelong good health—no matter how you slice it. Nutrition For Dummies, 6th Edition is a one-size-fits-all guide to nutrition that shows you how to manage your diet so you get the most bang for your buck. This book gives you the know-how to put together a shopping list, prepare healthy foods, and easily cut calories.

The latest edition of The Dietary Guidelines for Americans encourages individuals to eat a healthful diet—one that focuses on foods and beverages that help achieve and maintain a healthy weight, promote health, and prevent chronic disease. This updated edition of Nutrition For Dummies reflects the latest suggested guidelines and details in plain English so you can incorporate these recommendations for living a nutritionally sound life. You'll get updated RDAs on vitamins and nutritional supplements; find out why you should eat more fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, and other plant-based foods; understand the importance of cholesterol for brain health; get the latest information on obesity; and more.

About Carol Ann Rinzler

Carol Ann Rinzler is the author of more than twenty books on health and medicine, including Nutrition For Dummies, an international bestseller translated into fourteen languages. Rinzler's award-winning Estrogen and Breast Cancer: A Warning for Women was among the first to document the link between hormone therapy and an increased risk of breast tumors. Her four books in the Dummies series (Nutrition plus Controlling Cholesterol, Weight Loss Kit, and Heartburn & Reflux) make complex medical facts and figures accessible to the general reader.


Reviews

Goodreads review by May on January 31, 2020

Nutrition for Dummies offers the basic nutritional knowledge we all need to improve/maintain a healthy diet. It has several interesting chapters about food processing, drug-food interactions, micro- and macro-nutrients, and food as medicine. It's light and easy to read, with tables, diagrams and a v......more

Goodreads review by Frances on June 16, 2019

I'm afraid she is too into alcohol, coffee and ignoring some of the downsides of the food industry for me to believe her.......more