The handy nutrition answer book

Your fitness, health, and well-being depend on food and proper nutrition. Yet, knowing what is in the foods we eat, understanding the differences between good and bad fat, learning which foods are good sources of vitamins, keeping up on the latest scientific discoveries, or discerning the effectiven...

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Main Author: Barnes-Svarney, Patricia L.
Other Authors: Svarney, Thomas E.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Visible Ink, [2015]
Series:Handy answer book series.
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Summary:Your fitness, health, and well-being depend on food and proper nutrition. Yet, knowing what is in the foods we eat, understanding the differences between good and bad fat, learning which foods are good sources of vitamins, keeping up on the latest scientific discoveries, or discerning the effectiveness of different diets can be challenging. To help answer these questions there's The Handy Nutrition Answer Book. Additionally, the book scrutinizes the pros, cons, and effectiveness of the biggest, most popular, and trendiest diets on the market today.
Physical Description:x, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-354) and index.
ISBN:9781578594849 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1578594847 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author Notes:

Patricia Barnes-Svarney is a science and science-fiction writer. Over the past few decades, she has written or coauthored more than 35 books, including Visible Ink Press' The Handy Biology Answer Book, The Handy Math Answer Book , and The Handy Ocean Answer Book . She is the author of When the Earth Moves: Rogue Earthquakes, Tremors, and Aftershocks , and she was also the editor/author of the award-winning New York Public Library Science Desk Reference .

Thomas E. Svarney is a scientist who has written extensively about the natural world. His books, with Patricia Barnes-Svarney, include Visible Ink Press' The Handy Biology Answer Book, The Handy Math Answer Book , and The Handy Ocean Answer Book , and he is also the author of Skies of Fury: Weather Weirdness around the World and The Oryx Guide to Natural History .