The handy nutrition answer book (Handy answer book series)
by Barnes-Svarney, Patricia L.
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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... Full description
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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. |
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Physical Description: |
x, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-354) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781578594849 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1578594847 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Author Notes: |
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 . |