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Front Cover Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents About the New Edition PART 1 Nutrition: The Real Deal on All the Ways Foods Harm and Heal

The Real Deal on Nutrition

How Carbohydrates Harm and Heal How Fats Harm and Heal How Proteins Harm and Heal How Vitamins and Minerals Harm and Heal How Antioxidants and Other Phytochemicals Heal SPECIAL FEATURE Prebiotics and Probiotics: Beneficial Bacteria SPECIAL FEATURE Dietary Supplements: Do You Need Them?

The Real Deal on Food Safety

Do Pesticides and Other Chemicals Harm? SPECIAL FEATURE Organic Foods: Are They Worth the Cost? Do Additives Harm or Heal? Do Genetically Modified Foods Harm or Heal? How Foodborne Pathogens Harm SPECIAL FEATURE Fast Food: Is It Possible to Eat Healthy on the Run?

The Real Deal on Eating to Heal

How Much to Eat for Health How to Eat for Health How to Store Foods for Health How to Prepare Foods for Health How to Cook for Health SPECIAL FEATURE Dietary Restrictions: Should You Go Vegetarian, Vegan, Dairy-Free, or Gluten-Free?

PART 2 Foods: An A-Z Guide to Foods that Harm, Foods That Heal

ACORN SQUASH AGAVE SYRUP ALCOHOL ALMONDS APPLES APRICOTS ARTICHOKES ASPARAGUS AVOCADOS

BACON BANANAS BARLEY BEANS AND LEGUMES BEAN SPROUTS BEEF AND VEAL BEER BEETS BERRIES BLACKBERRIES BLUEBERRIES BRAN BREAD BROCCOLI BRUSSELS SPROUTS BUCKWHEAT BULGUR BUTTER AND MARGARINE BUTTERNUT SQUASH

CABBAGE CAKES, COOKIES, AND PASTRIES CANDIES CANTALOUPE CARROTS CAULIFLOWER CELERIAC CELERY CEREALS CHEESE CHERRIES CHIA CHICKEN CHICKPEAS CHILES CHIPS AND CRACKERS CHOCOLATE CLAMS COCONUTS COFFEE SPECIAL FEATURE Caffeine: The Buzz on Our Most Popular Stimulant COLD CUTS COLLARD GREENS CONDIMENTS CONVENIENCE AND PROCESSED FOODS CORN CRANBERRIES CUCUMBERS

DATES DUCK

EDAMAME EGGPLANTS EGGS

FENNEL FIGS FISH FLAX FLOUR

GARLIC GINGER GRAINS GRANOLA GRAPEFRUITS GRAPES AND RAISINS GREEN BEANS GUAVAS

HERBS AND SPICES HONEY HONEYDEW HUMMUS

ICE CREAM

JAMS, JELLIES, AND OTHER SPREADS JICAMA JUICES SPECIAL FEATURE Travel: Eating Healthy on the Road

KALE AND OTHER COOKING GREENS KETCHUP KIWIS KOHLRABI

LAMB LEEKS LEGUMES LEMONS AND LIMES LENTILS LETTUCE AND OTHER SALAD GREENS LIMES LIVER LOBSTER

MANGOES MARGARINE MAYONNAISE MELONS MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES MUSTARD MUSTARD GREENS

NECTARINES NUTS AND SEEDS

OATS OILS OKRA OLIVES AND OLIVE OIL ONIONS ORANGES AND TANGERINES ORGAN MEATS OYSTERS

PAPAYAS PARSNIPS PASSION FRUIT PASTA PEACHES AND NECTARINES PEANUTS AND PEANUT BUTTER PEARS PEAS AND PEA PODS PECANS PEPPER, GROUND PEPPERS PERSIMMONS PICKLES PINEAPPLES PLUMS AND PRUNES POMEGRANATES SPECIAL FEATURE Superfoods: Do They Live Up to the Hype? PORK POTATOES POULTRY PRUNES PUMPKINS

QUINOA

RADISHES RAISINS RASPBERRIES RHUBARB RICE RYE

SALSA SALT AND SODIUM SAUCES AND SALAD DRESSINGS SAUSAGES SEAWEED SHELLFISH SHRIMP SMOKED AND CURED MEATS SOFT DRINKS SOY SPICES SPINACH SQUASH STRAWBERRIES SUGAR AND OTHER SWEETENERS SWEET POTATOES AND YAMS

TANGERINES TEA TOFU TOMATOES TURNIPS

VINEGAR

WATER AND ENHANCED WATER WATERCRESS WATERMELON WHEAT AND WHEAT GERM WINE WRAPS AND TORTILLAS

YAMS YOGURT YUCCA

ZUCCHINI SPECIAL FEATURE Snacking: The Best Way to Beat Your Cravings

PART 3 Ailments: A Condition-by-Condition Guide to What Foods Harm, What Foods Heal

ACNE ADHD AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION AIDS AND HIV INFECTION ALCOHOLISM ALLERGIES, FOOD ALLERGIES, SEASONAL ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE ANEMIA ANOREXIA NERVOSA ANXIETY ARTHRITIS ASTHMA ATHEROSCLEROSIS

BLEEDING PROBLEMS BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH BRONCHITIS BULIMIA BURNS

CANCER CANKER SORES CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME CATARACTS CELIAC DISEASE CHOLESTEROL, HIGH CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME CIRCULATORY DISORDERS CIRRHOSIS COLDS AND FLU COLD SORES CONSTIPATION CROHN’S DISEASE CYSTIC FIBROSIS

DENTAL PROBLEMS DEPRESSION DIABETES SPECIAL FEATURE Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load: The Power Behind Each Bite DIARRHEA DIVERTICULITIS

ECZEMA EMPHYSEMA EPILEPSY EYE PROBLEMS

FEVER FIBROIDS FLATULENCE FOOD POISONING

GALLSTONES GASTRITIS GASTROENTERITIS GERD (GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE GOUT

HALITOSIS HAY FEVER HEARTBURN HEMORRHOIDS HEPATITIS HERPES HIATAL HERNIA HIVES HYPER- THYROIDISM HYPO- GLYCEMIA HYPO- THYROIDISM

IMPOTENCE INDIGESTION AND HEARTBURN INFERTILITY INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE INSOMNIA INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS IRON OVERLOAD SPECIAL FEATURE Interaction Warning: When Food and Medicine Don’t Mix IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

JAUNDICE JET LAG

KIDNEY DISEASE

LACTOSE INTOLERANCE LUPUS

MEMORY LOSS MENOPAUSE MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS METABOLIC SYNDROME MIGRAINES AND OTHER HEADACHES MOOD DISORDERS MOTION SICKNESS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MUSCLE CRAMPS

NAIL PROBLEMS NEURALGIA

OBESITY OSTEOPOROSIS

PARKINSON’S DISEASE PEPTIC ULCERS PMS PNEUMONIA POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME PROSTATE PROBLEMS PSORIASIS

RESPIRATORY DISORDERS SPECIAL FEATURE Inflammation: Eat to Quell the Dangers ROSACEA

SEX DRIVE, DIMINISHED SINUSITIS SHINGLES SLEEP DISORDERS SORE THROAT STRESS STROKE

ULCERATIVE COLITIS URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS

VARICOSE VEINS

YEAST INFECTIONS SPECIAL FEATURE Ages & Stages: Pregnancy & Breastfeeding; Infant; Childhood; Senior

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