Nutrition

The Chemistry Of Food and Nutrition
by A. W. Duncan, F.C.S.
We may define a food to be any substance which will repair the functional waste of the body, increase its growth, or maintain the heat, muscular, and nervous energy. In its most comprehensive sense, the oxygen of the air is a food

Feeding Baby : Formula Choices, Vitamins
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The most common sources of protein in infants formulas are either cow's milk or soybeans. 'For term infants, soy formulas appear to be as nutritionally sound as milk-based formulas, and their use is unlikely to expose infants to nutritional risk

A: Abietic Acid, Absinthium, Absolute...

The essential guide for making sure your food is safe. A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives is back again, in an updated sixth edition. This valuable reference gives you all the facts about the relative safety and side effects of more than 12,000

Peace at the Table: The Whys and Hows of Nurturance
American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child's Nutrition: Making Peace at the Table and Building Healthy Eating Habits for Life
by The American Academy of Pediatrics, William H. Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., Loraine Stern, M.D.
One of our favorite cartoons is 'Baby Blues,' by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott. A young couple have two children, a preschooler and an infant. In one strip, the preschooler climbs up on a stool next to her mother and asks, 'What are you cooking?'

Vitality Supreme
by Bernarr Macfadden
Civilization has brought with it a train of evils unknown in the natural life. There is no need, for instance, to tell a wild animal what to eat; his life is planned for him in advance. His food is supplied by Nature and not superabundantly

Guide to Fats : Triglycerides and VLDL, Dietary Fat and Cholesterol
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
LDL-cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol act differently in the body. A high level of LDL-cholesterol in the blood increases the risk of fatty deposits forming in the arteries, which in turn increases the risk of a heart attack.

How to Eat: A Cure for Nerves
by Thomas C. Hinkle
It is seldom that there emanates from the pen of a doctor a book which, concerning any physical disorder, minimizes the efforts of the medical practitioner. While this author-physician gives full credit to the conscientious physician for the great service

The Mother and Her Child
by William S. Sadler, M.D., Lena K. Sadler, M.D.
Most interesting is the study of the food as it passes through the processes of digestion, absorption, assimilation, and oxidation - all definite and important parts of the great cycle through which everything we eat passes on its way from the table

Human Nutrition: An Evolutionary Perspective
The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods
by Michael Murray, N.D., Joseph Pizzorno, Lara Pizzorno
In order to answer the question 'What is a healthy diet?,' it is important to first take a look at what our body is designed for. Is the human body designed to eat plant foods, animal foods, or both?

Nutrition, Alcohol Use and Liver Disease
by National Institute of Health
Many alcoholics are malnourished, either because they ingest too little of essential nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and vitamins) or because alcohol and its metabolism prevent the body from properly absorbing, digesting, and using those nutrients.

Sugar Substitutes: The Aspartame Controversy
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
While questions about saccharin may persist, the safety of another artificial sweetener, aspartame, is clear cut, say FDA officials. FDA calls aspartame, sold under trade names such as NutraSweet and Equal, one of the most thoroughly tested and studied

Fake Food: When Food Companies Mislead Consumers
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Economic food fraud involves substituting something of lesser value for something of higher value and then passing off the product as one of higher value - for example, adding coloring to trout and falsely calling it salmon (a more expensive product)

Food... It's Strong Medicine
Earl Mindell's Food as Medicine
by Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
In 400 B.C., Hippocrates, the 'father of modern medicine,' said, 'Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.' After more than 2000 years, the medical establishment has finally acknowledged that he was right: food can be strong medicine.

Introduction
Drink to Your Health
by Anne McIntyre
Liquid is vital to life, whether it is drunk in the form of plain, unadulterated water, or exotic concoctions on festive occasions, and drinks fulfil a whole range of functions in our lives.

American Woman's Home
by Catharine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe
The person who decides what should be the food and drink of a family and the modes of its preparation, is the one who decides, to a greater or less extent, what should be the health of that family.

Nutritional Healing
Optimum Health: A Natural Lifesaving Prescription for Your Body and Mind
by Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., F.A.C.C.
My gradual transition toward nutritional/metabolic healing started in the early 1980s with my own personal use of vitamin and mineral supplements. However, it was not until 1984 that I began to prescribe vitamin and mineral support to my patients.

Evening Round-Up
by William Crosbie Hunter
The practice of medicine in the past has been directed towards the curing of developed disease and physical ailments. The practice of medicine in the future is to be along the line of preventive practice. Science is showing us how to prevent infection.

Nutrition in Cancer Care
by National Cancer Institute
The diet is an important part of cancer treatment. Eating the right kinds of foods before, during, and after treatment can help the patient feel better and stay stronger. To ensure proper nutrition, a person has to eat and drink enough of the foods that

Immortality
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being
by Andrew Weil, M.D.
At the heart of Healthy Aging is Dr. Weil's belief that although aging is an irreversible process, there are myriad things we can do to keep our minds and bodies in good working order through all phases of life.

What Are Saccharides and Why Are They Important?
Sugars That Heal: The New Healing Science of Glyconutrients
by Emil I. Mondoa, M.D.
Sugars that heal it sounds like a contradiction in terms, but it's the key to one of the most important breakthroughs in recent medical science. We've all been bombarded with warnings about the evils of consuming too much sugar. But, in fact, for our bodi