Vegetable nutrition and efficacy

Author: Lin Sle
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This is a handbook-style guide on food and the relationship between food and health. The book is clear, easy to understand, and contains comprehensive, reliable content, making it an indispensable and rare food nutrition guide. — Barbara Seaman, Contributing Editor of Ms. Magazine, Author and Co-founder of the National Women's Health Network.
This unique series provides new and objective information about the medicinal and nutritional aspects of food, including important details about the content of various major nutrients. Additionally, it highlights potential harms of different foods and the toxicity they may pose if consumed improperly or prepared incorrectly. It also lists the interactions between foods, including those that are beneficial and those that are harmful to health.
The series will also help you recognize that not all whole grains are universally beneficial. Sometimes, due to certain health issues, certain foods may no longer be suitable for consumption. Through this series, you will also learn about the effects of home cooking and food processing plants on food.
Don’t like dark green leafy vegetables? Steam them quickly, or better yet, add a little water and microwave them to prevent the acids from discoloring the green chlorophyll.
In summary, food enthusiasts who value life and health must read this series. If you are concerned about safe and healthy eating, this series is your lifelong health action guide.