Chemistry in Life, Diet and Health

Author: Jiang Yuanru
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: The "Chemistry in Daily Life" series of books starts from the aspects of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation in people's daily lives, using high school chemistry knowledge as a platform. With basic chemical principles as the longitude and widely concerned and practical issues as the latitude, it explains the practical applications of life chemistry principles and various misconceptions in people's understanding. This volume, "Diet and Health," primarily discusses reasonable dietary methods, including food flavors and food contamination, combination, identification, and other content. By reading this book, people can gain a correct understanding and insight into the important role of chemistry in daily life and related fields through the window of life chemistry. This helps improve scientific literacy, make correct food choices, use daily chemical products reasonably, and enhance the quality of life. This book can not only serve as a reference book for people from all walks of life to understand the principles and applications of chemistry in daily life but also as a supplementary textbook for non-chemistry majors in higher education institutions.