Nutrition essentials : a personal approach /
Wendy J. Schiff.
- Second edition. International student edition.
- New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, c2018.
- xix, 353 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
"This International Student Edition is for use outside of the U.S."--Front cover
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Food/s more than something to eat -- Nutrition information: fact or fiction? -- Making more nutritious choices -- How food becomes you -- Carbohydrates: fuel and fiber -- Lipids: focusing on fats and cholesterol -- Proteins: life’s building blocks -- Vitamins: nutrients that multitask -- Key minerals, water, and the nonnutrient alcohol -- Nutrition for a healthy weight and fit body -- Nutrition for your life, environment, and world -- Appendixes -- A English-metric conversion and metric-to-household units -- B Canada’s food guide -- C Daily values (DVs) table -- D The basics of energy metabolism -- E Answers to test yourself questions -- F References -- G Dietary reference intake (DRI) tables -- H Stretching your food dollars -- I Modifying recipes for healthy living.
"The cover depicts the many baffling choices we face each day when we decide what to eat for meal sand snacks. Do we choose foods simply based on convenience, taste, or cost? Or do we choose foods based on other factors, including the food’s contribution to our nutritional needs and possible effects on our health and well-being?
To make healthy food choices, we need to understand basic nutrition, including features of a healthy eating pattern and how what we choose to eat can affect our health now and as we grow older. Nutrition Essentials: A Personal Approach provides this information in an easy-to-understand and engaging manner. There’s no simple one-size-fits-all approach to good nutrition. However, the information in his textbook will help you understand how the nutrients in foods affect your body, so you’ll be able to evaluate your diet and improve it, if necessary."--Back cover