Nutrition For Dummies

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Updated with the latest available research and the new 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines You are what you eat: no, really—it’s a scientific fact! Good nutrition is your meal-ticket to staying sleek, healthy, and strong—both physically and mentally. Nutrition For Dummies, 7th Edition is a one-size-fits-all guide to nutrition that shows you how to maintain a healthy weight, promote health, and prevent chronic disease. This book gives you the know-how to put together a shopping list, prepare healthy foods, and easily cut calories. Veteran author and nutrition columnist Carol Ann Rinzler serves up a full course in making your diet nutritionally sound. Along the way, she dips into the science of how to eat at different stages of life—including new guidance for pregnant women, infants, and toddlers—the latest in peanut allergies, the effects of cholesterol on the brain, and the cutting-edge thinking on obesity. • Take control of your diet • Discover the truth about sugar • Get the science on obesity and dementia • Take a new look at eating disorders No matter which way you slice it, you have to eat—so why not learn how to do it well and enjoy life even more in the process! Cover Title Page Copyright Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here Part 1: Nutrition 101: The Basic Facts about Nutrition Chapter 1: Nutrition Equals Life: Knowing What to Eat to Get What You Need Discovering the First Principles of Nutrition Protecting the Nutrients in Your Food Knowing Your Nutritional Status Fitting Food into the Medicine Chest Finding Nutrition Facts Chapter 2: Digestion: The 24/7 Food Factory Introducing the Digestive System Digestion: One Step at a Time Chapter 3: How Much Nutrition Do You Need? RDAs: Guidelines for Good Nutrition AIs: The Nutritional Numbers Formerly Known as ESADDIs DRI: The Totally Complete Nutrition Guide Chapter 4: Bigger But Not Better The Obesity Epidemic Observing the Obesity Map Determining How Much You Should Weigh Understanding What the Numbers Really Mean Facing the Numbers When They Don’t Fit Your Body Chapter 5: Calories: Powering Up the Body Counting the Calories in Food Determining How Many Calories You Need Calculating Your Daily Calorie Needs Part 2: The Good Stuff in Your Food Chapter 6: Protein Power Understanding How Your Body Uses Proteins Moving Proteins from Your Dinner Plate to Your Cells Differentiating Dietary Proteins Figuring Out How Much Protein You Need Chapter 7: Facing Facts on Fat and Cholesterol Discovering How Your Body Uses Fats Defining Fatty Acids and Their Relationship to Dietary Fat Focusing on the Fats in Food Considering Cholesterol and You Chapter 8: Carbohydrates: A Complex Story Checking Out Carbohydrates Carbohydrates and Energy: A Biochemical Love Story Finding the Carbohydrates You Need Dietary Fiber: The Non-Nutrient in Carbohydrate Foods Chapter 9: Alcohol: Another Form of Grape and Grain Creating Alcohol Beverages Checking How Much Alcohol Is in That Bottle Following Alcohol through Your Body Understanding How Alcohol Affects Your Health Advice from the Sages: Moderation Chapter 10: Validating Vitamins Understanding What Vitamins Your Body Needs Discovering Where to Get Your Vitamins Too Much or Too Little: Avoiding Two Ways to Go Wrong with Vitamins Acceptable Exceptions: Taking Extra Vitamins as Needed Chapter 11: Making Mineral Magic Getting the Minerals You Need Knowing What’s Too Much and What’s Too Little Figuring Out When You May Need More than the RDA Chapter 12: The Wonder of Water Investigating the Many Ways Your Body Uses Water Maintaining the Right Amount of Water in Your Body Getting the Water You Need Evaluating Electrolytes Dehydration: When the Body Doesn’t Get Enough Water Chapter 13: Added Attractions: Supplements Introducing Dietary Supplements Examining Two Reasons to Use Dietary Supplements Exploring Supplement Safety: An Iffy Proposition Choosing the Most Effective Supplements Getting Nutrients from Food Rather Than Supplements Part 3: Hunger, Health, and Habits Chapter 14: Why You Eat When You Eat Underlining the Difference between Hunger and Appetite Refueling: The Cycle of Hunger and Satiety Responding to Your Environment on a Gut Level Revealing Unhealthy Relationships with Food Chapter 15: Why You Like the Foods You Like Tackling Taste: How Your Brain and Tongue Work Together Determining Deliciousness Changing the Menu: Adapting to Exotic Foods Chapter 16: Building Your New and Improved Healthful Diet Discovering the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Finding What’s New in the 2020–2025 Edition Do the Guidelines Work? Chapter 17: Choosing Wisely with Pyramids, Plates, and Patterns Checking Out Basic Diet Pictures Understanding the Nutrition Facts Label Using Pyramids, Plates, Patterns, and Labels to Choose Healthful Foods Chapter 18: Eating Smart When Eating Out Reading a Restaurant Menu Editing Your Menu Choices Writing Rules for Chain Restaurants Exploring the Healthful Side of Fast Food Managing the Mechanical Menu Part 4: Food Processing Chapter 19: Praising Food Processing Preserving Food: Five Methods of Processing Improving Food’s Appeal and Nutritional Value Faking It: Food Substitutes A Last Word: Follow That Bird Chapter 20: Healthful and Delicious Heat Exploring Different Methods of Cooking Understanding How Cooking Alters Food Picking the Right Cooking Materials Protecting the Nutrients in Cooked Foods Keeping Food Safe by Cooking Chapter 21: How Freezing, Canning, Drying, and Zapping Protect Your Food Cold Comfort: Chilling and Freezing Canned Food: Keeping Out Contaminants Dried Food: No Life without Water Irradiation: A Hot Topic Chapter 22: Better Eating through Chemistry Nature’s Beneficial Chemistry Exploring the Natural and Synthetic Nature of Food Additives Determining the Safety of Food Additives Beyond Additives: Foods Nature Never Made Part 5: Food and Medicine Chapter 23: When Food Fights Back Diagnosing Food Allergies Coping with Food Allergies Recognizing Other Body Reactions to Food Chapter 24: Brain Food Nourishing the Developing Brain Protecting the Adult Brain Altering the Emotional Brain Healing the Injured Brain Eating to Benefit Your Brain and Your Body Chapter 25: Food and Drug Interactions Following Food and Drug Interactions Listing the Reactions of Drugs and Certain Foods Discovering Drug Interactions with Nutrients Using Food to Improve a Drug’s Performance Chapter 26: Using Food as Medicine Defining Food as Medicine Naming Diets with Absolutely, Positively Beneficial Medical Effects Using Food to Prevent Disease Eating for a Better Body (And Brain) The Last Word on Food versus Medicine Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 27: Ten Reliable Food and Nutrition Websites U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Composition Website U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) The American Heart Association (AHA) American Cancer Society (ACS) Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) Mayo Clinic Science Daily WebMD Food Safety News Chapter 28: Ten Northern Nutrition Rules Be Mindful of Your Eating Habits Cook More Often Enjoy Your Food Eat Meals with Others Eat Plenty of Vegetables and Fruits, Whole Grain Foods, and Protein Foods Limit Highly Processed Foods Make Water Your Drink of Choice Use Food Labels Be Aware That Food Marketing Can Influence Your Choices Check the Guidelines for Updates Chapter 29: Ten Superstar Foods Avocado Bananas Beans Celery Cheese Chocolate Nuts Sardines White Tea Whole Grains Chapter 30: Ten Ways Coffee (and Tea) Make Life Better Coffee Lights Up Your Brain Coffee Chases the Blues Coffee Powers Endurance Exercise Coffee Is Cholesterol-Safe Coffee Lowers Your Risk of Stroke Coffee Lowers Your Risk of Some Cancers Coffee May Ward Off Type 2 Diabetes Coffee Doesn’t Keep Everyone Awake Coffee Lowers a Man’s Risk of ED Coffee Drinkers Live Longer Chapter 31: Ten Terrific Foods Starting with the Letter P Papaya Pear Peas Pineapple Plantain Pork Potato Prawns Prune Pumpkin Appendix: Glossary of Nutrition Terms Index About the Author Connect with Dummies End User License Agreement