Concise and extensively cross-referenced, this volume is a one-stop guide to the mass of nutritional information available today. More than 2,500 entries cover food ingredients such as vitamins, minerals, fats, carbohydrates, and proteins; the health benefits and dangers of foods; diseases and health disorders related to nutrition; processed foods and their side effects; the link between certain foods and cancer; food allergies; eating disorders; and much more.
