Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 613.2 EAN: 9781596912670 ISBN: 1596912677 Label: Bloomsbury USA Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: September 04, 2007 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Release Date: September 04, 2007 Sales Rank: 146282 Studio: Bloomsbury USA
A groundbreaking book that separates fact from fiction in the ever-changing world of food and health, with a foreword by Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Not a week passes without one food-related issue or another making the headlines. We worry about additives, preservatives, eating disorders, hygiene, heart disease, cancer, and calories (just to name a few), so it's little wonder that we are utterly confused! In an attempt to make sense of the bewildering and often contradictory information on what to eat and why, the Discovery Health Channel® will debut The Truth About Food in September 2007. This major five-part series is hosted by Dr. Mehmet Oz, the bestselling author of YOU: The Owner’s Manual. This companion book to the series synthesizes years of research and groundbreaking experiments by leading research centers, hospitals, and doctors, carried out especially for the series. This is the first book to finally assemble some of the most important findings and then put them through rigorous testing.
FIND OUT IF: Can calcium help you absorb fewer calories? Are there foods that increase male fertility?Are tomatoes are nature’s sunscreen? The Truth About Food is arranged into six main sections: 1) How to Stay Young and Beautiful 2) How to Be Sexy and Fertile 3) How to Look Good and Stay Slim 4) How to Perform at Your Peak 5) How to Stay Healthy 6) How to Raise Healthy Kids
User-friendly and engaging, The Truth About Food features over 60 illustrations, clear explanations of scientific terms, helpful tips, chapter summaries, and much more. This is the one food book you won’t want to be without!
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Rating: - The truth about food
This is a fantastic book. Not merely a laundry list of good for you food. It tells you why and makes it very interesting.
Rating: - The Truth About Food -- I love this book!
This book was made into a Discovery Health 6-part series narrated by Mehmet Oz. I only caught two hours of it. It piqued my interest and when I saw there was a book, I had to have it. Even though I don't work as a scientist, I think like one. I have a biology degree from college and I don't just take someone's word on something -- I have to have actual, tangible, written-down proof. The thing I love about this book is the fact that they did actual experiments with "control" groups and groups ... Read More
Rating: - A useful resource attractively published
This book is the reader's version of a 6-part TV special on, I believe, the Discovery Channel, each part of the volume reflecting the content of one of those 6 shows. In Jill Fullerton-Smith's words, the book (page 8) "reveals the real science of food using the latest research from leaders in the field of nutrition, alongside original and sometimes groundbreaking experiments that we carried out especially for the series."
The content of the book begins, appropriately enough, with a quick ... Read More
Rating: - Very clear presentation of material
The book "The Truth about Food" is the book presenting the material that could be seen on the TV-series of the same name that was run by the BBC. While the series was mildly funny and informative to some degree, it was "reality TV" with hidden camera's monitoring children's and adults' eating patterns. OK, I don't like reality TV and will now review the book.
Many of us have found ourselves in this situation. You want to live longer, improve your fitness level, improve in your particular ... Read More
Rating: - Informative
This book gives reasons and back them up for why certain foods are better than others for your health.
- The truth about food
- A useful resource attractively published
