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More complete and up-to-date than any other guide on fast foods, the best-selling Fast Food Facts (with over 160,000 copies in print) is revised with the latest nutrition updates on over 1,500 menu offerings from the 37 largest fast food chains. Readers can also choose the convenient pocket edition, which highlights 15 of the most popular fast food restaurants across North America.With the pocket edition still at $4.95 and the trade version at only $7.95, it's the most authoritative, definitive, and affordable guide to survival in the fast food jungle. These handy guides have all the facts you need to make sure you always get your way, right away -- wherever you are.

Abstract: This booklet discusses how hypertension can be controlled by reducing dietary sodium or salt intake. The definition of its cause, treatment, and prevention are presented. Practical tips are provided on how to decrease dietary sodium intake and eat well whether at home, in a restaurant, or on an airplane. A list of the sodium contents of many foods is included; as well as a special section on salt substitutes, alternative seasonings, and sodium in medications. Low-sodium cookbooks are listed. Illustratins, references, an appendix and low-sodium menus are also included.

Called the “good nutrition bible” by one reviewer, The DASH Diet to End Obesity is the ultimate guide to common sense-lifestyle changes that will improve the health of the entire family. With a special emphasis on prevention, this book is written for parents, teachers, and anyone concerned about protecting themselves and their children from the health risks of obesity. This book is the most comprehensive guide to the DASH diet plan yet published. DASH® - Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension - was first formulated to combat hypertension (high blood pressure). But numerous studies have shown that the eating plan is also useful for dealing with excess weight, abnormal blood fats, Type 2 diabetes, and other health concerns. The DASH diet has soared in popularity because not only does it allow people to take charge of their own health and that of their families, they can do it while eating delicious food. The plan emphasizes seasonings, spices, healthy oils, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other flavorful food choices. But unlike a mere recipe book, The DASH Diet to End Obesity explains the science and psychology of how to find success with the DASH approach. Author Dr. William Manger and his three distinguished colleagues have crafted a reader-friendly book geared to motivate people to make healthy, informed changes in their daily lives. The book offers in-depth information about fats, cholesterols, vitamins and minerals, omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, and more. An entire section is devoted to the role of salt and the dangers of consuming too much salt, especially for people who are overweight. The book also contains a special chapter about eating for the management of diabetes. Not only do the authors present a lot of information in an accessible tone, they provide detailed descriptions of how to incorporate this knowledge into every meal with memory strategies, charts, and quick tips. The DASH eating plan is not just a diet, however, and the book covers the importance of sleep, physical exercise, and staying psychologically motivated. The authors also dissect the reasons other diets fail, and discuss the risks and benefits of other methods of weight loss, including surgery and weight-loss drugs. This book represents the life work of the four prestigious authors; it is not a jump-on-the-bandwagon response to the recent popularity of the DASH diet. Dr. William Manger has been such a proponent of the DASH lifestyle that he has founded an organization that teaches the eating plan to young children in schools. Medical researchers and experts today are saying many parents could outlive their children because of runaway childhood obesity. This is the scenario The DASH Diet to End Obesity is dedicated to reversing.

Describes how diabetics can care for themselves, discussing how to take insulin, what foods to eat or avoid, and what exercises to do.

Make the most of medical nutrition therapy with the most effective step-by-step methods available. This comprehensive guidebook was created from the successful processes used to provide medical nutrition therapy over the past 20 plus years at the International Diabetes Center in Minneapolis. Understand clearly how to give diabetes patients of all ages and conditions the knowledge, skills, and motivation they need to incorporate lifestyle self-management into their daily routine.

Abstract: Because nutritional recommendations can help everyone remain healthy, the International Diabetes Center offers the general public this book on nutrition. Aside from the specific guidelines for diabetics, the general guidelines presented are applicable to everyone. Sensible recommendations for weight control are emphasized as a secondary reason for writing this book since obesity is strongly associated with diabetes. Shopping/cooking tips for foods from the food groups, weight control measures, making healthy food choices toward avoiding specific diseases, alcohol, caffeine, salt, vitamin/mineral supplements, and nutrition for the athlete comprise some of the topics addressed. Several tables, a nutrition reference section, and a bibliography are included.

A study of the role of cowrie-shell money in West African trade, particularly the slave trade.