The Nutrition Almanac" is a favorite reference in more than 2.5 million American homes for good reason. It is a complete nutritional guide that empowers you to take charge of your own health. It offers quick answers to questions about nutrients plus gives you everything you need to plan a total nutritional program, all in a friendly, down-to-earth style. This new edition has been painstakingly expanded and updated to put thousands more of the latest scientific facts and findings about nutrition and health at your fingertips.

The new "Nutrition Almanac" offers simple, sensible, accurate, and complete nutritional information; provides a full nutritional analysis of more than 1,600 foods; explains the scientific basis for preventing, and sometimes curing, illnesses through proper nutrition; tells how to use vitamin and mineral supplements for better health; covers the role of antioxidants, phytochemicals, polyphenols, and phytoestrogens in optimum health; reveals the latest findings on herbs and herbal remedies; offers information on healthful cooking; explores alternative treatments such as homeopathy and aromatherapy; explains the relationships among exercise, diet, and health; and charts important information for easy reading.

I. Nutrition and Health
II. Exercise
III. Sources of Calories: Carbohydrates, Fats, and Protein
IV. Nutrients
V. Ailments and Other Stressful Conditions
VI. Normal Life Cycle
VII. Herbs
VIII. Foods, Beverages, and Natural Supplementary Foods
IX. Table of Food Composition
Bibliography
Index