The Complete Book of Food: A Nutritional, Medical, and Culinary Guide by Carol Ann Rinzler

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  • ISBN 10 0886873207
  • ISBN 13 9780886873202
  • Published Jan 01 1999
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 425
  • Language English
  • Edition First Edition
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Checkmark Books

Publishers Text

A completely updated edition of the popular food guide, The New Complete Book of Food, Second Edition provides the nutritional, medical, culinary, and consumer information essential to planning a good diet and properly handling food. In more than 300 A-to-Z entries, this comprehensive resource catalogs the physical, chemical, and medical properties of food; their benefits and hidden dangers; how foods change when they are processed or cooked; how to properly select, prepare, and store food; and much, much more.

Each entry has been revised and updated to reflect the most current information available about diet and nutrition. Most updates have been made to the Nutritional Profile, Medical Uses and/or Benefits, Adverse Effects Associated with This Food, and Food/Drug Interactions.

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