Food Nutrition and Health
The search for health and food safety in the United States and the road to Fitness and Health are explored.
Abstract
I Nutrition and Food Safety in the United States.- 1 The Search for Health: Nutritional Considerations.- Digestion and Absorption.- Recommended Dietary Allowance - The RDA.- Water.- Energy, Calories, and Weight Control.- The Macronutrients: Protein, Carbohydrate, and Fat.- Vitamins.- Minerals.- 2 Nutrients for Athletes.- Water.- Iron.- Salt.- Protein.- Recommended Diets.- Weight Loss.- Weight Gain.- Special Diets.- Self-Prescription and Its Dangers.- 3 Food Additives.- How Food Additives Are Approved.- Why Do We Use Additives in Our Food.- Amounts of Food Additives Used.- 4 Food Preservation.- Food Spoilage and Deterioration.- 5 The Road to Fitness and Health.- Exercise.- Vegetarianism.- Zen Macrobiotic Diet.- Organic and Natural Foods.- Chemophobia.- Prevention of Heart Disease by Diet.- Diet and Cancer.- Dietary Cure-Alls.- Weight Control.- Choosing a Healthy Diet.- How Good Is My Diet.- II Food Supply.- 6 Food from Cereals: The Green Revolution.- Wheat.- Rice.- Future Hope.- 7 Food from Animals.- Beef Production.- The DES Story.- Milk.- Pork.- Poultry.- Eggs.- Sheep.- Goats.- Calculation of Meat Consumption.- 8 Food from the Sea.- Unlimited Potential?.- Theoretical Production.- Fish Protein Concentrate.- Ecological Issues.- 9 Potential Sources of Protein.- Protein from Soybeans.- Protein from Petroleum.- Protein from Carbohydrates.- Protein from Leaves.- Protein from Algae.- Protein from Fungi.- Miscellaneous Sources.- 10 Improvement of Food by Nutrification.- Combinations of Foods.- Addition of Vitamins and Minerals.- Addition of Protein.- Genetic Engineering.- 11 Nutritional Labeling Impact on Nutrification.- Protein Content.- Fat Content.- Vitamins and Minerals.- Foods, Supplements, and Drugs.- The Voluntary Aspect.- The Outlook.- 12 Dietary Goals.- Nutritional Education.- Dietary Goals.- Conclusions.- 13 Food Safety.- Chemicals in the Food Supply.- The Risk-Benefit Concept.- Relationship of Animal Data to Humans.- Estimates of Benefit.- 14 Food vs. Fuel.- The Rise and Fall of Gasohol.- The Economics of Ethanol Production.- Economics of Alcohol in Gasoline.- The Proalcool Program in Brazil.- The Potential for Methanol.- Conclusions.- 15 Potential for Disaster.- Plant Diseases.- Coffee Rust.- The Changing Climate.