functional foods

"Vitamins and minerals are the building blocks of good health . . . features fifty key vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients essential to your health. You will find clear definitions of each nutrient along with the role it plays in the body, how it is best consumed and absorbed, recommended daily doses, and detailed lists of foods and natural sources that contain the vitamin along with a recipe for a nutrient-rich meal"--Provided by publisher.

"...delves ... into the healing power of over 50 fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices, and wild foods that can have an extraordinary effect on health"--Dust jacket.

"Each recipe also does double or even triple duty, being suitable for healing multiple ailments. Sample meal plans for almost 100 ailments: For each of common ailments, from acne to cataracts to kidney disease, a complete daily meal plan using recipes from the book shows readers how to combine all the healing foods into an easy-to-follow sample meal plan. There is also tips on making the most of healing foods: An A-Z summary of healing foods gives buying and storing tips for the almost 100 healing foods, plus information on how to cook them to best preserve their nutrients. For instance, eating apricots raw gives you the most vitamin C but cooked apricots deliver more beta carotene"--.

Eat to win! Practice is only part of a winning sports strategy. Whole foods have to be part of the playbook to increase energy, endurance, and focus, both on and off the field. What to eat and when to eat, pre-game, during and afterwards? How much fluid do you need to be hydrated? What to eat when you're on the road? These are critical answers to have for young athletes, competing on a demanding schedule and eating on the run. InFeeding the Young Athlete: Sports Nutrition Made Easy for Players, Parents and Coaches, simple nutritional lessons are organized into 10 Essential Eating Guidelines and recipes for cooking healthy meals and snacks with whole grains and vegetables. These recipes and eating tips offer a gateway for young players, parents, and coaches to improve performance and establish lifelong eating habits. Cynthia Lair, nutrition professor and culinary arts program director at Bastyr University--as well as a soccer mom--along with dietitian and triathlete, Scott Murdoch, PhD, bring you this essential reading for today's young athlete to make or choose great foods and drinks that nourish and replenish, at home, at school, or on the road.

"Everyone loves smoothies and this is the ultimate smoothie book, written by Julie Morris, author of Superfood Kitchen and a superfood expert! Morris whips up 100 nutrient-rich recipes using the world's most antioxidant-, vitamin- and mineral-packed foods, and offers innovative culinary methods for making your smoothies incredibly nutritious and delicious. Whether you're looking for an energy boost, seeking a gentle cleanse, or just trying to get healthy, you'll be inspired to power up the blender!"--.

A guide to eating healthy for young athletes, including more than thirty recipes for nutritious meals and snacks.

Provides nutritional facts for thousands of foods from fast-food restaurants to vending machine choices that children usually enjoy; and suggests healthier alternatives.

Provides nutritional facts for thousands of foods from fast-food restaurants to snacks to holiday meals; and suggests healthier alternatives.

Provides an overview of healthy eating and the components of food, such as protein and vitamins; describes the medicinal properties of specific vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, oils, herbs, spices, fish, shellfish, dairy products, meat, and poultry; and presents food prescriptions for over seventy ailments.